← 1995 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R5 · #148 OVERALL · DB

William Strong

Drafted by NO · GM Bill Kuharich · North Carolina St.

All NFL teams

Full-career context

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

Games played9
Games started0
Weighted career AV1
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons2

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1995 · Round 5 · #148

NO draft credit

GM Bill Kuharich

Team games9
Team starts0
On-team AV1
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Average-0.07 contribution14th of 25 picks for this GM

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

An Average pick

William Strong was Bill Kuharich's 14th-best of 25 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.07. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Bill Kuharich'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
9
on drafting team
Games started
0
on drafting team
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
1
modeled; full weighted AV 1
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 Bill Kuharich's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Bill Kuharich pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. William Strong totals -0.07. 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+113. Johnson#13 · Joe Johnson · aggregate +1.6179. Tubbs#79 · Winfred Tubbs · aggregate +0.82246. Lusk#246 · Henry Lusk · aggregate +0.52143. Novitsky#143 · Craig Novitsky · aggregate +0.4444. Zellars#44 · Ray Zellars · aggregate +0.38184. DeRamus#184 · Lee DeRamus · aggregate +0.28116. Nussmeier#116 · Doug Nussmeier · aggregate +0.1644. Bates#44 · Mario Bates · aggregate +0.15179. Hills#179 · Keno Hills · aggregate +0.14145. Ackerman#145 · Tom Ackerman · aggregate +0.07242. Davis#242 · Travis Davis · aggregate +0.06176. Mitchell#176 · Derrell Mitchell · aggregate +0.0013. Fields#13 · Mark Fields · aggregate -0.02148. Strong#148 · William Strong · aggregate -0.07Strong -0.1204. Malone#204 · Toderick Malone · aggregate -0.08136. Hayes#136 · Mercury Hayes · aggregate -0.14165. Guess#165 · Terry Guess · aggregate -0.14142. Carroll#142 · Herman Carroll · aggregate -0.1975. Verstegen#75 · Mike Verstegen · aggregate -0.24213. Lundberg#213 · Lance Lundberg · aggregate -0.27103. Whittle#103 · Ricky Whittle · aggregate -0.33108. Jeffries#108 · Dameian Jeffries · aggregate -0.3711. Molden#11 · Alex Molden · aggregate -0.9270. Smith#70 · Brady Smith · aggregate -0.9540. Cherry#40 · Je'Rod Cherry · aggregate -1.83

Incremental contribution by season

-4-3-2-10+1+21994 · Joe Johnson · incremental +0.021994 · Winfred Tubbs · incremental +0.081994 · Craig Novitsky · incremental +0.131994 · Doug Nussmeier · incremental -0.011994 · Derrell Mitchell · incremental -0.011994 · Mario Bates · incremental -0.121994 · Herman Carroll · incremental -0.371994 · Lance Lundberg · incremental -0.481995 · Ray Zellars · incremental +0.031995 · Lee DeRamus · incremental +0.121995 · Winfred Tubbs · incremental +0.151995 · Mario Bates · incremental +0.181995 · Joe Johnson · incremental +0.301995 · Craig Novitsky · incremental +0.301995 · Travis Davis · incremental -0.011995 · Mike Verstegen · incremental -0.031995 · William Strong · incremental -0.081995 · Mark Fields · incremental -0.551995 · Dameian Jeffries · incremental -0.671996 · Mark Fields · incremental +0.061996 · Doug Nussmeier · incremental +0.101996 · Mario Bates · incremental +0.121996 · Ray Zellars · incremental +0.161996 · Joe Johnson · incremental +0.291996 · Craig Novitsky · incremental +0.301996 · Winfred Tubbs · incremental +0.341996 · Lee DeRamus · incremental +0.351996 · Henry Lusk · incremental +0.641996 · Keno Hills · incremental -0.011996 · Tom Ackerman · incremental -0.061996 · Mike Verstegen · incremental -0.121996 · William Strong · incremental -0.131996 · Toderick Malone · incremental -0.191996 · Mercury Hayes · incremental -0.211996 · Terry Guess · incremental -0.261996 · Brady Smith · incremental -0.501996 · Ricky Whittle · incremental -0.551996 · Alex Molden · incremental -0.551996 · Je'Rod Cherry · incremental -1.901997 · Mark Fields · incremental +0.051997 · Mario Bates · incremental +0.091997 · Doug Nussmeier · incremental +0.101997 · Keno Hills · incremental +0.131997 · Tom Ackerman · incremental +0.141997 · Joe Johnson · incremental +0.351997 · Ray Zellars · incremental +0.351997 · Winfred Tubbs · incremental +0.521997 · Mercury Hayes · incremental -0.051997 · Brady Smith · incremental -0.181997 · Mike Verstegen · incremental -0.221997 · Je'Rod Cherry · incremental -0.281997 · Alex Molden · incremental -0.341998 · Mark Fields · incremental +0.061998 · Keno Hills · incremental +0.121998 · Ray Zellars · incremental +0.191998 · Joe Johnson · incremental +0.391998 · Tom Ackerman · incremental -0.061998 · Brady Smith · incremental -0.221998 · Alex Molden · incremental -0.271998 · Je'Rod Cherry · incremental -0.271999 · Alex Molden · incremental +0.011999 · Mark Fields · incremental +0.051999 · Tom Ackerman · incremental -0.011999 · Je'Rod Cherry · incremental -0.281999 · Brady Smith · incremental -0.512000 · Tom Ackerman · incremental +0.152000 · Mark Fields · incremental +0.392000 · Joe Johnson · incremental +0.912000 · Alex Molden · incremental -0.122001 · Tom Ackerman · incremental +0.162001 · Joe Johnson · incremental +0.33Strong -0.1Strong -0.1Cherry -1.919948 players199511 players199620 players199713 players19988 players19995 players20004 players20012 players
Above expectationBelow expectationWilliam StrongGM total -0.9William Strong by season -0.2

How much retained production did William Strong 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 William Strong since 2010 (26 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+0.5Model value above slot143. NormanJosh Norman · model value +0.6147. AllenRicardo Allen · model value +0.5146. BrownleeJarvis Brownlee · model value +0.5151. CarliesJaylon Carlies · model value +0.2145. WilliamsSteve Williams · model value +0.1148. BenwikereBene Benwikere · model value +0.1146. GomesDeJon Gomes · model value +0.1148. StrongWilliam Strong · model value +0.1+0.1151. BlackAhmad Black · model value +0.1148. JohnsonRobert Johnson · model value 0144. KeoShiloh Keo · model value 0145. CarrollNolan Carroll · model value 0149. McGeeBrandon McGee · model value -0.1152. SternsCaden Sterns · model value -0.1143. ThomasJosh Thomas · model value -0.1147. IssacRod Issac · model value -0.1148. GreenwoodChris Greenwood · model value -0.1146. MenzieDeQuan Menzie · model value -0.1150. HawthorneTerry Hawthorne · model value -0.1152. TaylorCooper Taylor · model value -0.1152. BerheNat Berhe · model value -0.1146. SherwoodJamien Sherwood · model value -0.1146. HowdenJordan Howden · model value -0.1145. RobinsonJammie Robinson · model value -0.2145. Abrams-DraineKris Abrams-Draine · model value -0.2143. MeeksJonathan Meeks · model value -0.2144. McManisSherrick McManis · model value -1.2
William StrongSlot-similar peers (26)

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.

'96'98'990011101Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1995000
1996NO901
1997000
1998000
1999000

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