← 2016 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R6 · #178 OVERALL · CB

D.J. White

Drafted by KC · GM John Dorsey · Georgia Tech

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow D.J. White across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played14
Games started0
Weighted career AV1
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons4

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2016 · Round 6 · #178

KC draft credit

GM John Dorsey

Team games11
Team starts0
On-team AV1
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Average-0.27 contribution20th of 54 picks for this GM

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

An Average pick

D.J. White was John Dorsey's 20th-best of 54 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.27. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from John Dorsey'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
11
on drafting team · 14 full-career
Games started
0
on drafting team
Snap-z
-3.1
3 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
1
modeled; full weighted AV 1
AV / 1k snaps
3.8
264 snaps in rate base
AV-rate z
-0.1
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 John Dorsey's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every John Dorsey pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. D.J. White totals -0.27. 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

-20+2+4+6+8+10+12+1463. Kelce#63 · Travis Kelce · aggregate +14.59Kelce +14.637. Jones#37 · Chris Jones · aggregate +11.16Jones +11.2165. Hill#165 · Tyreek Hill · aggregate +9.99Hill +10.010. Mahomes#10 · Patrick Mahomes · aggregate +9.20Mahomes +9.24. Ward#4 · Denzel Ward · aggregate +3.13Ward +3.135. Chubb#35 · Nick Chubb · aggregate +2.79Chubb +2.818. Peters#18 · Marcus Peters · aggregate +1.75193. Fulton#193 · Zach Fulton · aggregate +1.30118. Wilson#118 · Ramik Wilson · aggregate +1.0086. Hunt#86 · Kareem Hunt · aggregate +0.54200. Duvernay-Tardif#200 · Laurent Duvernay-Tardif · aggregate +0.52172. Alexander#172 · D.J. Alexander · aggregate +0.3396. Davis#96 · Knile Davis · aggregate +0.31207. Catapano#207 · Mike Catapano · aggregate +0.06155. Wilson#155 · Mack Wilson · aggregate -0.071. Fisher#1 · Eric Fisher · aggregate -0.09163. Murray#163 · Aaron Murray · aggregate -0.12175. Ratley#175 · Damion Ratley · aggregate -0.14170. Seibert#170 · Austin Seibert · aggregate -0.17178. White#178 · D.J. White · aggregate -0.27White -0.380. Takitaki#80 · Sione Takitaki · aggregate -0.30105. Callaway#105 · Antonio Callaway · aggregate -0.40119. Redwine#119 · Sheldrick Redwine · aggregate -0.4067. Thomas#67 · Chad Thomas · aggregate -0.40124. Thomas#124 · De'Anthony Thomas · aggregate -0.41203. Nicolas#203 · Dadi Nicolas · aggregate -0.42233. Brown#233 · Da'Ron Brown · aggregate -0.46162. Hogan#162 · Kevin Hogan · aggregate -0.5446. Williams#46 · Greedy Williams · aggregate -0.59218. McQuay#218 · Leon McQuay · aggregate -0.60183. Eligwe#183 · Ukeme Eligwe · aggregate -0.61134. Commings#134 · Sanders Commings · aggregate -0.64188. Thomas#188 · Simeon Thomas · aggregate -0.6523. Ford#23 · Dee Ford · aggregate -0.68139. Chesson#139 · Jehu Chesson · aggregate -0.69204. Wilson#204 · Braden Wilson · aggregate -0.7498. Nelson#98 · Steven Nelson · aggregate -0.74221. Jr.#221 · Donnie Lewis Jr. · aggregate -0.7487. Gaines#87 · Phillip Gaines · aggregate -0.7999. Johnson#99 · Nico Johnson · aggregate -0.82126. Robinson#126 · Demarcus Robinson · aggregate -0.83173. O'Shaughnessy#173 · James O'Shaughnessy · aggregate -0.84189. Forbes#189 · Drew Forbes · aggregate -0.90217. Nunez-Roches#217 · Rakeem Nunez-Roches · aggregate -1.02150. Avery#150 · Genard Avery · aggregate -1.2159. Kpassagnon#59 · Tanoh Kpassagnon · aggregate -1.261. Mayfield#1 · Baker Mayfield · aggregate -1.28105. Ehinger#105 · Parker Ehinger · aggregate -1.2874. Russell#74 · KeiVarae Russell · aggregate -1.42170. Kush#170 · Eric Kush · aggregate -1.6449. Morse#49 · Mitch Morse · aggregate -1.6876. Conley#76 · Chris Conley · aggregate -1.78106. Murray#106 · Eric Murray · aggregate -2.26Murray -2.333. Corbett#33 · Austin Corbett · aggregate -3.37Corbett -3.4

Incremental contribution by season

-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-20+2+4+6+8+10+12+14+162013 · Knile Davis · incremental +0.152013 · Mike Catapano · incremental -0.092013 · Travis Kelce · incremental -0.232013 · Braden Wilson · incremental -0.882013 · Sanders Commings · incremental -1.052013 · Nico Johnson · incremental -1.522013 · Eric Fisher · incremental -1.602013 · Eric Kush · incremental -2.972014 · Mike Catapano · incremental +0.142014 · Eric Fisher · incremental +0.322014 · Knile Davis · incremental +0.322014 · Travis Kelce · incremental +1.052014 · Zach Fulton · incremental +1.252014 · Laurent Duvernay-Tardif · incremental -0.062014 · Sanders Commings · incremental -0.142014 · De'Anthony Thomas · incremental -0.172014 · Braden Wilson · incremental -0.202014 · Eric Kush · incremental -0.222014 · Aaron Murray · incremental -0.262014 · Dee Ford · incremental -0.292014 · Phillip Gaines · incremental -0.612015 · Zach Fulton · incremental +0.192015 · Knile Davis · incremental +0.232015 · Eric Fisher · incremental +0.262015 · Laurent Duvernay-Tardif · incremental +0.282015 · Marcus Peters · incremental +0.422015 · Ramik Wilson · incremental +0.492015 · D.J. Alexander · incremental +0.522015 · Travis Kelce · incremental +1.322015 · Aaron Murray · incremental -0.012015 · De'Anthony Thomas · incremental -0.112015 · Sanders Commings · incremental -0.142015 · Dee Ford · incremental -0.202015 · Phillip Gaines · incremental -0.362015 · Braden Wilson · incremental -0.362015 · James O'Shaughnessy · incremental -0.692015 · Steven Nelson · incremental -0.712015 · Da'Ron Brown · incremental -0.772015 · Rakeem Nunez-Roches · incremental -1.052015 · Chris Conley · incremental -1.682015 · Mitch Morse · incremental -2.302016 · Knile Davis · incremental +0.092016 · Laurent Duvernay-Tardif · incremental +0.242016 · Eric Fisher · incremental +0.312016 · D.J. Alexander · incremental +0.322016 · Chris Jones · incremental +0.822016 · Zach Fulton · incremental +0.942016 · Ramik Wilson · incremental +1.072016 · Marcus Peters · incremental +1.972016 · Tyreek Hill · incremental +4.062016 · Travis Kelce · incremental +4.102016 · Aaron Murray · incremental -0.012016 · Da'Ron Brown · incremental -0.112016 · De'Anthony Thomas · incremental -0.132016 · Sanders Commings · incremental -0.142016 · Nico Johnson · incremental -0.162016 · Braden Wilson · incremental -0.202016 · Steven Nelson · incremental -0.282016 · Phillip Gaines · incremental -0.402016 · Dadi Nicolas · incremental -0.602016 · D.J. White · incremental -0.642016 · Dee Ford · incremental -0.662016 · Demarcus Robinson · incremental -0.762016 · Mitch Morse · incremental -0.842016 · Rakeem Nunez-Roches · incremental -0.952016 · Kevin Hogan · incremental -1.002016 · Chris Conley · incremental -1.012016 · James O'Shaughnessy · incremental -1.252016 · Eric Murray · incremental -1.582016 · Parker Ehinger · incremental -1.742016 · KeiVarae Russell · incremental -2.762017 · Mike Catapano · incremental +0.132017 · Laurent Duvernay-Tardif · incremental +0.242017 · Eric Fisher · incremental +0.322017 · Marcus Peters · incremental +0.422017 · Kareem Hunt · incremental +0.482017 · Ramik Wilson · incremental +0.502017 · Chris Jones · incremental +0.892017 · Zach Fulton · incremental +1.012017 · Travis Kelce · incremental +2.132017 · Tyreek Hill · incremental +2.572017 · Aaron Murray · incremental -0.012017 · Dee Ford · incremental -0.062017 · Demarcus Robinson · incremental -0.092017 · Patrick Mahomes · incremental -0.092017 · Knile Davis · incremental -0.092017 · De'Anthony Thomas · incremental -0.102017 · Da'Ron Brown · incremental -0.112017 · Sanders Commings · incremental -0.152017 · Nico Johnson · incremental -0.152017 · Dadi Nicolas · incremental -0.152017 · Mitch Morse · incremental -0.192017 · Eric Kush · incremental -0.222017 · Steven Nelson · incremental -0.232017 · Chris Conley · incremental -0.302017 · Braden Wilson · incremental -0.332017 · Phillip Gaines · incremental -0.412017 · Parker Ehinger · incremental -0.652017 · Tanoh Kpassagnon · incremental -0.762017 · Rakeem Nunez-Roches · incremental -0.812017 · Leon McQuay · incremental -0.882017 · Ukeme Eligwe · incremental -0.932017 · Jehu Chesson · incremental -1.022017 · Eric Murray · incremental -1.592018 · Nick Chubb · incremental +0.002018 · Tanoh Kpassagnon · incremental +0.012018 · D.J. White · incremental +0.022018 · Laurent Duvernay-Tardif · incremental +0.192018 · Denzel Ward · incremental +0.232018 · Kareem Hunt · incremental +0.262018 · Eric Fisher · incremental +0.442018 · Chris Jones · incremental +1.182018 · Travis Kelce · incremental +4.332018 · Patrick Mahomes · incremental +4.422018 · Tyreek Hill · incremental +4.992018 · Aaron Murray · incremental -0.012018 · Kevin Hogan · incremental -0.062018 · Da'Ron Brown · incremental -0.102018 · Demarcus Robinson · incremental -0.112018 · Damion Ratley · incremental -0.132018 · Dadi Nicolas · incremental -0.132018 · De'Anthony Thomas · incremental -0.152018 · Leon McQuay · incremental -0.172018 · Parker Ehinger · incremental -0.262018 · Steven Nelson · incremental -0.282018 · Dee Ford · incremental -0.422018 · Chad Thomas · incremental -0.452018 · Antonio Callaway · incremental -0.472018 · Mitch Morse · incremental -0.532018 · Chris Conley · incremental -0.972018 · Simeon Thomas · incremental -1.202018 · Baker Mayfield · incremental -1.902018 · Genard Avery · incremental -2.082018 · Eric Murray · incremental -2.112018 · Austin Corbett · incremental -5.782019 · Eric Fisher · incremental +0.102019 · Laurent Duvernay-Tardif · incremental +0.272019 · Denzel Ward · incremental +0.482019 · Nick Chubb · incremental +1.632019 · Chris Jones · incremental +1.952019 · Tyreek Hill · incremental +2.022019 · Patrick Mahomes · incremental +2.062019 · Travis Kelce · incremental +2.372019 · Chad Thomas · incremental -0.012019 · Mack Wilson · incremental -0.062019 · Kevin Hogan · incremental -0.062019 · Da'Ron Brown · incremental -0.102019 · Damion Ratley · incremental -0.102019 · Greedy Williams · incremental -0.122019 · Dadi Nicolas · incremental -0.142019 · Ukeme Eligwe · incremental -0.152019 · De'Anthony Thomas · incremental -0.152019 · Jehu Chesson · incremental -0.162019 · Demarcus Robinson · incremental -0.162019 · Leon McQuay · incremental -0.172019 · Antonio Callaway · incremental -0.222019 · Baker Mayfield · incremental -0.262019 · KeiVarae Russell · incremental -0.352019 · Sione Takitaki · incremental -0.372019 · Sheldrick Redwine · incremental -0.412019 · Drew Forbes · incremental -0.772019 · Austin Seibert · incremental -0.832019 · Genard Avery · incremental -0.882019 · Tanoh Kpassagnon · incremental -1.032019 · Austin Corbett · incremental -1.112019 · Donnie Lewis Jr. · incremental -1.182020 · D.J. White · incremental +0.022020 · Laurent Duvernay-Tardif · incremental +0.152020 · Austin Seibert · incremental +0.302020 · Eric Fisher · incremental +0.442020 · Denzel Ward · incremental +0.482020 · Nick Chubb · incremental +1.292020 · Chris Jones · incremental +2.122020 · Patrick Mahomes · incremental +2.212020 · Travis Kelce · incremental +4.152020 · Tyreek Hill · incremental +4.732020 · Mack Wilson · incremental -0.042020 · Sione Takitaki · incremental -0.042020 · Kevin Hogan · incremental -0.052020 · Demarcus Robinson · incremental -0.132020 · Dadi Nicolas · incremental -0.132020 · Simeon Thomas · incremental -0.142020 · Ukeme Eligwe · incremental -0.152020 · Jehu Chesson · incremental -0.162020 · Donnie Lewis Jr. · incremental -0.172020 · Leon McQuay · incremental -0.192020 · Drew Forbes · incremental -0.192020 · Parker Ehinger · incremental -0.252020 · Baker Mayfield · incremental -0.282020 · Chad Thomas · incremental -0.322020 · Sheldrick Redwine · incremental -0.352020 · Greedy Williams · incremental -0.512020 · Tanoh Kpassagnon · incremental -1.202021 · Sione Takitaki · incremental +0.002021 · Greedy Williams · incremental +0.082021 · Marcus Peters · incremental +0.122021 · Nick Chubb · incremental +1.412021 · Denzel Ward · incremental +1.412021 · Chris Jones · incremental +2.002021 · Travis Kelce · incremental +2.262021 · Patrick Mahomes · incremental +2.352021 · Tyreek Hill · incremental +2.602021 · Mack Wilson · incremental -0.042021 · Damion Ratley · incremental -0.052021 · Demarcus Robinson · incremental -0.062021 · Ukeme Eligwe · incremental -0.142021 · Simeon Thomas · incremental -0.142021 · Jehu Chesson · incremental -0.142021 · Antonio Callaway · incremental -0.152021 · Leon McQuay · incremental -0.162021 · Donnie Lewis Jr. · incremental -0.172021 · Drew Forbes · incremental -0.182021 · Baker Mayfield · incremental -0.232021 · Chad Thomas · incremental -0.312022 · Denzel Ward · incremental +0.512022 · Nick Chubb · incremental +1.602022 · Travis Kelce · incremental +4.192022 · Patrick Mahomes · incremental +4.442022 · Chris Jones · incremental +4.452022 · Sione Takitaki · incremental -0.052022 · Damion Ratley · incremental -0.052022 · Simeon Thomas · incremental -0.142022 · Antonio Callaway · incremental -0.152022 · Donnie Lewis Jr. · incremental -0.172022 · Sheldrick Redwine · incremental -0.262022 · Chad Thomas · incremental -0.332022 · Greedy Williams · incremental -0.402022 · Drew Forbes · incremental -0.772023 · Nick Chubb · incremental +0.002023 · Denzel Ward · incremental +1.272023 · Travis Kelce · incremental +2.002023 · Patrick Mahomes · incremental +2.202023 · Chris Jones · incremental +4.352023 · Sione Takitaki · incremental -0.042023 · Drew Forbes · incremental -0.182023 · Donnie Lewis Jr. · incremental -0.192023 · Greedy Williams · incremental -0.562024 · Nick Chubb · incremental +0.142024 · Kareem Hunt · incremental +0.162024 · Patrick Mahomes · incremental +1.272024 · Denzel Ward · incremental +1.372024 · Travis Kelce · incremental +2.162024 · Chris Jones · incremental +4.312025 · Kareem Hunt · incremental +0.172025 · Patrick Mahomes · incremental +1.142025 · Denzel Ward · incremental +1.392025 · Travis Kelce · incremental +2.182025 · Chris Jones · incremental +2.19Kelce +4.1White -0.6White +0.0Kelce +4.3Mahomes +4.4Hill +5.0Corbett -5.8White +0.0Kelce +4.1Hill +4.7Kelce +4.2Mahomes +4.4Jones +4.5Jones +4.4Jones +4.320138 players201413 players201520 players201630 players201733 players201831 players201931 players202027 players202121 players202214 players20239 players20246 players20255 players
Above expectationBelow expectationD.J. WhiteGM total +23.4D.J. White by season -0.6

How much retained production did D.J. White return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: CBs drafted within ±5 picks of D.J. White since 2010 (13 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.

-0.50Model value above slot177. StrongDorian Strong · model value +0.2178. KoneBilhal Kone · model value +0.1182. TomlinsonTre'Vius Tomlinson · model value 0176. StiggersQwan'tez Stiggers · model value 0174. BurkeDenzel Burke · model value 0181. JohnsonJaquan Johnson · model value -0.1181. HayesJosh Hayes · model value -0.1178. WhiteD.J. White · model value -0.1-0.1182. MitchelTevin Mitchel · model value -0.1182. CampbellChristian Campbell · model value -0.2175. PinnockJason Pinnock · model value -0.2180. BallentineCorey Ballentine · model value -0.6179. NickersonParry Nickerson · model value -0.7183. WilliamsAvery Williams · model value -0.7
D.J. WhiteSlot-similar peers (13)

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.

'16'18'200246801Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2016KC117264-0.613.8
2017IND2160-1.200.0
2018KC000-1.30
2019ATL1011-1.300.0
2020KC000-1.20

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