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

Tavon Wilson

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Tavon Wilson

Top 37% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012Two-Way Profile

Height6'0"

Weight208 lb

BornMar 19, 1990

Age36

CollegeIllinois See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 2, Pick 48 · NE

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 50 · #2057 · Above Average

Worth 50 points of value above a freely-available replacement safety — top 45% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

4 replaced

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

48

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

4

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+12.5

Avg surplus

peak +28

4 seasons × ~12.5 surplus ≈ VORP 50

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
2012	—	NE	14	—	36	25	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	6	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	NE	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	17	5.5%	253	64.3%	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	NE	11	—	17	14	3	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	183	18.1%	324	69.9%	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	NE	6	—	10	8	2	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	83	16.4%	155	52.6%	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	DET	15	—	77	62	15	4	1	1.0	6.0	2	2	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	706	73.1%	56	15.1%	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	DET	10	—	51	38	13	6	2	2.0	10.0	1	2	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	546	80.9%	4	5.7%	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	DET	11	—	31	26	5	2	1	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1	7	0	7.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	0.0%	304	37.8%	122	31.1%	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.9	—	0	0
2019	—	DET	16	—	86	59	27	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	5	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	840	74.6%	124	26.1%	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	IND	8	—	19	16	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	219	33.4%	203	48.5%	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	SF	3	—	9	5	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	102	35.0%	94	45.0%	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	95	—	337	254	83	18	8	5.0	31.0	8	22	1	5	1	0	1	7	0	7.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	0.0%	3,000	41.6%	1,335	39.8%	—	2.9	—	0	0

Career EPA2.9·3 rushing·2.9/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	VAL
2018	28	DET	1	0*	1	7	0	7.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—
Career			1		1	7	0	7.0	—	1	—	0	33.4

* 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
2012	22	NE	14	—	36	25	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	6	0	2	0	0
2013	23	NE	1	0*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	—	1	0
2014	24	NE	11	0*	17	14	3	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
2015	25	NE	6	0*	10	8	2	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
2016	26	DET	15	11*	77	62	15	4	1	1.0	6.0	2	2	0	2	0	0
2017	27	DET	10	8*	51	38	13	6	2	2.0	10.0	1	2	1	—	0	0
2018	28	DET	11	0*	31	26	5	2	1	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2019	29	DET	16	12*	86	59	27	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	5	0	1	0	0
2020	30	IND	8	0*	19	16	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2021	31	SF	3	0*	9	5	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
Career			95	31*	337	254	83	18	8	—	—	8	22	1	5	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	23	NE	13	0*	—	0.0%	17	5.5%	253	64.3%
2014	24	NE	16	0*	—	0.0%	183	18.1%	324	69.9%
2015	25	NE	9	0*	—	0.0%	83	16.4%	155	52.6%
2016	26	DET	15	11*	—	0.0%	706	73.1%	56	15.1%
2017	27	DET	10	8*	—	0.0%	546	80.9%	4	5.7%
2018	28	DET	15	0*	—	0.0%	304	37.8%	122	31.1%
2019	29	DET	16	12*	—	0.0%	840	74.6%	124	26.1%
2020	30	IND	15	0*	—	0.0%	219	33.4%	203	48.5%
2021	31	SF	8	0*	—	0.0%	102	35.0%	94	45.0%
Career			117	31*	—	—	3,000	—	1,335	—

* 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
2018	28	—	—	0*	—	2.9	—	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
2018	28	DET	15	0*	7	7.0	0	0.0	0	—	1
Career			15		7	—	0	—	0	—	1

* 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	28	DET	15	0*	21	13	0.6	94.5	7.9	1	0	0	3	4	0.1
2019	29	DET	16	12*	47	35	0.7	92.2	4.7	3	1	1	27	13	0.1
2020	30	IND	15	0*	10	6	0.6	98.3	8.5	1	0	1	1	2	0.1
2021	31	SF	8	0*	5	3	0.6	104.2	19.8	0	0	0	0	1	0.1
Career			54	12*	83	57	—	—	—	5	1	2	31	20	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 57 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

53

Sustained

career value

×.6

63

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 57 × longevity 1 = KV-H 57· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 37.7

Availability 15.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 50elite 702020

All-Time Standing

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

8

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

2.87 EPA/season over 1 season51

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

53

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.733See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.733Snap share41.6%Def snaps3,000ReliableCV 0.33

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

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl12Solo9Ast3

College Stats

IllinoisCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Illinois), 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.

2012 Draft Class· this player went #48

#40Amini SilatoluOT #41Cordy GlennOT #42Jonathan MartinOT #43Stephen HillWR #44Jeff AllenG #45Alshon JefferyWR #46Mychal KendricksLB #47Bobby WagnerMLB #49Kendall ReyesDT #50Isaiah PeadRB #51Jerel WorthyDT #52Zach BrownOLB #53Devon StillDT #54Ryan BroylesWR #55Peter KonzC #57Brock OsweilerQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Tavon inherited the Detroit Lions DB room from Quandre Diggs (2015–2019), and handed it to Tracy Walker III (2018–2023).

Ray Crockett 1989–1993Willie Clay 1992–1995Ryan McNeil 1993–1996Greg Jeffries 1994–1998Ron Rice 1996–2001Bryant Westbrook

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Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined SF (from IND)
2021final season
Last recorded season with SF
2020team change
Joined IND (from DET)
2016team change
Joined DET (from NE)
2012draft
Drafted by NE — Round 2, Pick 48

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 208 lb

Frame

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	SF	1	W10Out· Foot
2019	DET	0	W17Questionable· Hamstring
2018	DET	0	W5Questionable· Back
2017	DET	1	W3Out· ShoulderW4Questionable· Shoulder
2016	DET	0	W4Questionable· NeckW5Questionable· Neck
2015	NE	0	W1Questionable· Quadricep
2013	NE	0	W5Questionable· HamstringW6Questionable· HamstringW7Questionable· HamstringW8Questionable· 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 8-season peers. See all →

57

peak 63

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

B+2012

C2014

F2015

B2016

C+2017

C2018

C+2019

C2020

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

81%

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
2012	4	0.3	4	0.2
2014	0	0	0	0
2015	0	0	0	0
2016	2	0.1	2	0.1
2017	1	0.1	1	0.1
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	0	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, 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

50 career value over replacement — #2057 all-time of 4,642. 6.3/season above a replacement-level S.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #48 (Rd 2) · NE · 2012 · +7.8 vs expected KV-H

57actual

49.2 expected · Δ+7.8

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