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William Perry

Drafted by CHI · GM Jerry Vainisi · Clemson

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Full-career context

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

Games played138
Games started118
Weighted career AV48
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons10

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1985 · Round 1 · #22

CHI draft credit

GM Jerry Vainisi

Team games114
Team starts94
On-team AV48
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Excellent+0.88 contribution6th of 23 picks for this GM

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

An Excellent pick

William Perry was Jerry Vainisi's 6th-best of 23 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is +0.88. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Jerry Vainisi'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
114
on drafting team · 138 full-career
Games started
94
on drafting team · 118 full-career
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
48
modeled; full weighted AV 48
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 Jerry Vainisi's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Jerry Vainisi pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. William Perry totals +0.88. 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

-10+1+2+3+4+527. Anderson#27 · Neal Anderson · aggregate +5.07Anderson +5.164. Duerson#64 · Dave Duerson · aggregate +3.19Duerson +3.26. Covert#6 · Jimbo Covert · aggregate +3.18Covert +3.291. Thayer#91 · Tom Thayer · aggregate +1.9433. Richardson#33 · Mike Richardson · aggregate +1.8322. Perry#22 · William Perry · aggregate +0.88Perry +0.944. Rivera#44 · Ron Rivera · aggregate +0.8755. Jackson#55 · Vestee Jackson · aggregate +0.8549. Phillips#49 · Reggie Phillips · aggregate +0.07107. Dunsmore#107 · Pat Dunsmore · aggregate -0.10194. Jones#194 · Bruce Jones · aggregate -0.21138. Barnes#138 · Lew Barnes · aggregate -0.21190. Bennett#190 · Charles Bennett · aggregate -0.23166. Powell#166 · Jeff Powell · aggregate -0.35110. Blair#110 · Paul Blair · aggregate -0.35179. Robertson#179 · Nakita Robertson · aggregate -0.3698. Andrews#98 · Tom Andrews · aggregate -0.58105. Butler#105 · Kevin Butler · aggregate -0.6778. Maness#78 · James Maness · aggregate -0.7471. Humphries#71 · Stefan Humphries · aggregate -0.7582. Williams#82 · David Williams · aggregate -0.7718. Gault#18 · Willie Gault · aggregate -1.8411. Marshall#11 · Wilber Marshall · aggregate -1.86

Incremental contribution by season

-6-5-4-3-2-10+1+2+3+4+51983 · Mike Richardson · incremental +0.251983 · Jimbo Covert · incremental +0.421983 · Dave Duerson · incremental -0.221983 · Pat Dunsmore · incremental -0.301983 · Tom Thayer · incremental -0.781983 · Willie Gault · incremental -2.621984 · Pat Dunsmore · incremental +0.031984 · Dave Duerson · incremental +0.101984 · Jimbo Covert · incremental +0.431984 · Mike Richardson · incremental +0.521984 · Willie Gault · incremental -0.161984 · Wilber Marshall · incremental -0.371984 · Ron Rivera · incremental -0.461984 · Nakita Robertson · incremental -0.621984 · Tom Andrews · incremental -0.691984 · Stefan Humphries · incremental -0.871985 · Reggie Phillips · incremental +0.031985 · Ron Rivera · incremental +0.201985 · Tom Thayer · incremental +0.431985 · Mike Richardson · incremental +0.491985 · Dave Duerson · incremental +1.291985 · Jimbo Covert · incremental +2.701985 · Willie Gault · incremental -0.191985 · Tom Andrews · incremental -0.221985 · Stefan Humphries · incremental -0.241985 · Charles Bennett · incremental -0.451985 · William Perry · incremental -0.631985 · Wilber Marshall · incremental -0.901985 · James Maness · incremental -1.161985 · Kevin Butler · incremental -2.551986 · Vestee Jackson · incremental +0.011986 · Neal Anderson · incremental +0.021986 · Reggie Phillips · incremental +0.041986 · Kevin Butler · incremental +0.151986 · Ron Rivera · incremental +0.221986 · William Perry · incremental +0.351986 · Tom Thayer · incremental +0.481986 · Jimbo Covert · incremental +0.511986 · Mike Richardson · incremental +0.611986 · Dave Duerson · incremental +1.421986 · Stefan Humphries · incremental -0.021986 · Paul Blair · incremental -0.081986 · Willie Gault · incremental -0.181986 · Lew Barnes · incremental -0.351986 · Bruce Jones · incremental -0.431986 · Jeff Powell · incremental -0.611986 · Wilber Marshall · incremental -0.931986 · David Williams · incremental -1.271987 · Reggie Phillips · incremental +0.041987 · Kevin Butler · incremental +0.111987 · Ron Rivera · incremental +0.181987 · William Perry · incremental +0.241987 · Jimbo Covert · incremental +0.251987 · Mike Richardson · incremental +0.261987 · Vestee Jackson · incremental +0.281987 · Tom Thayer · incremental +0.351987 · Neal Anderson · incremental +0.511987 · Dave Duerson · incremental +1.271987 · Willie Gault · incremental -0.141987 · Paul Blair · incremental -0.461987 · Wilber Marshall · incremental -0.861988 · William Perry · incremental +0.071988 · Kevin Butler · incremental +0.141988 · Jimbo Covert · incremental +0.221988 · Ron Rivera · incremental +0.311988 · Vestee Jackson · incremental +0.421988 · Tom Thayer · incremental +0.481988 · Mike Richardson · incremental +0.551988 · Dave Duerson · incremental +1.311988 · Neal Anderson · incremental +1.701989 · Kevin Butler · incremental +0.151989 · Dave Duerson · incremental +0.201989 · William Perry · incremental +0.211989 · Ron Rivera · incremental +0.281989 · Vestee Jackson · incremental +0.331989 · Jimbo Covert · incremental +0.401989 · Tom Thayer · incremental +0.491989 · Neal Anderson · incremental +1.781990 · Kevin Butler · incremental +0.151990 · Vestee Jackson · incremental +0.241990 · Ron Rivera · incremental +0.271990 · William Perry · incremental +0.341990 · Jimbo Covert · incremental +0.401990 · Tom Thayer · incremental +0.481990 · Neal Anderson · incremental +1.711991 · Kevin Butler · incremental +0.161991 · Ron Rivera · incremental +0.231991 · William Perry · incremental +0.331991 · Tom Thayer · incremental +0.491991 · Neal Anderson · incremental +1.531992 · Kevin Butler · incremental +0.151992 · Ron Rivera · incremental +0.201992 · William Perry · incremental +0.301992 · Tom Thayer · incremental +0.491992 · Neal Anderson · incremental +0.551993 · William Perry · incremental +0.061993 · Kevin Butler · incremental +0.151993 · Neal Anderson · incremental +0.461994 · Kevin Butler · incremental +0.131995 · Kevin Butler · incremental +0.15Gault -2.6Covert +2.7Perry -0.6Butler -2.5Perry +0.4Perry +0.2Perry +0.1Anderson +1.7Perry +0.2Anderson +1.8Perry +0.3Anderson +1.7Perry +0.3Anderson +1.5Perry +0.3Perry +0.119836 players198410 players198514 players198618 players198713 players19889 players19898 players19907 players19915 players19925 players19933 players19941 player19951 player
Above expectationBelow expectationWilliam PerryGM total +8.9William Perry by season +1.3

How much retained production did William Perry return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: DTs drafted within ±5 picks of William Perry since 2010 (9 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.

0+0.5+1Model value above slot19. SimmonsJeffery Simmons · model value +1.417. LawrenceDexter Lawrence · model value +0.927. ClarkKenny Clark · model value +0.822. PerryWilliam Perry · model value +0.5+0.526. WilliamsDan Williams · model value +0.421. TaylorPhil Taylor · model value +0.318. LiugetCorey Liuget · model value +0.121. HarmonDerrick Harmon · model value -0.223. FloydSharrif Floyd · model value -0.317. ArmsteadArik Armstead · model value -0.4
William PerrySlot-similar peers (9)

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.

'86'88'90'92'94030598911801Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (10 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1985CHI1696
1986CHI16169
1987CHI12115
1988CHI332
1989CHI1394
1990CHI16168
1991CHI16167
1992CHI15146
1993CHI, PHI1584
1994PHI16168

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