Kyle Dugger is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Dugger in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Dugger'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 | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2020 | 24 | NE | 14 | — | 56 | 37 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 518 | 56.4% | 182 | 51.9% | 33 | 24 | 0.7 | 92.6 | 5.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 25 | NE | 15 | — | 71 | 50 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 733 | 76.3% | 125 | 32.3% | 50 | 32 | 0.6 | 66.7 | 7.6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 26 | NE | 15 | — | 59 | 36 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 752 | 74.3% | 130 | 32.9% | 55 | 38 | 0.7 | 95.2 | 8.4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 27 | NE | 17 | — | 97 | 60 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 12.5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,115 | 98.1% | 121 | 26.1% | 64 | 44 | 0.7 | 82.7 | 8.3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 8 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 28 | NE | 13 | — | 74 | 49 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 759 | 90.3% | 26 | 8.2% | 46 | 35 | 0.8 | 137.4 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 29 | NE / PIT | 16 | — | 59 | 29 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 743 | — | 113 | — | 36 | 22 | 0.6 | 88.8 | 8.9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2026 | 30 | CIN | 3 | — | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 41 | 22.0% | 49 | 58.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 93 | — | 426 | 266 | 160 | 27 | 11 | 4.5 | 42.5 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 284 | 195 | — | — | — | 17 | 7 | 5 | 125 | 49 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
84 career value over replacement — #1406 all-time of 4,695. 14/season above a replacement-level S.
Pick #37 (Rd 2) · NE · 2020 · +15.2 vs expected KV-H
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