Jordan Poyer ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Poyer in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Poyer a career score of 72, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Jordan Poyer

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 8% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2021Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #457

Height6'0"

Weight191 lb

BornApr 25, 1991

Age35

CollegeOregon State See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 7, Pick 218 · PHI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 182 · #454 · Elite

Worth 182 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 11% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

3 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.2

Avg surplus

peak +33

10 seasons × ~18.2 surplus ≈ VORP 182

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Rushing								Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2013	—	CLE	5	—	14	13	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	129	30.3%	182	51.3%	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	CLE	5	—	9	5	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	115	19.4%	367	79.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	CLE	11	—	37	25	12	1	2	1.0	4.0	2	4	0	1	0	0	1	10	0	10.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	0.0%	424	45.7%	269	70.7%	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	—	0	0
2016	—	CLE	6	—	36	27	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	354	83.0%	75	43.3%	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	BUF	15	—	87	55	32	4	2	2.0	8.0	5	13	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	1,038	99.6%	79	19.3%	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	BUF	16	—	82	56	26	9	3	2.0	14.0	4	6	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	1,009	99.5%	101	22.9%	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	BUF	16	—	89	53	36	4	1	1.0	6.0	2	3	3	3	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	2.2%	977	94.3%	132	33.7%	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	BUF	16	—	107	74	33	4	4	2.0	10.0	2	5	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3.0%	1,010	94.7%	164	37.4%	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	BUF	16	—	83	56	27	8	3	3.0	14.0	5	9	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	984	95.5%	131	32.1%	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	BUF	12	—	55	36	19	4	0	0.0	4.0	4	8	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	755	95.3%	42	13.9%	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	BUF	16	—	92	58	34	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	987	97.5%	60	17.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	MIA	15	—	96	49	47	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	964	96.1%	1	4.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	BUF	10	—	70	31	39	1	1	0.5	2.5	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	428	73.2%	43	18.8%	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	159	—	857	538	319	38	19	12.5	69.5	25	60	8	6	1	0	1	10	0	10.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	9	2.6%	9,174	78.8%	1,646	34.1%	—	3.0	—	0	0

Career EPA3.0·3 rushing·3.0/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2015	24	CLE	1	0*	1	10	0	10.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—
Career			1		1	10	0	10.0	—	1	—	0	85.1

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD
2013	22	CLE	5	0*	14	13	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0
2014	23	CLE	5	0*	9	5	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0
2015	24	CLE	11	0*	37	25	12	1	2	1.0	4.0	2	4	0	1	0
2016	25	CLE	6	5*	36	27	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0
2017	26	BUF	15	15*	87	55	32	4	2	2.0	8.0	5	13	0	1	1
2018	27	BUF	16	16*	82	56	26	9	3	2.0	14.0	4	6	1	1	0
2019	28	BUF	16	15*	89	53	36	4	1	1.0	6.0	2	3	3	3	0
2020	29	BUF	16	15*	107	74	33	4	4	2.0	10.0	2	5	2	—	0
2021	30	BUF	16	15*	83	56	27	8	3	3.0	14.0	5	9	0	—	0
2022	31	BUF	12	11*	55	36	19	4	0	0.0	4.0	4	8	1	—	0
2023	32	BUF	16	16*	92	58	34	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	4	1	—	0
2024	33	MIA	15	15*	96	49	47	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	3	0	—	0
2025	34	BUF	10	7*	70	31	39	1	1	0.5	2.5	1	3	0	—	0
Career			159	130*	857	538	319	38	19	—	—	25	60	8	6	1

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	22	CLE	12	0*	—	0.0%	129	30.3%	182	51.3%
2014	23	CLE	16	0*	—	0.0%	115	19.4%	367	79.0%
2015	24	CLE	14	0*	—	0.0%	424	45.7%	269	70.7%
2016	25	CLE	6	5*	—	0.0%	354	83.0%	75	43.3%
2017	26	BUF	15	15*	—	0.0%	1,038	99.6%	79	19.3%
2018	27	BUF	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,009	99.5%	101	22.9%
2019	28	BUF	16	15*	7	2.2%	977	94.3%	132	33.7%
2020	29	BUF	16	15*	2	3.0%	1,010	94.7%	164	37.4%
2021	30	BUF	16	15*	—	0.0%	984	95.5%	131	32.1%
2022	31	BUF	12	11*	—	0.0%	755	95.3%	42	13.9%
2023	32	BUF	16	16*	—	0.0%	987	97.5%	60	17.0%
2024	33	MIA	16	15*	—	0.0%	964	96.1%	1	4.0%
2025	34	BUF	10	7*	—	0.0%	428	73.2%	43	18.8%
Career			181	130*	9	—	9,174	—	1,646	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2015	24	—	—	0*	—	3.0	—	0	0
Career					—	—	—	0	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	27	BUF	16	16*	39	26	0.7	94.6	12.4	3	0	1	26	15	0.1
2019	28	BUF	16	15*	36	25	0.7	117.8	10.8	3	2	0	37	9	0.1
2020	29	BUF	16	15*	48	35	0.7	90.0	5.6	5	1	2	55	11	0.1
2021	30	BUF	16	15*	40	22	0.6	42.2	11.0	8	5	0	27	12	0.1
2022	31	BUF	12	11*	31	21	0.7	60.1	6.0	0	0	0	12	3	0.0
2023	32	BUF	16	16*	51	35	0.7	101.5	7.6	4	2	1	27	6	0.1
2024	33	MIA	16	15*	50	33	0.7	111.2	9.0	3	2	1	12	12	0.1
2025	34	BUF	10	7*	19	13	0.7	111.6	6.5	1	0	0	3	7	0.1
Career			118	110*	314	210	—	—	—	27	12	5	199	75	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 72 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 72 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 70 × longevity 1 = KV-H 72· confidence 92%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 45.6

Availability 16.4

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)

2013bestavg 56elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #457 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2018 BUF·6 team wins#13

Interceptions · 4 · score 13

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Interceptions leader11

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

3.02 EPA/season over 1 season51

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 88%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.771See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.771Snap share78.8%Def snaps9,174VolatileCV 0.63

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within defensive backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2013

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

DB · 2013 class

4.54s

40-Yard

Below avg · 31th pct

Pos 31thAll 69thClass Pos 38thClass All 75th

30.5"

Vertical

Low · 2th pct

Pos 2thAll 24thClass Pos 2thClass All 28th

118"

Broad Jump

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 55thClass Pos 18thClass All 53th

8 reps

Bench

Low · 3th pct

Pos 3thAll 1thClass Pos 7thClass All 4th

6.87s

3-Cone

Above avg · 65th pct

Pos 65thAll 85thClass Pos 54thClass All 81th

4.18s

Shuttle

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 77thClass Pos 48thClass All 80th

Postseason Career

12 playoff games

Defense

Tkl63Solo38Ast25TFL1Dis1.0FF2

College Stats

Oregon StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oregon State), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #218

#209Brice ButlerWR #210Demetrius McCrayDB #211Michael WilliamsTE #213Michael MautiLB #214Travis BondG #215Tommy BohanonFB #216Charles D. JohnsonWR #217Armonty BryantDE #219D.C. JeffersonTE #220Ryan SeymourG #222Chris GraggTE #224Kevin DorseyWR #226Michael BuchananDE #227Garrett GilkeyC #229Everett DawkinsDT #230Kerwynn WilliamsRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jordan inherited the Buffalo Bills DB room from Micah Hyde (2017–2023), and handed it to Tre'Davious White (2017–2025).

Henry Jones 1991–2000Kurt Schulz 1992–1999Jeff Burris 1994–1997Manny Martin 1996–1999Ken Irvin 1999–2001Antoine Winfield

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined BUF (from MIA)
2025final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2024team change
Joined MIA (from BUF)
2017team change
Joined BUF (from CLE)
2013draft
Drafted by PHI — Round 7, Pick 218
2013team change
Joined CLE (from PHI)

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 191 lb

Frame

191 lb at 4.54s

Size-speed

30.5" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

8 reps

Bench power

Injury History

8 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	MIA	1	W5Out· ShinW17Questionable· Knee / Finger
2023	BUF	1	W4Out· Knee
2022	BUF	3	W3Questionable· FootW4Questionable· FootW5Out· RibsW9Out· ElbowW10Out· ElbowW11Questionable· ElbowW17Questionable· Knee
2021	BUF	1	W4Out· AnkleW9Questionable· Shoulder
2017	BUF	0	W8Questionable· KneeW9Questionable· Knee
2015	CLE	2	W8Out· ShoulderW9Out· ShoulderW10Questionable· Shoulder

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 13-season peers. See all →

peak 82

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

F2013

F2014

B2015

F2016

A2017

B+2018

B2019

B2020

A2021

A2022

C+2023

C2024

C+2025

Era Translator

INT translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual INT	INT/G	→ 2025 INT	→ 2025 /G
2013	0	0	0	0
2014	0	0	0	0
2015	2	0.2	2	0.1
2016	0	0	0	0
2017	5	0.3	4-1	0.2
2018	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2019	2	0.1	2	0.1
2020	2	0.1	2	0.1
2021	5	0.3	4-1	0.3
2022	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2023	0	0	0	0
2024	0	0	0	0
2025	1	0.1	2+1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

182 career value over replacement — #454 all-time of 4,642. 14/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #218 (Rd 7) · PHI · 2013 · +48.1 vs expected KV-H

72actual

23.9 expected · Δ+48.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2013

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #218

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography