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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#44Era-adjusted seasons· 2006of 350

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Lito Sheppard

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

Height5'10"

Weight194 lb

Career Value · VORP

107 career value over replacement — #1060 all-time of 4,695. 11.9/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #26 (Rd 1) · PHI · 2002 · +13.2 vs expected KV-H

68actual

54.8 expected · Δ+13.2

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Combined Season Grid

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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	21	PHI	3	—	7	5	2	0	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	0
2004	23	PHI	15	—	53	49	4	0	0	1.0	1.0	5	15	0	—	2	0
2005	24	PHI	10	—	30	26	4	0	0	1.0	1.0	3	9	1	—	0	0
2006	25	PHI	11	—	25	20	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	6	19	0	1	1	0
2007	26	PHI	11	—	48	44	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	5	0	—	0	0
2008	27	PHI	11	—	18	15	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	1	—	0	0
2009	28	NYJ	10	—	25	19	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	8	0	—	0	0
2010	29	MIN	10	—	16	13	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	0	—	0	0
2011	30	OAK	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

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 107 · #1060 · High-Value

Worth 107 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 24% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.3 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

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.3

Avg surplus

peak +44

7 seasons × ~15.3 surplus ≈