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 17% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012

Height5'10"

Weight183 lb

BornApr 10, 1988

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Career Value · VORP

163 career value over replacement — #567 all-time of 4,695. 11.6/season above a replacement-level S.

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Pick #20 (Rd 1) · HOU · 2010 · +8.3 vs expected KV-H

65actual

56.7 expected · Δ+8.3

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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	22	HOU	15	—	56	43	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	10	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	23	HOU	14	—	37	32	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	6	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	24	HOU	15	—	53	47	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	17	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	25	HOU	14	—	52	47	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	9	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	760	86.0%	41	9.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	26	HOU	13	—	53	44	9	4	1	0.0	5.0	3	9	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	773	86.4%	31	8.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	27	HOU	12	—	50	44	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	6	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	629	81.1%	9	2.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	28	HOU	14	—	58	47	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	4	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	720	83.4%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	29	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	30	HOU	16	—	82	65	17	5	1	1.0	7.0	2	17	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	985	93.1%	12	2.4%	87	57	0.7	86.4	8.4	2	1	0	15	13	0.1
2019	31	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	32	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	33	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	34	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	35	DEN / HOU	10	—	50	34	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	519	—	—	—	25	16	0.6	87.6	8.6	0	0	0	1	5	0.1
2024	36	BUF	2	—	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	32	20.5%	27	43.0%	3	1	0.3	42.4	9.3	0	0	0	2	1	0.2
Career		—	202	—	889	670	219	30	4	3.0	37.0	22	110	6	7	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	302	194	—	—	—	4	2	0	27	66	—

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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 163 · #567 · High-Value

Worth 163 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 13% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 13 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.5 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

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12.5

Avg surplus

peak +27

13 seasons × ~12.5 surplus ≈