Marvin Jones ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Jones in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Jones a career score of 68, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
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100 career value over replacement — #1151 all-time of 4,695. 20/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #4 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 1993 · +4.7 vs expected KV-H
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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 | |||||
| 1999 | 27 | NYJ | 16 | — | 67 | 44 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 28 | NYJ | 16 | — | 98 | 66 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | NYJ | 16 | — | 97 | 59 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 30 | NYJ | 16 | — | 86 | 54 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 31 | NYJ | 16 | — | 86 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 80 | — | 434 | 266 | 168 | 20 | 3 | 3.0 | 26.0 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
1993–1998: these seasons predate StatVault's committed NFL season-grid source (1999+), so they are recorded as a known gap rather than shown as zero.
5 seasons · peak 4.2 in 2001
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.4 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2001 · +0.3 wins
Latest season · 2003 ·
Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 4 games
Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.
| Home / Away | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 53 | 2 | -1 | 352 | 216 | 2892 | 28 | 457.1 |
| Away | 56 | 1 | 4 | 353 | 205 |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
Blend 67.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 100%
Gerald Hodges
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89% match
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VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#91 of 967 all-time linebackers by KV-H
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| 387.5 |
| Wins / Losses | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | 45 | 1 | 3 | 249 | 154 | 2093 | 19 | 321.6 |
| Losses | 63 | 1 | -4 | 452 | 263 | 3674 | 25 | 517 |
| Ties | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 56 | — | 6 |
| Regular season / Postseason | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | 106 | 3 | 3 | 689 | 413 | 5692 | 43 | 825.5 |
| Postseason | 3 | — | — | 16 | 8 | 131 | 1 | 19.1 |
| By opponent | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs ARI | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 206 | 1 | 27 |
| vs ATL | 3 | — | — | 19 | 12 | 147 | — | 14.7 |
| vs BAL | 2 | — | — | 11 | 7 | 112 | 1 | 17.2 |
| vs BUF | 1 | — | — | 5 | 3 | 21 | — | 2.1 |
| vs CAR | 3 | — | — | 16 | 12 | 127 | — | 12.7 |
| vs CHI | 9 | — | — | 62 | 39 | 654 | 3 | 83.4 |
| vs CIN | 2 | — | — | 8 | 6 | 74 | — | 7.4 |
| vs CLE | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 22 | — | 2.2 |
| vs DAL | 4 | 1 | -4 | 24 | 10 | 132 | 3 | 30.8 |
| vs DEN | 2 | — | — | 14 | 6 | 55 | 1 | 11.5 |
| vs DET | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 17 | — | 1.7 |
| vs GB | 9 | — | — | 57 | 33 | 565 | 7 | 98.5 |
| vs HOU | 6 | — | — | 50 | 29 | 337 | 1 | 39.7 |
| vs IND | 5 | — | — | 36 | 19 | 280 | 3 | 46 |
| vs JAX | 2 | — | — | 7 | 3 | 23 | — | 2.3 |
| vs KC | 4 | — | — | 17 | 7 | 139 | — | 11.9 |
| vs LA | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 8.4 |
| vs LAC | 3 | — | — | 19 | 12 | 105 | 2 | 22.5 |
| vs LV | 2 | — | — | 16 | 13 | 174 | 1 | 23.4 |
| vs MIA | 2 | — | — | 14 | 10 | 129 | 1 | 18.9 |
| vs MIN | 9 | — | — | 73 | 43 | 630 | 9 | 117 |
| vs NE | 2 | — | — | 12 | 6 | 115 | 1 | 17.5 |
| vs NO | 2 | — | — | 16 | 7 | 105 | 1 | 16.5 |
| vs NYG | 4 | — | — | 23 | 12 | 147 | 1 | 20.7 |
| vs NYJ | 3 | — | — | 25 | 15 | 143 | — | 14.3 |
| vs PHI | 3 | — | — | 15 | 10 | 138 | 2 | 25.8 |
| vs PIT | 1 | — | — | 11 | 6 | 128 | — | 12.8 |
| vs SEA | 3 | — | — | 25 | 16 | 233 | 2 | 35.3 |
| vs SF | 2 | — | — | 15 | 8 | 106 | 1 | 16.6 |
| vs TB | 3 | — | — | 8 | 7 | 88 | — | 8.8 |
| vs TEN | 6 | — | — | 43 | 28 | 376 | 1 | 43.6 |
| vs WAS | 4 | — | — | 32 | 21 | 274 | 1 | 33.4 |
| By month | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9 | — | — | 63 | 38 | 611 | 4 | 85.1 |
| September | 26 | 1 | 4 | 168 | 101 | 1465 | 11 | 210.9 |
| October | 27 | 1 | 3 | 172 | 100 | 1299 | 11 | 196.2 |
| November | 26 | 1 | -4 | 174 | 104 | 1381 | 14 | 221.7 |
| December | 21 | — | — | 128 | 78 | 1067 | 4 | 130.7 |
| Division games | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | 38 | — | — | 262 | 157 | 2407 | 21 | 366.7 |
| Non-division | 71 | 3 | 3 | 443 | 264 | 3416 | 23 | 477.9 |
Season-by-season quality (era-relative tackles/g)