Kareem Jackson is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Jackson in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Jackson's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Kareem Jackson

Top 18% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012

Height5'10"

Weight183 lb

BornApr 10, 1988

Age38

CollegeAlabama See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 1, Pick 20 · HOU

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 160 · #568 · High-Value

Worth 160 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 13% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 13 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12.3

Avg surplus

peak +27

13 seasons × ~12.3 surplus ≈ VORP 160

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%
2010	—	HOU	15	—	56	43	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	10	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	HOU	14	—	37	32	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	6	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	HOU	15	—	53	47	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	17	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	HOU	14	—	52	47	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	9	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	760	86.0%	41	12.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	HOU	13	—	53	44	9	4	1	0.0	5.0	3	9	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	773	86.4%	31	11.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	HOU	12	—	50	44	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	6	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	629	81.1%	9	5.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	HOU	14	—	58	47	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	4	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	720	83.4%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	HOU	16	—	68	49	19	4	2	1.0	7.0	1	10	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	868	84.3%	68	13.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	HOU	16	—	82	65	17	5	1	1.0	7.0	2	17	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	985	93.1%	12	13.0%	87	57	0.7	86.4	8.4	2	1	0	15	13	0.1
2019	—	DEN	13	—	66	43	23	4	0	0.0	4.0	2	10	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	842	99.3%	—	0.0%	44	27	0.6	75.8	8.4	1	1	0	3	9	0.1
2020	—	DEN	16	—	89	67	22	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	4	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,083	99.6%	—	0.0%	48	31	0.6	85.2	7.4	0	0	0	3	11	0.1
2021	—	DEN	15	—	81	55	26	1	0	1.0	2.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	897	95.3%	—	0.0%	36	28	0.8	113.3	9.6	1	0	0	1	11	0.1
2022	—	DEN	17	—	91	52	39	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	3	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,139	99.5%	—	0.0%	59	34	0.6	100.2	9.2	0	0	0	2	16	0.1
2023	—	HOU	10	—	50	34	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	DEN	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	519	76.3%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	2TM	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	16	0.6	87.6	8.6	0	0	0	1	5	0.1
2024	—	BUF	1	—	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	32	41.0%	27	43.0%	3	1	0.3	42.4	9.3	0	0	0	2	1	0.2
Career		—	221	—	889	670	219	30	4	3.0	37.0	22	110	6	7	4	0	—	0.0%	9,247	85.4%	188	16.5%	302	194	—	—	—	4	2	0	27	66	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2010	22	HOU	15	—	56	43	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	10	0	—	0	7.9
2011	23	HOU	14	—	37	32	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	6	1	—	0	6.2
2012	24	HOU	15	—	53	47	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	17	0	—	1	11.8
2013	25	HOU	14	12*	52	47	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	9	0	1	0	6.1
2014	26	HOU	13	11*	53	44	9	4	1	0.0	5.0	3	9	0	—	0	8.3
2015	27	HOU	12	10*	50	44	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	6	1	1	1	8.4
2016	28	HOU	14	12*	58	47	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	4	0	—	1	6.8
2017	29	HOU	16	13*	68	49	19	4	2	1.0	7.0	1	10	1	—	0	8.9
2018	30	HOU	16	15*	82	65	17	5	1	1.0	7.0	2	17	2	1	0	12.5
2019	31	DEN	13	13*	66	43	23	4	0	0.0	4.0	2	10	1	—	1	10.1
2020	32	DEN	16	16*	89	67	22	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	4	0	2	0	7.3
2021	33	DEN	15	14*	81	55	26	1	0	1.0	2.0	1	2	0	—	0	5.5
2022	34	DEN	17	17*	91	52	39	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	3	0	2	0	5.7
2023	35	HOU	10	8*	50	34	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	0	—	0	5.1
2024	36	BUF	1	—	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			201	141*	889	670	219	30	4	—	—	22	110	6	7	4	110.6

* 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	25	HOU	14	12*	—	0.0%	760	86.0%	41	12.4%
2014	26	HOU	13	11*	—	0.0%	773	86.4%	31	11.6%
2015	27	HOU	12	10*	—	0.0%	629	81.1%	9	5.0%
2016	28	HOU	14	12*	—	0.0%	720	83.4%	—	0.0%
2017	29	HOU	16	13*	—	0.0%	868	84.3%	68	13.8%
2018	30	HOU	16	15*	—	0.0%	985	93.1%	12	13.0%
2019	31	DEN	13	13*	—	0.0%	842	99.3%	—	0.0%
2020	32	DEN	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,083	99.6%	—	0.0%
2021	33	DEN	15	14*	—	0.0%	897	95.3%	—	0.0%
2022	34	DEN	17	17*	—	0.0%	1,139	99.5%	—	0.0%
2023	35	DEN	10	8*	—	0.0%	519	76.3%	—	0.0%
2024	36	BUF	2	—	—	0.0%	32	41.0%	27	43.0%
Career			158	141*	—	—	9,247	—	188	—

* 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	30	HOU	16	15*	87	57	0.7	86.4	8.4	2	1	15	13	0.1
2019	31	DEN	13	13*	44	27	0.6	75.8	8.4	1	1	3	9	0.1
2020	32	DEN	16	16*	48	31	0.6	85.2	7.4	0	0	3	11	0.1
2021	33	DEN	15	14*	36	28	0.8	113.3	9.6	1	0	1	11	0.1
2022	34	DEN	17	17*	59	34	0.6	100.2	9.2	0	0	2	16	0.1
2023	35	2TM	10	8*	25	16	0.6	87.6	8.6	0	0	1	5	0.1
2024	36	BUF	2	—	3	1	0.3	42.4	9.3	0	0	2	1	0.2
Career			89	83*	302	194	—	—	—	4	2	27	66	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 65 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 65 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 65· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 41.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 59elite 702023

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Interceptions leader10

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:1.406See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.406Snap share85.4%Def snaps9,247VolatileCV 0.53

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 · 2010

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

DB · 2010 class

4.40s

40-Yard

Strong · 84th pct

Pos 84thAll 93thClass Pos 90thClass All 93th

37.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 69th pct

Pos 69thAll 84thClass Pos 68thClass All 83th

118"

Broad Jump

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 55thClass Pos 43thClass All 69th

13 reps

Bench

Below avg · 28th pct

Pos 28thAll 10thClass Pos 33thClass All 9th

6.92s

3-Cone

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 79thClass Pos 30thClass All 71th

4.14s

Shuttle

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 83thClass Pos 70thClass All 89th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl33Solo23Ast10PD4

College Stats

AlabamaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Alabama), 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.

2010 Draft Class· this player went #20

#12Ryan MathewsRB #13Brandon GrahamDE #14Earl ThomasFS #15Jason Pierre-PaulDE #16Derrick MorganOLB #17Mike IupatiG #18Maurkice PounceyC #19Sean WeatherspoonLB #21Jermaine GreshamTE #22Demaryius ThomasWR #23Bryan BulagaOT #24Dez BryantWR #25Tim TebowQB #27Devin McCourtyFS #28Jared OdrickDE #29Kyle WilsonDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kareem inherited the Houston Texans DB room from Jason Allen (2010–2011), and handed it to Danieal Manning (2011–2014).

Aaron Glenn 2002–2004Eric Brown 2002–2004Kenny Wright 2002–2004Marcus Coleman 2002–2005Demarcus Faggins 2003–2008Dunta Robinson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2024team change
Joined BUF (from HOU)
2024final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2023team change
Joined HOU (from DEN)
2019team change
Joined DEN (from HOU)
2010draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 1, Pick 20

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 183 lb

Frame

196 lb at 4.40s

Size-speed

37.5" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

13 reps

Bench power

Injury History

8 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	DEN	0	W6Questionable· BackW12Doubtful· NeckW15Questionable· BackW16Questionable· BackW17Questionable· Back / Shoulder
2019	DEN	0	W4Questionable· HamstringW5Questionable· Hamstring
2016	HOU	0	W5Questionable· HamstringW6Questionable· Hamstring
2015	HOU	4	W7Out· AnkleW8Out· AnkleW10Out· AnkleW11Out· Ankle
2014	HOU	3	W11Out· KneeW12Out· KneeW13Out· Knee
2013	HOU	1	W4Questionable· IllnessW11Questionable· ChestW12Out· RibsW13Questionable· Ribs
2011	HOU	0	W4Questionable· KneeW5Questionable· Knee

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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 68

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

B2010

C+2011

B+2012

C2013

B2014

B2015

C+2016

C+2017

B2018

B2019

C+2020

C+2021

C+2022

B2023

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
2010	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2011	1	0.1	0-1	0
2012	4	0.3	4	0.2
2013	0	0	0	0
2014	3	0.2	3	0.2
2015	2	0.2	2	0.1
2016	1	0.1	1	0.1
2017	1	0.1	1	0.1
2018	2	0.1	2	0.1
2019	2	0.2	2	0.1
2020	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	1	0.1	1	0.1
2022	0	0	0	0
2023	2	0.2	3+1	0.2

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

160 career value over replacement — #568 all-time of 4,642. 11.4/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #20 (Rd 1) · HOU · 2010 · +8.5 vs expected KV-H

65actual

56.5 expected · Δ+8.5

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2010

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #20

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography