Casey Hayward ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Hayward in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Hayward a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Casey Hayward

2× Pro BowlTop 6% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012

Height5'11"

Weight192 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

158 career value over replacement — #598 all-time of 4,695. 15.8/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×2 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #62 (Rd 2) · GB · 2012 · +26.9 vs expected KV-H

73actual

46.1 expected · Δ+26.9

💔+26.1 stolen VORP·1.65 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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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%
2012	22–23	GB	15	—	46	33	13	1	1	0.0	2.0	6	20	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	23–24	GB	3	—	7	4	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	87	46.7%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	24–25	GB	16	—	34	26	8	2	1	0.0	3.0	3	7	0	2	2	0	—	0.0%	426	38.9%	115	24.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	25–26	GB	16	—	58	50	8	3	1	0.0	4.0	0	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	909	86.8%	106	23.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	26–27	SD	16	—	51	44	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	7	20	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	987	92.4%	84	17.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	27–28	LAC	16	—	39	32	7	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	22	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,003	95.9%	7	1.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	28–29	LAC	16	—	45	40	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,016	98.0%	—	0.0%	66	35	0.5	93.1	12.2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
2019	29–30	LAC	16	—	31	27	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	944	97.4%	8	2.1%	48	30	0.6	88.0	11.8	0	0	0	0	3	0.1
2020	30–31	LAC	14	—	41	36	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	789	86.5%	2	0.5%	77	38	0.5	93.6	14.2	1	1	0	2	9	0.2
2021	31–32	LV	17	—	44	37	7	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	9	0	—	0	1	—	0.0%	1,091	94.6%	45	9.7%	56	32	0.6	91.9	14.7	0	0	0	0	5	0.1
2022	32–33	ATL	6	—	16	13	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	355	86.8%	—	0.0%	31	19	0.6	80.7	10.6	0	0	0	0	1	0.1
Career		—	151	—	412	342	70	13	3	0.0	16.0	25	112	2	4	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	278	154	—	—	—	1	1	0	2	20	—

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Led NFL2016·Int7

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A top 10% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 158 · #598 · High-Value

Worth 158 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 14% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 8 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+19.8

Avg surplus

peak +42

8 seasons × ~19.8 surplus ≈