Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |||||
| 2022 | 21 | BUF | 13 | — | 39 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 477 | 58.1% | 25 | 7.7% | 47 | 33 | 0.7 | 96.3 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 22 | BUF | 3 | — | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 157 | 63.7% | 8 | 11.0% | 14 | 10 | 0.7 | 101.8 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 23 | BUF | 13 | — | 24 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 305 | 33.9% | 65 | 19.3% | 30 | 21 | 0.7 | 104.9 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 24 | DAL / TEN | 14 | — | 32 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 538 | — | 13 | — | 52 | 27 | 0.5 | 96.8 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 43 | — | 108 | 74 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,477 | 51.2% | 111 | 10.1% | 143 | 91 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | — | |
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15 career value over replacement — #3401 all-time of 4,695. 5/season above a replacement-level CB.
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VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.2 career wins over 3 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2022 · +0.2 wins
Latest season · 2025 · −0.1 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#696 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | BUF | 11 | 8* | 39 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 22 | BUF | 2 | — | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 23 | BUF | 7 | 0* | 24 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 24 | All teams | 9 | — | 32 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 29 | 108 | 74 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | BUF | 13 | 8* | — | 0.0% | 477 | 58.1% | 25 | 7.7% |
| 2023 | 22 | BUF | 3 | — | — | 0.0% | 157 | 63.7% | 8 | 11.0% |
| 2024 | 23 | BUF | 13 | 0* | — | 0.0% | 305 | 33.9% | 65 | 19.3% |
| 2025 | 24 | All teams | 14 | — | — | — | 538 | — | 13 | — |
| Career | 43 | — | 0.0% | 1,477 | 51.2% | 111 | 10.1% |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | BUF | 13 | 8* | 47 | 33 | 0.7 | 96.3 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 22 | BUF | 3 | — | 14 | 10 | 0.7 | 101.8 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 23 | BUF | 13 | 0* | 30 | 21 | 0.7 | 104.9 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 24 | All teams* | 14 | — | 52 | 27 | 0.5 | 96.8 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Career | 43 | 143 | 91 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
All teams* — this source provides a season total only; team splits are unavailable in this table.
Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 11 games
Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.
| Home / Away | G |
|---|---|
| Home | 5 |
| Away | 6 |
| Wins / Losses | G |
|---|---|
| Wins | 3 |
| Losses | 7 |
| Ties | 1 |
| Regular season / Postseason | G |
|---|---|
| Regular season | 11 |
| By opponent | G |
|---|---|
| vs ARI | 1 |
| vs CAR | 1 |
| vs CHI | 1 |
| vs DEN | 1 |
| vs GB | 1 |
| vs NO | 1 |
| vs NYG | 1 |
| vs NYJ | 1 |
| vs PHI | 1 |
| vs SF | 1 |
| vs WAS | 1 |
| By month | G |
|---|---|
| September | 4 |
| October | 4 |
| November | 1 |
| December | 2 |
| Division games | G |
|---|---|
| Division | 3 |
| Non-division | 8 |
A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 42 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 48.2 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 42· confidence 96%
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