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

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Cary Williams

Top 23% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012Two-Way Profile

Height6'1"

Weight190 lb

BornDec 23, 1984

Age41

CollegeWashburn; Fordham See College Stats

ConferenceMid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association

Rookie yr2008

Draft2008 · Rd 7, Pick 229 · TEN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

63rdPlayoff Interceptions·2

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A defensive back with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 56 · #1899 · Above Average

Worth 56 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 42% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.7

Avg surplus

peak +26

3 seasons × ~18.7 surplus ≈ VORP 56

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Receiving									Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2009	—	BAL	3	—	7	4	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	BAL	2	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1	1	13	0	100.0%	13.0	13.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.8	0	4
2011	—	BAL	16	—	75	58	17	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	18	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	BAL	16	—	69	61	8	2	1	1.0	4.0	4	17	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	PHI	16	—	62	52	10	1	1	1.0	3.0	3	12	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	1,138	94.7%	41	14.9%	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	PHI	16	—	55	51	4	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	9	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	1,155	99.3%	35	16.7%	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	SEA	10	—	45	29	16	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	4	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	618	96.3%	51	17.6%	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	79	—	313	255	58	7	3	3.0	13.0	9	61	3	1	2	0	1	1	13	0	100.0%	13.0	13.0	—	1	—	0.0%	2,911	96.8%	127	16.4%	—	—	3.8	0	4

Career EPA3.8·4 receiving·3.8/season

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2010	26	BAL	1	—	1	1	13	0	100.0%	13.0	13.0	—	1	—
Career			1		1	1	13	0	100.0%	13.0	13.0	—	1	46

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD
2009	25	BAL	3	—	7	4	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0
2010	26	BAL	2	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0
2011	27	BAL	16	—	75	58	17	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	18	2	—	0
2012	28	BAL	16	—	69	61	8	2	1	1.0	4.0	4	17	0	—	1
2013	29	PHI	16	15*	62	52	10	1	1	1.0	3.0	3	12	0	—	0
2014	30	PHI	16	16*	55	51	4	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	9	0	—	0
2015	31	SEA	10	10*	45	29	16	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	4	1	1	1
Career			79	41*	313	255	58	7	3	—	—	9	61	3	1	2

* 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%
2013	29	PHI	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,138	94.7%	41	14.9%
2014	30	PHI	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,155	99.3%	35	16.7%
2015	31	SEA	10	10*	—	0.0%	618	96.3%	51	17.6%
Career			42	41*	—	—	2,911	—	127	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2010	26	—	—	—	—	—	3.8	0	4
Career					—	—	—	0	4

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 62 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 62 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 40

Availability 19

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 57elite 702015

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Interceptions leader4

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

3.84 EPA/season over 1 season51

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.34See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.34Snap share96.7%Def snaps2,911ConsistentCV 0.14

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+).

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl40Solo28Ast12TFL1Dis1.0Int2PD6

College Stats

Washburn; FordhamCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Washburn; Fordham), 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.

2008 Draft Class· this player went #229

#219Demetress BellOT #220Josh BarrettS #221Hilee TaylorDE #224Steve JohnsonWR #225Brandon KeithOT #226Chaz SchilensWR #227Peyton HillisRB #228Chris ChamberlainLB #230King DunlapOT #231Alex HallDE #232Keith ZingerTE #233Justin ForsettRB #236Jamey RichardC #237Adrian ArringtonWR #241Geoff SchwartzG #242Rob JacksonOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Cary inherited the Baltimore Ravens DB room from Chris Carr (2009–2011), and handed it to Lardarius Webb (2009–2017).

Antonio Langham 1996–1997Stevon Moore 1996–1999Rod Woodson 1998–2001Kim Herring 1999–2000Duane Starks 1999–2001James Trapp

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2015team change
Joined SEA (from PHI)
2015final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2013team change
Joined PHI (from BAL)
2009team change
Joined BAL (from TEN)
2008draft
Drafted by TEN — Round 7, Pick 229

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 190 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2011	BAL	0	W17Questionable· Head
2009	BAL	0	W13Questionable· ThighW17Questionable· Thigh

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 68

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

C2011

B+2012

B2013

B2014

D2015

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

93%

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
2011	0	0	0	0
2012	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2013	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2014	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2015	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

56 career value over replacement — #1899 all-time of 4,642. 11.2/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #229 (Rd 7) · TEN · 2008 · +39.2 vs expected KV-H

62actual

22.8 expected · Δ+39.2

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2008 Draft Class· this player went #229

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography