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

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Nolan Carroll

Top 39% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter

Height6'1"

Weight202 lb

BornJan 18, 1987

Age39

CollegeMaryland See College Stats

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 5, Pick 145 · MIA

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality defensive back with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 42 · #2281 · Above Average

Worth 42 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 50% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.5 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

+10.5

Avg surplus

peak +19

4 seasons × ~10.5 surplus ≈ VORP 42

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%
2010	—	MIA	2	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	MIA	9	—	25	22	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	MIA	13	—	47	41	6	2	0	1.0	3.0	0	6	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	MIA	14	—	46	43	3	2	2	2.0	6.0	3	11	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	794	75.5%	160	34.6%
2014	—	PHI	13	—	24	24	0	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	373	32.1%	277	53.9%
2015	—	PHI	11	—	55	40	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	10	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	754	92.4%	94	27.7%
2016	—	PHI	16	—	50	36	14	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	11	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	910	89.3%	96	21.8%
2017	—	DAL	2	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	82	66.0%	15	30.5%
Career		—	80	—	253	212	41	5	3	3.0	11.0	8	48	2	—	1	0	—	0.0%	2,913	71.0%	642	33.7%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2010	23	MIA	2	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	—	0	—
2011	24	MIA	9	—	25	22	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	4	0	—	0	3.8
2012	25	MIA	13	—	47	41	6	2	0	1.0	3.0	0	6	1	—	0	5.9
2013	26	MIA	14	12*	46	43	3	2	2	2.0	6.0	3	11	0	—	0	8.4
2014	27	PHI	13	0*	24	24	0	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	4	0	—	0	4.1
2015	28	PHI	11	10*	55	40	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	10	0	—	1	8.7
2016	29	PHI	16	14*	50	36	14	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	11	1	—	0	8.5
2017	30	DAL	2	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			80	36*	253	212	41	5	3	—	—	8	48	2	—	1	39.4

* 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	MIA	16	12*	—	0.0%	794	75.5%	160	34.6%
2014	27	PHI	16	0*	—	0.0%	373	32.1%	277	53.9%
2015	28	PHI	11	10*	—	0.0%	754	92.4%	94	27.7%
2016	29	PHI	16	14*	—	0.0%	910	89.3%	96	21.8%
2017	30	DAL	2	—	—	0.0%	82	66.0%	15	30.5%
Career			61	36*	—	—	2,913	—	642	—

* 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 remarkably steady 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 55

On-field 38.5

Availability 16.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 552016

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Interceptions leader4

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+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.751See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.751Snap share71%Def snaps2,913ReliableCV 0.24

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 · 2010

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

DB · 2010 class

4.42s

40-Yard

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 90thClass Pos 85thClass All 90th

College Stats

MarylandCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Maryland), 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.

2010 Draft Class· this player went #145

#135Dominique FranksCB #136Kendrick LewisS #137Perrish CoxCB #138Walter McFaddenDB #139John ConnerFB #142Cameron SheffieldLB #143Larry HartDE #144Sherrick McManisDB #146Cam ThomasDT #149Hall DavisDE #150Zoltan MeskoP #151Chris ScottG #153Austen LaneDE #154Andrew QuarlessTE #155John SkeltonQB #156David ReedWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Nolan inherited the Miami Dolphins DB room from Chris Clemons (2009–2013), and handed it to Reshad Jones (2010–2019).

J.B. Brown 1989–1996Troy Vincent 1992–1995Calvin Jackson 1994–1999Terrell Buckley 1995–2003Shawn Wooden 1996–2003Sam Madison

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017team change
Joined DAL (from PHI)
2017final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2014team change
Joined PHI (from MIA)
2010draft
Drafted by MIA — Round 5, Pick 145

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 202 lb

Frame

204 lb at 4.42s

Size-speed

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	DAL	1	W3Out· ConcussionW4Questionable· ConcussionW5Questionable· Concussion
2012	MIA	0	W16Questionable· KneeW17Questionable· Knee
2011	MIA	0	W6Questionable· HamstringW10Questionable· Hamstring
2010	MIA	0	W8Questionable· AnkleW17Questionable· Head

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 57

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

C+2011

C2012

B2013

C2014

B2015

C+2016

Availability

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

74%

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
2011	1	0.1	1	0.1
2012	0	0	0	0
2013	3	0.2	3	0.2
2014	0	0	0	0
2015	2	0.2	2	0.1
2016	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

42 career value over replacement — #2281 all-time of 4,642. 7/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #145 (Rd 5) · MIA · 2010 · +23 vs expected KV-H

56actual

33 expected · Δ+23

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2010

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #145

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography