Tony Adams
Top 48% all-time defensive backsDurable Contributor
Height5'11"
Weight203 lb
BornJan 24, 1999
Age27
CollegeIllinoisSee College Stats
ConferenceBig Ten
Rookie yr2022
A defensive back who maximized value through reliable availability. Their middle-tier career was extended by consistently being on the field.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 32 · #2608 · Role PlayerWorth 32 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 57% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
2 cleared
2 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
48
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
2
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+16
Avg surplus
peak +24
2 seasons × ~16 surplus ≈ VORP 32
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+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | NYJ | 5 | — | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 118 | 24.6% | 128 | 47.0% | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 96.9 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | — | NYJ | 15 | — | 70 | 42 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 879 | 90.1% | 39 | 15.2% | 29 | 19 | 0.7 | 69.5 | 11.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | — | NYJ | 14 | — | 75 | 35 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 766 | 82.0% | 43 | 31.4% | 44 | 29 | 0.7 | 102.2 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | — | NYJ | 10 | — | 48 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 468 | 73.5% | 53 | 30.7% | 24 | 13 | 0.5 | 87.7 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0.2 |
| Career | — | 44 | — | 208 | 116 | 92 | 11 | 3 | 2.0 | 16.0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 2,231 | 67.5% | 263 | 31.1% | 101 | 64 | — | — | — | 8 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 29 | — | |
Defense
Snap Counts
Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 52 · SolidA 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.
55
Sustained
career value
×.6
57
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.93
Longevity
career length
Blend 55.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 52· confidence 91%
What builds the career mark of 55
On-field 40.7
Availability 14.3
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)
2022bestavg 49elite 702025
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position2
Depth
of 100
Reached 2% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
2% of the all-time Interceptions leader2
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+49
Solid
SIS
Disruption/1001.614Snap share67.6%Def snaps2,231VolatileCV 0.60
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+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Illinois), 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
Thomas HennessyLS4yQuinnen WilliamsDT4yQuincy WilliamsLB4yJamien SherwoodLB4ySauce GardnerCB4yMicheal ClemonsDE4yGarrett WilsonWR4yJeremy RuckertTE4yBreece HallRB4yJermaine Johnson IIDE4yMax MitchellOT4yGreg ZuerleinK3ySolomon ThomasDE3yTyler ConklinTE3yD.J. ReedCB3yAllen LazardWR3yAshtyn DavisSAF3yBrandin EcholsCB3yMichael Carter IICB3yChazz SurrattLB3yJoe TippmannC3yWill McDonald IVDE3yAlijah Vera-TuckerG3yKenny YeboahTE3y
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterTony inherited the New York Jets DB room from Sauce Gardner (2022–2025), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.
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 NYJ
- 2022signing
Entered the NFL with NYJ
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts5'11" / 203 lb
Frame
Injury History
3 career games missed (Out)From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NYJ | 1 | W8Doubtful· HamstringW9Out· HamstringW17Questionable· Ankle |
| 2023 | NYJ | 2 | W3Out· HamstringW4Out· Hamstring |
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 4-season peers. See all →
52
peak 57
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
F2022
B+2023
C+2024
C2025
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.
78%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Career Value · VORP
32 career value over replacement — #2608 all-time of 4,642. 8/season above a replacement-level S.
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