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

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William Jackson

Top 39% all-time defensive backsHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2021

Height6'0"

Weight189 lb

BornOct 27, 1992

Age33

CollegeHouston; Trinity Valley CC See College Stats

ConferenceAmerican Athletic

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 1, Pick 24 · CIN

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 35 · #2508 · Role Player

Worth 35 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 55% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +14

5 seasons × ~7 surplus ≈ VORP 35

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													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)											Passing
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%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
2017	—	CIN	12	—	24	18	6	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	14	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	697	70.8%	96	28.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
2018	—	CIN	16	—	39	32	7	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	13	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,063	94.3%	—	0.0%	77	44	0.6	110.6	12.0	0	0	0	1	8	0.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	CIN	14	—	37	26	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	831	89.1%	—	0.0%	67	39	0.6	93.4	11.3	0	0	0	2	3	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	CIN	14	—	43	36	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	11	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	886	94.0%	26	14.0%	74	38	0.5	88.2	12.9	0	0	0	0	4	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	WAS	12	—	37	34	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	748	93.6%	—	0.0%	66	39	0.6	100.4	13.1	0	0	0	0	5	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	WAS	4	—	16	15	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	204	79.5%	—	0.0%	24	17	0.7	121.9	11.0	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	72	—	196	161	35	6	1	1.0	8.0	5	51	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	4,429	86.9%	122	21.5%	308	177	—	—	—	0	0	0	5	21	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FR	TD	VAL
2017	25	CIN	12	11*	24	18	6	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	14	—	1	8.6
2018	26	CIN	16	15*	39	32	7	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	13	—	0	7
2019	27	CIN	14	12*	37	26	11	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	—	0	5.3
2020	28	CIN	14	13*	43	36	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	11	—	0	7.5
2021	29	WAS	12	11*	37	34	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	8	—	0	6.6
2022	30	WAS	4	3*	16	15	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	2	—	0	1.4
Career			72	65*	196	161	35	6	1	—	—	5	51	—	1	36.4

* 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%
2017	25	CIN	15	11*	—	0.0%	697	70.8%	96	28.9%
2018	26	CIN	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,063	94.3%	—	0.0%
2019	27	CIN	14	12*	—	0.0%	831	89.1%	—	0.0%
2020	28	CIN	14	13*	—	0.0%	886	94.0%	26	14.0%
2021	29	WAS	12	11*	—	0.0%	748	93.6%	—	0.0%
2022	30	WAS	4	3*	—	0.0%	204	79.5%	—	0.0%
Career			75	65*	—	—	4,429	—	122	—

* 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	CIN	16	15*	77	44	0.6	110.6	12.0	1	8	0.2
2019	27	CIN	14	12*	67	39	0.6	93.4	11.3	2	3	0.1
2020	28	CIN	14	13*	74	38	0.5	88.2	12.9	0	4	0.1
2021	29	WAS	12	11*	66	39	0.6	100.4	13.1	0	5	0.1
2022	30	WAS	4	3*	24	17	0.7	121.9	11.0	2	1	0.1
Career			60	54*	308	177	—	—	—	5	21	—

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

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk
2017	25	—	—	11*	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Career				11*	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 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 55.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 92%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 37.7

Availability 16.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 502022

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 2% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

2% of the all-time Interceptions leader2

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+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.445See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.445Snap share86.9%Def snaps4,429ReliableCV 0.39

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 · 2016

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

DB · 2016 class

4.37s

40-Yard

Elite · 91th pct

Pos 91thAll 96thClass Pos 95thClass All 99th

116"

Broad Jump

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 46thClass Pos 10thClass All 49th

10 reps

Bench

Low · 9th pct

Pos 9thAll 3thClass Pos 9thClass All 4th

College Stats

Houston; Trinity Valley CCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Houston; Trinity Valley CC), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #24

#16Taylor DeckerOT #17Keanu NealS #18Ryan KellyC #19Shaq LawsonDE #20Darron LeeILB #21Will FullerWR #22Josh DoctsonWR #23Laquon TreadwellWR #25Artie BurnsCB #26Paxton LynchQB #27Kenny ClarkNT #28Joshua GarnettG #29Robert NkemdicheDT #30Vernon ButlerDT #31Germain IfediOT #32Emmanuel OgbahDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

William inherited the Cincinnati Bengals DB room from Darqueze Dennard (2014–2019), and handed it to Darius Phillips (2018–2021).

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

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2022final season
Last recorded season with WAS
2021team change
Joined WAS (from CIN)
2016draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 1, Pick 24

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 189 lb

Frame

189 lb at 4.37s

Size-speed

10 reps

Bench power

Injury History

10 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	PIT	4	W3Questionable· BackW6Out· BackW7Out· BackW8Out· BackW10Out· Back
2021	WAS	2	W7Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· KneeW16Out· CalfW17Out· Calf
2020	CIN	2	W7Out· ConcussionW17Out· Concussion
2019	CIN	2	W7Out· ShoulderW17Out· Shoulder
2018	CIN	0	W6Questionable· Knee
2017	CIN	0	W11Questionable· ToeW17Questionable· 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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 58

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

C+2017

C+2018

C+2019

C+2020

B2021

F2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

77%

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
2017	1	0.1	1	0.1
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	1	0.1	1	0.1
2020	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	2	0.2	2	0.1
2022	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

35 career value over replacement — #2508 all-time of 4,642. 5.8/season above a replacement-level CB.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #24 (Rd 1) · CIN · 2016 · -0.5 vs expected KV-H

56actual

56.5 expected · Δ−0.5

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Passing

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2016

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #24

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator