Marlon McCree is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places McCree in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and McCree'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 | 24 | JAX / PIT | 13 | — | 42 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 25 | JAX | 16 | — | 66 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 26 | HOU / JAX | 12 | — | 44 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 27 | HOU | 8 | — | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 28 | CAR | 16 | — | 73 | 59 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 29 | SD | 13 | — | 48 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 30 | SD | 15 | — | 53 | 36 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 31 | DEN | 7 | — | 27 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 100 | — | 373 | 272 | 101 | 6 | 3 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 16 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
80 career value over replacement — #1463 all-time of 4,695. 10/season above a replacement-level S.
Career Profile
Pick #233 (Rd 7) · JAX · 2001 · +45.2 vs expected KV-H
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Postseason all-time ranks
A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.
Worth 80 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 32% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.4 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
7 seasons × ~11.4 surplus ≈ VORP 80
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90% match