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Keanu Neal

1× Pro BowlTop 41% all-time defensive backsSolid Contributor🌅 Early Bloomer · 2017

Height6'0"

Weight211 lb

BornJul 26, 1995

Age30

CollegeFlorida See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 1, Pick 17 · ATL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A defensive back with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 36 · #2464 · Role Player

Worth 36 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 54% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +9

6 seasons × ~6 surplus ≈ VORP 36

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	—	ATL	14	—	98	65	33	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	9	5	1	0	0	—	0.0%	920	95.1%	52	28.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	ATL	16	—	109	77	32	4	0	0.0	4.0	1	6	3	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,042	99.3%	65	18.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	ATL	1	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	37	51.0%	3	11.0%	2	1	0.5	58.3	23.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2019	—	ATL	3	—	13	10	3	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	166	82.3%	—	0.0%	10	7	0.7	85.4	6.2	1	0	1	2	2	0.1
2020	—	ATL	15	—	95	71	24	9	3	1.0	13.0	1	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	918	90.4%	51	13.8%	66	49	0.7	98.3	6.3	6	3	2	27	11	0.1
2021	—	DAL	14	—	68	40	28	4	2	1.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1	1.0%	580	60.6%	110	27.2%	38	30	0.8	97.1	3.8	2	0	1	10	13	0.2
2022	—	TB	15	—	55	33	22	2	5	0.5	7.5	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	581	59.1%	104	28.9%	28	21	0.8	121.9	9.6	6	1	4	14	7	0.1
2023	—	PIT	9	—	45	28	17	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	430	65.8%	81	33.8%	34	21	0.6	85.7	7.0	1	0	1	10	8	0.1
Career		—	87	—	485	325	160	22	11	2.5	35.5	4	23	8	5	0	0	1	1.0%	4,674	75.5%	466	23.1%	178	129	—	—	—	16	4	9	63	41	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2016	21	ATL	14	13*	98	65	33	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	9	5	1	9.1
2017	22	ATL	16	16*	109	77	32	4	0	0.0	4.0	1	6	3	2	10.1
2018	23	ATL	1	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	—
2019	24	ATL	3	—	13	10	3	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	—
2020	25	ATL	15	14*	95	71	24	9	3	1.0	13.0	1	2	0	1	6.4
2021	26	DAL	14	8*	68	40	28	4	2	1.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	4.1
2022	27	TB	15	10*	55	33	22	2	5	0.5	7.5	1	4	0	—	5
2023	28	PIT	9	6*	45	28	17	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	2	0	1	3.8
Career			87	67*	485	325	160	22	11	—	—	4	23	8	5	38.5

* 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	21	ATL	14	13*	—	0.0%	920	95.1%	52	28.8%
2017	22	ATL	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,042	99.3%	65	18.1%
2018	23	ATL	1	—	—	0.0%	37	51.0%	3	11.0%
2019	24	ATL	3	—	—	0.0%	166	82.3%	—	0.0%
2020	25	ATL	15	14*	—	0.0%	918	90.4%	51	13.8%
2021	26	DAL	14	8*	1	1.0%	580	60.6%	110	27.2%
2022	27	TB	17	10*	—	0.0%	581	59.1%	104	28.9%
2023	28	PIT	9	6*	—	0.0%	430	65.8%	81	33.8%
Career			89	67*	1	—	4,674	—	466	—

* 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	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	23	ATL	1	—	2	1	0.5	58.3	23.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2019	24	ATL	3	—	10	7	0.7	85.4	6.2	1	0	1	2	2	0.1
2020	25	ATL	15	14*	66	49	0.7	98.3	6.3	6	3	2	27	11	0.1
2021	26	DAL	14	8*	38	30	0.8	97.1	3.8	2	0	1	10	13	0.2
2022	27	TB	17	10*	28	21	0.8	121.9	9.6	6	1	4	14	7	0.1
2023	28	PIT	9	6*	34	21	0.6	85.7	7.0	1	0	1	10	8	0.1
Career			59	38*	178	129	—	—	—	16	4	9	63	41	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 55.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 36.7

Availability 17.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 542023

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 2% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

2% of the all-time Interceptions leader2

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.508See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.508Snap share75.5%Def snaps4,674ReliableCV 0.35

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

4.62s

40-Yard

Low · 11th pct

Pos 11thAll 55thClass Pos 9thClass All 59th

38"

Vertical

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 87thClass Pos 81thClass All 92th

132"

Broad Jump

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 98thClass Pos 94thClass All 98th

17 reps

Bench

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 27thClass Pos 80thClass All 36th

7.09s

3-Cone

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 57thClass Pos 31thClass All 63th

4.38s

Shuttle

Low · 8th pct

Pos 8thAll 43thClass Pos 9thClass All 47th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl39Solo31Ast8TFL1QBHits1Dis2.0PD1FR1

College Stats

FloridaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida), 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 #17

#9Leonard FloydDE #10Eli AppleCB #11Vernon Hargreaves IIICB #12Sheldon RankinsDT #13Laremy TunsilOT #14Karl JosephFS #15Corey ColemanWR #16Taylor DeckerOT #18Ryan KellyC #19Shaq LawsonDE #20Darron LeeILB #21Will FullerWR #22Josh DoctsonWR #23Laquon TreadwellWR #24William JacksonCB #25Artie BurnsCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Keanu inherited the Atlanta Falcons DB room from Brian Poole (2016–2018), and handed it to Damontae Kazee (2017–2020).

Charles Dimry 1988–1990Deion Sanders 1989–1993Louis Riddick 1992–1996Darnell Walker 1993–1996Juran Bolden 1996–2003Ronnie Bradford

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2023team change
Joined PIT (from TB)
2023final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2022team change
Joined TB (from DAL)
2021team change
Joined DAL (from ATL)
2016draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 1, Pick 17

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 211 lb

Frame

211 lb at 4.62s

Size-speed

38" vert / 132" broad

Explosion

17 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	PIT	1	W11Out· Rib
2022	TB	0	W16Questionable· ToeW19Questionable· Hip
2021	DAL	0	W19Out· Chest / Elbow
2020	ATL	1	W4Out· Hamstring
2016	ATL	2	W1Out· KneeW2Out· 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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 57

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

C2016

C+2017

C+2020

C2021

C+2022

C+2023

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

68%

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	0	0	0	0
2017	1	0.1	1	0.1
2020	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	0	0	0	0
2022	1	0.1	1	0.1
2023	1	0.1	2+1	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

36 career value over replacement — #2464 all-time of 4,642. 6/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #17 (Rd 1) · ATL · 2016 · -1.5 vs expected KV-H

55actual

56.5 expected · Δ−1.5

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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 · 2016

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #17

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography