Shawn Williams NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

Shawn 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.

Shawn Williams

SATL#36ACT

Shawn Williams

Top 18% all-time defensive backsElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2018Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #372

Height6'0"

Weight212 lb

BornMay 13, 1991

Age35

CollegeGeorgia See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 3, Pick 84 · CIN

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A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 84 · #1381 · High-Value

Worth 84 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 31% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

5

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+16.8

Avg surplus

peak +34

5 seasons × ~16.8 surplus ≈ VORP 84

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Rushing								Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2013	—	CIN	3	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	11	8.0%	377	80.9%	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	CIN	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	27	3.7%	372	81.8%	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	CIN	10	—	28	22	6	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	5	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	473	48.6%	270	61.1%	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	CIN	15	—	78	56	22	3	8	1.0	12.0	3	5	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	912	89.5%	35	13.7%	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CIN	11	—	48	33	15	2	1	0.0	3.0	1	3	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	578	74.3%	12	11.0%	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CIN	16	—	105	76	29	2	2	1.0	5.0	5	9	1	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	995	89.2%	135	29.8%	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	CIN	16	—	109	76	33	5	3	1.0	9.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	1,003	94.4%	144	32.2%	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	CIN	7	—	9	7	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	2	46	0	23.0	0.0	2	100.0	0	—	0.0%	86	12.3%	305	79.1%	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.0	—	0	0
2021	—	ATL	3	—	18	9	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	163	45.4%	88	62.0%	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	82	—	398	280	118	14	14	3.0	31.0	12	26	1	2	1	0	2	46	0	23.0	0.0	2	100.0	0	—	0.0%	4,248	51.7%	1,738	50.2%	—	8.0	—	0	0

Career EPA8.0·8 rushing·8.0/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2020	29	CIN	2	0*	2	46	0	23.0	0.0	2	100.0	0	—
Career			2		2	46	0	23.0	—	2	—	0	38.5

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2013	22	CIN	3	0*	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2014	23	CIN	1	0*	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2015	24	CIN	10	0*	28	22	6	2	0	0.0	2.0	2	5	0	—	0	0
2016	25	CIN	15	13*	78	56	22	3	8	1.0	12.0	3	5	0	—	0	0
2017	26	CIN	11	8*	48	33	15	2	1	0.0	3.0	1	3	0	2	0	0
2018	27	CIN	16	14*	105	76	29	2	2	1.0	5.0	5	9	1	—	1	0
2019	28	CIN	16	15*	109	76	33	5	3	1.0	9.0	1	3	0	—	0	0
2020	29	CIN	7	0*	9	7	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2021	30	ATL	3	0*	18	9	9	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			82	50*	398	280	118	14	14	—	—	12	26	1	2	1	0

* 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	22	CIN	16	0*	—	0.0%	11	8.0%	377	80.9%
2014	23	CIN	16	0*	—	0.0%	27	3.7%	372	81.8%
2015	24	CIN	16	0*	—	0.0%	473	48.6%	270	61.1%
2016	25	CIN	15	13*	—	0.0%	912	89.5%	35	13.7%
2017	26	CIN	11	8*	—	0.0%	578	74.3%	12	11.0%
2018	27	CIN	16	14*	—	0.0%	995	89.2%	135	29.8%
2019	28	CIN	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,003	94.4%	144	32.2%
2020	29	CIN	13	0*	—	0.0%	86	12.3%	305	79.1%
2021	30	ATL	6	0*	—	0.0%	163	45.4%	88	62.0%
Career			125	50*	—	—	4,248	—	1,738	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2020	29	—	—	0*	—	8.0	—	0	0
Career					—	—	—	0	0

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

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2020	29	CIN	13	0*	46	23.0	0	0.0	0	—	2
Career			13		46	—	0	—	0	—	2

* 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	27	CIN	16	14*	60	41	0.7	101.8	10.4	4	2	1	19	10	0.1
2019	28	CIN	16	15*	51	40	0.8	118.7	9.7	5	2	2	47	20	0.1
2020	29	CIN	13	0*	5	4	0.8	115.0	7.6	0	0	0	11	1	0.1
2021	30	ATL	6	0*	8	5	0.6	118.2	9.9	0	0	0	3	3	0.1
Career			51	29*	124	90	—	—	—	9	4	3	80	34	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 65 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 65 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

63

Sustained

career value

×.6

69

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 65.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 65· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 46.3

Availability 16.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 60elite 702020

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #372 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Total Score

21

1 qualifying season

2018 CIN·6 team wins#5

Interceptions · 5 · score 21

All-Time Standing

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

9

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Interceptions leader5

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

7.97 EPA/season over 1 season53

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

50

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.648See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.648Snap share51.7%Def snaps4,248VolatileCV 0.51

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 · 2013

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

DB · 2013 class

4.46s

40-Yard

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 84thClass Pos 63thClass All 88th

36"

Vertical

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 73thClass Pos 56thClass All 81th

120"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 64thClass Pos 26thClass All 66th

25 reps

Bench

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 74thClass Pos 96thClass All 71th

7.01s

3-Cone

Below avg · 37th pct

Pos 37thAll 68thClass Pos 16thClass All 63th

4.25s

Shuttle

Below avg · 31th pct

Pos 31thAll 65thClass Pos 25thClass All 69th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl5Solo5FF1

College Stats

GeorgiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Georgia), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #84

#76Keenan AllenWR #77Dallas ThomasG #78Marquise GoodwinWR #79Markus WheatonWR #80J.J. WilcoxDB #81Damontre MooreDE #82John JenkinsDT #83Logan RyanCB #85Jordan ReedTE #86Hugh ThorntonG #87Jordan HillDT #88Corey LemonierOLB #90Kayvon WebsterS #91Duron HarmonS #92Stedman BaileyWR #96Knile DavisRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Shawn inherited the Cincinnati Bengals DB room from George Iloka (2013–2017), and handed it to Darqueze Dennard (2014–2019).

Darryl Williams 1992–2001Corey Sawyer 1994–1998Sam Shade 1995–1998Jimmy Spencer 1996–1997Ashley Ambrose 1996–1998Greg Myers

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Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined ATL (from CIN)
2021final season
Last recorded season with ATL
2013draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 3, Pick 84

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 212 lb

Frame

213 lb at 4.46s

Size-speed

36" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

25 reps

Bench power

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	CIN	2	W1Out· CalfW2Out· CalfW3Questionable· CalfW7Questionable· Hamstring
2019	CIN	0	W6Questionable· Thigh
2018	CIN	0	W7Questionable· Concussion
2017	CIN	4	W1Out· ElbowW2Questionable· ElbowW10Doubtful· HamstringW12Out· HamstringW13Out· HamstringW14Out· HamstringW15Questionable· Hamstring
2016	CIN	0	W12Doubtful· Hamstring

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 →

65

peak 69

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

B2015

B2016

C+2017

A2018

C+2019

D2020

Availability

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

86%

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
2015	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2016	3	0.2	2-1	0.1
2017	1	0.1	1	0.1
2018	5	0.3	4-1	0.2
2019	1	0.1	1	0
2020	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

84 career value over replacement — #1381 all-time of 4,642. 14/season above a replacement-level S.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #84 (Rd 3) · CIN · 2013 · +26.3 vs expected KV-H

65actual

38.7 expected · Δ+26.3

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