L'Jarius Sneed is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Sneed in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Sneed's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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L'Jarius Sneed

Top 22% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2020

Height6'1"

Weight192 lb

BornJan 21, 1997

Age29

CollegeLouisiana Tech See College Stats

ConferenceConference USA

Rookie yr2020

Draft2020 · Rd 4, Pick 138 · KC

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality defensive back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 82 · #1405 · High-Value

Worth 82 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 31% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+20.5

Avg surplus

peak +28

4 seasons × ~20.5 surplus ≈ VORP 82

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%
2020	—	KC	9	—	41	31	10	2	3	2.0	7.0	3	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	410	68.2%	29	14.4%	52	31	0.6	54.2	8.7	3	0	1	13	4	0.1
2021	—	KC	15	—	74	55	19	7	2	1.0	10.0	2	8	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	918	94.1%	52	14.7%	80	55	0.7	91.9	7.5	7	4	2	47	11	0.1
2022	—	KC	17	—	98	65	33	5	5	3.5	13.5	3	11	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,107	96.5%	38	12.4%	104	69	0.7	84.2	6.8	10	3	3	40	5	0.0
2023	—	KC	16	—	70	52	18	5	3	0.0	8.0	2	14	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	991	98.4%	4	5.3%	100	51	0.5	56.2	9.9	3	0	3	12	6	0.1
2024	—	TEN	5	—	22	18	4	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	301	98.6%	2	3.5%	24	13	0.5	91.8	13.1	0	0	0	1	4	0.1
2025	—	TEN	7	—	25	17	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	361	80.3%	—	0.0%	31	19	0.6	120.0	10.1	0	0	0	0	8	0.2
Career		—	69	—	330	238	92	21	13	6.5	40.5	10	43	4	3	0	0	—	0.0%	4,088	89.3%	125	10.1%	391	238	—	—	—	23	7	9	113	38	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2020	23	KC	9	—	41	31	10	2	3	2.0	7.0	3	7	0	—	7.2
2021	24	KC	15	—	74	55	19	7	2	1.0	10.0	2	8	1	1	8.8
2022	25	KC	17	—	98	65	33	5	5	3.5	13.5	3	11	3	1	11.9
2023	26	KC	16	—	70	52	18	5	3	0.0	8.0	2	14	0	1	10.1
2024	27	TEN	5	—	22	18	4	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	1.3
2025	28	TEN	7	—	25	17	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	2.8
Career			69		330	238	92	21	13	—	—	10	43	4	3	42.1

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2020	23	KC	9	—	—	0.0%	410	68.2%	29	14.4%
2021	24	KC	15	—	—	0.0%	918	94.1%	52	14.7%
2022	25	KC	17	—	—	0.0%	1,107	96.5%	38	12.4%
2023	26	KC	16	—	—	0.0%	991	98.4%	4	5.3%
2024	27	TEN	5	—	—	0.0%	301	98.6%	2	3.5%
2025	28	TEN	7	—	—	0.0%	361	80.3%	—	0.0%
Career			69		—	—	4,088	—	125	—

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2020	23	KC	9	—	52	31	0.6	54.2	8.7	3	0	1	13	4	0.1
2021	24	KC	15	—	80	55	0.7	91.9	7.5	7	4	2	47	11	0.1
2022	25	KC	17	—	104	69	0.7	84.2	6.8	10	3	3	40	5	0.0
2023	26	KC	16	—	100	51	0.5	56.2	9.9	3	0	3	12	6	0.1
2024	27	TEN	5	—	24	13	0.5	91.8	13.1	0	0	0	1	4	0.1
2025	28	TEN	7	—	31	19	0.6	120.0	10.1	0	0	0	0	8	0.2
Career			69		391	238	—	—	—	23	7	9	113	38	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 63 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 63 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 92%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 45.4

Availability 15.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 55elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Interceptions leader5

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: 87%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.385See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.385Snap share89.3%Def snaps4,088VolatileCV 0.54

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 · 2020

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

4.37s

40-Yard

41"

Vertical

131"

Broad Jump

12 reps

Bench

Postseason Career

13 playoff games

Defense

Tkl71Solo49Ast22TFL4QBHits2Sk2.0Dis8.0Int1PD7FF1

College Stats

Louisiana TechCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Louisiana Tech), 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.

2020 Draft Class· this player went #138

#130James LynchDT #131Rashard LawrenceDT #132Troy DyeLB #133Colby ParkinsonTE #134Jaylinn HawkinsSAF #135Kevin DotsonG #136Brycen HopkinsTE #137Josiah ScottCB #139Amik RobertsonCB #140Shaquille QuartermanLB #141John ReidCB #142Antonio Gandy-GoldenWR #143Ben BredesonG #144DeeJay DallasRB #145Jack DriscollOT #146Tyler BiadaszC

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

L'Jarius inherited the Kansas City Chiefs DB room from Rashad Fenton (2019–2022), and handed it to Justin Reid (2022–2024).

Charles Mincy 1992–1994Dale Carter 1992–1998James Hasty 1995–2000Jerome Woods 1996–2005Mark McMillian 1997–1998Eric Warfield

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with TEN
2024team change
Joined TEN (from KC)
2020draft
Drafted by KC — Round 4, Pick 138

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 192 lb

Frame

192 lb at 4.37s

Size-speed

41" vert / 131" broad

Explosion

12 reps

Bench power

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	TEN	5	W4Questionable· HamstringW7Questionable· QuadricepW8Out· QuadricepW9Out· QuadricepW10Out· QuadricepW11Out· QuadricepW12Out· Quadricep
2023	KC	1	W17Questionable· CalfW18Out· Calf
2022	KC	0	W18Questionable· Hip
2021	KC	1	W10Questionable· Ankle / WristW11Questionable· KneeW14Questionable· Not injury related - personal matterW15Out· Not injury related - personal matter

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 6-season peers. See all →

peak 66

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

B+2020

B2021

B+2022

B2023

F2024

D2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 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
2020	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2021	2	0.1	2	0.1
2022	3	0.2	3	0.2
2023	2	0.1	2	0.1
2024	0	0	0	0
2025	0	0	0	0

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

82 career value over replacement — #1405 all-time of 4,642. 13.7/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #138 (Rd 4) · KC · 2020 · +29.5 vs expected KV-H

63actual

33.5 expected · Δ+29.5

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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 · 2020

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2020 Draft Class· this player went #138

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator