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Akeem Spence

Top 42% all-time pass rushersSolid Contributor⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2017

Height6'1"

Weight307 lb

BornNov 29, 1991

Age34

CollegeIllinois See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 4, Pick 100 · TB

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 39 · #2343 · Above Average

Worth 39 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 51% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

5 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+9.8

Avg surplus

peak +13

4 seasons × ~9.8 surplus ≈ VORP 39

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%
2013	—	TB	15	—	23	13	10	2	1	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	694	65.6%	96	21.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	TB	14	—	34	24	10	4	7	3.0	14.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	492	44.9%	70	20.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	TB	8	—	11	8	3	1	5	1.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	289	50.5%	51	23.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	TB	9	—	17	8	9	2	3	0.5	5.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	362	33.3%	117	26.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	DET	16	—	39	19	20	4	9	3.0	16.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	662	60.5%	11	5.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	MIA	15	—	42	23	19	6	9	2.0	17.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	665	61.5%	83	18.4%	2	1	0.5	66.7	-1.5	14	7	5	0	4	0.1
2019	—	JAX	12	—	18	14	4	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	370	37.2%	47	17.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	2TM	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
2020	—	NE	5	—	8	2	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	104	24.8%	21	14.2%	0	0	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0
2021	—	WAS	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	5	7.0%	6	24.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	SF	6	—	10	4	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	147	32.4%	4	7.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	116	—	203	115	88	19	35	10.5	64.5	0	0	1	3	0	0	—	0.0%	3,790	41.8%	506	17.9%	2	1	—	—	—	16	8	6	0	4	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	FF	FR	VAL
2013	22	TB	15	11*	23	13	10	2	1	1.0	4.0	0	1	5.8
2014	23	TB	14	0*	34	24	10	4	7	3.0	14.0	0	2	8.4
2015	24	TB	8	4*	11	8	3	1	5	1.0	7.0	0	—	4
2016	25	TB	9	0*	17	8	9	2	3	0.5	5.5	0	—	4.2
2017	26	DET	16	10*	39	19	20	4	9	3.0	16.0	1	—	9.9
2018	27	MIA	15	10*	42	23	19	6	9	2.0	17.0	0	—	8.8
2019	28	JAX	12	0*	18	14	4	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	—	3.6
2020	29	NE	5	0*	8	2	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	—	1.5
2021	30	WAS	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	—	—
2022	31	SF	6	0*	10	4	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	—	1.9
Career			101	35*	203	115	88	19	35	—	—	1	3	48.1

* 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	22	TB	16	11*	—	0.0%	694	65.6%	96	21.9%
2014	23	TB	16	0*	—	0.0%	492	44.9%	70	20.1%
2015	24	TB	8	4*	—	0.0%	289	50.5%	51	23.9%
2016	25	TB	16	0*	—	0.0%	362	33.3%	117	26.9%
2017	26	DET	16	10*	—	0.0%	662	60.5%	11	5.6%
2018	27	MIA	16	10*	—	0.0%	665	61.5%	83	18.4%
2019	28	JAX	15	0*	—	0.0%	370	37.2%	47	17.2%
2020	29	NE	6	0*	—	0.0%	104	24.8%	21	14.2%
2021	30	WAS	1	—	—	0.0%	5	7.0%	6	24.0%
2022	31	SF	7	0*	—	0.0%	147	32.4%	4	7.0%
Career			117	35*	—	—	3,790	—	506	—

* 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	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	27	MIA	16	10*	2	1	0.5	66.7	-1.5	14	7	5	4	0.1
2019	28	2TM	15	0*	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0.0
2020	29	NE	6	0*	0	0	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0.0
Career			37	10*	2	1	—	—	—	16	8	6	4	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 53 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 53 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 53.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 53· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 50

On-field 34.5

Availability 15.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 462022

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Sacks leader5

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.728See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.728Snap share41.8%Def snaps3,790VolatileCV 0.81

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within interior d-line, 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 defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2013

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

DL · 2013 class

5.15s

40-Yard

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 13thClass Pos 48thClass All 14th

30"

Vertical

Above avg · 59th pct

Pos 59thAll 21thClass Pos 82thClass All 23th

107"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 17thClass Pos 82thClass All 18th

37 reps

Bench

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 99thClass Pos 96thClass All 99th

7.82s

3-Cone

Below avg · 33th pct

Pos 33thAll 11thClass Pos 46thClass All 11th

4.72s

Shuttle

Below avg · 36th pct

Pos 36thAll 12thClass Pos 54thClass All 16th

College Stats

IllinoisCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Illinois), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #100

#88Corey LemonierOLB #90Kayvon WebsterS #91Duron HarmonS #92Stedman BaileyWR #96Knile DavisRB #97Zaviar GoodenLB #98Matt BarkleyQB #99Nico JohnsonLB #101Ace SandersWR #102Josh BoyceWR #103Alex OkaforDE #104Jelani JenkinsLB #106Dion SimsTE #107Brian SchwenkeC #109David BakhtiariOT #110Ryan NassibQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Akeem inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers DL room from George Johnson (2011–2015), and handed it to William Gholston (2013–2024).

Mark Wheeler 1992–1995Santana Dotson 1992–1995Eric Curry 1993–1997Chidi Ahanotu 1993–2004Brad Culpepper 1994–1999Warren Sapp

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2022team change
Joined SF (from WAS)
2022final season
Last recorded season with SF
2021team change
Joined WAS (from NE)
2020team change
Joined NE (from JAX)
2019team change
Joined JAX (from MIA)
2018team change
Joined MIA (from DET)
2017team change
Joined DET (from TB)
2013draft
Drafted by TB — Round 4, Pick 100

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 307 lb

Frame

307 lb at 5.15s

Size-speed

30" vert / 107" broad

Explosion

37 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2015	TB	2	W15Out· AnkleW16Out· Ankle
2014	TB	0	W10Questionable· Hamstring

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 58

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

C+2013

C+2014

C2015

C2016

B2017

C+2018

C2019

F2020

F2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 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
2013	1	0.1	1	0.1
2014	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2015	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2016	0.5	0.1	1+0.5	0.1
2017	3	0.2	3	0.2
2018	2	0.1	2	0.1
2019	0	0	0	0
2020	0	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0	0

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

39 career value over replacement — #2343 all-time of 4,642. 4.3/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #100 (Rd 4) · TB · 2013 · +14.3 vs expected KV-H

53actual

38.7 expected · Δ+14.3

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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 · 2013

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #100

Franchise Succession

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Knox

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