The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at onceβno tab hopping.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1999 | β | NO | 8 | β | 26 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | β | NO | 11 | β | 23 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | β | NO | 10 | β | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | β | NO | 11 | β | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | β | NO | 9 | β | 34 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | β | NO | 6 | β | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | β | NO | 16 | β | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | β | NO | 7 | β | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 |
| Career | β | 78 | β | 172 | 118 | 54 | 27 | 18 | 25.0 | 70.0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 26 | NO | 8 | β | 26 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | 10.8 |
| 2000 | 27 | NO | 11 | β | 23 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β | 0 | 0 | 9.3 |
| 2001 | 28 | NO | 10 | β | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | 5.8 |
| 2002 | 29 | NO | 11 | β | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 |
| 2003 | 30 | NO | 9 | β | 34 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 |
| 2004 | 31 | NO | 6 | β | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 2005 | 32 | NO | 16 | β | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 |
| 2006 | 33 | NO | 7 | β | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | 3.4 |
| Career | 78 | 172 | 118 | 54 | 27 | 18 | β | β | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55.3 |
Reached 13% of the all-time Sacks leader β a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
A 0β100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data β career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence β so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite β₯ 85 Β· Strong β₯ 65 Β· Solid β₯ 45 Β· Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 91%.
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StatVault has the verified college attribution (Auburn), 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.
Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters β every name is linked.
Willie inherited the New Orleans Saints DL room from La'Roi Glover (1997β2001), and handed it to Norman Hand (2000β2002).
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0β100%).
Last recorded season with NO
Entered the NFL with NO
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Career durability β games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def Β· multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle Β· updated 6/18/2026
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