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

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Rodney Harrison

2× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 18% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000

Height6'1"

Weight220 lb

Career Value · VORP

88 career value over replacement — #1353 all-time of 4,695. 9.8/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #145 (Rd 5) · LAC · 1994 · +34.5 vs expected KV-H

65actual

30.5 expected · Δ+34.5

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All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 23% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

23% of the all-time Interceptions leader23

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 88%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl63Solo46Ast17QBHits2Sk2.0Dis4.0Int7PD9

College Stats

Western IllinoisCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Western Illinois), 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.

Top Teammates

Junior SeauLB12y John ParrellaDT8y Raylee JohnsonDE8y Darren BennettP8y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Rodney inherited the Los Angeles Chargers DB room from Gill Byrd (1983–1992), and handed it to Quentin Jammer (2002–2012).

Gill Byrd 1983–1992Rodney Harrison 1994–2002Quentin Jammer 2002–2012Antonio Cromartie 2006–2009Eric Weddle 2007–2015Casey Hayward

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2008final season
Last recorded season with NE
2003team change
Joined NE (from SD)
1994draft
Drafted by LAC — Round 5, Pick 145
1994team change
Joined SD (from LAC)

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 220 lb

Frame

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

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

peak 70

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

D1999

A2000

C+2001

C+2002

B2003

C+2004

C+2006

C+2007

D2008

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 15 seasons.

77%

Era Translator

INT translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
1999	1	0.2	2+1	0.1
2000	6	0.4	5-1	0.3
2001	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2002	2	0.2	2	0.1
2003	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2004	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2006	1	0.1	1	0.1
2007	1	0.1	1	0
2008	1	0.2	2+1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

10%

Longshot

What carries the case

All-Pro 43.6%Longevity 27.3%Era Quality (KV-H) 18.2%Pro Bowls 10.9%

Monitor score 55 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity82

Peak70

Accolades25

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

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Rodney Harrison

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

1994 Draft Class· this player went #145