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.

CBATL#29RES

Casey Hayward

2× Pro BowlTop 7% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012 Team Carrier · #202

Height5'11"

Weight192 lb

BornSep 9, 1989

Age36

CollegeVanderbilt See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 2, Pick 62 · GB

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2016·Int7

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

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 155 · #598 · High-Value

Worth 155 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 14% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+19.4

Avg surplus

peak +42

8 seasons × ~19.4 surplus ≈ VORP 155

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%
2012	—	GB	15	—	46	33	13	1	1	0.0	2.0	6	20	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	GB	2	—	7	4	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	87	46.7%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	GB	14	—	34	26	8	2	1	0.0	3.0	3	7	0	2	2	0	—	0.0%	426	41.5%	115	24.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	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	—	LAC	16	—	51	44	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	7	20	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	SD	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	987	92.4%	84	23.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	LAC	16	—	39	32	7	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	22	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,003	95.9%	7	10.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	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	—	LAC	13	—	31	27	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	944	97.4%	8	16.5%	48	30	0.6	88.0	11.8	0	0	0	0	3	0.1
2020	—	LAC	13	—	41	36	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	789	86.5%	2	7.0%	77	38	0.5	93.6	14.2	1	1	0	2	9	0.2
2021	—	LV	17	—	44	37	7	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	9	0	—	0	1	—	0.0%	1,091	94.6%	45	13.7%	56	32	0.6	91.9	14.7	0	0	0	0	5	0.1
2022	—	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		—	160	—	412	342	70	13	3	0.0	16.0	25	112	2	4	3	1	—	0.0%	7,607	82.7%	367	16.9%	278	154	—	—	—	1	1	0	2	20	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2012	23	GB	15	—	46	33	13	1	1	0.0	2.0	6	20	1	—	0	0	13.8
2013	24	GB	2	—	7	4	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
2014	25	GB	14	0*	34	26	8	2	1	0.0	3.0	3	7	0	2	2	0	9
2015	26	GB	16	14*	58	50	8	3	1	0.0	4.0	0	7	0	—	0	0	6.3
2016	27	LAC	16	15*	51	44	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	7	20	0	—	1	0	18.2
2017	28	LAC	16	15*	39	32	7	2	0	0.0	2.0	4	22	1	2	0	0	14.2
2018	29	LAC	16	16*	45	40	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	8	0	—	0	0	6.5
2019	30	LAC	13	13*	31	27	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	8	0	—	0	0	7.1
2020	31	LAC	13	12*	41	36	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	8	0	—	0	0	6.4
2021	32	LV	17	16*	44	37	7	3	0	0.0	3.0	1	9	0	—	0	1	7.4
2022	33	ATL	6	5*	16	13	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	3
Career			144	106*	412	342	70	13	3	—	—	25	112	2	4	3	1	91.9

* 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	24	GB	3	—	—	0.0%	87	46.7%	—	0.0%
2014	25	GB	16	0*	—	0.0%	426	41.5%	115	24.9%
2015	26	GB	16	14*	—	0.0%	909	86.8%	106	23.1%
2016	27	SD	16	15*	—	0.0%	987	92.4%	84	23.0%
2017	28	LAC	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,003	95.9%	7	10.0%
2018	29	LAC	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,016	98.0%	—	0.0%
2019	30	LAC	16	16*	—	0.0%	944	97.4%	8	16.5%
2020	31	LAC	14	12*	—	0.0%	789	86.5%	2	7.0%
2021	32	LV	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,091	94.6%	45	13.7%
2022	33	ATL	6	5*	—	0.0%	355	86.8%	—	0.0%
Career			136	109*	—	—	7,607	—	367	—

* 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	Hrry	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	29	LAC	16	16*	66	35	0.5	93.1	12.2	0	0	0	2	0.0
2019	30	LAC	16	16*	48	30	0.6	88.0	11.8	0	0	0	3	0.1
2020	31	LAC	14	12*	77	38	0.5	93.6	14.2	1	1	2	9	0.2
2021	32	LV	17	16*	56	32	0.6	91.9	14.7	0	0	0	5	0.1
2022	33	ATL	6	5*	31	19	0.6	80.7	10.6	0	0	0	1	0.1
Career			69	65*	278	154	—	—	—	1	1	2	20	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 73 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 73 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 46.7

Availability 18.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 64elite 702022

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #202 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2016 LAC·5 team wins#1

Interceptions · 7 · score 50

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Interceptions leader11

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+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.656See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.656Snap share82.7%Def snaps7,607VolatileCV 0.51

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 · 2012

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

DB · 2012 class

4.47s

40-Yard

Above avg · 60th pct

Pos 60thAll 83thClass Pos 70thClass All 80th

34"

Vertical

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 54thClass Pos 39thClass All 55th

119"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 28th pct

Pos 28thAll 60thClass Pos 37thClass All 61th

19 reps

Bench

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 38thClass Pos 67thClass All 36th

6.76s

3-Cone

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 93thClass Pos 67thClass All 92th

3.90s

Shuttle

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 99thClass Pos 98thClass All 99th

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl27Solo23Ast4TFL1Dis1.0PD5

College Stats

VanderbiltCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Vanderbilt), 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.

2012 Draft Class· this player went #62

#53Devon StillDT #54Ryan BroylesWR #55Peter KonzC #57Brock OsweilerQB #58Lavonte DavidOLB #59Vinny CurryDE #60Kelechi OsemeleG #61LaMichael JamesRB #63Rueben RandleWR #64Dwayne AllenTE #67Ronnie HillmanRB #68DeVier PoseyWR #69Trevor GrahamWR #70Bryan AngerP #71Josh LeRibeusG #72Olivier VernonDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Casey inherited the Los Angeles Chargers DB room from Trevor Williams (2016–2018), and handed it to Desmond King (2017–2019).

Darrien Gordon 1993–1996Dwayne Harper 1994–1998Rodney Harrison 1994–2002Terrance Shaw 1995–1999Greg Jackson 1997–2000Mike Dumas

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2022team change
Joined ATL (from LV)
2022final season
Last recorded season with ATL
2021team change
Joined LV (from LAC)
2016team change
Joined LAC (from GB)
2012draft
Drafted by GB — Round 2, Pick 62

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 192 lb

Frame

192 lb at 4.47s

Size-speed

34" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

19 reps

Bench power

Injury History

9 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	LV	0	W18Questionable· Ankle
2020	LAC	2	W9Questionable· Not Injury RelatedW12Out· GroinW13Questionable· GroinW17Out· Hamstring
2019	LAC	0	W4Questionable· Back
2017	LAC	0	W13Questionable· Calf / Not Injury RelatedW15Questionable· Calf
2014	GB	0	W3Questionable· Glute
2013	GB	7	W1Out· HamstringW2Out· HamstringW3Out· HamstringW5Out· HamstringW6Out· HamstringW7Questionable· HamstringW11Out· HamstringW12Out· Hamstring

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 85

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

A+2012

B2014

C2015

A2016

B+2017

C+2018

B2019

C+2020

C+2021

C2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

85%

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
2012	6	0.4	6	0.3
2014	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2015	0	0	0	0
2016	7	0.4	5-2	0.3
2017	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	2	0.2	2	0.1
2020	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	1	0.1	1	0.1
2022	1	0.2	3+2	0.1

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

155 career value over replacement — #598 all-time of 4,642. 15.5/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×2 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #62 (Rd 2) · GB · 2012 · +26.1 vs expected KV-H

73actual

46.9 expected · Δ+26.1

💔+25.6 stolen VORP·1.65 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2012

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2012 Draft Class· this player went #62

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography