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Kemal Ishmael

Top 45% all-time defensive backsDurable Contributor🌅 Early Bloomer · 2014 Team Carrier · #481

Height6'0"

Weight206 lb

BornMay 6, 1991

Age35

CollegeUCF See College Stats

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 7, Pick 243 · ATL

Archetype Intelligence

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A defensive back who maximized value through exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Their middle-tier career was extended by consistently being on the field.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 27 · #2794 · Role Player

Worth 27 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 61% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.5

Avg surplus

peak +24

2 seasons × ~13.5 surplus ≈ VORP 27

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%
2013	—	ATL	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	3	5.0%	47	42.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	ATL	15	—	87	60	27	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	6	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	805	74.2%	178	38.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	ATL	12	—	40	27	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	375	40.9%	288	68.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	ATL	8	—	46	26	20	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	310	40.1%	111	36.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	ATL	11	—	19	10	9	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	115	14.8%	337	79.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	ATL	6	—	9	6	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	64	10.5%	330	75.5%	3	3	1.0	116.7	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2019	—	ATL	8	—	38	20	18	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	283	38.5%	220	57.6%	19	16	0.8	146.5	8.9	1	1	0	7	3	0.1
Career		—	64	—	239	149	90	6	1	1.0	8.0	5	13	2	1	1	0	—	0.0%	1,955	32.0%	1,511	56.8%	22	19	—	—	—	1	1	0	7	3	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2014	23	ATL	15	12*	87	60	27	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	6	1	1	1	10.9
2015	24	ATL	12	0*	40	27	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	0	—	0	4.8
2016	25	ATL	8	0*	46	26	20	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	3.1
2017	26	ATL	11	0*	19	10	9	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	2.6
2018	27	ATL	6	0*	9	6	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	1.6
2019	28	ATL	8	0*	38	20	18	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	1	—	0	2.6
Career			60	12*	239	149	90	6	1	—	—	5	13	2	1	1	25.6

* 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	22	ATL	4	0*	—	0.0%	3	5.0%	47	42.0%
2014	23	ATL	16	12*	—	0.0%	805	74.2%	178	38.4%
2015	24	ATL	16	0*	—	0.0%	375	40.9%	288	68.9%
2016	25	ATL	13	0*	—	0.0%	310	40.1%	111	36.0%
2017	26	ATL	16	0*	—	0.0%	115	14.8%	337	79.4%
2018	27	ATL	16	0*	—	0.0%	64	10.5%	330	75.5%
2019	28	ATL	14	0*	—	0.0%	283	38.5%	220	57.6%
Career			95	12*	—	—	1,955	—	1,511	—

* 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	27	ATL	16	0*	3	3	1.0	116.7	6.0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2019	28	ATL	14	0*	19	16	0.8	146.5	8.9	1	1	7	3	0.1
Career			30		22	19	—	—	—	1	1	7	3	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 53 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 53 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 52.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 53· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 50

On-field 36.7

Availability 13.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2014bestavg 47elite 702019

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #481 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2014 ATL·6 team wins#15

Interceptions · 4 · score 11

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.434See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.434Snap share36.5%Def snaps1,952VolatileCV 0.60

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+).

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl2Solo2TFL1Dis1.0

College Stats

UCFCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (UCF), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #243

#232Sam BarringtonLB #233David BassOLB #235Steve BeauharnaisLB #236Marquess WilsonWR #237B.J. DanielsWR #239David KingDE #240Reid FragelOT #242Michael BowieOT #244Zeke MottaFS #248Daimion StaffordS #249Sean RenfreeQB #250Don JonesDB #251T.J. JohnsonG #252Marcus CooperDB #253Michael CoxRB #254Justice CunninghamTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kemal inherited the Atlanta Falcons DB room from Desmond Trufant (2013–2019), and handed it to Ricardo Allen (2015–2020).

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

2019final season
Last recorded season with ATL
2013draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 7, Pick 243

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 206 lb

Frame

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	ATL	2	W11Out· ConcussionW12Out· Concussion

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 56

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

B+2014

C+2015

C2016

C2017

F2018

C2019

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

95%

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
2014	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2015	1	0.1	1	0
2016	0	0	0	0
2017	0	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

27 career value over replacement — #2794 all-time of 4,642. 4.5/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #243 (Rd 7) · ATL · 2013 · +30.2 vs expected KV-H

53actual

22.8 expected · Δ+30.2

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #243

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography