Ty Law is a Hall of Fame defensive back whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 87 in the Knox value model. Law's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Ty Law

★ HALL OF FAME5× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 1% all-time defensive backsIron Legend👑 #1 Defensive Back · 2005 📈 Late Developer · 2005 Team Carrier · #122

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #122 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

1 qualifying season

2005 NYJ·4 team wins#2

Interceptions · 10 · score 72

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 65% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

65% of the all-time Interceptions leader

Career Value · VORP

258 career value over replacement — #210 all-time of 4,695. 17.2/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #23 (Rd 1) · NE · 1995 · +30.7 vs expected KV-H

87actual

56.3 expected · Δ+30.7

💔+41.3 stolen VORP·2.4 szns lost

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Height5'11"

Weight200 lb

BornFeb 10, 1974

Age52

CollegeMichigan See College Stats

Rookie yr1995

Draft1995 · Rd 1, Pick 23 · NE

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 91%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

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+).

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl27Solo23Ast4TFL2Dis2.0Int6PD11TD1

College Stats

MichiganCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan), 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.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ty inherited the New England Patriots DB room from Fred Marion (1982–1991), and handed it to Otis Smith (1996–2002).

Mike Haynes 1976–1982Fred Marion 1982–1991Ty Law 1995–2004Otis Smith 1996–2002Asante Samuel 2003–2007Rodney Harrison 2003–2008Patrick Chung 2009–2019Devin McCourty 2010–2022Aqib Talib 2012–2018Logan Ryan 2013–2016Duron Harmon 2013–2019Malcolm Butler 2014–2017Jonathan Jones 2016–2024Stephon Gilmore 2017–2020J.C. Jackson 2018–2023Kyle Dugger 2020–2025

Ty inherited the New York Jets DB room from Otis Smith (1995–1999), and handed it to Kerry Rhodes (2005–2009).

Burgess Owens 1973–1979Ken Schroy 1979–1984Johnny Lynn 1979–1986Darrol Ray 1980–1984Jerry Holmes 1981–1987Erik McMillan 1988–1992James Hasty

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

Movementderived from season history

2009team change
Joined DEN (from NYJ)
2009final season
Last recorded season with DEN
2008team change
Joined NYJ (from KC)
2006team change
Joined KC (from NYJ)
2005team change
Joined NYJ (from NE)
1995draft
Drafted by NE — Round 1, Pick 23

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 200 lb

Frame

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 15-season peers. See all →

peak 97

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

B1995

B1996

B1997

A+1998

C+1999

C+2000

B2001

B+2002

A2003

D2004

A+2005

B+2006

B2007

F2008

C2009

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 15 seasons.

84%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Durable

Canton Monitor · HOF

Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →

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Enshrined

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 36.4%All-Pro 24.2%Longevity 18.2%Pro Bowls 15.1%League Leads 4%All-Time Ranks 2%

Monitor score 99.1 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity87

Peak97

Accolades36

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

Era Translator

INT translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
1995	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
1996	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
1997	3	0.2	1-2	0.1
1998	9	0.6	7-2	0.4
1999	2	0.2	1-1	0.1
2000	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2001	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2002	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2003	6	0.4	4-2	0.3
2004	1	0.2	2+1	0.1
2005	10	0.6	7-3	0.4
2006	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2007	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2008	0	0	0	0
2009	1	0.1	2+1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Career Geography

Journeyman · 4 crestsLeague board →

Wore 4 distinct franchise crests across 15 seasons (1995–2009) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

NE 1995–2004 NYJ 2005–2008 KC 2006–2007 DEN 2009

2004 · cause not documented · 38%2008 · cause not documented · 38%2009 · cause not documented · 44%

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Ty Law

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1995 Draft Class· this player went #23

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography