Darius Slay ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Slay in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Slay a career score of 75, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Darius Slay

6× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 5% all-time defensive backsIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2017 Team Carrier · #551

Height6'0"

Weight192 lb

BornJan 1, 1991

Age35

CollegeMississippi State; Itawamba JC See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 2, Pick 36 · DET

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2017·Int8

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 183 · #445 · Elite

Worth 183 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 11% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.3

Avg surplus

peak +47

10 seasons × ~18.3 surplus ≈ VORP 183

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%
2013	—	DET	10	—	30	24	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	338	51.5%	170	42.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	DET	16	—	56	43	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	17	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,012	96.9%	30	11.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	DET	15	—	56	45	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	994	94.6%	48	16.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	DET	13	—	42	41	1	1	1	1.0	3.0	2	13	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	731	88.5%	46	16.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	DET	16	—	59	53	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	8	26	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,064	97.8%	83	17.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	DET	15	—	42	39	3	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	17	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	875	94.1%	46	12.6%	94	44	0.5	72.1	14.2	0	0	0	1	3	0.1
2019	—	DET	14	—	44	34	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	13	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	858	86.4%	5	3.2%	93	52	0.6	81.6	13.5	1	1	0	0	6	0.1
2020	—	PHI	15	—	56	50	6	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	884	85.7%	62	15.9%	90	69	0.8	111.9	9.6	0	0	0	2	5	0.1
2021	—	PHI	16	—	49	37	12	5	0	0.0	5.0	3	9	0	2	3	0	2	1.5%	954	89.7%	—	0.0%	85	50	0.6	74.4	10.3	0	0	0	0	8	0.1
2022	—	PHI	16	—	53	38	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	14	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,003	89.0%	—	0.0%	79	46	0.6	83.9	10.5	0	0	0	1	3	0.1
2023	—	PHI	12	—	50	41	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	15	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	809	97.8%	—	0.0%	80	49	0.6	80.2	10.5	0	0	0	0	7	0.1
2024	—	PHI	13	—	46	35	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	13	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	699	79.9%	—	0.0%	75	41	0.5	81.9	10.5	0	0	0	1	2	0.0
2025	—	PIT	10	—	36	28	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	498	69.3%	14	12.0%	40	30	0.8	108.0	9.7	0	0	0	1	7	0.2
Career		—	181	—	619	508	111	17	1	1.0	19.0	28	164	2	6	5	0	2	1.5%	10,719	86.3%	504	16.4%	636	381	—	—	—	1	1	0	6	41	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2013	22	DET	10	7*	30	24	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	5	0	—	0	3.8
2014	23	DET	16	16*	56	43	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	17	0	—	0	10.3
2015	24	DET	15	15*	56	45	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	13	0	—	0	9.4
2016	25	DET	13	12*	42	41	1	1	1	1.0	3.0	2	13	1	—	0	9.1
2017	26	DET	16	16*	59	53	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	8	26	0	1	0	19.5
2018	27	DET	15	14*	42	39	3	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	17	0	—	1	12
2019	28	DET	14	12*	44	34	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	13	0	1	0	8.9
2020	29	PHI	15	13*	56	50	6	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	6	0	—	0	6.2
2021	30	PHI	16	14*	49	37	12	5	0	0.0	5.0	3	9	0	2	3	10.5
2022	31	PHI	16	15*	53	38	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	14	0	—	0	9.7
2023	32	PHI	12	12*	50	41	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	15	0	—	1	9.2
2024	33	PHI	13	11*	46	35	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	13	1	1	0	7.7
2025	34	PIT	10	7*	36	28	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	3	0	1	0	3.9
Career			181	164*	619	508	111	17	1	—	—	28	164	2	6	5	120.2

* 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	22	DET	13	7*	—	0.0%	338	51.5%	170	42.9%
2014	23	DET	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,012	96.9%	30	11.4%
2015	24	DET	16	15*	—	0.0%	994	94.6%	48	16.1%
2016	25	DET	13	12*	—	0.0%	731	88.5%	46	16.2%
2017	26	DET	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,064	97.8%	83	17.3%
2018	27	DET	15	14*	—	0.0%	875	94.1%	46	12.6%
2019	28	DET	14	12*	—	0.0%	858	86.4%	5	3.2%
2020	29	PHI	15	13*	—	0.0%	884	85.7%	62	15.9%
2021	30	PHI	16	14*	2	1.5%	954	89.7%	—	0.0%
2022	31	PHI	17	15*	—	0.0%	1,003	89.0%	—	0.0%
2023	32	PHI	12	12*	—	0.0%	809	97.8%	—	0.0%
2024	33	PHI	14	11*	—	0.0%	699	79.9%	—	0.0%
2025	34	PIT	10	7*	—	0.0%	498	69.3%	14	12.0%
Career			187	164*	2	—	10,719	—	504	—

* 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	27	DET	15	14*	94	44	0.5	72.1	14.2	0	0	1	3	0.1
2019	28	DET	14	12*	93	52	0.6	81.6	13.5	1	1	0	6	0.1
2020	29	PHI	15	13*	90	69	0.8	111.9	9.6	0	0	2	5	0.1
2021	30	PHI	16	14*	85	50	0.6	74.4	10.3	0	0	0	8	0.1
2022	31	PHI	17	15*	79	46	0.6	83.9	10.5	0	0	1	3	0.1
2023	32	PHI	12	12*	80	49	0.6	80.2	10.5	0	0	0	7	0.1
2024	33	PHI	14	11*	75	41	0.5	81.9	10.5	0	0	1	2	0.0
2025	34	PIT	10	7*	40	30	0.8	108.0	9.7	0	0	1	7	0.2
Career			113	98*	636	381	—	—	—	1	1	6	41	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 75 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 75 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 69.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 75· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 45.6

Availability 17.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 62elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #551 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

2018 DET·6 team wins#21

Interceptions · 3 · score 5

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Interceptions leader13

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.987See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.987Snap share86.2%Def snaps10,719ReliableCV 0.33

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 · 2013

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

DB · 2013 class

4.36s

40-Yard

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 97thClass Pos 97thClass All 99th

35.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 69thClass Pos 46thClass All 77th

124"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 82thClass Pos 48thClass All 80th

14 reps

Bench

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 13thClass Pos 41thClass All 19th

6.90s

3-Cone

Above avg · 59th pct

Pos 59thAll 81thClass Pos 41thClass All 75th

4.21s

Shuttle

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 71thClass Pos 35thClass All 75th

Postseason Career

11 playoff games

Defense

Tkl39Solo29Ast10Int1PD8

College Stats

Mississippi State; Itawamba JCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Mississippi State; Itawamba JC), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #36

#28Sylvester WilliamsDT #29Cordarrelle PattersonRB #30Alec OgletreeILB #31Travis FrederickC #32Matt ElamS #33Johnathan CyprienDB #34Justin HunterWR #35Zach ErtzTE #37Giovani BernardRB #38Manti Te'oMLB #39Geno SmithQB #40Tank CarradineDE #41Robert WoodsWR #42Menelik WatsonOT #43Johnthan BanksDB #44Kawann ShortDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Darius inherited the Detroit Lions DB room from Glover Quin (2013–2018), and handed it to James Ihedigbo (2014–2015).

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

2025team change
Joined PIT (from PHI)
2025final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2020team change
Joined PHI (from DET)
2013draft
Drafted by DET — Round 2, Pick 36

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 192 lb

Frame

192 lb at 4.36s

Size-speed

35.5" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

14 reps

Bench power

Injury History

10 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	PHI	2	W7Questionable· KneeW9Out· GroinW13Out· ConcussionW18Doubtful· Not injury related - coach's decision
2023	PHI	5	W6Out· KneeW15Out· KneeW16Out· KneeW17Out· KneeW18Out· Knee
2020	PHI	0	W6Questionable· ConcussionW13Questionable· CalfW15Questionable· Concussion
2019	DET	1	W4Questionable· HamstringW6Questionable· HamstringW7Questionable· HamstringW8Out· HamstringW9Questionable· Hamstring
2018	DET	1	W3Questionable· ConcussionW9Questionable· KneeW10Out· KneeW12Questionable· KneeW14Questionable· Ankle
2016	DET	1	W8Out· HamstringW9Questionable· HamstringW15Questionable· HamstringW16Doubtful· HamstringW17Questionable· Hamstring
2015	DET	0	W12Questionable· Neck
2013	DET	0	W14Doubtful· KneeW15Doubtful· KneeW16Doubtful· Knee

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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 80

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

D2013

B2014

B2015

B2016

A+2017

B2018

B2019

C+2020

B2021

B+2022

B2023

C2024

C2025

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
2013	0	0	0	0
2014	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2015	2	0.1	2	0.1
2016	2	0.2	2	0.1
2017	8	0.5	6-2	0.4
2018	3	0.2	3	0.2
2019	2	0.1	2	0.1
2020	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	3	0.2	3	0.2
2022	3	0.2	3	0.2
2023	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2024	0	0	0	0
2025	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

183 career value over replacement — #445 all-time of 4,642. 14.1/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×1 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #36 (Rd 2) · DET · 2013 · +20.1 vs expected KV-H

75actual

54.9 expected · Δ+20.1

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All-Time Rank & Honors

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 · 2013

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #36

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography