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

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Taylor Rapp

Top 20% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2021

Height6'0"

Weight208 lb

BornDec 22, 1997

Age28

CollegeWashington See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 2, Pick 61 · LA

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 89 · #1303 · High-Value

Worth 89 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 29% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+14.8

Avg surplus

peak +27

6 seasons × ~14.8 surplus ≈ VORP 89

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													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	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%
2019	—	LA	15	—	89	51	38	3	1	0.0	4.0	2	8	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	823	79.9%	61	25.6%	62	38	0.6	70.2	5.6	1	0	1	22	3	0.0
2020	—	LA	9	—	40	29	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	365	64.0%	50	27.1%	19	15	0.8	95.6	5.8	0	0	0	8	4	0.1
2021	—	LA	17	—	79	50	29	2	3	1.5	6.5	4	6	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,114	95.7%	54	15.6%	58	43	0.7	98.7	8.5	3	0	1	17	11	0.1
2022	—	LA	16	—	84	50	34	2	1	0.0	3.0	2	6	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	977	93.9%	44	11.9%	53	38	0.7	98.3	6.5	1	0	1	9	6	0.1
2023	—	BUF	13	—	39	23	16	1	1	0.5	2.5	1	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	421	46.9%	191	49.9%	18	11	0.6	85.6	14.2	1	0	0	4	3	0.1
2024	—	BUF	14	—	75	41	34	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	778	87.9%	45	12.6%	32	22	0.7	109.2	10.8	0	0	0	9	2	0.0
2025	—	BUF	6	—	26	17	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	343	95.8%	6	5.5%	11	6	0.5	78.6	10.5	0	0	0	1	7	0.2
Career		—	90	—	432	261	171	11	6	2.0	19.0	12	31	2	4	1	0	—	0.0%	4,821	80.6%	451	21.2%	253	173	—	—	—	6	0	3	70	36	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2019	22	LA	15	—	89	51	38	3	1	0.0	4.0	2	8	0	1	1	10
2020	23	LA	9	—	40	29	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	1	—	0	4.9
2021	24	LA	17	—	79	50	29	2	3	1.5	6.5	4	6	0	1	0	9.4
2022	25	LA	16	—	84	50	34	2	1	0.0	3.0	2	6	0	1	0	7.4
2023	26	BUF	13	—	39	23	16	1	1	0.5	2.5	1	2	0	1	0	4.6
2024	27	BUF	14	—	75	41	34	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	6	1	—	0	7.6
2025	28	BUF	6	—	26	17	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	2.3
Career			90		432	261	171	11	6	—	—	12	31	2	4	1	46.2

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2019	22	LA	15	—	—	0.0%	823	79.9%	61	25.6%
2020	23	LA	9	—	—	0.0%	365	64.0%	50	27.1%
2021	24	LA	17	—	—	0.0%	1,114	95.7%	54	15.6%
2022	25	LA	16	—	—	0.0%	977	93.9%	44	11.9%
2023	26	BUF	16	—	—	0.0%	421	46.9%	191	49.9%
2024	27	BUF	14	—	—	0.0%	778	87.9%	45	12.6%
2025	28	BUF	6	—	—	0.0%	343	95.8%	6	5.5%
Career			93		—	—	4,821	—	451	—

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	22	LA	15	—	62	38	0.6	70.2	5.6	1	1	22	3	0.0
2020	23	LA	9	—	19	15	0.8	95.6	5.8	0	0	8	4	0.1
2021	24	LA	17	—	58	43	0.7	98.7	8.5	3	1	17	11	0.1
2022	25	LA	16	—	53	38	0.7	98.3	6.5	1	1	9	6	0.1
2023	26	BUF	16	—	18	11	0.6	85.6	14.2	1	0	4	3	0.1
2024	27	BUF	14	—	32	22	0.7	109.2	10.8	0	0	9	2	0.0
2025	28	BUF	6	—	11	6	0.5	78.6	10.5	0	0	1	7	0.2
Career			93		253	173	—	—	—	6	3	70	36	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 64 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 64 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 64· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 45.4

Availability 16.6

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)

2019bestavg 58elite 702025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

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

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.328See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.328Snap share80.6%Def snaps4,821VolatileCV 0.43

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 basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2019

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

35"

Vertical

115"

Broad Jump

17 reps

Bench

6.82s

3-Cone

3.99s

Shuttle

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl10Solo5Ast5Int1PD1

College Stats

WashingtonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Washington), 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.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #61

#53Miles SandersRB #54Lonnie JohnsonSAF #55Max ScharpingG #56Mecole HardmanWR #57J.J. Arcega-WhitesideWR #58Trysten HillDT #59Parris CampbellWR #60Nasir AdderleyFS #62Andy IsabellaWR #63Juan ThornhillSAF #64DK MetcalfWR #65Zach AllenDE #66Diontae JohnsonWR #68Jachai PoliteLB #69Josh OliverTE #70Darrell HendersonRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Taylor inherited the Los Angeles Rams DB room from Nick Scott (2019–2022), and handed it to Darious Williams (2019–2025).

Anthony Newman 1988–1994Robert Bailey 1991–1994Todd Lyght 1991–2000Steve Israel 1992–1994Toby Wright 1994–1998Keith Lyle

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2023team change
Joined BUF (from LA)
2019draft
Drafted by LA — Round 2, Pick 61

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 208 lb

Frame

35" vert / 115" broad

Explosion

17 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	BUF	1	W5Out· ConcussionW15Questionable· Neck / ShoulderW16Questionable· NeckW17Questionable· NeckW21Out· Back / Hip
2023	BUF	1	W12Out· NeckW19Out· Calf
2022	LA	0	W5Questionable· Ribs
2021	LA	0	W17Questionable· ShoulderW19Out· ConcussionW20Out· ConcussionW21Questionable· Concussion
2019	LA	0	W5Doubtful· Ankle

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 68

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B2019

C+2020

B+2021

B2022

C+2023

B2024

F2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

79%

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
2019	2	0.1	2	0.1
2020	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2021	4	0.2	3-1	0.2
2022	2	0.1	2	0.1
2023	1	0.1	1	0.1
2024	2	0.1	2	0.1
2025	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

89 career value over replacement — #1303 all-time of 4,642. 12.7/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #61 (Rd 2) · LA · 2019 · +17.1 vs expected KV-H

64actual

46.9 expected · Δ+17.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2019

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #61

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator