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

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Tyrone Braxton

1× Pro BowlTop 13% all-time defensive backsIron Man

Height5'11"

Weight190 lb

BornDec 17, 1964

Age61

CollegeNorth Dakota State See College Stats

Rookie yr1987

Draft1987 · Rd 12, Pick 334 · DEN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

67thInterceptions·36

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end defensive back defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 141 · #700 · High-Value

Worth 141 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 16% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+14.1

Avg surplus

peak +47

10 seasons × ~14.1 surplus ≈ VORP 141

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1988	—	DEN	16	—	29	29	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	2	7	0	—	—	—
1989	—	DEN	16	—	71	60	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	6	18	2	—	—	—
1990	—	DEN	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
1991	—	DEN	16	—	64	0	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	4	11	1	—	—	—
1992	—	DEN	16	—	65	56	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	14	0	—	—	—
1993	—	DEN	16	—	90	81	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	18	2	—	—	—
1994	—	MIA	16	—	12	10	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	4	0	—	—	—
1995	—	DEN	16	—	90	69	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	8	1	—	—	—
1996	—	DEN	16	—	81	66	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	9	18	3	—	—	—
1997	—	DEN	16	—	79	61	—	—	—	0.5	0.5	4	12	1	—	—	—
1998	—	DEN	16	—	39	33	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	5	1	—	—	—
1999	—	DEN	14	—	45	32	13	2	1	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	177	—	665	497	13	2	1	3.5	6.5	36	115	11	0	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1988	24	DEN	16	—	29	29	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	2	7	0	—	—	—	5.5
1989	25	DEN	16	—	71	60	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	6	18	2	—	—	—	10.7
1990	26	DEN	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	27	DEN	16	—	64	0	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	4	11	1	—	—	—	9.6
1992	28	DEN	16	—	65	56	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	14	0	—	—	—	7.5
1993	29	DEN	16	—	90	81	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	18	2	—	—	—	12
1994	30	MIA	16	—	12	10	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	4	0	—	—	—	5.2
1995	31	DEN	16	—	90	69	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	2	8	1	—	—	—	8.3
1996	32	DEN	16	—	81	66	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	9	18	3	—	—	—	17.3
1997	33	DEN	16	—	79	61	—	—	—	0.5	0.5	4	12	1	—	—	—	10.7
1998	34	DEN	16	—	39	33	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	5	1	—	—	—	6.7
1999	35	DEN	14	—	45	32	13	2	1	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	3.6
Career			177		665	497	13	2	1	—	—	36	115	11	0	0	0	97.1

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 67.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 41.1

Availability 19.9

On-field production Staying available

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

1988bestavg 61elite 701999

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Interceptions leader16

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: 90%.

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+).

College Stats

North Dakota StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (North Dakota State), 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.

1987 Draft Class· this player went #334

#233Joey ClinkscalesWR #255Don MajkowskiQB #258Curtis DuncanWR #261Merril HogeFB #263Robert ClarkWR #265John GesekC #270Louis ClarkWR #276Frank WintersC #282Patrick ScottWR #288Chris McLemoreRB #295Brent PeaseQB #315Gary LeeWR #316Bobby MorseRB #317Theo YoungTE #324Tony BurseRB #330Elgin DavisRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Tyrone opened the Denver Broncos DB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Charles Dimry (1991–1993).

Tyrone Braxton 1988–1999Charles Dimry 1991–1993Ray Crockett 1994–2000Darrien Gordon 1997–1998Eric Brown 1998–2001Deltha O'Neal 2000–2003

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

1999final season
Last recorded season with DEN
1995team change
Joined DEN (from MIA)
1994team change
Joined MIA (from DEN)
1987draft
Drafted by DEN — Round 12, Pick 334

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 190 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 11-season peers. See all →

peak 78

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

C1988

B+1989

B1991

C+1992

B1993

C+1994

C+1995

A+1996

B1997

C+1998

C1999

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.

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
1988	2	0.1	0-2	0
1989	6	0.4	3-3	0.2
1991	4	0.3	2-2	0.1
1992	2	0.1	0-2	0
1993	3	0.2	1-2	0.1
1994	2	0.1	0-2	0
1995	2	0.1	0-2	0
1996	9	0.6	6-3	0.4
1997	4	0.3	2-2	0.1
1998	1	0.1	0-1	0
1999	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

141 career value over replacement — #700 all-time of 4,642. 12.8/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #334 (Rd 12) · DEN · 1987 · +60 vs expected KV-H

68actual

8 expected · Δ+60

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1987 Draft Class· this player went #334

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator