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

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Tony Jefferson

Top 33% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2025

Height5'11"

Weight211 lb

BornJan 27, 1992

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Career Value · VORP

70 career value over replacement — #1671 all-time of 4,695. 7/season above a replacement-level S.

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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%
2013	21–22	ARI	16	—	16	13	3	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	198	19.7%	208	44.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	22–23	ARI	16	—	71	62	9	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	680	62.1%	241	54.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	23–24	ARI	16	—	70	51	19	4	3	2.0	9.0	2	5	3	—	1	0	—	0.0%	755	70.7%	148	32.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	24–25	ARI	15	—	88	70	18	13	4	2.0	19.0	0	5	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	929	93.0%	201	45.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	25–26	BAL	16	—	77	54	23	7	5	2.5	14.5	1	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,085	99.4%	67	13.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	26–27	BAL	14	—	72	51	21	6	2	1.0	9.0	1	6	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	863	96.1%	45	11.4%	51	31	0.6	91.6	9.7	2	0	1	18	9	0.1
2019	27–28	BAL	5	—	21	11	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	281	93.6%	23	16.0%	14	8	0.6	141.4	13.6	1	1	0	14	4	0.2
2021	29–30	BAL / SF	6	—	14	7	7	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	91	—	63	—	10	6	0.6	73.7	8.4	1	0	0	8	1	0.1
2022	30–31	NYG	9	—	20	13	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	164	26.8%	83	32.8%	15	13	0.9	90.8	3.6	0	0	0	14	0	0.0
2024	32–33	LAC	8	—	27	17	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	224	44.0%	45	21.1%	14	13	0.9	125.3	5.7	0	0	0	1	2	0.1
2025	33–34	LAC	13	—	56	36	20	1	2	0.0	3.0	4	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	490	61.5%	31	9.4%	22	16	0.7	62.3	13.7	2	0	2	6	7	0.1
2026	34–35	LAC	5	—	19	11	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	210	65.0%	42	29.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	139	—	551	396	155	37	22	9.5	68.5	8	33	8	4	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	126	87	—	—	—	6	1	3	61	23	—

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A quality defensive back with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 70 · #1671 · Above Average

Worth 70 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 37% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

5 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+14

Avg surplus

peak +38

5 seasons × ~14 surplus ≈