Paulson Adebo is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Adebo in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Adebo'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 | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | |||||
| 2021 | 22 | NO | 17 | — | 59 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 850 | 76.7% | 144 | 30.4% | 89 | 55 | 0.6 | 91.7 | 11.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 23 | NO | 13 | — | 56 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 812 | 93.4% | 8 | 2.1% | 76 | 50 | 0.7 | 119.6 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 24 | NO | 15 | — | 67 | 51 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 949 | 99.1% | 5 | 1.1% | 100 | 55 | 0.6 | 62.7 | 11.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 25 | NO | 7 | — | 50 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 438 | 90.1% | — | 0.0% | 65 | 39 | 0.6 | 71.9 | 11.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 26 | NYG | 12 | — | 72 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 759 | 95.8% | — | 0.0% | 80 | 53 | 0.7 | 98.2 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2026 | 27 | NYG | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 10 | 17.0% | 8 | 42.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 65 | — | 307 | 247 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 11 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 410 | 252 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 32 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
86 career value over replacement — #1382 all-time of 4,695. 17.2/season above a replacement-level CB.
Pick #76 (Rd 3) · NO · 2021 · +28.2 vs expected KV-H
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