← 2009 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R3 · #82 OVERALL · WR

Derrick Williams

Drafted by DET · GM Martin Mayhew · Penn St.

All NFL teams

Full-career context

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

Games played18
Games started1
Weighted career AV0
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons2

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2009 · Round 3 · #82

DET draft credit

GM Martin Mayhew

Team games18
Team starts1
On-team AV0
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Bad-0.57 contribution39th of 53 picks for this GM

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

A Bad pick

Derrick Williams was Martin Mayhew's 39th-best of 53 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.57. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Martin Mayhew'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
18
on drafting team
Games started
1
on drafting team
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
0
modeled; full weighted AV 0
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 Martin Mayhew's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Martin Mayhew pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Derrick Williams totals -0.57. 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

-5-4-3-2-10+1+276. Levy#76 · DeAndre Levy · aggregate +2.18Levy +2.2132. Taylor#132 · Devin Taylor · aggregate +1.132. Suh#2 · Ndamukong Suh · aggregate +1.0133. Delmas#33 · Louis Delmas · aggregate +1.00213. Young#213 · Willie Young · aggregate +0.9836. Slay#36 · Darius Slay · aggregate +0.9276. Swanson#76 · Travis Swanson · aggregate +0.91240. Robinson#240 · Corey Robinson · aggregate +0.83199. Riddick#199 · Theo Riddick · aggregate +0.7365. Warford#65 · Larry Warford · aggregate +0.61133. Lawson#133 · Nevin Lawson · aggregate +0.54196. Green#196 · Jonte Green · aggregate +0.52223. Lewis#223 · Travis Lewis · aggregate +0.36138. Whitehead#138 · Tahir Whitehead · aggregate +0.3466. Spievey#66 · Amari Spievey · aggregate +0.33115. Hill#115 · Sammie Lee Hill · aggregate +0.18189. Jones#189 · T.J. Jones · aggregate +0.12192. Brown#192 · Aaron Brown · aggregate +0.10255. Gronkowski#255 · Dan Gronkowski · aggregate +0.075. Ansah#5 · Ezekiel Ansah · aggregate +0.02235. Follett#235 · Zack Follett · aggregate +0.00148. Greenwood#148 · Chris Greenwood · aggregate -0.0520. Pettigrew#20 · Brandon Pettigrew · aggregate -0.1113. Fairley#13 · Nick Fairley · aggregate -0.13229. Freese#229 · Nate Freese · aggregate -0.14255. Toone#255 · Tim Toone · aggregate -0.15211. Williams#211 · Michael Williams · aggregate -0.18171. Fuller#171 · Corey Fuller · aggregate -0.23157. Hogue#157 · Doug Hogue · aggregate -0.3644. Young#44 · Titus Young · aggregate -0.37158. Reid#158 · Caraun Reid · aggregate -0.37228. Murtha#228 · Lydon Murtha · aggregate -0.3857. Leshoure#57 · Mikel Leshoure · aggregate -0.39113. Wright#113 · Gabe Wright · aggregate -0.4330. Best#30 · Jahvid Best · aggregate -0.47128. Fox#128 · Jason Fox · aggregate -0.48209. Culbreath#209 · Johnny Culbreath · aggregate -0.49245. Hepburn#245 · Brandon Hepburn · aggregate -0.5082. Williams#82 · Derrick Williams · aggregate -0.57Williams -0.685. Bentley#85 · Bill Bentley · aggregate -0.6154. Broyles#54 · Ryan Broyles · aggregate -0.63136. Webster#136 · Larry Webster · aggregate -0.65125. Lewis#125 · Ronnell Lewis · aggregate -0.66200. Diggs#200 · Quandre Diggs · aggregate -0.8680. Carter#80 · Alex Carter · aggregate -1.1110. Ebron#10 · Eric Ebron · aggregate -1.33165. Martin#165 · Sam Martin · aggregate -1.77168. Burton#168 · Michael Burton · aggregate -2.12Burton -2.123. Reiff#23 · Riley Reiff · aggregate -3.28Reiff -3.354. Abdullah#54 · Ameer Abdullah · aggregate -3.60Abdullah -3.628. Tomlinson#28 · Laken Tomlinson · aggregate -3.98Tomlinson -4.01. Stafford#1 · Matthew Stafford · aggregate -4.70Stafford -4.740. Noy#40 · Kyle Van Noy · aggregate -5.25Noy -5.3

Incremental contribution by season

-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-20+2+4+62009 · Sammie Lee Hill · incremental +0.002009 · Aaron Brown · incremental +0.122009 · Louis Delmas · incremental +1.192009 · DeAndre Levy · incremental +2.022009 · Zack Follett · incremental -0.012009 · Dan Gronkowski · incremental -0.092009 · Derrick Williams · incremental -0.472009 · Lydon Murtha · incremental -0.662009 · Brandon Pettigrew · incremental -1.422009 · Matthew Stafford · incremental -11.712010 · Aaron Brown · incremental +0.042010 · Matthew Stafford · incremental +0.052010 · Sammie Lee Hill · incremental +0.122010 · Amari Spievey · incremental +0.132010 · Jason Fox · incremental +0.382010 · Louis Delmas · incremental +0.402010 · Brandon Pettigrew · incremental +0.412010 · DeAndre Levy · incremental +0.442010 · Ndamukong Suh · incremental +1.252010 · Willie Young · incremental +2.372010 · Zack Follett · incremental -0.012010 · Tim Toone · incremental -0.292010 · Derrick Williams · incremental -0.392010 · Jahvid Best · incremental -0.632011 · Aaron Brown · incremental +0.012011 · Willie Young · incremental +0.052011 · Sammie Lee Hill · incremental +0.122011 · Nick Fairley · incremental +0.312011 · Amari Spievey · incremental +0.312011 · Louis Delmas · incremental +0.322011 · Matthew Stafford · incremental +0.322011 · Brandon Pettigrew · incremental +0.422011 · DeAndre Levy · incremental +0.622011 · Jahvid Best · incremental -0.232011 · Ndamukong Suh · incremental -0.312011 · Titus Young · incremental -0.392011 · Doug Hogue · incremental -0.522011 · Johnny Culbreath · incremental -0.842012 · Amari Spievey · incremental +0.052012 · Willie Young · incremental +0.052012 · Sammie Lee Hill · incremental +0.112012 · Louis Delmas · incremental +0.222012 · Matthew Stafford · incremental +0.282012 · Brandon Pettigrew · incremental +0.312012 · Tahir Whitehead · incremental +0.452012 · DeAndre Levy · incremental +0.502012 · Travis Lewis · incremental +0.752012 · Jonte Green · incremental +1.172012 · Jason Fox · incremental -0.032012 · Doug Hogue · incremental -0.042012 · Chris Greenwood · incremental -0.132012 · Nick Fairley · incremental -0.182012 · Titus Young · incremental -0.192012 · Mikel Leshoure · incremental -0.612012 · Ryan Broyles · incremental -0.722012 · Bill Bentley · incremental -0.972012 · Ronnell Lewis · incremental -1.102012 · Ndamukong Suh · incremental -1.242012 · Riley Reiff · incremental -5.462013 · Darius Slay · incremental +0.022013 · Jonte Green · incremental +0.112013 · Travis Lewis · incremental +0.152013 · Tahir Whitehead · incremental +0.162013 · Chris Greenwood · incremental +0.222013 · Matthew Stafford · incremental +0.282013 · Brandon Pettigrew · incremental +0.342013 · Louis Delmas · incremental +0.442013 · Larry Warford · incremental +0.442013 · DeAndre Levy · incremental +0.682013 · Ndamukong Suh · incremental +0.742013 · Theo Riddick · incremental -0.022013 · Corey Fuller · incremental -0.052013 · Mikel Leshoure · incremental -0.072013 · Willie Young · incremental -0.142013 · Devin Taylor · incremental -0.202013 · Nick Fairley · incremental -0.342013 · Bill Bentley · incremental -0.362013 · Ryan Broyles · incremental -0.382013 · Riley Reiff · incremental -0.422013 · Michael Williams · incremental -0.602013 · Ezekiel Ansah · incremental -0.832013 · Brandon Hepburn · incremental -0.842013 · Jason Fox · incremental -1.092013 · Sam Martin · incremental -1.872014 · Travis Swanson · incremental +0.022014 · Travis Lewis · incremental +0.022014 · T.J. Jones · incremental +0.032014 · Darius Slay · incremental +0.132014 · Theo Riddick · incremental +0.162014 · Ezekiel Ansah · incremental +0.172014 · Tahir Whitehead · incremental +0.172014 · Brandon Pettigrew · incremental +0.272014 · Matthew Stafford · incremental +0.282014 · Larry Warford · incremental +0.372014 · Ndamukong Suh · incremental +0.742014 · DeAndre Levy · incremental +0.812014 · Bill Bentley · incremental -0.012014 · Ryan Broyles · incremental -0.072014 · Michael Williams · incremental -0.082014 · Brandon Hepburn · incremental -0.102014 · Nate Freese · incremental -0.112014 · Nick Fairley · incremental -0.172014 · Corey Fuller · incremental -0.212014 · Riley Reiff · incremental -0.362014 · Caraun Reid · incremental -0.472014 · Sam Martin · incremental -0.472014 · Nevin Lawson · incremental -0.482014 · Devin Taylor · incremental -0.582014 · Larry Webster · incremental -1.182014 · Eric Ebron · incremental -1.612014 · Kyle Van Noy · incremental -6.192015 · DeAndre Levy · incremental +0.012015 · Corey Robinson · incremental +0.082015 · Darius Slay · incremental +0.132015 · T.J. Jones · incremental +0.132015 · Brandon Pettigrew · incremental +0.152015 · Ezekiel Ansah · incremental +0.152015 · Tahir Whitehead · incremental +0.162015 · Travis Lewis · incremental +0.202015 · Matthew Stafford · incremental +0.282015 · Nevin Lawson · incremental +0.332015 · Larry Warford · incremental +0.372015 · Theo Riddick · incremental +0.882015 · Travis Swanson · incremental +1.092015 · Devin Taylor · incremental +1.602015 · Bill Bentley · incremental -0.022015 · Brandon Hepburn · incremental -0.112015 · Corey Fuller · incremental -0.132015 · Larry Webster · incremental -0.142015 · Nate Freese · incremental -0.202015 · Sam Martin · incremental -0.372015 · Riley Reiff · incremental -0.422015 · Eric Ebron · incremental -0.462015 · Caraun Reid · incremental -0.502015 · Quandre Diggs · incremental -0.722015 · Gabe Wright · incremental -0.982015 · Alex Carter · incremental -1.112015 · Michael Burton · incremental -1.642015 · Ameer Abdullah · incremental -3.082015 · Kyle Van Noy · incremental -3.242015 · Laken Tomlinson · incremental -6.862016 · Darius Slay · incremental +0.072016 · T.J. Jones · incremental +0.102016 · DeAndre Levy · incremental +0.122016 · Tahir Whitehead · incremental +0.162016 · Ezekiel Ansah · incremental +0.172016 · Matthew Stafford · incremental +0.302016 · Theo Riddick · incremental +0.482016 · Larry Warford · incremental +0.582016 · Corey Robinson · incremental +0.682016 · Nevin Lawson · incremental +0.732016 · Travis Swanson · incremental +0.772016 · Devin Taylor · incremental +2.192016 · Corey Fuller · incremental -0.022016 · Michael Williams · incremental -0.082016 · Brandon Hepburn · incremental -0.102016 · Quandre Diggs · incremental -0.212016 · Nate Freese · incremental -0.242016 · Riley Reiff · incremental -0.372016 · Sam Martin · incremental -0.472016 · Eric Ebron · incremental -0.602016 · Alex Carter · incremental -1.022016 · Ameer Abdullah · incremental -2.352016 · Laken Tomlinson · incremental -2.442016 · Kyle Van Noy · incremental -2.942016 · Michael Burton · incremental -3.342017 · T.J. Jones · incremental +0.092017 · Ezekiel Ansah · incremental +0.162017 · Tahir Whitehead · incremental +0.182017 · Matthew Stafford · incremental +0.312017 · Nevin Lawson · incremental +0.392017 · Travis Swanson · incremental +0.582017 · Theo Riddick · incremental +0.612017 · Darius Slay · incremental +0.782017 · Corey Robinson · incremental +0.932017 · Corey Fuller · incremental -0.022017 · Michael Williams · incremental -0.082017 · Brandon Hepburn · incremental -0.102017 · Caraun Reid · incremental -0.142017 · Larry Webster · incremental -0.152017 · Nate Freese · incremental -0.192017 · Sam Martin · incremental -0.242017 · Alex Carter · incremental -0.252017 · Quandre Diggs · incremental -0.312017 · Eric Ebron · incremental -0.452017 · Ameer Abdullah · incremental -0.892018 · T.J. Jones · incremental +0.062018 · Ezekiel Ansah · incremental +0.242018 · Matthew Stafford · incremental +0.252018 · Darius Slay · incremental +0.452018 · Theo Riddick · incremental +0.472018 · Nevin Lawson · incremental +0.692018 · Larry Webster · incremental -0.132018 · Nate Freese · incremental -0.182018 · Sam Martin · incremental -0.322018 · Quandre Diggs · incremental -0.412018 · Ameer Abdullah · incremental -2.172019 · Corey Robinson · incremental +0.092019 · Gabe Wright · incremental +0.092019 · Matthew Stafford · incremental +0.162019 · Darius Slay · incremental +0.442019 · Quandre Diggs · incremental -0.142019 · Alex Carter · incremental -0.252019 · Sam Martin · incremental -0.292019 · Theo Riddick · incremental -0.522020 · Matthew Stafford · incremental +0.28Williams -0.5Stafford -11.7Young +2.4Williams -0.4Reiff -5.5Noy -6.2Abdullah -3.1Noy -3.2Tomlinson -6.9Taylor +2.2Abdullah -2.3Tomlinson -2.4Noy -2.9Burton -3.3200910 players201014 players201114 players201221 players201325 players201427 players201530 players201625 players201720 players201811 players20198 players20201 player
Above expectationBelow expectationDerrick WilliamsGM total -23.5Derrick Williams by season -0.9

