Shawn Springs is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Springs in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Springs's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Shawn Springs

1× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 7 seasons · 2 titles Top 14% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999 Team Carrier · #494

Height6'0"

Weight204 lb

BornMar 11, 1975

Age51

Combined Season Grid

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

1 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1997	22	SEA	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	23	SEA	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	24	SEA	16	—	64	54	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	5	14	0	1	0	0
2000	25	SEA	16	—	75	62	13	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	14	1	—	0	0
2001	26	SEA	6	—	16	12	4	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	4	0	1	0	0
2002	27	SEA	15	—	56	51	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	12	0	1	0	0
2003	28	SEA	12	—	33	28	5	0	0	1.5	1.5	1	11	0	—	0	0
2004	29	WAS	15	—	58	46	12	0	0	6.0	6.0	5	12	1	—	0	0
2005	30	WAS	14	—	40	37	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	10	0	—	0	0
2006	31	WAS	9	—	36	33	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	9	1	—	0	0
2007	32	WAS	16	—	52	47	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	15	1	1	0	0
2008	33	WAS	9	—	33	28	5	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	7	0	—	0	0
2009	34	NE	10	—	31	26	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	0	—	0	0
Career		—	164	—	494	424	70	7	1	8.5	16.5	25	112	4	4	0	0

Career Value · VORP

113 career value over replacement — #979 all-time of 4,695. 10.3/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · SEA · 1997 · +3.7 vs expected KV-H

67actual

63.3 expected · Δ+3.7

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Career arc · VAL by season

13 seasons · peak 11.0 in 2004

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

2.7 career wins over 13 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2004 · +0.8 wins

Defence+0.8
Team defence (share)+0.1

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

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

086th 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
1997	22	SEA	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
1998	23	SEA	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
1999	24	SEA	16	—	64	54	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	5	14	0	1	0	0	5.2
2000	25	SEA	16	—	75	62	13	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	14	1	—	0	0	1.8
2001	26	SEA	6	—	16	12	4	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	4	0	1	0	0	1
2002	27	SEA	15	—	56	51	5	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	12	0	1	0	0	3.2
2003	28	SEA	12	—	33	28	5	0	0	1.5	1.5	1	11	0	—	0	0	2.1
2004	29	WAS	15	—	58	46	12	0	0	6.0	6.0	5	12	1	—	0	0	11
2005	30	WAS	14	—	40	37	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	10	0	—	0	0	1.3
2006	31	WAS	9	—	36	33	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	9	1	—	0	0	1.4
2007	32	WAS	16	—	52	47	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	15	1	1	0	0	5.3
2008	33	WAS	9	—	33	28	5	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	7	0	—	0	0	1.9
2009	34	NE	10	—	31	26	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	0.5
Career			164		494	424	70	7	1	8.5	16.5	25	112	4	4	0	0	34.7