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Darius Phillips

Efficient ReserveTeam Carrier · #151

Height5'10"

Weight190 lb

BornJun 26, 1995

Age31

CollegeWestern Michigan See College Stats

ConferenceMid-American

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 5, Pick 170 · CIN

Archetype Intelligence

Efficient ReserveExplore archetypes →

A defensive back with elite per-snap efficiency in a reserve role — the definition of doing more with less. Excellent per-snap efficiency.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 9 · #3669 · Role Player

Worth 9 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 80% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +4.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 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

+4.5

Avg surplus

peak +5

2 seasons × ~4.5 surplus ≈ VORP 9

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%
2018	—	CIN	8	—	19	18	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	232	28.4%	125	29.8%	26	18	0.7	81.1	10.2	0	0	0	1	3	0.1
2019	—	CIN	5	—	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	109	28.0%	108	45.5%	16	6	0.4	70.8	18.5	1	1	0	3	0	0.0
2020	—	CIN	11	—	36	29	7	2	2	0.0	4.0	1	12	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	593	76.2%	85	27.7%	60	31	0.5	92.4	12.0	2	0	2	7	6	0.1
2021	—	CIN	4	—	7	5	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	90	20.5%	129	39.3%	11	8	0.7	137.7	13.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1
2022	—	DEN	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	6	5.0%	119	48.9%	1	1	1.0	87.5	-7.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career		—	37	—	66	56	10	2	2	0.0	4.0	5	23	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,030	31.6%	566	38.2%	114	64	—	—	—	3	1	2	11	10	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2018	23	CIN	8	0*	19	18	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	1	—	3.6
2019	24	CIN	5	0*	4	4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	7	0	—	4.7
2020	25	CIN	11	9*	36	29	7	2	2	0.0	4.0	1	12	2	—	8.1
2021	26	CIN	4	0*	7	5	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	1.2
Career			28	9*	66	56	10	2	2	—	—	5	23	3	—	21.6

* 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%
2018	23	CIN	15	0*	—	0.0%	232	28.4%	125	29.8%
2019	24	CIN	8	0*	—	0.0%	109	28.0%	108	45.5%
2020	25	CIN	12	9*	—	0.0%	593	76.2%	85	27.7%
2021	26	CIN	12	0*	—	0.0%	90	20.5%	129	39.3%
2022	27	DEN	9	0*	—	0.0%	6	5.0%	119	48.9%
Career			56	9*	—	—	1,030	—	566	—

* 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	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	23	CIN	15	0*	26	18	0.7	81.1	10.2	0	0	0	1	3	0.1
2019	24	CIN	8	0*	16	6	0.4	70.8	18.5	1	1	0	3	0	0.0
2020	25	CIN	12	9*	60	31	0.5	92.4	12.0	2	0	2	7	6	0.1
2021	26	CIN	12	0*	11	8	0.7	137.7	13.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1
2022	27	DEN	9	0*	1	1	1.0	87.5	-7.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career			56	9*	114	64	—	—	—	3	1	2	11	10	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 43 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 43 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 46.6 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 43· confidence 78%

What builds the career mark of 45

On-field 35.8

Availability 9.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 422021

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #151 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

2019 CIN·2 team wins#13

Interceptions · 4 · score 65

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 2% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

2% of the all-time Interceptions leader2

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: 87%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.418See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.418Snap share38.3%Def snaps1,024VolatileCV 0.78

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 · 2018

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

DB · 2018 class

4.54s

40-Yard

Below avg · 31th pct

Pos 31thAll 69thClass Pos 19thClass All 64th

College Stats

Western MichiganCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Western Michigan), 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #170

#161Jermaine CarterLB #163Tim SettleDT #164Natrell JamersonDB #165Jaylen SamuelsRB #166Wyatt TellerG #167Daniel CarlsonK #168Jamarco JonesOT #169Jordan WilkinsRB #171Mike WhiteQB #172J.K. ScottP #173Johnny TownsendP #174Marquez Valdes-ScantlingWR #175Damion RatleyWR #176John KellyRB #177Duke EjioforLB #179Parry NickersonCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Darius inherited the Cincinnati Bengals DB room from William Jackson (2017–2020), and handed it to Jessie Bates (2018–2022).

Darryl Williams 1992–2001Corey Sawyer 1994–1998Sam Shade 1995–1998Jimmy Spencer 1996–1997Ashley Ambrose 1996–1998Greg Myers

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2022team change
Joined DEN (from CIN)
2022final season
Last recorded season with DEN
2018draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 5, Pick 170

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 190 lb

Frame

190 lb at 4.54s

Size-speed

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	DEN	2	W3Out· HamstringW4Out· HamstringW5Questionable· HamstringW10Questionable· Illness
2021	CIN	0	W2Questionable· Thigh
2020	CIN	1	W8Questionable· KneeW10Out· GroinW13Questionable· Illness

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 4-season peers. See all →

peak 49

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

C2018

C+2019

C+2020

F2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

68%

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
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	4	0.8	11+7	0.6
2020	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	0	0	0	0

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

9 career value over replacement — #3669 all-time of 4,642. 2.3/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #170 (Rd 5) · CIN · 2018 · +15.8 vs expected KV-H

43actual

27.2 expected · Δ+15.8

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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 · 2018

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2018 Draft Class· this player went #170

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator