Xavien Howard ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Howard in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Howard a career score of 81, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

CBIND#4CUT

Xavien Howard

4× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 2% all-time defensive backsAll-Time Great👑 2× #1 Defensive Back · 2018–2020 Team Carrier · #574

Height6'1"

Weight203 lb

BornJul 4, 1993

Age33

CollegeBaylor See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 2, Pick 38 · MIA

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2020·Int10

Archetype Intelligence

All-Time GreatExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time defensive back — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their above-average snap-level impact underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 166 · #538 · High-Value

Worth 166 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 13% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+27.7

Avg surplus

peak +50

6 seasons × ~27.7 surplus ≈ VORP 166

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	—	MIA	7	—	40	29	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	527	95.9%	4	4.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	MIA	16	—	44	38	6	3	1	1.0	5.0	4	13	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	1,017	97.3%	27	9.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	MIA	12	—	35	25	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	7	12	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	803	99.2%	29	13.9%	63	33	0.5	61.2	14.4	0	0	0	2	6	0.1
2019	—	MIA	5	—	17	12	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	322	89.8%	29	26.5%	26	17	0.7	117.0	11.0	0	0	0	1	3	0.1
2020	—	MIA	16	—	46	35	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	10	20	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	936	90.1%	2	3.0%	101	52	0.5	48.3	12.8	1	1	0	2	6	0.1
2021	—	MIA	16	—	46	35	11	0	1	1.0	2.0	5	16	2	2	2	0	—	0.0%	1,026	96.6%	5	5.3%	93	49	0.5	72.6	10.0	2	0	1	8	6	0.1
2022	—	MIA	15	—	39	29	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	12	0	2	1	0	—	0.0%	979	95.6%	—	0.0%	84	50	0.6	101.2	11.2	0	0	0	3	7	0.1
2023	—	MIA	12	—	42	33	9	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	12	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	745	87.4%	2	3.5%	62	39	0.6	81.3	11.3	1	0	1	3	6	0.1
2025	—	IND	3	—	11	7	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	211	83.3%	2	4.0%	21	14	0.7	124.3	9.4	0	0	0	0	1	0.1
Career		—	102	—	320	243	77	8	3	2.0	13.0	29	95	4	5	4	0	—	0.0%	6,566	92.8%	100	8.7%	450	254	—	—	—	4	1	2	19	35	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2016	23	MIA	7	7*	40	29	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	6	1	—	0	4.6
2017	24	MIA	16	16*	44	38	6	3	1	1.0	5.0	4	13	0	—	1	11.9
2018	25	MIA	12	12*	35	25	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	7	12	0	1	0	10.9
2019	26	MIA	5	4*	17	12	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	0	—	0	3
2020	27	MIA	16	14*	46	35	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	10	20	1	—	0	18.9
2021	28	MIA	16	15*	46	35	11	0	1	1.0	2.0	5	16	2	2	2	15.2
2022	29	MIA	15	14*	39	29	10	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	12	0	2	1	7.8
2023	30	MIA	12	11*	42	33	9	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	12	0	—	0	6.9
2025	32	IND	3	3*	11	7	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			102	96*	320	243	77	8	3	—	—	29	95	4	5	4	79.2

* 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	23	MIA	7	7*	—	0.0%	527	95.9%	4	4.3%
2017	24	MIA	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,017	97.3%	27	9.4%
2018	25	MIA	12	12*	—	0.0%	803	99.2%	29	13.9%
2019	26	MIA	5	4*	—	0.0%	322	89.8%	29	26.5%
2020	27	MIA	16	14*	—	0.0%	936	90.1%	2	3.0%
2021	28	MIA	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,026	96.6%	5	5.3%
2022	29	MIA	15	14*	—	0.0%	979	95.6%	—	0.0%
2023	30	MIA	13	11*	—	0.0%	745	87.4%	2	3.5%
2025	32	IND	4	3*	—	0.0%	211	83.3%	2	4.0%
Career			104	96*	—	—	6,566	—	100	—

* 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	25	MIA	12	12*	63	33	0.5	61.2	14.4	0	0	0	2	6	0.1
2019	26	MIA	5	4*	26	17	0.7	117.0	11.0	0	0	0	1	3	0.1
2020	27	MIA	16	14*	101	52	0.5	48.3	12.8	1	1	0	2	6	0.1
2021	28	MIA	16	15*	93	49	0.5	72.6	10.0	2	0	1	8	6	0.1
2022	29	MIA	15	14*	84	50	0.6	101.2	11.2	0	0	0	3	7	0.1
2023	30	MIA	13	11*	62	39	0.6	81.3	11.3	1	0	1	3	6	0.1
2025	32	IND	4	3*	21	14	0.7	124.3	9.4	0	0	0	0	1	0.1
Career			81	73*	450	254	—	—	—	4	1	2	19	35	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 81 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 81 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 80 × longevity 1 = KV-H 81· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 72

On-field 55.6

Availability 16.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 66elite 702023

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #574 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2017 MIA·6 team wins#23

Interceptions · 4 · score 3

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Interceptions leader13

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+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.147See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.147Snap share92.8%Def snaps6,566VolatileCV 0.47

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

4.58s

40-Yard

Low · 20th pct

Pos 20thAll 62thClass Pos 19thClass All 66th

33"

Vertical

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 44thClass Pos 18thClass All 55th

122"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 74thClass Pos 43thClass All 78th

11 reps

Bench

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 5thClass Pos 18thClass All 7th

7.18s

3-Cone

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 47thClass Pos 15thClass All 52th

4.15s

Shuttle

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 81thClass Pos 61thClass All 87th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl6Solo4Ast2TFL1Dis1.0Int2PD4

College Stats

BaylorCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Baylor), 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 #38

#30Vernon ButlerDT #31Germain IfediOT #32Emmanuel OgbahDE #33Kevin DoddOLB #34Jaylon SmithMLB #35Hunter HenryTE #36Myles JackMLB #37Chris JonesDL #39Noah SpenceDE #40Sterling ShepardWR #41Reggie RaglandILB #42Kamalei CorreaOLB #44Jihad WardLB #45Derrick HenryRB #46A'Shawn RobinsonDT #47Michael ThomasWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Xavien inherited the Miami Dolphins DB room from Bobby McCain (2015–2020), and handed it to Minkah Fitzpatrick (2018–2025).

J.B. Brown 1989–1996Troy Vincent 1992–1995Calvin Jackson 1994–1999Terrell Buckley 1995–2003Shawn Wooden 1996–2003Sam Madison

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

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Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined IND (from MIA)
2025final season
Last recorded season with IND
2016draft
Drafted by MIA — Round 2, Pick 38

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 203 lb

Frame

201 lb at 4.58s

Size-speed

33" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

11 reps

Bench power

Injury History

9 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	MIA	1	W7Questionable· GroinW8Questionable· GroinW9Questionable· GroinW15Questionable· HipW16Questionable· HipW17Questionable· Hip / ThumbW18Out· FootW19Out· Foot
2022	MIA	0	W3Questionable· GroinW4Questionable· Groin / GluteW5Questionable· Groin / GroinW7Questionable· GroinW8Questionable· GroinW17Questionable· KneeW18Questionable· Knee
2021	MIA	1	W6Out· Shoulder / GroinW7Questionable· Shoulder / Groin
2019	MIA	0	W6Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· Knee
2018	MIA	1	W9Questionable· AnkleW14Out· KneeW15Doubtful· KneeW16Questionable· KneeW17Questionable· Knee
2017	MIA	0	W5Questionable· ShoulderW6Questionable· ShoulderW7Questionable· AnkleW15Questionable· Illness
2016	MIA	6	W2Questionable· KneeW3Questionable· KneeW4Questionable· QuadricepW5Out· KneeW6Out· KneeW7Out· KneeW9Out· KneeW10Out· KneeW11Out· KneeW12Doubtful· KneeW13Doubtful· KneeW14Questionable· 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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 92

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

D2016

B+2017

A+2018

D2019

A+2020

A2021

C+2022

C+2023

Availability

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

70%

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	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2018	7	0.6	8+1	0.5
2019	1	0.2	3+2	0.2
2020	10	0.6	9-1	0.5
2021	5	0.3	4-1	0.3
2022	1	0.1	1	0.1
2023	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

166 career value over replacement — #538 all-time of 4,642. 20.8/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×3 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #38 (Rd 2) · MIA · 2016 · +31.2 vs expected KV-H

81actual

49.8 expected · Δ+31.2

💔+56.2 stolen VORP·2.7 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

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 #38

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator