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

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Adrian Clayborn

Top 11% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker

Height6'3"

Weight280 lb

BornJul 6, 1988

Age38

CollegeIowa See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 1, Pick 20 · TB

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 130 · #776 · High-Value

Worth 130 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 18% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.3 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

+16.3

Avg surplus

peak +32

8 seasons × ~16.3 surplus ≈ VORP 130

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%
2011	—	TB	15	—	39	26	13	7	16	7.5	30.5	0	0	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	TB	2	—	2	1	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	TB	16	—	54	33	21	18	14	5.5	37.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	933	88.3%	84	19.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	TB	1	—	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	50	74.0%	4	16.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	ATL	15	—	14	13	1	4	15	3.0	22.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	521	50.6%	73	18.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	ATL	10	—	19	16	3	8	15	4.5	27.5	0	0	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	583	62.3%	2	3.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	ATL	15	—	21	17	4	6	17	9.5	32.5	0	0	2	2	1	0	—	0.0%	554	52.3%	9	5.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NE	11	—	11	9	2	3	13	2.5	18.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	318	34.0%	—	0.0%	0	0	—	—	—	20	8	8	1	3	0.2
2019	—	ATL	13	—	17	11	6	4	7	4.0	15.0	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	439	44.5%	—	0.0%	1	1	1.0	118.7	4.0	12	5	3	0	0	0.0
2020	—	CLE	8	—	12	6	6	3	7	3.5	13.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	404	41.1%	14	8.1%	0	0	—	—	—	15	7	4	0	0	0.0
Career		—	106	—	190	133	57	55	104	40.0	199.0	0	2	11	4	2	0	—	0.0%	3,802	55.9%	186	11.7%	1	1	—	—	—	47	20	15	1	3	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2011	23	TB	15	—	39	26	13	7	16	7.5	30.5	0	3	—	0	16.2
2012	24	TB	2	—	2	1	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	0	—
2013	25	TB	16	14*	54	33	21	18	14	5.5	37.5	1	2	—	0	16.7
2014	26	TB	1	—	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	0	—
2015	27	ATL	15	8*	14	13	1	4	15	3.0	22.0	0	0	1	0	9.2
2016	28	ATL	10	8*	19	16	3	8	15	4.5	27.5	0	0	1	1	10.9
2017	29	ATL	15	8*	21	17	4	6	17	9.5	32.5	0	2	2	1	17
2018	30	NE	11	0*	11	9	2	3	13	2.5	18.5	0	1	—	0	8
2019	31	ATL	13	0*	17	11	6	4	7	4.0	15.0	0	2	—	0	9.2
2020	32	CLE	8	0*	12	6	6	3	7	3.5	13.5	1	1	—	0	7.3
Career			106	38*	190	133	57	55	104	—	—	2	11	4	2	94.5

* 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%
2013	25	TB	16	14*	—	0.0%	933	88.3%	84	19.0%
2014	26	TB	1	—	—	0.0%	50	74.0%	4	16.0%
2015	27	ATL	16	8*	—	0.0%	521	50.6%	73	18.6%
2016	28	ATL	13	8*	—	0.0%	583	62.3%	2	3.0%
2017	29	ATL	16	8*	—	0.0%	554	52.3%	9	5.3%
2018	30	NE	14	0*	—	0.0%	318	34.0%	—	0.0%
2019	31	ATL	15	0*	—	0.0%	439	44.5%	—	0.0%
2020	32	CLE	15	0*	—	0.0%	404	41.1%	14	8.1%
Career			106	38*	—	—	3,802	—	186	—

* 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	30	NE	14	0*	0	0	—	—	—	20	8	8	1	3	0.2
2019	31	ATL	15	0*	1	1	1.0	118.7	4.0	12	5	3	0	0	0.0
2020	32	CLE	15	0*	0	0	—	—	—	15	7	4	0	0	0.0
Career			44		1	1	—	—	—	47	20	15	1	3	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 71 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 71 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 71.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 71· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 68

On-field 51.2

Availability 16.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 67elite 702020

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 20% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

20% of the all-time Sacks leader20

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.669See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.669Snap share55.9%Def snaps3,802ConsistentCV 0.20

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 edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2011

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

EDGE · 2011 class

4.78s

40-Yard

Below avg · 47th pct

Pos 47thAll 36thClass Pos 48thClass All 37th

33"

Vertical

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 44thClass Pos 57thClass All 47th

113"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 34th pct

Pos 34thAll 35thClass Pos 31thClass All 40th

7.30s

3-Cone

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 37thClass Pos 29thClass All 26th

4.13s

Shuttle

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 84thClass Pos 87thClass All 78th

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl5Solo4Ast1TFL4QBHits8Sk1.0Dis13.0

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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #20

#12Christian PonderQB #13Nick FairleyDT #14Robert QuinnDE #15Mike PounceyC #16Ryan KerriganDE #17Nate SolderOT #18Corey LiugetDT #19Prince AmukamaraCB #21Phillip TaylorDT #22Anthony CastonzoOT #23Danny WatkinsG #24Cameron JordanDE #25James CarpenterG #26Jon BaldwinWR #28Mark IngramRB #29Gabe CarimiOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Adrian inherited the Atlanta Falcons DL room from Ra'Shede Hageman (2014–2016), and handed it to Vic Beasley (2015–2019).

Aundray Bruce 1988–1991Chuck Smith 1992–1999Lester Archambeau 1993–1999Chris Doleman 1994–1995John Burrough 1995–1998Travis Hall

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2020team change
Joined CLE (from ATL)
2020final season
Last recorded season with CLE
2019team change
Joined ATL (from NE)
2018team change
Joined NE (from ATL)
2015team change
Joined ATL (from TB)
2011draft
Drafted by TB — Round 1, Pick 20

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 280 lb

Frame

281 lb at 4.78s

Size-speed

33" vert / 113" broad

Explosion

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	CLE	1	W3Questionable· HipW4Out· HipW5Questionable· Hip
2019	ATL	1	W17Out· Knee
2016	ATL	3	W13Out· KneeW14Out· KneeW15Out· Knee
2014	TB	1	W2Out· Elbow

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 76

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

B+2011

B2013

C+2015

B2016

A2017

C+2018

B2019

B2020

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

77%

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
2011	7.5	0.5	9+1.5	0.5
2013	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2015	3	0.2	3	0.2
2016	4.5	0.5	8+3.5	0.4
2017	9.5	0.6	10+0.5	0.6
2018	2.5	0.2	4+1.5	0.2
2019	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2020	3.5	0.4	8+4.5	0.4

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

130 career value over replacement — #776 all-time of 4,642. 16.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #20 (Rd 1) · TB · 2011 · +14.5 vs expected KV-H

71actual

56.5 expected · Δ+14.5

💔+37.5 stolen VORP·2.3 szns lost

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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 · 2011

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2011 Draft Class· this player went #20

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography