Aaron Lynch is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Lynch in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Lynch's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Aaron Lynch

Top 24% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2015

Height6'5"

Weight285 lb

BornFeb 8, 1993

Age33

CollegeUniversity of South Florida; Notre Dame See College Stats

ConferenceAmerican Athletic

Rookie yr2014

Draft2014 · Rd 5, Pick 150 · SF

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 71 · #1597 · Above Average

Worth 71 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 35% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+17.8

Avg surplus

peak +27

4 seasons × ~17.8 surplus ≈ VORP 71

Combined Season Grid

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

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2014	—	SF	14	—	22	16	6	9	14	6.0	29.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	515	48.1%	125	28.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	SF	13	—	35	27	8	13	21	6.5	40.5	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	793	79.4%	62	15.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	SF	6	—	11	10	1	4	5	1.5	10.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	222	44.7%	25	19.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	SF	5	—	9	5	4	2	5	1.0	8.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	157	30.7%	1	3.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CHI	10	—	14	11	3	4	8	3.0	15.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	353	40.1%	13	6.9%	4	3	0.8	106.2	6.0	10	4	3	9	2	0.1
2019	—	CHI	13	—	6	4	2	3	9	2.0	14.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	244	22.9%	13	8.7%	1	0	0.0	39.6	-7.0	10	2	6	0	0	0.0
2020	—	JAX	5	—	5	4	1	1	3	1.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	152	26.0%	40	24.3%	0	0	—	—	—	4	0	3	11	3	0.3
Career		—	66	—	102	77	25	36	65	21.0	122.0	1	11	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	2,436	41.7%	279	15.3%	5	3	—	—	—	24	6	12	20	5	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FR	VAL
2014	21	SF	14	0*	22	16	6	9	14	6.0	29.0	0	4	—	9.1
2015	22	SF	13	11*	35	27	8	13	21	6.5	40.5	0	3	—	9.9
2016	23	SF	6	0*	11	10	1	4	5	1.5	10.5	0	0	—	3.3
2017	24	SF	5	0*	9	5	4	2	5	1.0	8.0	0	0	1	2.6
2018	25	CHI	10	0*	14	11	3	4	8	3.0	15.0	1	1	—	6.4
2019	26	CHI	13	0*	6	4	2	3	9	2.0	14.0	0	2	—	5.6
2020	27	JAX	5	0*	5	4	1	1	3	1.0	5.0	0	1	—	2.4
Career			66	11*	102	77	25	36	65	—	—	1	11	1	39.3

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2014	21	SF	16	0*	—	0.0%	515	48.1%	125	28.8%
2015	22	SF	14	11*	—	0.0%	793	79.4%	62	15.8%
2016	23	SF	7	0*	—	0.0%	222	44.7%	25	19.5%
2017	24	SF	7	0*	—	0.0%	157	30.7%	1	3.0%
2018	25	CHI	13	0*	—	0.0%	353	40.1%	13	6.9%
2019	26	CHI	16	0*	—	0.0%	244	22.9%	13	8.7%
2020	27	JAX	8	0*	—	0.0%	152	26.0%	40	24.3%
Career			81	11*	—	—	2,436	—	279	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	25	CHI	13	0*	4	3	0.8	106.2	6.0	10	4	3	9	2	0.1
2019	26	CHI	16	0*	1	0	0.0	39.6	-7.0	10	2	6	0	0	0.0
2020	27	JAX	8	0*	0	0	—	—	—	4	0	3	11	3	0.3
Career			37		5	3	—	—	—	24	6	12	20	5	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 61 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 61 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 86%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 43.9

Availability 13.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2014bestavg 51elite 702020

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Sacks leader11

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.501See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.501Snap share41.7%Def snaps2,436ConsistentCV 0.16

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

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

Combine · 2014

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

EDGE · 2014 class

4.76s

40-Yard

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 38thClass Pos 59thClass All 43th

18 reps

Bench

Low · 8th pct

Pos 8thAll 33thClass Pos 11thClass All 35th

College Stats

University of South Florida; Notre DameCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (University of South Florida; Notre Dame), 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.

2014 Draft Class· this player went #150

#141Taylor HartDE #142Ryan GrantWR #144Telvin SmithOLB #145David YankeyG #146Devin StreetWR #147Ricardo AllenFS #148Bene' BenwikereCB #149Kevin PamphileG #151Avery WilliamsonILB #152Nat BerheDB #153Cyril RichardsonG #154Jeremiah GeorgeLB #156Lamin BarrowLB #158Caraun ReidDT #160Ed StinsonDE #161Corey LinsleyC

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Aaron inherited the San Francisco 49ers LB room from Michael Wilhoite (2012–2016), and handed it to Gerald Hodges (2015–2016).

Bill Romanowski 1988–1993Kevin Mitchell 1994–1997Lee Woodall 1994–1999Tony Peterson 1994–1999Ken Norton 1994–2000Jeff Posey

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2020team change
Joined JAX (from CHI)
2020final season
Last recorded season with JAX
2018team change
Joined CHI (from SF)
2014draft
Drafted by SF — Round 5, Pick 150

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 285 lb

Frame

249 lb at 4.76s

Size-speed

18 reps

Bench power

Injury History

8 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	CHI	1	W12Out· ConcussionW16Doubtful· ElbowW17Doubtful· ElbowW18Doubtful· Elbow
2017	SF	4	W1Questionable· BackW7Out· CalfW8Out· CalfW9Out· CalfW10Out· Calf
2016	SF	3	W9Out· AnkleW10Out· AnkleW11Out· AnkleW12Questionable· AnkleW13Questionable· AnkleW14Questionable· Ankle
2015	SF	0	W14Questionable· ConcussionW15Questionable· Concussion

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

B+2014

B+2015

D2016

F2017

C+2018

C+2019

D2020

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

72%

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
2014	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2015	6.5	0.5	8+1.5	0.5
2016	1.5	0.3	4+2.5	0.3
2017	1	0.2	3+2	0.2
2018	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2019	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2020	1	0.2	4+3	0.2

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

Career Value · VORP

71 career value over replacement — #1597 all-time of 4,642. 10.1/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #150 (Rd 5) · SF · 2014 · +28 vs expected KV-H

61actual

33 expected · Δ+28

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2014

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2014 Draft Class· this player went #150

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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