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

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Chris Houston

Top 21% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2011

Height5'11"

Weight178 lb

BornOct 18, 1984

Age41

CollegeArkansas See College Stats

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 2, Pick 41 · ATL

Archetype Intelligence

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A defensive back with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 73 · #1557 · Above Average

Worth 73 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 35% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12.2

Avg surplus

peak +36

6 seasons × ~12.2 surplus ≈ VORP 73

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%
2007	—	ATL	14	—	53	52	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	9	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	ATL	16	—	52	44	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	16	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	ATL	12	—	45	37	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	9	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	DET	15	—	51	45	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	12	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	DET	14	—	51	41	10	2	0	0.0	2.0	5	14	0	—	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	DET	14	—	55	44	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	2	10	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	DET	12	—	43	37	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	9	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	729	90.4%	8	4.2%
Career		—	97	—	350	300	50	9	0	0.0	9.0	13	79	4	1	3	0	—	0.0%	729	90.4%	8	4.2%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2007	23	ATL	14	—	53	52	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	9	1	—	0	6.6
2008	24	ATL	16	—	52	44	8	1	0.0	1.0	2	16	0	1	1	10.5
2009	25	ATL	12	—	45	37	8	1	0.0	1.0	1	9	0	—	0	6.3
2010	26	DET	15	—	51	45	6	1	0.0	1.0	1	12	1	—	0	8.4
2011	27	DET	14	—	51	41	10	2	0.0	2.0	5	14	0	—	2	11.7
2012	28	DET	14	—	55	44	11	3	0.0	3.0	2	10	2	—	0	9.4
2013	29	DET	12	11*	43	37	6	1	0.0	1.0	2	9	0	—	0	6.8
Career			97	11*	350	300	50	9	—	—	13	79	4	1	3	59.7

* 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%
2013	29	DET	12	11*	—	0.0%	729	90.4%	8	4.2%
Career			12	11*	—	—	729	—	8	—

* 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 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 41.5

Availability 17.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2007bestavg 59elite 702013

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Interceptions leader6

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.646See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.646Snap share90.4%Def snaps729Emerging

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 · 2007

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

DB · 2007 class

4.32s

40-Yard

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 99thClass Pos 99thClass All 99th

36"

Vertical

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 73thClass Pos 61thClass All 73th

122"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 74thClass Pos 57thClass All 76th

27 reps

Bench

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 83thClass Pos 99thClass All 78th

6.94s

3-Cone

Above avg · 52th pct

Pos 52thAll 77thClass Pos 55thClass All 73th

4.12s

Shuttle

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 86thClass Pos 87thClass All 93th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl5Solo4Ast1

College Stats

ArkansasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Arkansas), 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.

2007 Draft Class· this player went #41

#32Anthony GonzalezWR #33Alan BranchNT #34Paul PoslusznyMLB #35Arron SearsOT #36Kevin KolbQB #37Eric WeddleFS #39Justin BlalockG #40John BeckQB #43Drew StantonQB #44Sidney RiceWR #45Dwayne JarrettWR #46LaMarr WoodleyOLB #47David HarrisOLB #48Justin DurantOLB #50Chris HenryRB #51Steve SmithWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Chris inherited the Detroit Lions DB room from Alphonso Smith (2010–2012), and handed it to Rashean Mathis (2013–2015).

Ray Crockett 1989–1993Willie Clay 1992–1995Ryan McNeil 1993–1996Greg Jeffries 1994–1998Ron Rice 1996–2001Bryant Westbrook

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2013final season
Last recorded season with DET
2010team change
Joined DET (from ATL)
2007draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 2, Pick 41

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 178 lb

Frame

185 lb at 4.32s

Size-speed

36" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

27 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2013	DET	0	W5Questionable· HamstringW13Doubtful· FootW14Questionable· FootW15Doubtful· ToeW16Questionable· ToeW17Doubtful· Toe / Illness
2012	DET	0	W1Doubtful· AnkleW2Doubtful· AnkleW11Questionable· AnkleW14Questionable· AnkleW17Questionable· Hamstring / Hip
2011	DET	0	W13Doubtful· KneeW14Doubtful· KneeW17Questionable· Hand / Knee
2010	DET	0	W10Questionable· ShoulderW17Doubtful· Shoulder
2009	ATL	1	W14Out· HamstringW15Doubtful· HamstringW16Doubtful· 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 68

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

C2007

B2008

C+2009

C+2010

A2011

B2012

B2013

Availability

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

87%

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
2007	0	0	0	0
2008	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2009	1	0.1	1	0
2010	1	0.1	0-1	0
2011	5	0.4	5	0.3
2012	2	0.1	2	0.1
2013	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

73 career value over replacement — #1557 all-time of 4,642. 10.4/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #41 (Rd 2) · ATL · 2007 · +13.2 vs expected KV-H

63actual

49.8 expected · Δ+13.2

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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 · 2007

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2007 Draft Class· this player went #41

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator