Nate Clements ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Clements in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Clements a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Nate Clements
All-Time Rank & Honors
career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title contextRegular-season all-time ranks
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Pro Bowls
A high-end defensive back defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 201 · #362 · EliteWorth 201 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 9% of all 4,649 ranked at the position. 11 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by on average.
Career Value · VORP
201 career value over replacement — #362 all-time of 4,649. 16.8/season above a replacement-level S.
Career Profile
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #21 (Rd 1) · BUF · 2001 · +17.3 vs expected KV-H
73actual
55.7 expected · Δ+17.3
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