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

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Vonn Bell

Top 32% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2022

Height5'11"

Weight210 lb

BornDec 12, 1994

Age31

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 2, Pick 61 · NO

Archetype Intelligence

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A defensive back with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 73 · #1568 · Above Average

Worth 73 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 35% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+8.1

Avg surplus

peak +29

9 seasons × ~8.1 surplus ≈ VORP 73

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%
2016	—	NO	15	—	77	52	25	2	4	1.0	7.0	0	4	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	889	91.7%	224	46.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NO	15	—	77	56	21	4	6	4.5	14.5	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	785	74.1%	188	40.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NO	16	—	82	56	26	4	3	1.0	8.0	0	3	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	752	72.7%	84	18.9%	64	44	0.7	118.1	7.7	5	2	2	27	7	0.1
2019	—	NO	13	—	82	59	23	4	4	1.5	9.5	1	5	2	5	1	0	—	0.0%	871	99.8%	87	23.1%	51	35	0.7	98.9	11.9	6	2	2	31	9	0.1
2020	—	CIN	16	—	111	64	47	3	4	0.0	7.0	0	5	3	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,060	100.0%	91	20.0%	59	38	0.6	120.7	9.3	5	1	4	36	5	0.0
2021	—	CIN	16	—	95	62	33	5	1	0.5	6.5	1	8	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,004	94.8%	71	15.8%	57	43	0.8	113.6	8.9	6	5	0	24	10	0.1
2022	—	CIN	16	—	68	44	24	4	4	1.0	9.0	4	8	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,024	98.6%	52	15.8%	53	36	0.7	64.0	9.1	5	1	2	25	6	0.1
2023	—	CAR	13	—	63	36	27	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	778	95.8%	—	0.0%	27	18	0.7	79.2	12.6	1	0	1	2	8	0.1
2024	—	CIN	14	—	47	17	30	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	708	61.2%	88	28.0%	26	16	0.6	108.8	8.0	1	0	1	13	6	0.1
Career		—	134	—	702	446	256	27	28	9.5	64.5	8	39	16	12	1	0	—	0.0%	7,871	87.6%	885	26.1%	337	230	—	—	—	29	11	12	158	51	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2016	22	NO	15	15*	77	52	25	2	4	1.0	7.0	0	4	2	1	0	7.3
2017	23	NO	15	12*	77	56	21	4	6	4.5	14.5	0	2	2	—	0	6.5
2018	24	NO	16	12*	82	56	26	4	3	1.0	8.0	0	3	1	1	0	6.2
2019	25	NO	13	13*	82	59	23	4	4	1.5	9.5	1	5	2	5	1	8.7
2020	26	CIN	16	16*	111	64	47	3	4	0.0	7.0	0	5	3	2	0	8.3
2021	27	CIN	16	15*	95	62	33	5	1	0.5	6.5	1	8	3	1	0	9.4
2022	28	CIN	16	16*	68	44	24	4	4	1.0	9.0	4	8	2	1	0	10.9
2023	29	CAR	13	12*	63	36	27	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	2	0	—	0	5.1
2024	30	CIN	14	10*	47	17	30	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	2	1	1	0	5.2
Career			134	121*	702	446	256	27	28	—	—	8	39	16	12	1	67.6

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2016	22	NO	16	15*	—	0.0%	889	91.7%	224	46.8%
2017	23	NO	16	12*	—	0.0%	785	74.1%	188	40.3%
2018	24	NO	16	12*	—	0.0%	752	72.7%	84	18.9%
2019	25	NO	13	13*	—	0.0%	871	99.8%	87	23.1%
2020	26	CIN	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,060	100.0%	91	20.0%
2021	27	CIN	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,004	94.8%	71	15.8%
2022	28	CIN	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,024	98.6%	52	15.8%
2023	29	CAR	13	12*	—	0.0%	778	95.8%	—	0.0%
2024	30	CIN	17	10*	—	0.0%	708	61.2%	88	28.0%
Career			139	121*	—	—	7,871	—	885	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	24	NO	16	12*	64	44	0.7	118.1	7.7	5	2	2	27	7	0.1
2019	25	NO	13	13*	51	35	0.7	98.9	11.9	6	2	2	31	9	0.1
2020	26	CIN	16	16*	59	38	0.6	120.7	9.3	5	1	4	36	5	0.0
2021	27	CIN	16	15*	57	43	0.8	113.6	8.9	6	5	0	24	10	0.1
2022	28	CIN	16	16*	53	36	0.7	64.0	9.1	5	1	2	25	6	0.1
2023	29	CAR	13	12*	27	18	0.7	79.2	12.6	1	0	1	2	8	0.1
2024	30	CIN	17	10*	26	16	0.6	108.8	8.0	1	0	1	13	6	0.1
Career			107	94*	337	230	—	—	—	29	11	12	158	51	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 37.8

Availability 18.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 56elite 702024

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Sacks 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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.62See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.62Snap share87.6%Def snaps7,871ReliableCV 0.36

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 · 2016

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

DB · 2016 class

4.52s

40-Yard

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 73thClass Pos 44thClass All 80th

16 reps

Bench

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 22thClass Pos 67thClass All 29th

Postseason Career

12 playoff games

Defense

Tkl64Solo43Ast21TFL4QBHits4Sk3.0Dis11.0Int1PD2FR1

College Stats

Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ohio 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #61

#53Su'a CravensDB #54Mackensie AlexanderCB #55Tyler BoydWR #56Cody WhitehairG #57T.J. GreenDB #58Sean DavisFS #59Roberto AguayoK #60Cyrus JonesCB #62James BradberryCB #63Adam GotsisDE #64Kevin ByardFS #65Carl NassibLB #66Max TuerkC #67Maliek CollinsDT #68Will RedmondCB #69Yannick NgakoueDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Vonn inherited the Cincinnati Bengals DB room from Jessie Bates (2018–2022), and handed it to Chidobe Awuzie (2021–2023).

Darryl Williams 1992–2001Corey Sawyer 1994–1998Sam Shade 1995–1998Jimmy Spencer 1996–1997Ashley Ambrose 1996–1998Greg Myers

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2024team change
Joined CIN (from CAR)
2024final season
Last recorded season with CIN
2023team change
Joined CAR (from CIN)
2020team change
Joined CIN (from NO)
2016draft
Drafted by NO — Round 2, Pick 61

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 210 lb

Frame

199 lb at 4.52s

Size-speed

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	CIN	0	W3Questionable· Back
2023	CAR	3	W6Out· QuadricepW8Out· QuadricepW9Doubtful· QuadricepW10Questionable· QuadricepW13Out· Shoulder
2019	NO	3	W15Out· KneeW16Out· KneeW17Out· Knee

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 63

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

C+2016

C+2017

C+2018

C+2019

C+2020

C+2021

B+2022

C+2023

C+2024

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

94%

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
2016	0	0	0	0
2017	0	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	1	0.1	1	0.1
2020	0	0	0	0
2021	1	0.1	1	0.1
2022	4	0.3	4	0.2
2023	1	0.1	1	0.1
2024	1	0.1	1	0.1

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

73 career value over replacement — #1568 all-time of 4,642. 8.1/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #61 (Rd 2) · NO · 2016 · +12.1 vs expected KV-H

59actual

46.9 expected · Δ+12.1

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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 · 2016

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #61

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography