Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | ||||||
| 2022 | 22 | NYJ | 17 | — | 4.9 | 70 | 46 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,115 | 98.1% | 92 | 20.1% | 86 | 46 | 0.5 | 62.7 | 12.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 23 | NYJ | 16 | — | 0.4 | 55 | 39 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,051 | 98.5% | 10 | 2.0% | 55 | 31 | 0.6 | 80.3 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | 24 | NYJ | 15 | — | 2.2 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 880 | 87.1% | 6 | 1.7% | 58 | 33 | 0.6 | 86.9 | 12.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 25 | IND / NYJ | 11 | — | 0.2 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 543 | — | — | — | 45 | 22 | 0.5 | 85.6 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2026 | 26 | IND | 5 | — | 0.0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 316 | 96.8% | 7 | 4.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 64 | — | 7.7 | 219 | 155 | 64 | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 3 | 54 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 244 | 132 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 31 | — | |
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25 career value over replacement — #2940 all-time of 4,695. 6.3/season above a replacement-level CB.
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5 seasons · peak 4.9 in 2022
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.
0.6 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2022 · +0.4 wins
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.
#499 of 1,089 all-time defensive backs by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22 | NYJ | 17 | 17* | 70 | 46 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 23 | NYJ | 16 | 16* | 55 | 39 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 24 | NYJ | 15 | 13* | 42 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 25 | All teams | 10 | — | 36 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 2026 | 26 | IND | 5 | 5* | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 63 | 219 | 155 | 64 | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 3 | 54 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 7.7 |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22 | NYJ | 17 | 17* | — | 0.0% | 1,115 | 98.1% | 92 | 20.1% |
| 2023 | 23 | NYJ | 16 | 16* | — | 0.0% | 1,051 | 98.5% | 10 | 2.0% |
| 2024 | 24 | NYJ | 15 | 13* | — | 0.0% | 880 | 87.1% | 6 | 1.7% |
| 2025 | 25 | All teams | 10 | — | — | — | 543 | — | — | — |
| 2026 | 26 | IND | 5 | 5* | — | 0.0% | 316 | 96.8% | 7 | 4.6% |
| Career | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22 | NYJ | 17 | 17* | 86 | 46 | 0.5 | 62.7 | 12.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 23 | NYJ | 16 | 16* | 55 | 31 | 0.6 | 80.3 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | 24 | NYJ | 15 | 13* | 58 | 33 | 0.6 | 86.9 | 12.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 25 | All teams* | 11 | — | 45 | 22 | 0.5 | 85.6 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Career | 59 | 244 | 132 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 31 | — |
* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)
All teams* — this source provides a season total only; team splits are unavailable in this table.
Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 5 games
Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.
| Home / Away | G |
|---|---|
| Home | 9 |
| Away | 6 |
| Wins / Losses | G |
|---|---|
| Wins | 3 |
| Losses | 12 |
| Regular season / Postseason | G |
|---|---|
| Regular season | 15 |
| By opponent | G |
|---|---|
| vs ATL | 1 |
| vs BAL | 1 |
| vs BUF | 1 |
| vs CAR | 1 |
| vs DAL | 1 |
| vs DEN | 1 |
| vs HOU | 1 |
| vs JAX | 1 |
| vs KC | 2 |
| vs MIA | 1 |
| vs PIT | 2 |
| vs TB | 1 |
| By month | G |
|---|---|
| September | 7 |
| October | 5 |
| November | 2 |
| December | 1 |
| Division games | G |
|---|---|
| Division | 4 |
| Non-division | 11 |
A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 52 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 55.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 52· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)
1 pre-1999 season omitted — no era norm (honest coverage gap, not fabricated).
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