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

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Alex Brown

Top 12% all-time pass rushersIron Man⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2004

Height6'3"

Weight260 lb

BornJun 4, 1979

Age47

CollegeFlorida See College Stats

Rookie yr2002

Draft2002 · Rd 4, Pick 104 · CHI

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A high-end edge rusher defined as much by exceptional availability — almost never missed time as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 150 · #631 · High-Value

Worth 150 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 15% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.7

Avg surplus

peak +23

9 seasons × ~16.7 surplus ≈ VORP 150

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	—	CHI	13	—	35	26	9	3	2	2.5	7.5	0	3	1	3	0	0
2003	—	CHI	15	—	47	38	9	0	0	5.0	5.0	1	6	2	1	0	0
2004	—	CHI	15	—	38	28	10	0	0	7.0	7.0	0	9	3	1	0	0
2005	—	CHI	15	—	38	31	7	0	0	6.0	6.0	0	6	3	—	0	0
2006	—	CHI	16	—	38	32	6	0	13	7.0	20.0	2	4	3	2	0	0
2007	—	CHI	14	—	34	25	9	0	10	5.0	15.0	1	5	2	2	0	0
2008	—	CHI	16	—	37	35	2	19	14	6.0	39.0	1	6	1	1	0	0
2009	—	CHI	16	—	43	33	10	10	18	6.5	34.5	0	1	1	1	0	0
2010	—	NO	15	—	32	26	6	6	6	2.0	14.0	0	3	1	1	0	0
Career		—	135	—	342	274	68	38	63	47.0	148.0	5	43	17	12	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2002	23	CHI	13	—	35	26	9	3	2	2.5	7.5	0	3	1	3	7.4
2003	24	CHI	15	—	47	38	9	0	0	5.0	5.0	1	6	2	1	11.2
2004	25	CHI	15	—	38	28	10	0	0	7.0	7.0	0	9	3	1	13.2
2005	26	CHI	15	—	38	31	7	0	0	6.0	6.0	0	6	3	—	12.5
2006	27	CHI	16	—	38	32	6	0	13	7.0	20.0	2	4	3	2	15
2007	28	CHI	14	—	34	25	9	0	10	5.0	15.0	1	5	2	2	11.9
2008	29	CHI	16	—	37	35	2	19	14	6.0	39.0	1	6	1	1	17.5
2009	30	CHI	16	—	43	33	10	10	18	6.5	34.5	0	1	1	1	16.4
2010	31	NO	15	—	32	26	6	6	6	2.0	14.0	0	3	1	1	9.8
Career			135		342	274	68	38	63	—	—	5	43	17	12	114.9

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 70 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 70 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 70.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 68

On-field 49.1

Availability 18.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2002bestavg 68elite 702010

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 24% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

24% of the all-time Sacks leader24

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%.

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 · 2002

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

EDGE · 2002 class

4.74s

40-Yard

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 40thClass Pos 50thClass All 41th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl12Solo10Ast2TFL2QBHits3Sk2.0Dis7.0PD2

College Stats

FloridaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida), 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 #104

#93Terrence MetcalfG #94Chris HopeS #96Dorsett DavisDT #97Coy WireOLB #99Jonathan WellsRB #100Dante WesleyDB #101Kevin BentleyLB #103Justin PeelleTE #106David ThorntonOLB #107Omar EasyRB #108David GarrardQB #110Mike EcholsCB #111Ben TaylorLB #112Dave ZastudilP #114Randy McMichaelTE #115Tony BeckhamDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Alex inherited the Chicago Bears DL room from Alfonso Boone (2001–2006), and handed it to Ian Scott (2003–2006).

William Perry 1985–1993Trace Armstrong 1989–1994Alonzo Spellman 1992–1997Albert Fontenot 1993–1996Jim Flanigan 1994–2000Mike Wells

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2010team change
Joined NO (from CHI)
2010final season
Last recorded season with NO
2002draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 4, Pick 104

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 260 lb

Frame

260 lb at 4.74s

Size-speed

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	CHI	0	W3Questionable· AnkleW4Questionable· Ankle

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

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

peak 74

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

C+2002

B2003

B+2004

B+2005

B+2006

B2007

B+2008

B+2009

C+2010

Availability

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

94%

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	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2003	5	0.3	6+1	0.3
2004	7	0.5	8+1	0.5
2005	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2006	7	0.4	7	0.4
2007	5	0.4	6+1	0.4
2008	6	0.4	6	0.4
2009	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2010	2	0.1	2	0.1

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

Career Value · VORP

150 career value over replacement — #631 all-time of 4,642. 16.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #104 (Rd 4) · CHI · 2002 · +33.2 vs expected KV-H

70actual

36.8 expected · Δ+33.2

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2002

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2002 Draft Class· this player went #104

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator