← 1991 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R6 · #140 OVERALL · DB

David Key

Drafted by NE · GM Sam Jankovich · Michigan

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Full-career context

These totals follow David Key across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played3
Games started0
Weighted career AV0
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons1

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1991 · Round 6 · #140

NE draft credit

GM Sam Jankovich

Team games3
Team starts0
On-team AV0
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Average-0.26 contribution16th of 35 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

An Average pick

David Key was Sam Jankovich's 16th-best of 35 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.26. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Sam Jankovich's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
3
on drafting team
Games started
0
on drafting team
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
0
modeled; full weighted AV 0
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Sam Jankovich's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Sam Jankovich pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. David Key totals -0.26. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-2-10+1+2+3+4+5124. Coates#124 · Ben Coates · aggregate +5.72Coates +5.731. Slade#31 · Chris Slade · aggregate +2.56Slade +2.651. Rucci#51 · Todd Rucci · aggregate +1.87116. Sabb#116 · Dwayne Sabb · aggregate +1.3380. McMurtry#80 · Greg McMurtry · aggregate +0.9956. Brisby#56 · Vincent Brisby · aggregate +0.74112. Vaughn#112 · Jon Vaughn · aggregate +0.2664. Collins#64 · Todd Collins · aggregate +0.20113. Sisson#113 · Scott Sisson · aggregate +0.1990. Lambert#90 · Dion Lambert · aggregate +0.03194. Gray#194 · Jim Gray · aggregate -0.0759. Hodson#59 · Tom Hodson · aggregate -0.12176. Hawkins#176 · Wayne Hawkins · aggregate -0.19110. Brown#110 · Corwin Brown · aggregate -0.20110. Robinson#110 · Junior Robinson · aggregate -0.22140. Key#140 · David Key · aggregate -0.26Key -0.3142. Hatch#142 · Lawrence Hatch · aggregate -0.27168. Miller#168 · Blake Miller · aggregate -0.43165. Boyd#165 · Tracy Boyd · aggregate -0.43120. Gray#120 · James Gray · aggregate -0.4614. Russell#14 · Leonard Russell · aggregate -0.47113. Melander#113 · Jon Melander · aggregate -0.4886. Johnson#86 · Kevin Johnson · aggregate -0.5611. Harlow#11 · Pat Harlow · aggregate -0.5971. Turner#71 · Kevin Turner · aggregate -0.6735. Smith#35 · Rod Smith · aggregate -0.6884. Zolak#84 · Scott Zolak · aggregate -0.881. Bledsoe#1 · Drew Bledsoe · aggregate -0.9056. Stephens#56 · Calvin Stephens · aggregate -0.9013. Chung#13 · Eugene Chung · aggregate -1.10138. Griffith#138 · Rich Griffith · aggregate -1.2593. Anderson#93 · Darren Anderson · aggregate -1.2741. Henderson#41 · Jerome Henderson · aggregate -1.318. Singleton#8 · Chris Singleton · aggregate -1.7610. Agnew#10 · Ray Agnew · aggregate -2.83Agnew -2.8

Incremental contribution by season

-10-8-6-4-20+2+41990 · Greg McMurtry · incremental +0.271990 · Jon Melander · incremental -0.031990 · Tom Hodson · incremental -0.101990 · Junior Robinson · incremental -0.391990 · James Gray · incremental -0.781990 · Chris Singleton · incremental -0.871990 · Ray Agnew · incremental -2.111991 · Tom Hodson · incremental +0.051991 · Jon Vaughn · incremental +0.151991 · Ben Coates · incremental +0.271991 · Greg McMurtry · incremental +0.531991 · Calvin Stephens · incremental -0.051991 · Scott Zolak · incremental -0.121991 · Leonard Russell · incremental -0.351991 · David Key · incremental -0.501991 · Pat Harlow · incremental -0.611991 · Jerome Henderson · incremental -0.661991 · Ray Agnew · incremental -0.731991 · Blake Miller · incremental -0.751991 · Jon Melander · incremental -0.751991 · Chris Singleton · incremental -0.841992 · Pat Harlow · incremental +0.001992 · Tom Hodson · incremental +0.001992 · Dion Lambert · incremental +0.061992 · Jon Vaughn · incremental +0.261992 · Ben Coates · incremental +0.271992 · Dwayne Sabb · incremental +0.331992 · Greg McMurtry · incremental +0.591992 · Leonard Russell · incremental -0.041992 · Jim Gray · incremental -0.211992 · Rod Smith · incremental -0.291992 · Todd Collins · incremental -0.301992 · Kevin Turner · incremental -0.311992 · Wayne Hawkins · incremental -0.381992 · Chris Singleton · incremental -0.521992 · Scott Zolak · incremental -0.631992 · Tracy Boyd · incremental -0.751992 · Eugene Chung · incremental -0.771992 · Ray Agnew · incremental -0.911992 · Jerome Henderson · incremental -1.221992 · Calvin Stephens · incremental -1.361992 · Darren Anderson · incremental -2.071993 · Scott Zolak · incremental +0.011993 · Vincent Brisby · incremental +0.061993 · Todd Collins · incremental +0.151993 · Scott Sisson · incremental +0.171993 · Greg McMurtry · incremental +0.401993 · Dwayne Sabb · incremental +0.481993 · Ben Coates · incremental +0.521993 · Jerome Henderson · incremental -0.011993 · Dion Lambert · incremental -0.041993 · Pat Harlow · incremental -0.051993 · Todd Rucci · incremental -0.091993 · Leonard Russell · incremental -0.181993 · Chris Slade · incremental -0.241993 · Kevin Turner · incremental -0.301993 · Ray Agnew · incremental -0.321993 · Chris Singleton · incremental -0.361993 · Rod Smith · incremental -0.391993 · Corwin Brown · incremental -0.391993 · Lawrence Hatch · incremental -0.541993 · Eugene Chung · incremental -0.771993 · Kevin Johnson · incremental -0.961993 · Rich Griffith · incremental -2.151993 · Drew Bledsoe · incremental -3.881994 · Scott Zolak · incremental +0.061994 · Todd Collins · incremental +0.071994 · Corwin Brown · incremental +0.081994 · Drew Bledsoe · incremental +0.211994 · Vincent Brisby · incremental +0.301994 · Todd Rucci · incremental +0.411994 · Dwayne Sabb · incremental +0.571994 · Chris Slade · incremental +0.601994 · Ben Coates · incremental +2.861994 · Eugene Chung · incremental -0.031994 · Pat Harlow · incremental -0.071994 · Ray Agnew · incremental -0.321994 · Rod Smith · incremental -0.331994 · Kevin Turner · incremental -0.341995 · Pat Harlow · incremental +0.011995 · Corwin Brown · incremental +0.021995 · Drew Bledsoe · incremental +0.171995 · Todd Rucci · incremental +0.191995 · Dwayne Sabb · incremental +0.231995 · Vincent Brisby · incremental +0.351995 · Chris Slade · incremental +0.601995 · Ben Coates · incremental +3.691995 · Scott Zolak · incremental -0.181996 · Scott Zolak · incremental +0.011996 · Vincent Brisby · incremental +0.031996 · Corwin Brown · incremental +0.071996 · Todd Collins · incremental +0.121996 · Drew Bledsoe · incremental +0.231996 · Chris Slade · incremental +0.441996 · Dwayne Sabb · incremental +0.521996 · Todd Rucci · incremental +0.521996 · Ben Coates · incremental +0.681996 · Jerome Henderson · incremental -0.151997 · Scott Zolak · incremental +0.021997 · Todd Collins · incremental +0.161997 · Vincent Brisby · incremental +0.201997 · Drew Bledsoe · incremental +0.221997 · Todd Rucci · incremental +0.631997 · Chris Slade · incremental +0.691997 · Ben Coates · incremental +0.701998 · Vincent Brisby · incremental +0.071998 · Todd Collins · incremental +0.111998 · Drew Bledsoe · incremental +0.191998 · Chris Slade · incremental +0.511998 · Ben Coates · incremental +0.591998 · Todd Rucci · incremental +0.601998 · Scott Zolak · incremental -0.311999 · Vincent Brisby · incremental +0.141999 · Drew Bledsoe · incremental +0.201999 · Ben Coates · incremental +0.551999 · Todd Rucci · incremental +0.561999 · Chris Slade · incremental +0.582000 · Drew Bledsoe · incremental +0.202000 · Chris Slade · incremental +0.552001 · Drew Bledsoe · incremental +0.03Agnew -2.1Key -0.5Anderson -2.1Griffith -2.1Bledsoe -3.9Coates +2.9Coates +3.719907 players199114 players199221 players199323 players199414 players19959 players199610 players19977 players19987 players19995 players20002 players20011 player
Above expectationBelow expectationDavid KeyGM total -4.4David Key by season -0.5

How much retained production did David Key return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: DBs drafted within ±5 picks of David Key since 2010 (24 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-1-0.50+0.5Model value above slot142. DurantCobie Durant · model value +0.7137. StillTarheeb Still · model value +0.7143. NormanJosh Norman · model value +0.6136. WolffEarl Wolff · model value +0.3145. WilliamsSteve Williams · model value +0.1135. FranksDominique Franks · model value +0.1136. LewisKendrick Lewis · model value 0138. SimonTharold Simon · model value 0144. KeoShiloh Keo · model value 0140. KeyDavid Key · model value 00145. CarrollNolan Carroll · model value 0139. BurtonBrandon Burton · model value -0.1141. MooreJoshua Moore · model value -0.1138. McFaddenWalter McFadden · model value -0.1138. RushDarius Rush · model value -0.1143. ThomasJosh Thomas · model value -0.1139. BlantonRobert Blanton · model value -0.1135. JohnsonMatt Johnson · model value -0.1145. RobinsonJammie Robinson · model value -0.2145. Abrams-DraineKris Abrams-Draine · model value -0.2142. MitchellCameron Mitchell · model value -0.2143. MeeksJonathan Meeks · model value -0.2137. CoxPerrish Cox · model value -0.3137. SkrineBuster Skrine · model value -0.5144. McManisSherrick McManis · model value -1.2
David KeySlot-similar peers (24)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'92'94'950011101Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1991NE300
1992000
1993000
1994000
1995000

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