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

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Lito Sheppard

2× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 12% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2006

Height5'10"

Weight194 lb

BornApr 8, 1981

Age45

CollegeFlorida See College Stats

Rookie yr2002

Draft2002 · Rd 1, Pick 26 · PHI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 106 · #1036 · High-Value

Worth 106 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 23% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 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

+15.1

Avg surplus

peak +44

7 seasons × ~15.1 surplus ≈ VORP 106

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2002	—	PHI	3	—	7	5	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	—	PHI	15	—	49	43	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	18	1	—	0	0
2004	—	PHI	15	—	53	49	4	0	0	1.0	1.0	5	15	0	—	2	0
2005	—	PHI	10	—	30	26	4	0	0	1.0	1.0	3	9	1	—	0	0
2006	—	PHI	11	—	25	20	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	6	19	0	1	1	0
2007	—	PHI	11	—	48	44	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	5	0	—	0	0
2008	—	PHI	11	—	18	15	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	1	—	0	0
2009	—	NYJ	10	—	25	19	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	8	0	—	0	0
2010	—	MIN	10	—	16	13	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	0	—	0	0
2011	—	LV	9	—	43	40	3	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	4	0	—	0	0
Career		—	105	—	314	274	40	2	2	3.0	7.0	19	86	3	1	3	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2002	21	PHI	3	—	7	5	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2003	22	PHI	15	—	49	43	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	18	1	—	0	9.4
2004	23	PHI	15	—	53	49	4	0	0	1.0	1.0	5	15	0	—	2	12.4
2005	24	PHI	10	—	30	26	4	0	0	1.0	1.0	3	9	1	—	0	7.6
2006	25	PHI	11	—	25	20	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	6	19	0	1	1	11.8
2007	26	PHI	11	—	48	44	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	5	0	—	0	5.4
2008	27	PHI	11	—	18	15	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	1	—	0	5
2009	28	NYJ	10	—	25	19	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	8	0	—	0	5.2
2010	29	MIN	10	—	16	13	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	0	—	0	3.3
2011	30	LV	9	—	43	40	3	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	4	0	—	0	3.6
Career			105		314	274	40	2	2	—	—	19	86	3	1	3	63.7

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 67 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 44.4

Availability 14.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2003bestavg 58elite 702011

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Interceptions leader9

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%.

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 · 2002

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

DB · 2002 class

4.47s

40-Yard

Above avg · 60th pct

Pos 60thAll 83thClass Pos 80thClass All 89th

37.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 69th pct

Pos 69thAll 84thClass Pos 71thClass All 79th

120"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 64thClass Pos 48thClass All 72th

11 reps

Bench

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 5thClass Pos 24thClass All 7th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl25Solo21Ast4PD6FF1

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.

2002 Draft Class· this player went #26

#18T.J. DuckettRB #19Ashley LelieWR #20Javon WalkerWR #21Daniel GrahamTE #22Bryan ThomasOLB #23Napoleon HarrisMLB #24Ed ReedFS #25Charles GrantDE #27Mike RumphDB #28Jerramy StevensTE #29Marc ColomboOT #30Kendall SimmonsG #32Patrick RamseyQB #33Jabar GaffneyWR #34DeShaun FosterRB #35Kalimba EdwardsDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Lito inherited the Philadelphia Eagles DB room from Michael Lewis (2002–2006), and handed it to Sheldon Brown (2002–2009).

Terry Hoage 1986–1990Eric Allen 1988–1994Otis Smith 1991–1994Mark McMillian 1992–1995Greg Jackson 1994–1995Bobby Taylor

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2011team change
Joined LV (from MIN)
2011final season
Last recorded season with LV
2010team change
Joined MIN (from NYJ)
2009team change
Joined NYJ (from PHI)
2002draft
Drafted by PHI — Round 1, Pick 26

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 194 lb

Frame

194 lb at 4.47s

Size-speed

37.5" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

11 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2010	MIN	0	W7Questionable· HandW8Questionable· Hand
2009	NYJ	3	W3Out· QuadricepW4Out· QuadricepW5Doubtful· QuadricepW7Out· QuadricepW8Doubtful· Quadricep

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 79

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

C+2003

B+2004

B2005

A+2006

B2007

C+2008

C+2009

D2010

D2011

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

71%

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
2003	1	0.1	0-1	0
2004	5	0.3	4-1	0.2
2005	3	0.3	3	0.2
2006	6	0.5	7+1	0.4
2007	2	0.2	2	0.1
2008	1	0.1	1	0
2009	1	0.1	1	0
2010	0	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0	0

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

Career Value · VORP

106 career value over replacement — #1036 all-time of 4,642. 11.8/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #26 (Rd 1) · PHI · 2002 · +13.1 vs expected KV-H

68actual

54.9 expected · Δ+13.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2002

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2002 Draft Class· this player went #26

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography