Ron Rice is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Rice in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Rice's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Ron Rice
A quality defensive back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 53 · #1972 · Above AverageWorth 53 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 43% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.3 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
4 cleared
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
48
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
4
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+13.3
Avg surplus
peak +28
4 seasons × ~13.3 surplus ≈ VORP 53
Combined Season Grid
The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.
3 grids split in one view
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Receiving | Advanced (EPA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Pass EPA | Rush EPA | Rec EPA | Pass AirYd | Rec AirYd | |||||
| 1996 | — | DET | 13 | — | 49 | 34 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | — | DET | 12 | — | 51 | 39 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | — | DET | 16 | — | 95 | 60 | — | — | — | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | — | DET | 16 | — | 87 | 62 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | — | DET | 13 | — | 60 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — | 0.0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | — | DET | 7 | — | 35 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 77 | — | 377 | 249 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 6.5 | 14.5 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — | 0.0 | — | 0 | — | — | -0.8 | 0 | 0 | |
Career EPA-0.8··-0.8/season
Receiving
Defense
Advanced (EPA)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Pass EPA | Rush EPA | Rec EPA | Pass AirYd | Rec AirYd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | -0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 62 · Strong StarterA strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 62 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
60
Sustained
career value
×.6
64
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×1
Longevity
career length
Blend 61.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 98%
What builds the career mark of 60
On-field 43.1
Availability 16.9
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)
1997bestavg 58elite 702001
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position9
Depth
of 100
Reached 5% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
5% of the all-time Interceptions leader5
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
-0.75 EPA/season over 1 season50
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: 91%.
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+).
Postseason Career
1 playoff gameDefense
Tkl4Solo2Ast2
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Eastern Michigan), 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
Robert PorcherDE6yJohnnie MortonWR6yHerman MooreWR6yTracy ScrogginsDE6yLuther EllissDT6yDavid SloanTE6yJohn JettP5yBryant WestbrookDB5yRobert BaileyDB4yAllen AldridgeOLB4yTravis KirschkeDE4yCharlie BatchQB4yRon RiversRB4yTerry FairDB4yRyan StewartDB4yKelvin PritchettDT3yBarry SandersRB3yChris ClaiborneLB3yCory SchlesingerFB3yScott MitchellQB3yJared DeVriesDE3yWalter RasbyTE3yGreg JeffriesCB3yBrian StableinWR3y
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterRon inherited the Detroit Lions DB room from Greg Jeffries (1994–1998), and handed it to Bryant Westbrook (1997–2001).
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2001final season
Last recorded season with DET
- 1996signing
Entered the NFL with DET
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'1" / 217 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 5-season peers. See all →
62
peak 64
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
C1997
B1998
B+1999
C+2000
C+2001
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.
80%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | 0.1 | 0-1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0.2 | 2-1 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0.3 | 3-2 | 0.2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0.3 | 3+1 | 0.2 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Career Value · VORP
53 career value over replacement — #1972 all-time of 4,642. 10.6/season above a replacement-level S.
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