Rodney Thomas is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Thomas in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Thomas's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Rodney Thomas
Height6'1"
Weight196 lb
BornJun 26, 1998
Age28
CollegeYaleSee College Stats
ConferenceIvy League
Rookie yr2022
Draft2022 · Rd 7, Pick 239 · IND
Career Value · VORP
VORP 47 · #2124 · Above AverageWorth 47 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 47% of all 4,612 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.5 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
2 cleared
1 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
48
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
2
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+23.5
Avg surplus
peak +30
2 seasons × ~23.5 surplus ≈ VORP 47
Combined Season Grid
The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping. Switch to Combined to fold the selected families into unified totals—yards from scrimmage, total TDs, touches.
3 grids split in one view
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Rushing | Snap Counts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2022 | — | IND | 15 | — | 48 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 718 | 63.7% | 127 | 28.1% |
| 2023 | — | IND | 13 | — | 31 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 960 | 81.1% | 179 | 35.9% |
| 2024 | — | IND | 1 | — | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 98 | 8.3% | 173 | 36.8% |
| 2025 | — | IND | 10 | — | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 150 | 12.8% | 278 | 61.6% |
| Career | — | 39 | — | 106 | 76 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,926 | 41.5% | 757 | 40.6% | |
Rushing
Defense
Snap Counts
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 55 · Strong StarterA strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
64
Sustained
career value
×.6
62
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.86
Longevity
career length
Blend 63.2 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 55· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 64
On-field 48.7
Availability 15.3
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)
2022bestavg 62elite 702025
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position3
Depth
of 100
Reached 3% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
3% of the all-time Interceptions leader3
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat 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: 92%.
Per-Snap Impact
Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+29
Rotational
SIS
Disruption/1000.935Snap share41.5%Def snaps1,926ReliableCV 0.31
Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within defensive backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Yale), 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
DeForest BucknerDT4yLuke RhodesLS4yGrover StewartDT4yKenny Moore IICB4yQuenton NelsonG4yBraden SmithOT4yMo Alie-CoxTE4yMichael PittmanWR4yZaire FranklinOLB4yJonathan TaylorRB4yKwity PayeDE4yTyquan LewisDE4yAlec PierceWR4yBernhard RaimannOT4yNick CrossSAF4ySegun OlubiLB4yCameron McGroneLB4yRyan KellyC3yRigoberto SanchezP3yE.J. SpeedLB3yJulian BlackmonSAF3yKylen GransonTE3yDanny PinterG3yDayo OdeyingboDE3y
2022 Draft Class· this player went #239
#231Baylon SpectorLB#232Faion HicksCB#233Dareke YoungWR#234Jonathan FordDT#235Daniel HardyDE#236Deane LeonardCB#237Chase LucasCB#238Thayer Munford Jr.OT#240Christian HolmesCB#241Chris OladokunQB#242Kalon BarnesCB#243Jaylen WatsonCB#244Christian MatthewCB#245Andrew StueberOT#246Dawson DeatonC#247Skylar ThompsonQB
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Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2025final season
Last recorded season with IND
- 2022draft
Drafted by IND — Round 7, Pick 239
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'1" / 196 lb
Frame
Era Translator
INT translated to the 2025NFL — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0.2 | 3+1 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026
Career Value · VORP
47 career value over replacement — #2124 all-time of 4,612. 15.7/season above a replacement-level S.
Draft OutcomeSteal ↑
Pick #239 (Rd 7) · IND · 2022 · +36.4 vs expected KV-H
55actual
18.6 expected · Δ+36.4
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