← 1997 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R1 · #29 OVERALL · DB

Chris Canty

Drafted by NE · GM Bobby Grier · Kansas St.

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Full-career context

These totals follow Chris Canty across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played61
Games started12
Weighted career AV9
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons4

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1997 · Round 1 · #29

NE draft credit

GM Bobby Grier

Team games32
Team starts10
On-team AV6
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Bad-0.45 contribution17th of 27 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

A Bad pick

Chris Canty was Bobby Grier's 17th-best of 27 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.45. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Bobby Grier's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
32
on drafting team · 61 full-career
Games started
10
on drafting team · 12 full-career
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
6
modeled; full weighted AV 9
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Bobby Grier's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Bobby Grier pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Chris Canty totals -0.45. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-2-1054. Rutledge#54 · Rod Rutledge · aggregate +0.55227. Bishop#227 · Michael Bishop · aggregate +0.4989. Carter#89 · Chris Carter · aggregate +0.33159. Crawford#159 · Vernon Crawford · aggregate +0.26176. Shaw#176 · Harold Shaw · aggregate +0.2546. Faulk#46 · Kevin Faulk · aggregate +0.2159. Mitchell#59 · Brandon Mitchell · aggregate +0.1791. George#91 · Tony George · aggregate +0.0452. Simmons#52 · Tony Simmons · aggregate +0.02211. Andersen#211 · Jason Andersen · aggregate -0.02192. Gaiter#192 · Tony Gaiter · aggregate -0.10180. Washington#180 · Marcus Washington · aggregate -0.1181. Floyd#81 · Chris Floyd · aggregate -0.13115. Rheams#115 · Leonta Rheams · aggregate -0.2897. Denson#97 · Damon Denson · aggregate -0.37145. Merkerson#145 · Ron Merkerson · aggregate -0.4429. Canty#29 · Chris Canty · aggregate -0.45Canty -0.561. Shaw#61 · Sedrick Shaw · aggregate -0.5522. Jones#22 · Tebucky Jones · aggregate -0.5628. Katzenmoyer#28 · Andy Katzenmoyer · aggregate -0.6418. Edwards#18 · Robert Edwards · aggregate -0.72230. Rehberg#230 · Scott Rehberg · aggregate -0.80154. Fletcher#154 · Derrick Fletcher · aggregate -1.08125. Ellis#125 · Ed Ellis · aggregate -1.0917. Woody#17 · Damien Woody · aggregate -1.5783. Spires#83 · Greg Spires · aggregate -1.79241. Morey#241 · Sean Morey · aggregate -2.41Morey -2.4

Incremental contribution by season

-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-10+11997 · Chris Carter · incremental +0.091997 · Vernon Crawford · incremental +0.201997 · Damon Denson · incremental -0.041997 · Brandon Mitchell · incremental -0.081997 · Sedrick Shaw · incremental -0.081997 · Ed Ellis · incremental -0.131997 · Chris Canty · incremental -0.211997 · Tony Gaiter · incremental -0.221997 · Scott Rehberg · incremental -1.151998 · Brandon Mitchell · incremental +0.031998 · Vernon Crawford · incremental +0.141998 · Chris Carter · incremental +0.141998 · Harold Shaw · incremental +0.181998 · Rod Rutledge · incremental +0.211998 · Tony Simmons · incremental -0.081998 · Scott Rehberg · incremental -0.121998 · Jason Andersen · incremental -0.141998 · Chris Floyd · incremental -0.261998 · Tebucky Jones · incremental -0.331998 · Chris Canty · incremental -0.481998 · Leonta Rheams · incremental -0.511998 · Damon Denson · incremental -0.551998 · Ed Ellis · incremental -0.721998 · Ron Merkerson · incremental -0.761998 · Sedrick Shaw · incremental -0.811998 · Greg Spires · incremental -1.091998 · Robert Edwards · incremental -1.201999 · Jason Andersen · incremental +0.061999 · Tony Simmons · incremental +0.071999 · Harold Shaw · incremental +0.111999 · Chris Floyd · incremental +0.121999 · Vernon Crawford · incremental +0.131999 · Brandon Mitchell · incremental +0.141999 · Rod Rutledge · incremental +0.211999 · Chris Carter · incremental +0.251999 · Michael Bishop · incremental +0.491999 · Tebucky Jones · incremental -0.021999 · Damon Denson · incremental -0.031999 · Derrick Fletcher · incremental -0.051999 · Tony George · incremental -0.111999 · Marcus Washington · incremental -0.291999 · Greg Spires · incremental -0.301999 · Andy Katzenmoyer · incremental -0.751999 · Ed Ellis · incremental -0.911999 · Damien Woody · incremental -1.241999 · Kevin Faulk · incremental -2.181999 · Sean Morey · incremental -3.722000 · Tony Simmons · incremental +0.042000 · Jason Andersen · incremental +0.042000 · Brandon Mitchell · incremental +0.092000 · Chris Floyd · incremental +0.102000 · Tony George · incremental +0.122000 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.132000 · Harold Shaw · incremental +0.222000 · Michael Bishop · incremental +0.272000 · Rod Rutledge · incremental +0.332000 · Tebucky Jones · incremental -0.102000 · Damien Woody · incremental -0.242000 · Andy Katzenmoyer · incremental -0.252000 · Greg Spires · incremental -1.362000 · Derrick Fletcher · incremental -1.692001 · Brandon Mitchell · incremental +0.122001 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.172001 · Rod Rutledge · incremental +0.372001 · Tebucky Jones · incremental -0.132001 · Damien Woody · incremental -0.262002 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.242002 · Tebucky Jones · incremental -0.152002 · Damien Woody · incremental -0.602003 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.132003 · Damien Woody · incremental -0.232004 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.152005 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.102006 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.192007 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.142008 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.232009 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.122010 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.002011 · Kevin Faulk · incremental +0.03Canty -0.2Canty -0.5Faulk -2.2Morey -3.7Fletcher -1.719979 players199818 players199920 players200014 players20015 players20023 players20032 players20041 player20051 player20061 player20071 player20081 player20091 player20101 player20111 player
Above expectationBelow expectationChris CantyGM total -10.8Chris Canty by season -0.7

How much retained production did Chris Canty return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: DBs drafted within ±5 picks of Chris Canty since 2010 (23 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-1-0.50+0.5+1Model value above slot29. SmithHarrison Smith · model value +1.127. McCourtyDevin McCourty · model value +125. RhodesXavier Rhodes · model value +0.527. BucannonDeone Bucannon · model value +0.433. CampbellTyson Campbell · model value +0.124. ArnoldTerrion Arnold · model value +0.132. ElamMatt Elam · model value +0.124. BanksDeonte Banks · model value 034. WilliamsAaron Williams · model value -0.125. VerrettJason Verrett · model value -0.127. SmithJimmy Smith · model value -0.133. CyprienJohnathan Cyprien · model value -0.229. CantyChris Canty · model value -0.2-0.234. CookChris Cook · model value -0.231. HillDaxton Hill · model value -0.326. IIGreg Newsome II · model value -0.329. StokesEric Stokes · model value -0.533. DowlingRas-I Dowling · model value -0.532. CineLewis Cine · model value -0.530. WardJimmie Ward · model value -0.824. DennardDarqueze Dennard · model value -1.129. WilsonKyle Wilson · model value -1.131. RobyBradley Roby · model value -1.132. RobinsonPatrick Robinson · model value -1.2
Chris CantySlot-similar peers (23)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'98'00'0103691201Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1997NE1612
1998NE1694
1999SEA1412
2000NO, SEA1511
2001000

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