Ken Lucas is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Lucas in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Lucas's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2001 | 22–23 | SEA | 13 | — | 44 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 23–24 | SEA | 16 | — | 68 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 24–25 | SEA | 14 | — | 56 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 25–26 | SEA | 16 | — | 59 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 26–27 | CAR | 15 | — | 67 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 27–28 | CAR | 13 | — | 40 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 28–29 | CAR | 16 | — | 58 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 29–30 | CAR | 16 | — | 54 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 30–31 | SEA | 10 | — | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 129 | — | 475 | 404 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 25 | 109 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
127 career value over replacement — #828 all-time of 4,695. 14.1/season above a replacement-level CB.
Career Profile
Pick #40 (Rd 2) · SEA · 2001 · +18.2 vs expected KV-H
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9 seasons · peak 8.1 in 2005
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.
2.2 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2005 · +0.6 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#116 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 22–23 | SEA | 13 | — | 44 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 2002 | 23–24 | SEA | 16 | — | 68 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 3.1 |
| 2003 | 24–25 | SEA | 14 | — | 56 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| 2004 | 25–26 | SEA | 16 | — | 59 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 2005 | 26–27 | CAR | 15 | — | 67 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 |
| 2006 | 27–28 | CAR | 13 | — | 40 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | 28–29 | CAR | 16 | — | 58 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.2 |
| 2008 | 29–30 | CAR | 16 | — | 54 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 2009 | 30–31 | SEA | 10 | — | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 129 | 475 | 404 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 25 | 109 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 29.2 |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 69 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 9 scored seasons.
Blend 69.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 69· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)
Julian Blackmon
SAF
89% match
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