Not to be confused withRoy Williams (WR · 2004–2011).

Roy Williams is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Williams in the top quarter 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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Roy Williams

5× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 12% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2006 Team Carrier · #462

Height

Career Value · VORP

111 career value over replacement — #1006 all-time of 4,695. 13.9/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #8 (Rd 1) · DAL · 2002 · +6.5 vs expected KV-H

68actual

61.5 expected · Δ+6.5

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2002	22	DAL	16	—	86	75	11	6	2	2.0	10.0	5	8	2	2	2	0
2003	23	DAL	16	—	65	49	16	0	0	2.5	2.5	2	9	2	—	0	0
2004	24	DAL	16	—	81	63	18	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	10	1	—	0	0
2005	25	DAL	16	—	71	59	12	0	0	2.5	2.5	3	10	3	1	1	0
2006	26	DAL	16	—	53	44	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	5	14	0	1	0	0
2007	27	DAL	15	—	83	66	17	0	1	0.0	1.0	2	5	0	1	0	0
2008	28	DAL	2	—	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	29	CIN	4	—	24	15	9	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
2010	30	CIN	12	—	53	32	21	4	2	1.0	7.0	1	1	0	3	0	0
Career		—	113	—	520	406	114	10	6	8.0	24.0	20	59	8	8	3	0

Career arc · VAL by season

8 seasons · peak 7.2 in 2002

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

1.9 career wins over 8 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2002 · +0.6 wins

Defence+0.5

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2002	22	DAL	16	—	86	75	11	6	2	2.0	10.0	5	8	2	2	2	7.2
2003	23	DAL	16	—	65	49	16	0	0	2.5	2.5	2	9	2	—	0	4.5
2004	24	DAL	16	—	81	63	18	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	10	1	—	0	1.1
2005	25	DAL	16	—	71	59	12	0	0	2.5	2.5	3	10	3	1	1	5.4
2006	26	DAL	16	—	53	44	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	5	14	0	1	0	5.8
2007	27	DAL	15	—	83	66	17	0	1	0.0	1.0	2	5	0	1	0	0.9
2008	28	DAL	2	—	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2009	29	CIN	4	—	24	15	9	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
2010	30	CIN	12	—	53	32	21	4	2	1.0	7.0	1	1	0	3	0	0
Career			113		520	406	114	10	6	8.0	24.0	20	59	8	8	3	24.9

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 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 67.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 44.3

Availability 18.7

On-field production