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

Age

Career Value · VORP

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

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

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

65actual

56.7 expected · Δ+8.3

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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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	—

Career arc · VAL by season

14 seasons · peak 5.3 in 2012

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

2.2 career wins over 14 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2012 · +0.4 wins

Defence

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	0.9
2011	23	HOU	14	—	37	32	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	6	1	—	0	0.1
2012	24	HOU	15	—	53	47	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	4	17	0	—	1	5.3
2013	25	HOU	14	12*	52	47	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	9	0	1	0	0
2014	26	HOU	13	11*	53	44	9	4	1	0.0	5.0	3	9	0	—	0	4.1
2015	27	HOU	12	10*	50	44	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	6	1	1	1	2.9
2016	28	HOU	14	12*	58	47	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	4	0	—	1	1.4
2017	29	HOU	16	13*	68	49	19	4	2	1.0	7.0	1	10	1	—	0	1.2
2018	30	HOU	16	15*	82	65	17	5	1	1.0	7.0	2	17	2	1	0	4.5
2019	31	DEN	13	13*	66	43	23	4	0	0.0	4.0	2	10	1	—	1	3.5
2020	32	DEN	16	16*	89	67	22	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	4	0	2	0	0
2021	33	DEN	15	14*	81	55	26	1	0	1.0	2.0	1	2	0	—	0	2.6
2022	34	DEN	17	17*	91	52	39	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	3	0	2	0	0
2023	35	All teams	10	—	50	34	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	0	—	0	2.1
2024	36	BUF	1	—	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			201		889	670	219	30	4	3.0	37.0	22	110	6	7	4	28.6

* 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	9.7%
2014	26	HOU	13	11*	—	0.0%	773	86.4%	31	8.0%
2015	27	HOU	12	10*	—	0.0%	629	81.1%	9	2.5%
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	2.4%
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	All teams	10	—	—	—	519	—	—	—
2024	36	BUF	2	—	—	0.0%	32	20.5%	27	43.0%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

* 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	All teams*	10	—	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		302	194	—	—	—	4	2	27	66	—

* 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.

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

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 41.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production

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Kareem Jackson

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · DB