Justin Simmons ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Simmons in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Simmons a career score of 78, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Justin Simmons

2× Pro BowlTop 3% all-time defensive backsIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2022 Team Carrier · #97

Height6'2"

Weight202 lb

BornNov 19, 1993

Age32

CollegeBoston College See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 3, Pick 98 · DEN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

84thInterceptions·32

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber defensive back (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 228 · #284 · Elite

Worth 228 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 7% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+25.3

Avg surplus

peak +45

9 seasons × ~25.3 surplus ≈ VORP 228

Combined Season Grid

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

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2016	—	DEN	12	—	24	20	4	2	1	1.0	4.0	2	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	296	34.6%	283	73.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	DEN	12	—	61	44	17	4	2	1.0	7.0	2	5	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	736	90.8%	159	41.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	DEN	16	—	94	68	26	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,077	100.0%	91	20.4%	76	54	0.7	94.5	9.3	2	2	0	17	9	0.1
2019	—	DEN	16	—	85	57	28	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	15	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,055	100.0%	97	22.4%	53	28	0.5	43.6	10.2	1	1	0	2	8	0.1
2020	—	DEN	16	—	94	75	19	3	0	0.0	3.0	5	9	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,088	100.0%	97	20.7%	54	42	0.8	102.2	8.6	3	3	0	9	12	0.1
2021	—	DEN	17	—	69	49	20	4	2	1.5	7.5	5	12	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,084	99.4%	65	16.8%	54	32	0.6	66.5	9.4	3	1	0	7	6	0.1
2022	—	DEN	12	—	61	34	27	2	0	0.0	2.0	6	7	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	809	100.0%	7	4.8%	47	36	0.8	84.0	6.2	0	0	0	1	8	0.1
2023	—	DEN	15	—	67	50	17	2	0	1.0	3.0	3	8	2	1	0	0	11	3.4%	985	100.0%	69	17.5%	48	32	0.7	89.1	10.1	1	0	0	6	5	0.1
2024	—	ATL	16	—	58	32	26	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,017	98.0%	6	11.5%	37	22	0.6	81.9	9.6	1	1	0	12	7	0.1
Career		—	132	—	613	429	184	21	5	4.5	30.5	32	71	5	3	1	0	11	3.4%	8,147	91.4%	874	25.5%	369	246	—	—	—	11	8	0	54	55	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2016	23	DEN	12	0*	24	20	4	2	1	1.0	4.0	2	4	0	—	0	5.4
2017	24	DEN	12	12*	61	44	17	4	2	1.0	7.0	2	5	0	—	1	7.6
2018	25	DEN	16	16*	94	68	26	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	4	0	—	0	8.8
2019	26	DEN	16	16*	85	57	28	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	15	0	—	0	13.1
2020	27	DEN	16	16*	94	75	19	3	0	0.0	3.0	5	9	0	1	0	11
2021	28	DEN	17	17*	69	49	20	4	2	1.5	7.5	5	12	0	—	0	12.2
2022	29	DEN	12	12*	61	34	27	2	0	0.0	2.0	6	7	3	1	0	10.5
2023	30	DEN	15	15*	67	50	17	2	0	1.0	3.0	3	8	2	1	0	9.5
2024	31	ATL	16	16*	58	32	26	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	7	0	—	0	7.8
Career			132	120*	613	429	184	21	5	—	—	32	71	5	3	1	85.9

* 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%
2016	23	DEN	13	0*	—	0.0%	296	34.6%	283	73.6%
2017	24	DEN	13	12*	—	0.0%	736	90.8%	159	41.6%
2018	25	DEN	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,077	100.0%	91	20.4%
2019	26	DEN	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,055	100.0%	97	22.4%
2020	27	DEN	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,088	100.0%	97	20.7%
2021	28	DEN	17	17*	—	0.0%	1,084	99.4%	65	16.8%
2022	29	DEN	12	12*	—	0.0%	809	100.0%	7	4.8%
2023	30	DEN	15	15*	11	3.4%	985	100.0%	69	17.5%
2024	31	ATL	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,017	98.0%	6	11.5%
Career			134	120*	11	—	8,147	—	874	—

* 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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	25	DEN	16	16*	76	54	0.7	94.5	9.3	2	2	17	9	0.1
2019	26	DEN	16	16*	53	28	0.5	43.6	10.2	1	1	2	8	0.1
2020	27	DEN	16	16*	54	42	0.8	102.2	8.6	3	3	9	12	0.1
2021	28	DEN	17	17*	54	32	0.6	66.5	9.4	3	1	7	6	0.1
2022	29	DEN	12	12*	47	36	0.8	84.0	6.2	0	0	1	8	0.1
2023	30	DEN	15	15*	48	32	0.7	89.1	10.1	1	0	6	5	0.1
2024	31	ATL	16	16*	37	22	0.6	81.9	9.6	1	1	12	7	0.1
Career			108	108*	369	246	—	—	—	11	8	54	55	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 78 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 78 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 78.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 78· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 74

On-field 55.8

Availability 18.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 73elite 702024

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #97 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2022 DEN·5 team wins#2

Interceptions · 6 · score 48

2020 DEN·5 team wins#5

Interceptions · 5 · score 42

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 15% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

15% of the all-time Interceptions leader15

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.7See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.7Snap share91.4%Def snaps8,147ReliableCV 0.40

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 · 2016

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

DB · 2016 class

4.61s

40-Yard

Low · 14th pct

Pos 14thAll 57thClass Pos 13thClass All 60th

40"

Vertical

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 95thClass Pos 93thClass All 96th

126"

Broad Jump

Strong · 75th pct

Pos 75thAll 88thClass Pos 83thClass All 91th

16 reps

Bench

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 22thClass Pos 67thClass All 29th

6.58s

3-Cone

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 99thClass Pos 98thClass All 99th

3.85s

Shuttle

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 98thClass All 99th

College Stats

Boston CollegeCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Boston College), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #98

#89Javon HargraveNT #90C.J. ProsiseRB #91Jacoby BrissettQB #93Cody KesslerQB #94Nick VannettTE #95Graham GlasgowC #96Vincent ValentineDT #97Rees OdhiamboOT #99Joe SchobertMLB #100Connor CookQB #101Charles TapperDE #102Joshua PerryLB #103Sheldon DayDT #104Tavon YoungCB #105Parker EhingerG #106Eric MurrayS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Justin inherited the Denver Broncos DB room from Will Parks (2016–2020), and handed it to Kareem Jackson (2019–2023).

Tyrone Braxton 1988–1999Charles Dimry 1991–1993Ray Crockett 1994–2000Darrien Gordon 1997–1998Eric Brown 1998–2001Deltha O'Neal

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2024team change
Joined ATL (from DEN)
2024final season
Last recorded season with ATL
2016draft
Drafted by DEN — Round 3, Pick 98

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 202 lb

Frame

202 lb at 4.61s

Size-speed

40" vert / 126" broad

Explosion

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	ATL	0	W7Questionable· HamstringW8Doubtful· Hamstring
2023	DEN	1	W3Out· HipW4Questionable· Hip
2022	DEN	0	W10Questionable· Knee
2016	DEN	0	W3Questionable· HandW4Questionable· Hand

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 86

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

B2016

B2017

B2018

B+2019

A2020

A2021

A+2022

B+2023

B2024

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

91%

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
2016	2	0.2	2	0.1
2017	2	0.2	2	0.1
2018	3	0.2	3	0.1
2019	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2020	5	0.3	4-1	0.3
2021	5	0.3	4-1	0.2
2022	6	0.5	7+1	0.4
2023	3	0.2	3	0.2
2024	2	0.1	2	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

228 career value over replacement — #284 all-time of 4,642. 25.3/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #98 (Rd 3) · DEN · 2016 · +39.3 vs expected KV-H

78actual

38.7 expected · Δ+39.3

💔+20.5 stolen VORP·0.81 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2016

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #98

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator