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

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Louis Delmas

Top 39% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2013

Height5'11"

Weight208 lb

BornApr 12, 1987

Age39

CollegeWestern Michigan See College Stats

Rookie yr2009

Draft2009 · Rd 2, Pick 33 · DET

Archetype Intelligence

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A defensive back with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 38 · #2398 · Role Player

Worth 38 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 53% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 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

+9.5

Avg surplus

peak +19

4 seasons × ~9.5 surplus ≈ VORP 38

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%
2009	—	DET	15	—	87	59	28	7	3	1.0	11.0	2	8	0	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	DET	15	—	80	58	22	4	4	2.0	10.0	0	1	2	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	DET	11	—	51	36	15	2	2	0.0	4.0	0	5	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	DET	8	—	37	27	10	3	1	0.0	4.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	DET	16	—	63	47	16	4	3	2.0	9.0	3	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,018	98.7%	—	0.0%
2014	—	MIA	13	—	56	44	12	2	1	1.0	4.0	1	3	0	2	1	0	—	0.0%	834	95.3%	—	0.0%
Career		—	78	—	374	271	103	22	14	6.0	42.0	7	27	2	6	3	1	—	0.0%	1,852	97.0%	—	0.0%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2009	22	DET	15	—	87	59	28	7	3	1.0	11.0	2	8	0	1	2	1	9.7
2010	23	DET	15	—	80	58	22	4	4	2.0	10.0	0	1	2	2	0	0	6.4
2011	24	DET	11	—	51	36	15	2	2	0.0	4.0	0	5	0	1	0	0	4.3
2012	25	DET	8	—	37	27	10	3	1	0.0	4.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	3.6
2013	26	DET	16	16*	63	47	16	4	3	2.0	9.0	3	8	0	—	0	0	8.5
2014	27	MIA	13	12*	56	44	12	2	1	1.0	4.0	1	3	0	2	1	0	6.1
Career			78	28*	374	271	103	22	14	—	—	7	27	2	6	3	1	38.6

* 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%
2013	26	DET	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,018	98.7%	—	0.0%
2014	27	MIA	13	12*	—	0.0%	834	95.3%	—	0.0%
Career			29	28*	—	—	1,852	—	—	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 55.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 36.1

Availability 16.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2009bestavg 522014

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 3% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

3% of the all-time Interceptions leader3

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+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.512See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.512Snap share97%Def snaps1,852Emerging

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 · 2009

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

DB · 2009 class

4.52s

40-Yard

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 73thClass Pos 26thClass All 63th

37"

Vertical

Above avg · 63th pct

Pos 63thAll 81thClass Pos 59thClass All 80th

126"

Broad Jump

Strong · 75th pct

Pos 75thAll 88thClass Pos 76thClass All 90th

12 reps

Bench

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 7thClass Pos 14thClass All 6th

6.67s

3-Cone

Elite · 90th pct

Pos 90thAll 97thClass Pos 90thClass All 96th

4.17s

Shuttle

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 78thClass Pos 63thClass All 86th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl10Solo7Ast3

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.

2009 Draft Class· this player went #33

#25Vontae DavisCB #26Clay MatthewsOLB #27Donald BrownRB #28Eric WoodC #29Hakeem NicksWR #30Kenny BrittWR #31Chris WellsRB #32Ziggy HoodDT #34Patrick ChungS #35James LaurinaitisILB #36Brian RobiskieWR #37Alphonso SmithDB #38Rey MaualugaOLB #39Eben BrittonOT #40Ron BraceDT #41Darius ButlerFS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Louis inherited the Detroit Lions DB room from Kenoy Kennedy (2005–2007), and handed it to Alphonso Smith (2010–2012).

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

2014team change
Joined MIA (from DET)
2014final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2009draft
Drafted by DET — Round 2, Pick 33

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'11" / 208 lb

Frame

202 lb at 4.52s

Size-speed

37" vert / 126" 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
2012	DET	2	W1Doubtful· KneeW2Doubtful· KneeW3Doubtful· KneeW4Doubtful· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· KneeW9Out· KneeW10Out· KneeW11Doubtful· KneeW12Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· KneeW14Questionable· Knee+3 more
2011	DET	0	W2Questionable· HipW10Questionable· FootW13Doubtful· KneeW14Doubtful· KneeW15Questionable· KneeW16Doubtful· KneeW17Doubtful· Knee
2010	DET	0	W1Questionable· GroinW2Questionable· Groin / BicepsW16Doubtful· Concussion
2009	DET	0	W12Questionable· AnkleW13Questionable· AnkleW15Questionable· AnkleW16Questionable· AnkleW17Questionable· 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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 60

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

B2009

C2010

D2011

C+2012

B2013

C+2014

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

81%

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
2009	2	0.1	1-1	0.1
2010	0	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0	0
2012	1	0.1	1	0.1
2013	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2014	1	0.1	1	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

38 career value over replacement — #2398 all-time of 4,642. 6.3/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #33 (Rd 2) · DET · 2009 · +1.1 vs expected KV-H

56actual

54.9 expected · Δ+1.1

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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 · 2009

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2009 Draft Class· this player went #33

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator