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

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Mike Hilton

Top 25% all-time defensive backsPer-Snap Specialist

Height5'9"

Weight184 lb

BornMar 9, 1994

Age32

CollegeMississippi See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2016

Archetype Intelligence

Per-Snap SpecialistExplore archetypes →

A defensive back whose elite per-snap production (top 5% in their position group) stands out despite limited volume (top 30% among starters overall). When on the field, they made it count — a specialist's profile.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 99 · #1137 · High-Value

Worth 99 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 25% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12.4

Avg surplus

peak +23

8 seasons × ~12.4 surplus ≈ VORP 99

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%
2017	—	PIT	15	—	51	39	12	10	8	4.0	22.0	2	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	577	58.8%	129	29.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	PIT	15	—	54	41	13	6	5	1.0	12.0	1	8	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	593	60.5%	53	17.4%	68	41	0.6	82.2	7.4	5	1	3	47	4	0.1
2019	—	PIT	16	—	51	38	13	6	5	1.5	12.5	1	11	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	671	63.1%	48	16.4%	55	30	0.5	84.8	8.4	7	2	3	54	4	0.1
2020	—	PIT	11	—	47	38	9	8	5	3.0	16.0	3	7	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	463	60.8%	33	24.2%	45	29	0.6	60.2	10.7	6	1	2	46	11	0.2
2021	—	CIN	17	—	61	43	18	8	2	0.0	10.0	2	5	1	—	1	0	2	4.0%	803	71.4%	—	0.0%	85	61	0.7	99.8	7.7	6	4	2	29	9	0.1
2022	—	CIN	14	—	53	41	12	4	4	0.0	8.0	1	6	0	—	0	0	2	3.0%	701	76.8%	1	4.0%	69	43	0.6	78.8	6.7	4	0	4	30	6	0.1
2023	—	CIN	17	—	73	53	20	12	2	2.0	16.0	2	8	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	878	80.1%	7	26.0%	69	44	0.6	66.5	7.3	3	0	1	34	8	0.1
2024	—	CIN	16	—	61	38	23	12	1	0.0	13.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	739	69.6%	13	13.3%	61	41	0.7	92.0	4.7	4	3	1	39	5	0.1
2025	—	IND	2	—	5	4	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	70	47.5%	—	0.0%	6	4	0.7	78.5	1.8	0	0	0	1	1	0.2
Career		—	123	—	456	335	121	67	32	11.5	110.5	13	56	5	6	1	0	4	3.5%	5,495	65.4%	284	18.6%	458	293	—	—	—	35	11	16	280	48	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2017	23	PIT	15	9*	51	39	12	10	8	4.0	22.0	2	6	1	—	0	7.9
2018	24	PIT	15	9*	54	41	13	6	5	1.0	12.0	1	8	0	2	0	7.5
2019	25	PIT	16	10*	51	38	13	6	5	1.5	12.5	1	11	1	1	0	8.9
2020	26	PIT	11	7*	47	38	9	8	5	3.0	16.0	3	7	1	2	0	8.5
2021	27	CIN	17	12*	61	43	18	8	2	0.0	10.0	2	5	1	—	1	8.9
2022	28	CIN	14	11*	53	41	12	4	4	0.0	8.0	1	6	0	—	0	6.2
2023	29	CIN	17	14*	73	53	20	12	2	2.0	16.0	2	8	0	1	0	8.7
2024	30	CIN	16	11*	61	38	23	12	1	0.0	13.0	1	5	0	—	0	6.3
2025	31	IND	2	—	5	4	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	1	—	0	—
Career			123	83*	456	335	121	67	32	—	—	13	56	5	6	1	62.9

* 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%
2017	23	PIT	16	9*	—	0.0%	577	58.8%	129	29.2%
2018	24	PIT	15	9*	—	0.0%	593	60.5%	53	17.4%
2019	25	PIT	16	10*	—	0.0%	671	63.1%	48	16.4%
2020	26	PIT	12	7*	—	0.0%	463	60.8%	33	24.2%
2021	27	CIN	17	12*	2	4.0%	803	71.4%	—	0.0%
2022	28	CIN	14	11*	2	3.0%	701	76.8%	1	4.0%
2023	29	CIN	17	14*	—	0.0%	878	80.1%	7	26.0%
2024	30	CIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	739	69.6%	13	13.3%
2025	31	IND	2	—	—	0.0%	70	47.5%	—	0.0%
Career			125	83*	4	—	5,495	—	284	—

* 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	24	PIT	15	9*	68	41	0.6	82.2	7.4	5	1	3	47	4	0.1
2019	25	PIT	16	10*	55	30	0.5	84.8	8.4	7	2	3	54	4	0.1
2020	26	PIT	12	7*	45	29	0.6	60.2	10.7	6	1	2	46	11	0.2
2021	27	CIN	17	12*	85	61	0.7	99.8	7.7	6	4	2	29	9	0.1
2022	28	CIN	14	11*	69	43	0.6	78.8	6.7	4	0	4	30	6	0.1
2023	29	CIN	17	14*	69	44	0.6	66.5	7.3	3	0	1	34	8	0.1
2024	30	CIN	16	11*	61	41	0.7	92.0	4.7	4	3	1	39	5	0.1
2025	31	IND	2	—	6	4	0.7	78.5	1.8	0	0	0	1	1	0.2
Career			109	74*	458	293	—	—	—	35	11	16	280	48	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 62 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 62 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 62.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 42.5

Availability 18.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 61elite 702024

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.358See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.358Snap share65.4%Def snaps5,495ReliableCV 0.37

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+).

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl27Solo19Ast8TFL3QBHits3Sk1.0Dis7.0Int1PD6

College Stats

MississippiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Mississippi), 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.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Mike inherited the Cincinnati Bengals DB room from Chidobe Awuzie (2021–2023), and handed it to Cam Taylor-Britt (2022–2025).

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

2025team change
Joined IND (from CIN)
2025final season
Last recorded season with IND
2021team change
Joined CIN (from PIT)
2017signing
Entered the NFL with PIT

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

5'9" / 184 lb

Frame

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	CIN	0	W5Questionable· KneeW6Questionable· Knee
2022	CIN	2	W9Out· FingerW15Out· Knee
2020	PIT	1	W7Out· ShoulderW8Questionable· ShoulderW9Doubtful· ShoulderW10Questionable· Shoulder
2018	PIT	0	W4Doubtful· Elbow

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 64

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

B2017

C+2018

C+2019

B+2020

B2021

C+2022

B2023

C+2024

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

84%

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
2017	2	0.1	2	0.1
2018	1	0.1	1	0.1
2019	1	0.1	1	0
2020	3	0.3	4+1	0.2
2021	2	0.1	2	0.1
2022	1	0.1	1	0.1
2023	2	0.1	2	0.1
2024	1	0.1	1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:injuries, espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

99 career value over replacement — #1137 all-time of 4,642. 12.4/season above a replacement-level CB.

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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