Randall Gay is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Gay in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Gay'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 | |||||
| 2004 | 22 | NE | 12 | — | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 23 | NE | 5 | — | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 24 | NE | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 25 | NE | 14 | — | 30 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 26 | NO | 12 | — | 42 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 27 | NO | 13 | — | 33 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 28 | NO | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 59 | — | 147 | 125 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2.5 | 11.5 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
29 career value over replacement — #2760 all-time of 4,695. 5.8/season above a replacement-level CB.
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5 seasons · peak 3.3 in 2007
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.
0.5 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2007 · +0.3 wins
Latest season · 2009 · +0.0 wins
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.
#438 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 22 | NE | 12 | — | 27 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.1 |
| 2005 | 23 | NE | 5 | — | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 24 | NE | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 25 | NE | 14 | — | 30 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.3 |
| 2008 | 26 | NO | 12 | — | 42 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 2009 | 27 | NO | 13 | — | 33 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 2010 | 28 | NO | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | 59 | 147 | 125 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2.5 | 11.5 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.2 |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
Blend 54.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 93%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)
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