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Willie Anderson

4× Pro Bowl3× All-Pro

Height6'5"

Weight340 lb

BornJul 11, 1975

Age51

CollegeAuburn See College Stats

Rookie yr1996

Draft1996 · Rd 1, Pick 10 · CIN

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Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

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Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

College Stats

AuburnCollege listed; stat table pending import

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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.

Movementderived from season history

2008team change
Joined IND (from OAK)
2008final season
Last recorded season with IND
2006team change
Joined OAK (from PIT)
2005team change
Joined PIT (from BAL)
2004team change
Joined BAL (from JAX)
2002team change
Joined JAX (from NE)
2000team change
Joined NE (from PIT)
1999team change
Joined PIT (from CIN)
1996draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 1, Pick 10

Knox

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Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

19992008

1999 · cause not documented · 13%2000 · cause not documented · 6%2002 · cause not documented · 6%2004 · cause not documented · 13%2005 · cause not documented · 6%2006 · cause not documented · 6%2008 · cause not documented · 6%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Fragile

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

27%

Building a Case

What carries the case

All-Pro 54.5%Longevity 27.3%Pro Bowls 18.2%

Monitor score 66 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

What Would It Take?

To reach 50% HOF probability (score target: 110 · current: 66 · gap: +44)

4 more selections(First-Team All-Pro · 12 pts each · +48 pts total)

4 more more seasons started(Starter Seasons · 1.5 pts each · +6 pts total)

11 more seasons leading the NFL(League Lead · 4 pts each · +44 pts total)

Paths ranked cheapest first · accolade-based, data-calibrated vs actual enshrinement

Wasted Talent#4 most affected

This player carries the statistical signature of a Hall-of-Fame candidate whose career was cut short by injury or circumstance. The gap between their ceiling and actual production is quantified below.

HOF Probability

2710%

building

Durability IQ

Fragile

Availability Rate

800%

of games played vs eligible

IR / Lost Seasons

seasons lost to injury

Willie Anderson

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1996 Draft Class· this player went #10

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