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

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Brian Kelly

Top 13% all-time defensive backsElite PlaymakerTeam Carrier · #587

Height5'11"

Weight193 lb

BornJan 14, 1976

Age50

CollegeUSC See College Stats

Rookie yr

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1999	23–24	TB	14	—	25	20	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	12	0	—	0	0
2000	24–25	TB	15	—	43	39	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	11	0	2	1	0
2001	25–26	TB	15	—	46	36	10	5	2	1.5	8.5	0	4	0	—	0	0
2002	26–27	TB	16	—	56	48	8	0	1	1.0	2.0	8	21	1	—	0	0
2003	27–28	TB	5	—	13	11	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	5	0	—	0	0
2004	28–29	TB	15	—	49	42	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	22	0	1	0	0
2005	29–30	TB	15	—	47	38	9	0	0	1.0	1.0	4	16	1	—	0	0
2006	30–31	TB	2	—	11	10	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2007	31–32	TB	10	—	18	16	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	7	0	2	0	0
2008	32–33	DET	10	—	21	18	3	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
Career		—	117	—	329	278	51	6	3	3.5	12.5	21	99	2	5	1	0

Career Value · VORP

104 career value over replacement — #1055 all-time of 4,649. 11.6/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #45 (Rd 2) · TB · 1998 · +17.6 vs expected KV-H

67actual

49.4 expected · Δ+17.6

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Known source gap1998

1998: these seasons predate StatVault's committed NFL season-grid source (1999+), so they are recorded as a known gap rather than shown as zero.

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
1999	23–24	TB	14	—	25	20	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	12	0	—	0	6.5
2000	24–25	TB	15	—	43	39	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	11	0	2	1	8.2
2001	25–26	TB	15	—	46	36	10	5	2	1.5	8.5	0	4	0	—	0	4.8
2002	26–27	TB	16	—	56	48	8	0	1	1.0	2.0	8	21	1	—	0	14.9
2003	27–28	TB	5	—	13	11	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	5	0	—	0	3
2004	28–29	TB	15	—	49	42	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	22	0	1	0	11.6
2005	29–30	TB	15	—	47	38	9	0	0	1.0	1.0	4	16	1	—	0	11.3
2006	30–31	TB	2	—	11	10	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2007	31–32	TB	10	—	18	16	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	7	0	2	0	5.1
2008	32–33	DET	10	—	21	18	3	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	2.7
Career			117		329	278	51	6	3	—	—	21	99	2	5	1	68.1

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 67 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 67 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 67.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 67· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 43.9

Availability 17.1

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 57

INTs career shape vs similar cornerbacks

1999-2007

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best INTs season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.