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

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Eugene Wilson

Top 27% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2003

Height5'10"

Weight200 lb

BornAug 17, 1980

Age45

CollegeIllinois See College Stats

Rookie yr2003

Draft2003 · Rd 2, Pick 36 · NE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

87thPlayoff Interceptions·2

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

A quality defensive back with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 80 · #1426 · Above Average

Worth 80 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 32% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 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

+13.3

Avg surplus

peak +22

6 seasons × ~13.3 surplus ≈ VORP 80

Combined Season Grid

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

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2003	—	NE	16	—	54	40	14	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	9	0	—	0	0
2004	—	NE	15	—	58	49	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	7	3	2	0	0
2005	—	NE	16	—	55	32	23	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	7	0	1	0	0
2006	—	NE	4	—	19	15	4	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
2007	—	NE	10	—	24	20	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	3	0	1	1	0
2008	—	HOU	12	—	52	41	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	7	0	—	0	0
2009	—	HOU	8	—	22	17	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	1	—	0	0
2010	—	HOU	13	—	53	38	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	0	0
Career		—	94	—	337	252	85	0	1	0.0	1.0	14	41	4	4	1	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2003	23	NE	16	—	54	40	14	0	0.0	0.0	4	9	0	—	0	8.8
2004	24	NE	15	—	58	49	9	0	0.0	0.0	4	7	3	2	0	10.1
2005	25	NE	16	—	55	32	23	0	0.0	0.0	1	7	0	1	0	6.8
2006	26	NE	4	—	19	15	4	1	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	1.7
2007	27	NE	10	—	24	20	4	0	0.0	0.0	1	3	0	1	1	4.3
2008	28	HOU	12	—	52	41	11	0	0.0	0.0	2	7	0	—	0	6.7
2009	29	HOU	8	—	22	17	5	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	1	—	0	4.9
2010	30	HOU	13	—	53	38	15	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	0	4.4
Career			94		337	252	85	1	—	—	14	41	4	4	1	47.7

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 61 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 40.8

Availability 16.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2003bestavg 53elite 702010

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: 89%.

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

4.48s

40-Yard

Above avg · 56th pct

Pos 56thAll 81thClass Pos 57thClass All 84th

38"

Vertical

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 87thClass Pos 78thClass All 88th

122"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 74thClass Pos 56thClass All 79th

15 reps

Bench

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 17thClass Pos 36thClass All 12th

7.18s

3-Cone

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 47thClass Pos 9thClass All 60th

4.05s

Shuttle

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 94thClass Pos 65thClass All 90th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl16Solo12Ast4QBHits1Dis1.0Int2PD5FF1FR1

College Stats

IllinoisCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Illinois), 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 #36

#28Andre WoolfolkDB #29Nick BarnettLB #30Sammy DavisDB #31Nnamdi AsomughaCB #32Tyler BraytonDT #33Eric SteinbachG #34Boss BaileyOLB #35Charles TillmanCB #39Rashean MathisCB #40E.J. HendersonMLB #41Bennie JoppruTE #42Ken HamlinDB #43Pisa TinoisamoaOLB #44Taylor JacobsWR #45Bethel JohnsonWR #46Drayton FlorenceCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Eugene inherited the New England Patriots DB room from Asante Samuel (2003–2007), and handed it to Rodney Harrison (2003–2008).

Corwin Brown 1993–1996Ty Law 1995–2004Willie Clay 1996–1998Lawyer Milloy 1996–2002Otis Smith 1996–2002Steve Israel

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2010final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2008team change
Joined HOU (from NE)
2003draft
Drafted by NE — Round 2, Pick 36

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'10" / 200 lb

Frame

192 lb at 4.48s

Size-speed

38" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

15 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2010	HOU	0	W4Doubtful· Hamstring
2009	HOU	1	W1Out· KneeW8Questionable· Groin

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 66

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

B+2003

B+2004

C+2005

F2006

C+2007

C+2008

B2009

C2010

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

73%

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	4	0.3	3-1	0.2
2005	1	0.1	0-1	0
2006	0	0	0	0
2007	1	0.1	1	0.1
2008	2	0.2	2	0.1
2009	2	0.3	3+1	0.2
2010	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

80 career value over replacement — #1426 all-time of 4,642. 10/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #36 (Rd 2) · NE · 2003 · +6.1 vs expected KV-H

61actual

54.9 expected · Δ+6.1

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2003

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2003 Draft Class· this player went #36

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator