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

DEMIA#95RES

William Hayes

Top 20% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker

Height6'3"

Weight265 lb

BornMay 2, 1985

Age41

CollegeWinston Salem State University See College Stats

Rookie yr2008

Draft2008 · Rd 4, Pick 103 · TEN

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Above-average snap-level impact reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 99 · #1139 · High-Value

Worth 99 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 26% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.5

Avg surplus

peak +24

6 seasons × ~16.5 surplus ≈ VORP 99

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%
2008	—	TEN	7	—	10	7	3	1	3	1.0	5.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	TEN	16	—	42	22	20	9	11	4.0	24.0	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	TEN	10	—	26	19	7	3	7	1.5	11.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	TEN	9	—	14	9	5	4	5	1.5	10.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	LA	15	—	35	29	6	12	14	7.0	33.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	LA	13	—	27	20	7	9	11	5.0	25.0	1	3	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	STL	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	345	36.1%	60	16.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	LA	14	—	38	29	9	11	5	4.0	20.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	537	51.1%	74	17.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	LA	15	—	52	35	17	12	14	5.5	31.5	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	581	50.4%	54	16.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	LA	14	—	43	31	12	10	16	5.0	31.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	513	54.6%	7	9.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	MIA	10	—	19	14	5	4	5	1.0	10.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	272	42.5%	47	19.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	MIA	2	—	4	4	0	3	2	2.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	64	31.0%	1	4.0%	0	0	—	—	—	2	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career		—	171	—	310	219	91	78	93	37.5	208.5	1	6	7	5	0	0	—	0.0%	2,312	44.3%	243	13.9%	0	0	—	—	—	2	0	0	0	0	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2008	23	TEN	7	—	10	7	3	1	3	1.0	5.0	0	1	1	1	4.2
2009	24	TEN	16	—	42	22	20	9	11	4.0	24.0	0	0	2	—	14.2
2010	25	TEN	10	—	26	19	7	3	7	1.5	11.5	0	0	1	—	7.3
2011	26	TEN	9	—	14	9	5	4	5	1.5	10.5	0	0	0	—	5.7
2012	27	LA	15	—	35	29	6	12	14	7.0	33.0	0	2	0	1	14.4
2013	28	LA	13	0*	27	20	7	9	11	5.0	25.0	1	3	0	2	10.7
2014	29	LA	14	8*	38	29	9	11	5	4.0	20.0	0	0	1	1	11.6
2015	30	LA	15	8*	52	35	17	12	14	5.5	31.5	0	0	2	—	15.3
2016	31	LA	14	8*	43	31	12	10	16	5.0	31.0	0	0	0	—	12.6
2017	32	MIA	10	0*	19	14	5	4	5	1.0	10.0	0	0	0	—	5.5
2018	33	MIA	2	—	4	4	0	3	2	2.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	—
Career			125	24*	310	219	91	78	93	—	—	1	6	7	5	101.5

* 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	28	STL	14	0*	—	0.0%	345	36.1%	60	16.9%
2014	29	STL	16	8*	—	0.0%	537	51.1%	74	17.3%
2015	30	STL	16	8*	—	0.0%	581	50.4%	54	16.3%
2016	31	LA	14	8*	—	0.0%	513	54.6%	7	9.3%
2017	32	MIA	10	0*	—	0.0%	272	42.5%	47	19.8%
2018	33	MIA	3	—	—	0.0%	64	31.0%	1	4.0%
Career			73	24*	—	—	2,312	—	243	—

* 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	33	MIA	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	2	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career			3		0	0	—	—	—	2	0	0	0	0	—

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 sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 65.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 65· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 45.7

Availability 16.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2008bestavg 59elite 702017

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 19% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

19% of the all-time Sacks leader19

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.688See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.688Snap share44.3%Def snaps2,312ReliableCV 0.31

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

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

QBHits1Dis1.0

College Stats

Winston Salem State UniversityCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Winston Salem State University), 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.

2008 Draft Class· this player went #103

#95Mario ManninghamWR #96Chad RinehartG #97Andre CaldwellWR #98Thomas DeCoudFS #99Oniel CousinsOT #100Tyvon BranchS #101Justin KingDB #102Jeremy ThompsonLB #105Will FranklinWR #106Marcus SmithWR #107Cody WallaceC #108Kory LichtensteigerC #109Mike McGlynnOT #111Martin RuckerTE #112Anthony CollinsOT #113Dwight LoweryFS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

William inherited the Los Angeles Rams DL room from Kendall Langford (2012–2014), and handed it to Michael Brockers (2012–2020).

Sean Gilbert 1992–1995D'Marco Farr 1994–2000Kevin Carter 1995–2000Leslie O'Neal 1996–1997Jeff Zgonina 1997–2002Grant Wistrom

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2018final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2017team change
Joined MIA (from LA)
2012team change
Joined LA (from TEN)
2008draft
Drafted by TEN — Round 4, Pick 103

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 265 lb

Frame

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	MIA	0	W2Questionable· Finger
2017	MIA	1	W9Questionable· HamstringW11Questionable· KneeW12Out· Back
2016	LA	0	W4Doubtful· AnkleW5Questionable· AnkleW6Questionable· AnkleW7Questionable· AnkleW9Questionable· Ankle
2015	STL	0	W8Questionable· ThighW9Questionable· Thigh
2013	STL	1	W4Out· KneeW5Doubtful· KneeW6Questionable· Knee
2012	STL	0	W6Questionable· Back
2011	TEN	0	W2Questionable· ShoulderW3Questionable· ShoulderW7Questionable· BackW8Questionable· BackW15Doubtful· GroinW16Questionable· Groin
2010	TEN	0	W1Questionable· KneeW2Questionable· Knee

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 70

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

C2008

B2009

C+2010

C+2011

B+2012

B2013

B2014

B2015

B2016

C2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

77%

Era Translator

Sacks 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 Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2008	1	0.1	3+2	0.1
2009	4	0.3	4	0.3
2010	1.5	0.2	3+1.5	0.2
2011	1.5	0.2	3+1.5	0.2
2012	7	0.5	8+1	0.5
2013	5	0.4	7+2	0.4
2014	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2015	5.5	0.4	6+0.5	0.4
2016	5	0.4	6+1	0.4
2017	1	0.1	2+1	0.1

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

99 career value over replacement — #1139 all-time of 4,642. 9.9/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #103 (Rd 4) · TEN · 2008 · +28.2 vs expected KV-H

65actual

36.8 expected · Δ+28.2

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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

2008 Draft Class· this player went #103

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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