Charles Tillman ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Tillman in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Tillman a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Charles Tillman

2× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 4% all-time defensive backsIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2010

Height6'2"

Weight210 lb

BornFeb 23, 1981

Age45

CollegeLouisiana-Lafayette See College Stats

ConferenceSun Belt

Rookie yr2003

Draft2003 · Rd 2, Pick 35 · CHI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

55thInterceptions·38

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber defensive back (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with reliable availability. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 238 · #257 · Elite

Worth 238 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 7% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+21.6

Avg surplus

peak +33

11 seasons × ~21.6 surplus ≈ VORP 238

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2003	—	CHI	16	—	63	56	7	0	0	1.0	1.0	4	12	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	CHI	7	—	37	30	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	CHI	15	—	87	76	11	0	0	1.0	1.0	5	16	4	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	CHI	14	—	71	59	12	0	1	0.0	1.0	5	14	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CHI	15	—	67	58	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	13	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	CHI	15	—	87	75	12	1	1	0.0	2.0	3	17	4	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	CHI	15	—	69	57	12	3	0	0.0	3.0	2	7	4	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	CHI	16	—	78	67	11	1	1	0.0	2.0	5	14	3	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CHI	16	—	100	83	17	5	1	1.0	7.0	3	13	4	2	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CHI	15	—	86	74	12	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	16	10	2	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	CHI	8	—	37	28	9	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	6	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	432	85.0%	21	15.0%
2014	—	CHI	2	—	8	8	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	96	79.0%	14	24.5%
2015	—	CAR	12	—	53	34	19	0	1	0.0	1.0	2	7	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	711	81.9%	82	23.8%
Career		—	166	—	843	705	138	13	6	3.0	22.0	38	141	40	9	9	0	—	0.0%	1,239	82.0%	117	21.1%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2003	22	CHI	16	—	63	56	7	0	0	1.0	1.0	4	12	1	—	0	10.4
2004	23	CHI	7	—	37	30	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	5	1	—	0	3.9
2005	24	CHI	15	—	87	76	11	0	0	1.0	1.0	5	16	4	—	1	15
2006	25	CHI	14	—	71	59	12	0	1	0.0	1.0	5	14	1	1	1	12.5
2007	26	CHI	15	—	67	58	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	13	3	—	0	11.3
2008	27	CHI	15	—	87	75	12	1	1	0.0	2.0	3	17	4	—	1	14.1
2009	28	CHI	15	—	69	57	12	3	0	0.0	3.0	2	7	4	1	1	10.4
2010	29	CHI	16	—	78	67	11	1	1	0.0	2.0	5	14	3	2	0	13.8
2011	30	CHI	16	—	100	83	17	5	1	1.0	7.0	3	13	4	2	2	14.1
2012	31	CHI	15	—	86	74	12	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	16	10	2	3	14.5
2013	32	CHI	8	7*	37	28	9	2	0	0.0	2.0	3	6	3	—	0	6.9
2014	33	CHI	2	—	8	8	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	—
2015	34	CAR	12	10*	53	34	19	0	1	0.0	1.0	2	7	2	1	0	8.6
Career			166	17*	843	705	138	13	6	—	—	38	141	40	9	9	135.5

* 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	32	CHI	8	7*	—	0.0%	432	85.0%	21	15.0%
2014	33	CHI	2	—	—	0.0%	96	79.0%	14	24.5%
2015	34	CAR	12	10*	—	0.0%	711	81.9%	82	23.8%
Career			22	17*	—	—	1,239	—	117	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 77 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 77 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 73.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 77· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 69

On-field 51.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2003bestavg 68elite 702015

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 17% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

17% of the all-time Interceptions leader17

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.26See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.26Snap share82%Def snaps1,239Emerging

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 · 2003

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

DB · 2003 class

4.49s

40-Yard

Above avg · 52th pct

Pos 52thAll 79thClass Pos 50thClass All 82th

40"

Vertical

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 95thClass Pos 94thClass All 97th

131"

Broad Jump

Elite · 91th pct

Pos 91thAll 97thClass Pos 94thClass All 97th

12 reps

Bench

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 7thClass Pos 21thClass All 5th

7.05s

3-Cone

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 64thClass Pos 38thClass All 74th

3.89s

Shuttle

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 99thClass Pos 94thClass All 99th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl35Solo27Ast8PD7FF1FR1

College Stats

Louisiana-LafayetteCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Louisiana-Lafayette), 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.

2003 Draft Class· this player went #35

#27Larry JohnsonRB #28Andre WoolfolkDB #29Nick BarnettLB #30Sammy DavisDB #31Nnamdi AsomughaCB #32Tyler BraytonDT #33Eric SteinbachG #34Boss BaileyOLB #36Eugene WilsonFS #39Rashean MathisCB #40E.J. HendersonMLB #41Bennie JoppruTE #42Ken HamlinDB #43Pisa TinoisamoaOLB #44Taylor JacobsWR #45Bethel JohnsonWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Charles inherited the Chicago Bears DB room from Michael Green (2001–2005), and handed it to Nathan Vasher (2004–2009).

Jeremy Lincoln 1993–1995Marty Carter 1995–1998Walt Harris 1996–2001Tony Parrish 1998–2001Jerry Azumah 1999–2005R.W. McQuarters

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2015team change
Joined CAR (from CHI)
2015final season
Last recorded season with CAR
2003draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 2, Pick 35

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 210 lb

Frame

207 lb at 4.49s

Size-speed

40" vert / 131" broad

Explosion

12 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2015	CAR	1	W11Doubtful· KneeW12Doubtful· KneeW13Out· KneeW14Doubtful· Knee
2013	CHI	0	W3Questionable· KneeW4Questionable· Groin / KneeW5Questionable· Groin / KneeW6Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· Knee
2012	CHI	0	W2Questionable· Shin
2009	CHI	1	W1Questionable· BackW13Questionable· ConcussionW15Questionable· BackW17Out· Ribs

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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 80

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

B+2003

D2004

B+2005

A2006

B2007

B2008

B2009

A2010

B2011

B2012

B+2013

B2015

Availability

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
2003	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2004	0	0	0	0
2005	5	0.3	4-1	0.2
2006	5	0.4	4-1	0.3
2007	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2008	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2009	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2010	5	0.3	4-1	0.3
2011	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2012	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2013	3	0.4	5+2	0.3
2015	2	0.2	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

238 career value over replacement — #257 all-time of 4,642. 19.8/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #35 (Rd 2) · CHI · 2003 · +22.1 vs expected KV-H

77actual

54.9 expected · Δ+22.1

💔+51.5 stolen VORP·2.6 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2003

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2003 Draft Class· this player went #35

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator