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

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Trae Waynes

Top 35% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2016

Height6'0"

Weight190 lb

BornJul 25, 1992

Age33

CollegeMichigan State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 1, Pick 11 · MIN

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 46 · #2175 · Above Average

Worth 46 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 48% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.5 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

+11.5

Avg surplus

peak +19

4 seasons × ~11.5 surplus ≈ VORP 46

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%
2015	—	MIN	7	—	21	19	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	195	28.5%	232	54.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	MIN	13	—	47	40	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	11	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	579	59.6%	167	41.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	MIN	16	—	64	56	8	4	1	1.0	6.0	2	11	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	915	91.9%	86	20.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	MIN	13	—	43	33	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	692	76.2%	51	13.0%	58	37	0.6	85.5	12.9	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
2019	—	MIN	14	—	56	54	2	4	0	0.0	4.0	1	8	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	768	81.1%	28	19.2%	96	71	0.7	107.9	10.1	0	0	0	2	5	0.1
2021	—	CIN	5	—	11	10	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	243	74.8%	3	12.0%	17	12	0.7	140.0	11.8	0	0	0	0	2	0.1
Career		—	68	—	242	212	30	9	1	1.0	11.0	7	43	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	3,392	68.7%	567	26.8%	171	120	—	—	—	0	0	0	3	8	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2015	23	MIN	7	0*	21	19	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	0	—	2.9
2016	24	MIN	13	9*	47	40	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	3	11	0	—	8.7
2017	25	MIN	16	15*	64	56	8	4	1	1.0	6.0	2	11	0	—	9.1
2018	26	MIN	13	11*	43	33	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	8	0	—	6.7
2019	27	MIN	14	11*	56	54	2	4	0	0.0	4.0	1	8	2	1	8
2021	29	CIN	5	4*	11	10	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	1.2
Career			68	50*	242	212	30	9	1	—	—	7	43	2	1	36.6

* 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%
2015	23	MIN	15	0*	—	0.0%	195	28.5%	232	54.9%
2016	24	MIN	15	9*	—	0.0%	579	59.6%	167	41.1%
2017	25	MIN	16	15*	—	0.0%	915	91.9%	86	20.5%
2018	26	MIN	14	11*	—	0.0%	692	76.2%	51	13.0%
2019	27	MIN	14	11*	—	0.0%	768	81.1%	28	19.2%
2021	29	CIN	5	4*	—	0.0%	243	74.8%	3	12.0%
Career			79	50*	—	—	3,392	—	567	—

* 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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	26	MIN	14	11*	58	37	0.6	85.5	12.9	1	1	0.0
2019	27	MIN	14	11*	96	71	0.7	107.9	10.1	2	5	0.1
2021	29	CIN	5	4*	17	12	0.7	140.0	11.8	0	2	0.1
Career			33	26*	171	120	—	—	—	3	8	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 58 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 57.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 92%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 39.3

Availability 15.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 492021

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 3% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

3% of the all-time Interceptions leader3

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.857See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.857Snap share68.7%Def snaps3,392ReliableCV 0.40

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

4.31s

40-Yard

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 99thClass Pos 99thClass All 99th

38"

Vertical

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 87thClass Pos 79thClass All 85th

122"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 74thClass Pos 51thClass All 78th

19 reps

Bench

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 38thClass Pos 75thClass All 35th

7.06s

3-Cone

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 62thClass Pos 32thClass All 64th

4.39s

Shuttle

Low · 7th pct

Pos 7thAll 42thClass Pos 8thClass All 38th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl10Solo9Ast1Int1PD5

College Stats

Michigan StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan 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 #11

#3Dante Fowler Jr.DE #4Amari CooperWR #5Brandon ScherffG #6Leonard WilliamsDE #7Kevin WhiteWR #8Vic BeasleyDE #9Ereck FlowersG #10Todd GurleyRB #12Danny SheltonDT #13Andrus PeatG #14DeVante ParkerWR #15Melvin GordonRB #17Arik ArmsteadDE #18Marcus PetersCB #19Cameron ErvingG #20Nelson AgholorWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Trae inherited the Minnesota Vikings DB room from Terence Newman (2015–2017), and handed it to Anthony Harris (2015–2020).

Dewayne Washington 1994–1997Robert Griffith 1994–2001Orlando Thomas 1995–2001Jimmy Hitchcock 1998–1999Robert Tate 1998–2001Kenny Wright

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined CIN (from MIN)
2021final season
Last recorded season with CIN
2015draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 1, Pick 11

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 190 lb

Frame

186 lb at 4.31s

Size-speed

38" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

19 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	CIN	2	W1Out· HamstringW2Out· HamstringW3Doubtful· HamstringW5Questionable· Hamstring
2019	MIN	0	W10Questionable· Ankle / Not Injury Related
2018	MIN	2	W5Out· ConcussionW14Out· Concussion
2016	MIN	1	W15Out· Concussion
2015	MIN	0	W12Questionable· Ankle

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

D2015

B2016

B2017

C+2018

C+2019

F2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 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
2015	0	0	0	0
2016	3	0.2	3	0.2
2017	2	0.1	2	0.1
2018	1	0.1	1	0.1
2019	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	0	0	0	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

46 career value over replacement — #2175 all-time of 4,642. 7.7/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #11 (Rd 1) · MIN · 2015 · -2.4 vs expected KV-H

58actual

60.4 expected · Δ−2.4

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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 #11

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator