Walt Harris ranks in the all-time elite tier for defensive backs — a career that places Harris in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Harris a career score of 70, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Walt Harris
All-Time Rank & Honors
career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title contextRegular-season all-time ranks
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Pro Bowls
A high-end defensive back defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 180 · #466 · EliteWorth 180 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 11% of all 4,649 ranked at the position. 12 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by on average.
Career Value · VORP
180 career value over replacement — #466 all-time of 4,649. 13.8/season above a replacement-level CB.
Career Profile
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #13 (Rd 1) · CHI · 1996 · +9.8 vs expected KV-H
70actual
60.2 expected · Δ+9.8
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