Vince Williams is a career quality starter — a linebacker 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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Vince Williams

Top 24% all-time linebackersReliable Starter

Height6'1"

Weight233 lb

BornDec 27, 1989

Age36

CollegeFlorida State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 6, Pick 206 · PIT

Archetype Intelligence

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A linebacker with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 58 · #1881 · Above Average

Worth 58 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 41% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.6

Avg surplus

peak +15

5 seasons × ~11.6 surplus ≈ VORP 58

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%
2013	—	PIT	15	—	49	36	13	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	399	40.9%	153	37.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	PIT	12	—	25	15	10	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	246	31.1%	269	57.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	PIT	9	—	32	22	10	1	1	0.5	2.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	191	18.6%	302	67.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	PIT	7	—	33	25	8	6	4	2.0	12.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	268	37.2%	223	50.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	PIT	16	—	76	56	20	11	14	8.0	33.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	734	74.8%	136	30.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	PIT	14	—	67	41	26	8	10	4.5	22.5	1	2	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	743	79.9%	23	12.3%	39	25	0.6	86.9	5.2	12	3	4	70	11	0.1
2019	—	PIT	14	—	51	24	27	4	9	2.5	15.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	396	42.8%	36	32.5%	15	13	0.9	121.4	6.1	11	3	5	24	4	0.1
2020	—	PIT	14	—	61	38	23	14	4	3.0	21.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	671	74.1%	48	12.2%	35	22	0.6	90.9	6.1	6	2	1	47	12	0.1
Career		—	101	—	394	257	137	48	43	20.5	111.5	2	5	0	4	1	0	—	0.0%	3,648	49.9%	1,190	37.5%	89	60	—	—	—	29	8	10	141	27	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FR	TD	VAL
2013	24	PIT	15	0*	49	36	13	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	0	—	0	5.2
2014	25	PIT	12	0*	25	15	10	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	1	0	3.7
2015	26	PIT	9	0*	32	22	10	1	1	0.5	2.5	0	1	1	0	3.6
2016	27	PIT	7	0*	33	25	8	6	4	2.0	12.0	0	0	—	0	4.3
2017	28	PIT	16	12*	76	56	20	11	14	8.0	33.0	1	1	—	0	12.1
2018	29	PIT	14	11*	67	41	26	8	10	4.5	22.5	1	2	—	1	10.2
2019	30	PIT	14	0*	51	24	27	4	9	2.5	15.5	0	1	—	0	6.8
2020	31	PIT	14	10*	61	38	23	14	4	3.0	21.0	0	0	2	0	8.3
Career			101	33*	394	257	137	48	43	—	—	2	5	4	1	54.2

* 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	24	PIT	15	0*	—	0.0%	399	40.9%	153	37.1%
2014	25	PIT	16	0*	—	0.0%	246	31.1%	269	57.4%
2015	26	PIT	16	0*	—	0.0%	191	18.6%	302	67.8%
2016	27	PIT	16	0*	—	0.0%	268	37.2%	223	50.1%
2017	28	PIT	16	12*	—	0.0%	734	74.8%	136	30.4%
2018	29	PIT	14	11*	—	0.0%	743	79.9%	23	12.3%
2019	30	PIT	14	0*	—	0.0%	396	42.8%	36	32.5%
2020	31	PIT	14	10*	—	0.0%	671	74.1%	48	12.2%
Career			121	33*	—	—	3,648	—	1,190	—

* 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	29	PIT	14	11*	39	25	0.6	86.9	5.2	12	3	4	70	11	0.1
2019	30	PIT	14	0*	15	13	0.9	121.4	6.1	11	3	5	24	4	0.1
2020	31	PIT	14	10*	35	22	0.6	90.9	6.1	6	2	1	47	12	0.1
Career			42	21*	89	60	—	—	—	29	8	10	141	27	—

* 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 tackles/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 57.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 57· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 38.4

Availability 16.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 542020

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Sacks leader10

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: 88%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.248See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.248Snap share49.9%Def snaps3,648VolatileCV 0.53

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within linebackers, 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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl16Solo9Ast7TFL1Dis1.0

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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #206

#194Spencer WareRB #196Jeff BacaG #197Cobi HamiltonWR #199Theo RiddickRB #200Kapron Lewis-MooreDE #202Khalid WootenCB #203Ryan JensenC #205Stacy McGeeDT #207Mike CatapanoOLB #208Jeremy HarrisDB #209Brice ButlerWR #210Demetrius McCrayDB #211Michael WilliamsTE #213Michael MautiLB #214Travis BondG #215Tommy BohanonFB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Vince inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers LB room from Jarvis Jones (2013–2016), and handed it to Ryan Shazier (2014–2017).

Hardy Nickerson 1987–1992Levon Kirkland 1992–2000Jason Gildon 1994–2003Carlos Emmons 1996–1999Earl Holmes 1996–2001Joey Porter

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2020final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2013draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 6, Pick 206

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 233 lb

Frame

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	PIT	2	W3Out· HamstringW4Out· HamstringW5Questionable· Hamstring
2018	PIT	0	W5Doubtful· HamstringW17Doubtful· Toe
2016	PIT	0	W18Questionable· 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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 61

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

C+2013

C2014

C2015

C2016

B2017

B2018

C+2019

B2020

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

95%

Era Translator

Tackles 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 Tackles	Tackles/G	→ 2025 Tackles	→ 2025 /G
2013	49	3.3	37-12	2.2
2014	25	2.1	14-11	0.8
2015	32	3.6	42+10	2.5
2016	33	4.7	68+35	4
2017	76	4.8	69-7	4
2018	67	4.8	72+5	4.2
2019	51	3.6	54+3	3.2
2020	61	4.4	71+10	4.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

58 career value over replacement — #1881 all-time of 4,642. 7.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #206 (Rd 6) · PIT · 2013 · +32.6 vs expected KV-H

57actual

24.4 expected · Δ+32.6

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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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #206

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

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