Sam Franklin Jr.
Height6'3"
Weight210 lb
BornFeb 2, 1996
Age30
CollegeTempleSee College Stats
ConferenceAmerican Athletic
Rookie yr2020
A defensive back who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 0 · #4566 · Role PlayerWorth 0 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 99% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 0 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +0 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
5 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
48
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
0
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+0
Avg surplus
peak +0
0 seasons × ~0 surplus ≈ VORP 0
Combined Season Grid
The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.
4 grids split in one view
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Receiving | Snap Counts | 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 | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Pass EPA | Rush EPA | Rec EPA | Pass AirYd | Rec AirYd | |||||
| 2020 | — | CAR | 7 | — | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 248 | 40.4% | 156 | 41.6% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | CAR | 7 | — | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 153 | 26.7% | 258 | 61.4% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | — | CAR | 5 | — | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 88 | 34.0% | 359 | 76.8% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | CAR | 6 | — | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 289 | 59.6% | 313 | 71.5% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | — | CAR | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — | 0.0 | — | 0 | — | 0.0% | 4 | 1.7% | 241 | 84.3% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -2.7 | 0 | 11 |
| 2025 | — | BUF | 8 | — | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 6 | 12.0% | 329 | 76.4% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 36 | — | 73 | 51 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — | 0.0 | — | 0 | — | 0.0% | 788 | 29.1% | 1,656 | 68.7% | — | — | -2.7 | 0 | 11 | |
Career EPA-2.7·-3 receiving·-2.7/season
Receiving
Defense
Snap Counts
Advanced (EPA)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Pass EPA | Rush EPA | Rec EPA | Pass AirYd | Rec AirYd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | -2.7 | 0 | 11 |
| Career | — | — | — | 0 | 11 |
Advanced Receiving (2018+)
Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 38 · Depth / RotationalA depth / rotational career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 38 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
36
Sustained
career value
×.6
40
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×1
Longevity
career length
Blend 37.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 38· confidence 83%
What builds the career mark of 36
On-field 29.1
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)
2020bestavg 362025
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position6
Depth
of 100
Reached 1% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
1% of the all-time Sacks leader1
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
-2.68 EPA/season over 1 season49
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: 89%.
Per-Snap Impact
Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+50
Solid
SIS
Disruption/1001.65Snap share29.1%Def snaps788ConsistentCV 0.14
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+).
Postseason Career
1 playoff gameDefense
Tkl1Ast1
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Temple), 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
Shaq ThompsonOLB6yJ.J. JansenLS5yTaylor MotonOT5yIan ThomasTE5yDerrick BrownDT5yMarquis HaynesLB5yBrian BurnsLB4yDonte JacksonCB4yJeremy ChinnSAF4yChuba HubbardRB4yTommy TrembleTE4yYetur Gross-MatosDE4yJaycee HornCB4yBrady ChristensenOT4yStephen SullivanTE4yJohnny HekkerP3yDJ MooreWR3yXavier WoodsFS3yFrankie LuvuLB3yAustin CorbettG3yEddy PineiroK3yJuston BurrisFS3yC.J. HendersonCB3yCade MaysC3y
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2025team change
Joined BUF (from CAR)
- 2025final season
Last recorded season with BUF
- 2020signing
Entered the NFL with CAR
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'3" / 210 lb
Frame
Injury History
From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CAR | 0 | W7Doubtful· FootW8Questionable· Foot |
| 2023 | CAR | 0 | W12Questionable· QuadricepW15Questionable· IllnessW16Questionable· Quadricep / Back |
| 2020 | CAR | 0 | W11Questionable· AnkleW12Questionable· AnkleW14Questionable· Ankle |
Knox
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Historical Knox · KV-H
Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 5-season peers. See all →
38
peak 40
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
D2020
D2021
F2022
C2023
C2025
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.
90%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0.2 | 3+2 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Career Value · VORP
0 career value over replacement — #4566 all-time of 4,642. 0/season above a replacement-level S.
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