How much retained production did Derrick Williams return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: WRs drafted within ±5 picks of Derrick Williams since 2010 (30 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 slot84. GodwinChris Godwin · model value +1.187. DeckerEric Decker · model value +1.179. DownsJosh Downs · model value +0.881. GallupMichael Gallup · model value +0.577. PalmerJosh Palmer · model value +0.387. CoatesSammie Coates · model value +0.277. WilliamsDamian Williams · model value +0.278. PettisAustin Pettis · model value +0.179. HankersonLeonard Hankerson · model value +0.179. WheatonMarkus Wheaton · model value +0.178. LaFellBrandon LaFell · model value -0.179. NoelJaylin Noel · model value -0.180. BurtonJermaine Burton · model value -0.184. ShipleyJordan Shipley · model value -0.187. WilliamsSavion Williams · model value -0.184. WilsonRoman Wilson · model value -0.183. JerniganJerrel Jernigan · model value -0.182. BrownVincent Brown · model value -0.286. HuffJosh Huff · model value -0.281. EdwardsBryan Edwards · model value -0.382. WilliamsDerrick Williams · model value -0.3-0.379. StewartArDarius Stewart · model value -0.483. SanuMohamed Sanu · model value -0.482. HendersonCarlos Henderson · model value -0.486. CarrooLeonte Carroo · model value -0.482. SandersEmmanuel Sanders · model value -0.580. Jr.Lynn Bowden Jr. · model value -0.582. BrownDyami Brown · model value -0.685. RodgersAmari Rodgers · model value -0.685. MillerBraxton Miller · model value -0.778. GoodwinMarquise Goodwin · model value -1.2
Derrick WilliamsSlot-similar peers (30)

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.

'10'12'130011101Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2009DET1100
2010DET710
2011000
2012000
20130000

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