Samari Rolle ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Rolle in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Rolle a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Samari Rolle

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 6% all-time defensive backsIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000

Height6'0"

Weight175 lb

BornAug 10, 1976

Age50

CollegeFlorida State

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1998	22	TEN	15	—	29	25	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	—	6	1	—	—	—
1999	23	TEN	16	—	62	50	12	4	4	3.0	11.0	4	12	1	1	0	0
2000	24	TEN	15	—	37	33	4	1	2	1.5	4.5	7	16	0	1	1	0
2001	25	TEN	14	—	54	49	5	3	1	2.0	6.0	3	14	0	2	0	0
2002	26	TEN	16	—	45	36	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	0	—	0	0
2003	27	TEN	12	—	28	20	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	6	17	0	2	1	0
2004	28	TEN	10	—	22	21	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	7	0	1	0	0
2005	29	BAL	15	—	40	38	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	11	2	—	0	0
2006	30	BAL	16	—	47	43	4	0	2	1.0	3.0	3	11	0	—	0	0
2007	31	BAL	6	—	20	19	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	0	—	0	0
2008	32	BAL	10	—	22	20	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	8	1	—	0	0
Career		—	—	—	402	354	48	9	9	9.5	27.5	31	119	5	7	2	0

Career Value · VORP

171 career value over replacement — #526 all-time of 4,695. 17.1/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #46 (Rd 2) · TEN · 1998 · +24.6 vs expected KV-H

74actual

49.4 expected · Δ+24.6

💔+33.9 stolen VORP·1.98 szns lost

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Career arc · VAL by season

11 seasons · peak 11.4 in 2000

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

3.3 career wins over 11 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2000 · +0.9 wins

Defence+0.8
Team defence (share)+0.1

Latest season · 2008 · +0.3 wins

Defence+0.3

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.

Position percentile · DB

#63 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H

094th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1998	22	TEN	15	—	29	25	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	—	6	1	—	—	—	0.7
1999	23	TEN	16	—	62	50	12	4	4	3.0	11.0	4	12	1	1	0	0	5.7
2000	24	TEN	15	—	37	33	4	1	2	1.5	4.5	7	16	0	1	1	0	11.4
2001	25	TEN	14	—	54	49	5	3	1	2.0	6.0	3	14	0	2	0	0	4.7
2002	26	TEN	16	—	45	36	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	0	—	0	0	2.2
2003	27	TEN	12	—	28	20	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	6	17	0	2	1	0	8.1
2004	28	TEN	10	—	22	21	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	7	0	1	0	0	0.1
2005	29	BAL	15	—	40	38	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	11	2	—	0	0	1.4
2006	30	BAL	16	—	47	43	4	0	2	1.0	3.0	3	11	0	—	0	0	4.2
2007	31	BAL	6	—	20	19	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	0.7
2008	32	BAL	10	—	22	20	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	8	1	—	0	0	3.7
Career			—		402	354	48	9	9	9.5	27.5	31	119	5	7	2	0	42.9

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.