Aaron Kampman ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Kampman in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Kampman a career score of 80, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Aaron Kampman

2× Pro BowlTop 6% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker👑 #1 Edge Rusher · 2006 Team Carrier · #468

Height6'4"

Weight260 lb

BornNov 30, 1979

Age46

CollegeIowa See College Stats

Rookie yr2002

Draft2002 · Rd 5, Pick 156 · GB

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 10% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 182 · #450 · Elite

Worth 182 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 11% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.8

Avg surplus

peak +48

8 seasons × ~22.8 surplus ≈ VORP 182

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2002	—	GB	9	—	16	4	12	2	1	0.5	3.5	0	2	0	—	0	0
2003	—	GB	10	—	26	15	11	0	0	2.0	2.0	0	1	3	1	0	0
2004	—	GB	15	—	52	33	19	0	0	4.0	4.0	0	3	1	1	0	0
2005	—	GB	16	—	70	48	22	0	0	5.5	5.5	0	2	2	—	0	0
2006	—	GB	16	—	72	43	29	0	29	15.0	44.0	0	0	3	1	0	0
2007	—	GB	15	—	53	39	14	0	23	11.0	34.0	0	0	1	1	0	0
2008	—	GB	16	—	49	33	16	9	27	8.5	44.5	0	1	0	—	0	0
2009	—	GB	9	—	33	22	11	5	16	4.0	25.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2010	—	JAX	8	—	23	14	9	5	17	4.0	26.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
Career		—	114	—	394	251	143	21	113	54.5	188.5	0	11	11	4	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2002	23	GB	9	—	16	4	12	2	1	0.5	3.5	2	0	—	3.7
2003	24	GB	10	—	26	15	11	0	0	2.0	2.0	1	3	1	7.2
2004	25	GB	15	—	52	33	19	0	0	4.0	4.0	3	1	1	10.4
2005	26	GB	16	—	70	48	22	0	0	5.5	5.5	2	2	—	12.9
2006	27	GB	16	—	72	43	29	0	29	15.0	44.0	0	3	1	22.4
2007	28	GB	15	—	53	39	14	0	23	11.0	34.0	0	1	1	18.4
2008	29	GB	16	—	49	33	16	9	27	8.5	44.5	1	0	—	18.2
2009	30	GB	9	—	33	22	11	5	16	4.0	25.0	0	1	—	10.5
2010	31	JAX	8	—	23	14	9	5	17	4.0	26.0	2	0	—	9.1
Career			114		394	251	143	21	113	—	—	11	11	4	112.8

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 80 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 80 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 79.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 80· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 73

On-field 56.1

Availability 16.9

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2002bestavg 70elite 702010

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #468 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2008 GB·6 team wins#14

Sacks · 9 · score 12

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 28% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

28% of the all-time Sacks leader28

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 93%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl22Solo13Ast9TFL1QBHits4Sk3.0Dis8.0FR1

College Stats

IowaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Iowa), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2002 Draft Class· this player went #156

#147Kenyon ColemanDE #148Kevin McCadamDB #149Jason McAddleyWR #150Mel MitchellDB #152Nick GreisenLB #153Ramon WalkerDB #154Jonathan GoodwinC #155Terry JonesTE #157Jermaine PhillipsFS #158Kurt KittnerQB #159Andre LottDB #160Robert RoyalTE #161Omare LoweDB #164Craig NallQB #165Bryan KnightLB #166Verron HaynesFB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Aaron inherited the Green Bay Packers DL room from Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (2000–2008), and handed it to Grady Jackson (2003–2005).

Lester Archambeau 1991–1992John Jurkovic 1992–1995Reggie White 1993–1998Gilbert Brown 1993–2003Gabe Wilkins 1994–1997Santana Dotson

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2010team change
Joined JAX (from GB)
2010final season
Last recorded season with JAX
2002draft
Drafted by GB — Round 5, Pick 156

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 260 lb

Frame

Injury History

9 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2011	JAX	5	W1Questionable· KneeW2Out· KneeW3Out· KneeW4Out· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW10Out· HamstringW11Doubtful· HamstringW12Questionable· HamstringW13Doubtful· HamstringW14Out· Hamstring
2010	JAX	1	W10Out· Knee
2009	GB	3	W10Out· ConcussionW12Out· KneeW13Out· Knee

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 9-season peers. See all →

peak 90

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C2002

C+2003

B2004

B2005

A+2006

A+2007

A2008

B2009

B2010

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

79%

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2002	0.5	0.1	1+0.5	0
2003	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2004	4	0.3	4	0.3
2005	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2006	15	0.9	16+1	0.9
2007	11	0.7	13+2	0.8
2008	8.5	0.5	9+0.5	0.5
2009	4	0.4	8+4	0.5
2010	4	0.5	9+5	0.5

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

182 career value over replacement — #450 all-time of 4,642. 20.2/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #156 (Rd 5) · GB · 2002 · +47 vs expected KV-H

80actual

33 expected · Δ+47

💔+38.2 stolen VORP·1.89 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2002 Draft Class· this player went #156

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator