Brent Grimes ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Grimes in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Grimes a career score of 78, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Brent Grimes
Top 2% all-time defensive backsIron Legend📊 Undervalued by voters🌅 Early Bloomer · 2009Team Carrier · #438
Height5'10"
Weight185 lb
BornJul 19, 1983
Age43
College
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2007 | 24 | ATL | 1 | — | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 25 | ATL | 7 | — | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 26 | ATL | 16 | — | 53 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 27 | ATL | 16 | — | 76 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 28 | ATL | 11 | — | 43 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 29 | ATL | 1 | — | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 30 | MIA | 16 | — | 59 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,109 | 97.0% | 52 | 10.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 31 | MIA | 16 | — | 57 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,013 | 95.1% | 63 | 13.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 32 | MIA | 15 | — | 47 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 957 | 91.3% | 68 | 15.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 33 | TB | 16 | — | 53 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 24 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 998 | 92.6% | 43 | 9.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 34 | TB | 13 | — | 47 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 844 | 98.2% | 16 | 4.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 35 | TB | 12 | — | 43 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 791 | 94.4% | — | 0.0% | 57 | 39 | 0.7 | 116.2 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 140 | — | 522 | 450 | 72 | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 33 | 140 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 5,712 | 94.7% | 242 | 9.4% | 57 | 39 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
207 career value over replacement — #347 all-time of 4,649. 20.7/season above a replacement-level CB.
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