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

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Carlton Davis III

Top 21% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2020

Height6'1"

Weight206 lb

BornDec 31, 1996

Age29

CollegeAuburn See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 2, Pick 63 · TB

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

62ndPlayoff Interceptions·2

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

A quality defensive back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 79 · #1439 · Above Average

Worth 79 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 32% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.3

Avg surplus

peak +28

7 seasons × ~11.3 surplus ≈ VORP 79

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	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	—	TB	13	—	40	36	4	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	4	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	718	85.8%	55	15.9%	62	39	0.6	119.8	11.6	0	0	0	1	7	0.1
2019	—	TB	14	—	57	51	6	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	19	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	934	94.1%	77	18.0%	117	58	0.5	80.0	10.7	0	0	0	1	10	0.1
2020	—	TB	14	—	66	50	16	3	0	0.0	3.0	4	18	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	904	96.3%	78	19.3%	105	65	0.6	87.6	11.3	0	0	0	4	11	0.1
2021	—	TB	10	—	36	30	6	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	11	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	638	91.5%	69	23.8%	70	40	0.6	83.2	9.0	0	0	0	5	8	0.2
2022	—	TB	13	—	56	45	11	3	1	0.0	4.0	1	12	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	810	94.4%	71	20.8%	93	52	0.6	82.8	9.5	1	0	1	3	5	0.1
2023	—	TB	12	—	49	37	12	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	9	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	715	89.3%	6	5.8%	83	51	0.6	96.1	9.8	0	0	0	2	4	0.1
2024	—	DET	13	—	54	40	14	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	11	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	697	83.8%	7	5.8%	76	42	0.6	77.0	10.1	0	0	0	1	7	0.1
2025	—	NE	16	—	68	38	30	3	1	0.0	4.0	0	10	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	926	91.4%	—	0.0%	74	43	0.6	90.7	10.4	1	0	1	5	6	0.1
Career		—	105	—	426	327	99	17	2	0.0	19.0	11	94	4	6	0	0	—	0.0%	6,342	90.8%	363	15.6%	680	390	—	—	—	2	0	2	22	58	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2018	22	TB	13	11*	40	36	4	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	4	1	1	4.9
2019	23	TB	14	13*	57	51	6	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	19	1	1	10.7
2020	24	TB	14	13*	66	50	16	3	0	0.0	3.0	4	18	0	—	11.8
2021	25	TB	10	9*	36	30	6	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	11	0	1	6.5
2022	26	TB	13	12*	56	45	11	3	1	0.0	4.0	1	12	1	1	8.1
2023	27	TB	12	11*	49	37	12	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	9	0	—	6.7
2024	28	DET	13	11*	54	40	14	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	11	1	2	9
2025	29	NE	16	16*	68	38	30	3	1	0.0	4.0	0	10	0	—	8
Career			105	96*	426	327	99	17	2	—	—	11	94	4	6	65.7

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2018	22	TB	13	11*	—	0.0%	718	85.8%	55	15.9%
2019	23	TB	14	13*	—	0.0%	934	94.1%	77	18.0%
2020	24	TB	14	13*	—	0.0%	904	96.3%	78	19.3%
2021	25	TB	10	9*	—	0.0%	638	91.5%	69	23.8%
2022	26	TB	13	12*	—	0.0%	810	94.4%	71	20.8%
2023	27	TB	12	11*	—	0.0%	715	89.3%	6	5.8%
2024	28	DET	13	11*	—	0.0%	697	83.8%	7	5.8%
2025	29	NE	17	16*	—	0.0%	926	91.4%	—	0.0%
Career			106	96*	—	—	6,342	—	363	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	22	TB	13	11*	62	39	0.6	119.8	11.6	0	0	1	7	0.1
2019	23	TB	14	13*	117	58	0.5	80.0	10.7	0	0	1	10	0.1
2020	24	TB	14	13*	105	65	0.6	87.6	11.3	0	0	4	11	0.1
2021	25	TB	10	9*	70	40	0.6	83.2	9.0	0	0	5	8	0.2
2022	26	TB	13	12*	93	52	0.6	82.8	9.5	1	1	3	5	0.1
2023	27	TB	12	11*	83	51	0.6	96.1	9.8	0	0	2	4	0.1
2024	28	DET	13	11*	76	42	0.6	77.0	10.1	0	0	1	7	0.1
2025	29	NE	17	16*	74	43	0.6	90.7	10.4	1	1	5	6	0.1
Career			106	96*	680	390	—	—	—	2	2	22	58	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 42.8

Availability 16.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 59elite 702025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Interceptions leader5

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.018See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.018Snap share90.8%Def snaps6,342ReliableCV 0.30

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within defensive backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2018

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

DB · 2018 class

4.53s

40-Yard

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 71thClass Pos 24thClass All 68th

34"

Vertical

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 54thClass Pos 33thClass All 58th

124"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 82thClass Pos 66thClass All 84th

16 reps

Bench

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 22thClass Pos 57thClass All 32th

Postseason Career

13 playoff games

Defense

Tkl62Solo46Ast16TFL1QBHits1Dis2.0Int2PD10

College Stats

AuburnCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Auburn), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #63

#55Donte JacksonCB #56Duke DawsonDB #57P.J. HallDT #58Isaiah OliverFS #59Derrius GuiceRB #60James WashingtonWR #61DJ CharkWR #62Brian O'NeillOT #64Tyquan LewisDE #65Brandon ParkerOT #66Lorenzo CarterLB #67Chad ThomasDE #68Justin ReidS #69B.J. HillDE #70Fred WarnerMLB #71Royce FreemanRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Carlton inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers DB room from Andrew Adams (2018–2021), and handed it to Jordan Whitehead (2018–2024).

Marty Carter 1991–1994John Lynch 1993–2003Charles Dimry 1994–1996Donnie Abraham 1996–2001Ronde Barber 1997–2012Dexter Jackson

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined NE (from DET)
2025final season
Last recorded season with NE
2024team change
Joined DET (from TB)
2018draft
Drafted by TB — Round 2, Pick 63

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 206 lb

Frame

203 lb at 4.53s

Size-speed

34" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

8 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	DET	1	W7Questionable· QuadricepW13Out· Knee / Thumb
2023	TB	3	W2Out· ToeW3Questionable· ToeW4Questionable· ToeW10Questionable· ToeW11Questionable· ToeW12Questionable· HipW15Out· GroinW17Out· ConcussionW18Questionable· Concussion
2022	TB	2	W7Questionable· HipW8Out· HipW9Questionable· HipW17Doubtful· ShoulderW18Out· ShoulderW19Questionable· Shoulder
2021	TB	0	W2Questionable· HamstringW4Questionable· Abdomen / RibsW19Questionable· Back
2020	TB	0	W6Questionable· AbdomenW10Questionable· KneeW16Doubtful· GroinW17Doubtful· GroinW18Questionable· Groin
2019	TB	1	W10Out· HipW11Questionable· HipW16Questionable· Ankle
2018	TB	1	W4Questionable· GroinW6Questionable· Groin / BackW7Questionable· BackW13Out· KneeW14Doubtful· KneeW15Questionable· Knee

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 8-season peers. See all →

peak 69

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C2018

C+2019

B+2020

C+2021

C+2022

B2023

B2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

80%

Era Translator

INT translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual INT	INT/G	→ 2025 INT	→ 2025 /G
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	1	0.1	1	0.1
2020	4	0.3	4	0.2
2021	1	0.1	1	0.1
2022	1	0.1	1	0.1
2023	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2024	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2025	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

79 career value over replacement — #1439 all-time of 4,642. 9.9/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #63 (Rd 2) · TB · 2018 · +16.1 vs expected KV-H

63actual

46.9 expected · Δ+16.1

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2018

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2018 Draft Class· this player went #63

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography