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

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Mike Minter

Top 24% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter

Height5'10"

Weight195 lb

BornJan 15, 1974

Age52

CollegeNebraska See College Stats

Rookie yr1997

Draft

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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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
1997	23–24	CAR	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.5	3.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	24–25	CAR	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	25–26	CAR	16	—	69	51	18	1	1	1.0	3.0	3	11	1	2	0	0
2000	26–27	CAR	16	—	101	72	29	4	1	2.0	7.0	2	7	3	1	1	0
2001	27–28	CAR	15	—	68	53	15	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	10	1	1	0	0
2002	28–29	CAR	16	—	73	54	19	2	1	1.0	4.0	4	9	0	1	1	0
2003	29–30	CAR	16	—	72	54	18	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	8	0	—	2	0
2004	30–31	CAR	16	—	74	54	20	0	0	2.0	2.0	0	10	3	2	0	0
2005	31–32	CAR	16	—	54	32	22	0	0	1.5	1.5	1	9	1	—	0	0
2006	32–33	CAR	15	—	77	53	24	0	2	0.0	2.0	1	6	0	1	0	0
Career		—	148	—	588	423	165	9	5	11.0	25.0	16	70	9	8	4	0

Career Value · VORP

91 career value over replacement — #1300 all-time of 4,695. 11.4/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #56 (Rd 2) · CAR · 1997 · +15.9 vs expected KV-H

62actual

46.1 expected · Δ+15.9

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INTs career shape

19992006peak

Actual season values; the gold dot marks the player's peak season.

Career arc · VAL by season

10 seasons · peak 4.9 in 2002

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

1.4 career wins over 10 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2002 · +0.4 wins

Defence+0.4

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.

Position percentile · DB

#262 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H

076th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1997	23–24	CAR	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.5	3.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.9
1998	24–25	CAR	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
1999	25–26	CAR	16	—	69	51	18	1	1	1.0	3.0	3	11	1	2	0	0	2.6
2000	26–27	CAR	16	—	101	72	29	4	1	2.0	7.0	2	7	3	1	1	0	3.6
2001	27–28	CAR	15	—	68	53	15	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	10	1	1	0	0	0.9
2002	28–29	CAR	16	—	73	54	19	2	1	1.0	4.0	4	9	0	1	1	0	4.9
2003	29–30	CAR	16	—	72	54	18	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	8	0	—	2	0	3
2004	30–31	CAR	16	—	74	54	20	0	0	2.0	2.0	0	10	3	2	0	0	0.2
2005	31–32	CAR	16	—	54	32	22	0	0	1.5	1.5	1	9	1	—	0	0	2
2006	32–33	CAR	15	—	77	53	24	0	2	0.0	2.0	1	6	0	1	0	0	0.4
Career			148		588	423	165	9	5	11.0	25.0	16	70	9	8	4	0	18.5