Darren Woodson is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Woodson in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Woodson's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Reached 10% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
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: 95%.
Career Value · VORP
101 career value over replacement — #1103 all-time of 4,649. 10.1/season above a replacement-level S.
Pick #37 (Rd 2) · DAL · 1992 · +17.5 vs expected KV-H
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Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Darren opened the Dallas Cowboys DB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Brock Marion (1993–1997).
The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Last recorded season with DAL
Drafted by DAL — Round 2, Pick 37
StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →
Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 10-season peers. See all →
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.
Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →
Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →
What carries the case
Monitor score 79.9 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).
To reach 50% HOF probability (score target: 110 · current: 79.9 · gap: +30.1)
Paths ranked cheapest first · accolade-based, data-calibrated vs actual enshrinement
Career Fingerprint
Statistical profile across 5 dimensions
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5 | 0.3 | 3-2 | 0.2 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0.1 | 0-2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0.3 | 3-2 | 0.2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0.1 | 0-1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0.1 | 0-1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0.1 | 1-1 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0.2 | 2-1 | 0.1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0.1 | 0-1 | 0 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026
Gary Baxter
DB
92% match
1992 Draft ClassmatesFull class →
Gave the Dallas Cowboys an entire corpus-attributed career — 12 seasons (1992–2003), one crest. The rarest loyalty in the sport.