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

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P.J. Williams

Top 29% all-time defensive backsReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2021

Height6'0"

Weight196 lb

BornJun 1, 1993

Age33

CollegeFlorida State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 3, Pick 78 · NO

Archetype Intelligence

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A defensive back with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 59 · #1853 · Above Average

Worth 59 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 41% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.8

Avg surplus

peak +21

5 seasons × ~11.8 surplus ≈ VORP 59

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%
2016	—	NO	2	—	7	5	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	82	55.5%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NO	13	—	47	34	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	9	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	632	67.3%	87	19.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NO	14	—	49	40	9	2	2	1.0	5.0	1	9	2	—	1	0	—	0.0%	693	71.7%	27	19.6%	79	50	0.6	113.1	8.3	2	0	1	13	7	0.1
2019	—	NO	14	—	40	32	8	3	1	1.0	5.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	798	83.9%	59	17.8%	64	42	0.7	110.4	9.3	2	1	0	35	11	0.2
2020	—	NO	13	—	37	29	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	499	50.6%	111	28.2%	34	22	0.6	90.6	12.7	0	0	0	2	8	0.2
2021	—	NO	15	—	41	35	6	3	4	2.0	9.0	3	5	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	545	50.8%	70	17.4%	39	30	0.8	60.7	7.0	5	1	2	14	11	0.2
2022	—	NO	8	—	25	16	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	297	38.5%	49	21.6%	12	9	0.8	156.2	9.0	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Career		—	79	—	246	191	55	9	7	4.0	20.0	8	33	3	2	2	0	—	0.0%	3,546	59.8%	403	20.8%	228	153	—	—	—	9	2	3	65	38	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2016	23	NO	2	—	7	5	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	—
2017	24	NO	13	11*	47	34	13	1	0	0.0	1.0	2	9	0	—	0	7.6
2018	25	NO	14	11*	49	40	9	2	2	1.0	5.0	1	9	2	—	1	9.1
2019	26	NO	14	12*	40	32	8	3	1	1.0	5.0	1	4	0	—	0	5.3
2020	27	NO	13	8*	37	29	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	2	0	4.9
2021	28	NO	15	8*	41	35	6	3	4	2.0	9.0	3	5	1	—	1	9.6
2022	29	NO	8	0*	25	16	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	1.8
Career			79	50*	246	191	55	9	7	—	—	8	33	3	2	2	38.3

* 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%
2016	23	NO	2	—	—	0.0%	82	55.5%	—	0.0%
2017	24	NO	16	11*	—	0.0%	632	67.3%	87	19.9%
2018	25	NO	15	11*	—	0.0%	693	71.7%	27	19.6%
2019	26	NO	14	12*	—	0.0%	798	83.9%	59	17.8%
2020	27	NO	15	8*	—	0.0%	499	50.6%	111	28.2%
2021	28	NO	16	8*	—	0.0%	545	50.8%	70	17.4%
2022	29	NO	11	0*	—	0.0%	297	38.5%	49	21.6%
Career			89	50*	—	—	3,546	—	403	—

* 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	25	NO	15	11*	79	50	0.6	113.1	8.3	2	0	1	13	7	0.1
2019	26	NO	14	12*	64	42	0.7	110.4	9.3	2	1	0	35	11	0.2
2020	27	NO	15	8*	34	22	0.6	90.6	12.7	0	0	0	2	8	0.2
2021	28	NO	16	8*	39	30	0.8	60.7	7.0	5	1	2	14	11	0.2
2022	29	NO	11	0*	12	9	0.8	156.2	9.0	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Career			71	39*	228	153	—	—	—	9	2	3	65	38	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 60 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 59.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 41.7

Availability 16.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 572022

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+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.805See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.805Snap share59.8%Def snaps3,546VolatileCV 0.57

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 · 2015

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

DB · 2015 class

4.57s

40-Yard

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 64thClass Pos 31thClass All 69th

40"

Vertical

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 95thClass Pos 91thClass All 92th

132"

Broad Jump

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 98thClass Pos 96thClass All 98th

12 reps

Bench

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 7thClass Pos 14thClass All 7th

7.08s

3-Cone

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 59thClass Pos 24thClass All 58th

4.28s

Shuttle

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 60thClass Pos 18thClass All 52th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl16Solo13Ast3QBHits2Dis2.0PD6

College Stats

Florida StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida State), 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.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #78

#69Tyler LockettWR #70Jaelen StrongWR #71Hroniss GrasuC #72Jamon BrownG #73Tevin ColemanRB #74Owa OdighizuwaDE #76Chris ConleyWR #77Duke JohnsonRB #79Eli HaroldLB #80Alex CarterCB #81John MillerG #82Lorenzo MauldinOLB #83Craig MagerCB #84Jordan HicksMLB #85Tyler KroftTE #86David JohnsonRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

P.J. inherited the New Orleans Saints DB room from Ken Crawley (2016–2021), and handed it to Marshon Lattimore (2017–2024).

Dave Waymer 1981–1989Toi Cook 1987–1993Jimmy Spencer 1992–1995Tyrone Hughes 1993–1996Anthony Newman 1995–1997Eric Allen

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2022final season
Last recorded season with NO
2015draft
Drafted by NO — Round 3, Pick 78

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 196 lb

Frame

194 lb at 4.57s

Size-speed

40" vert / 132" broad

Explosion

12 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	NO	3	W5Out· QuadricepW10Questionable· IllnessW13Out· KneeW15Out· KneeW16Questionable· Knee
2021	NO	1	W2Questionable· BackW18Out· Ankle
2020	NO	0	W1Questionable· Hamstring
2017	NO	0	W13Questionable· Shoulder

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 62

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

B2017

C+2018

C+2019

C+2020

B2021

C2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

89%

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	0.2	2	0.1
2018	1	0.1	1	0.1
2019	1	0.1	1	0.1
2020	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	3	0.2	3	0.2
2022	0	0	0	0

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

Career Value · VORP

59 career value over replacement — #1853 all-time of 4,642. 9.8/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #78 (Rd 3) · NO · 2015 · +21.3 vs expected KV-H

60actual

38.7 expected · Δ+21.3

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Archetype Intelligence

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

Combine · 2015

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #78

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography