Denzel Ward is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Ward in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Ward's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Denzel Ward
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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% | |||||
| 2018 | 21 | CLE | 13 | — | 51 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 841 | 87.2% | 54 | 13.8% | 90 | 46 | 0.5 | 72.8 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 22 | CLE | 12 | — | 42 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 748 | 96.3% | 56 | 17.2% | 83 | 40 | 0.5 | 62.2 | 11.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 23 | CLE | 12 | — | 45 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 775 | 95.1% | 54 | 17.9% | 81 | 44 | 0.5 | 78.3 | 11.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 24 | CLE | 15 | — | 42 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 856 | 87.5% | 49 | 13.2% | 78 | 47 | 0.6 | 76.6 | 8.8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 25 | CLE | 14 | — | 48 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 748 | 84.1% | 52 | 14.4% | 69 | 42 | 0.6 | 76.4 | 10.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 26 | CLE | 12 | — | 30 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 622 | 79.2% | 31 | 7.8% | 66 | 32 | 0.5 | 56.2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | 27 | CLE | 16 | — | 46 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 759 | 74.6% | 50 | 11.4% | 77 | 42 | 0.5 | 92.8 | 14.8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 28 | CLE | 14 | — | 37 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 779 | 83.1% | 52 | 12.7% | 62 | 38 | 0.6 | 88.1 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0.2 |
| Career | — | 108 | — | 341 | 273 | 68 | 13 | 6 | 0.5 | 19.5 | 18 | 104 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 6,128 | 85.3% | 398 | 13.4% | 606 | 331 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 67 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
128 career value over replacement — #789 all-time of 4,649. 16/season above a replacement-level CB.
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #4 (Rd 1) · CLE · 2018 · +6.6 vs expected KV-H
68actual
61.4 expected · Δ+6.6
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