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

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Marquez Pope

Top 29% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter

Height5'11"

Weight205 lb

BornOct 29, 1970

Age55

CollegeFresno State See College Stats

Rookie yr1992

Draft1992 · Rd 2, Pick 33 · LAC

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 72 · #1585 · Above Average

Worth 72 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 35% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12

Avg surplus

peak +30

6 seasons × ~12 surplus ≈ VORP 72

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
1992	—	LAC	7	—	4	4	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0	0	—	—	—
1993	—	LAC	16	—	45	38	—	—	—	0.5	0.5	2	4	2	—	—	—
1994	—	LAR	16	—	101	86	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	6	2	—	—	—
1995	—	SF	16	—	61	56	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	13	1	—	—	—
1996	—	SF	16	—	68	62	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	6	25	1	—	—	—
1997	—	SF	5	—	23	20	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	—	—	—
1998	—	SF	6	—	20	17	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	3	0	—	—	—
1999	—	CLE	16	—	78	66	12	4	1	0.0	5.0	2	5	2	—	0	0
2000	—	LV	14	—	64	45	19	2	1	1.0	4.0	2	5	1	5	0	0
2001	—	LV	13	—	60	41	19	6	0	0.0	6.0	1	8	0	—	0	0
Career		—	125	—	524	435	50	12	2	1.5	15.5	19	71	9	5	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1992	22	LAC	7	—	4	4	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0	0	—	—	—	0.7
1993	23	LAC	16	—	45	38	—	—	—	0.5	0.5	2	4	2	—	—	—	7.9
1994	24	LAR	16	—	101	86	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	6	2	—	—	—	10
1995	25	SF	16	—	61	56	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	13	1	—	—	—	8
1996	26	SF	16	—	68	62	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	6	25	1	—	—	—	14.9
1997	27	SF	5	—	23	20	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	—	—	—	2.4
1998	28	SF	6	—	20	17	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	3	0	—	—	—	2.9
1999	29	CLE	16	—	78	66	12	4	1	0.0	5.0	2	5	2	—	0	0	8.6
2000	30	LV	14	—	64	45	19	2	1	1.0	4.0	2	5	1	5	0	0	7.6
2001	31	LV	13	—	60	41	19	6	0	0.0	6.0	1	8	0	—	0	0	6.3
Career			125		524	435	50	12	2	—	—	19	71	9	5	0	0	69.3

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 60 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 60 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 38.2

Availability 17.8

On-field production Staying available

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

1993bestavg 53elite 702001

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: 93%.

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+).

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl18Solo11Ast7TFL1Dis1.0PD1FR1

College Stats

Fresno StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Fresno State), 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.

1992 Draft Class· this player went #33

#24Robert JonesOLB #25Tommy MaddoxQB #26Robert PorcherDE #27John FinaOT #28Darryl WilliamsDB #29Ashley AmbroseCB #30Steve IsraelDB #31Carl PickensWR #36Jimmy SmithWR #37Darren WoodsonS #38Levon KirklandMLB #39Robert HarrisDT #41Phillippi SparksCB #44Courtney HawkinsWR #45Amp LeeRB #50Eddie RobinsonOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Marquez inherited the San Francisco 49ers DB room from Tyronne Drakeford (1994–2001), and handed it to Darnell Walker (1997–1999).

Dave Waymer 1990–1991Eric Davis 1990–1995Merton Hanks 1991–1998Dana Hall 1992–1994Tim McDonald 1993–1999Tyronne Drakeford

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2001final season
Last recorded season with LV
2000team change
Joined LV (from CLE)
1999team change
Joined CLE (from SF)
1995team change
Joined SF (from LAR)
1994team change
Joined LAR (from LAC)
1992draft
Drafted by LAC — Round 2, Pick 33

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 205 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 9-season peers. See all →

peak 66

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

C+1993

B1994

C1995

B+1996

D1997

D1998

C+1999

C+2000

C+2001

Availability

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

82%

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
1993	2	0.1	0-2	0
1994	3	0.2	1-2	0.1
1995	1	0.1	0-1	0
1996	6	0.4	4-2	0.2
1997	1	0.2	2+1	0.1
1998	1	0.2	2+1	0.1
1999	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2000	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2001	1	0.1	1	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

72 career value over replacement — #1585 all-time of 4,642. 8/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #33 (Rd 2) · LAC · 1992 · +5.1 vs expected KV-H

60actual

54.9 expected · Δ+5.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1992 Draft Class· this player went #33

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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Era Translator

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