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

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Alex Okafor

Top 20% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2014

Height6'4"

Weight261 lb

BornFeb 8, 1991

Age35

CollegeTexas See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 4, Pick 103 · ARI

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 102 · #1084 · High-Value

Worth 102 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 24% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.8 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

+12.8

Avg surplus

peak +31

8 seasons × ~12.8 surplus ≈ VORP 102

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	—	ARI	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	5	7.0%	20	77.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	ARI	12	—	28	26	2	11	13	8.0	32.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	698	83.1%	59	16.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	ARI	12	—	29	23	6	4	11	2.0	17.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	612	70.8%	46	13.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	ARI	7	—	11	8	3	3	6	3.5	12.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	230	23.1%	172	37.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NO	10	—	42	26	16	5	9	4.5	18.5	0	4	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	486	77.6%	43	15.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NO	15	—	33	22	11	5	9	4.0	18.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	656	64.6%	98	23.3%	2	0	0.0	43.7	1.5	22	13	5	6	3	0.1
2019	—	KC	8	—	21	14	7	5	9	5.0	19.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	422	60.9%	30	12.6%	2	1	0.5	56.2	3.5	10	1	4	0	2	0.1
2020	—	KC	10	—	16	9	7	1	10	3.0	14.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	283	38.9%	1	4.0%	4	2	0.5	80.2	7.5	15	4	6	7	2	0.1
2021	—	KC	15	—	23	7	16	0	7	1.5	8.5	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	463	41.4%	64	15.1%	1	0	0.0	39.6	1.0	13	5	6	0	1	0.0
Career		—	90	—	203	135	68	34	74	31.5	139.5	1	12	6	2	0	0	—	0.0%	3,855	51.9%	533	23.9%	9	3	—	—	—	60	23	21	13	8	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2014	23	ARI	12	11*	28	26	2	11	13	8.0	32.0	1	3	0	—	13.7
2015	24	ARI	12	9*	29	23	6	4	11	2.0	17.0	0	1	0	1	7.7
2016	25	ARI	7	0*	11	8	3	3	6	3.5	12.5	0	0	1	—	6.5
2017	26	NO	10	8*	42	26	16	5	9	4.5	18.5	0	4	2	—	10.3
2018	27	NO	15	10*	33	22	11	5	9	4.0	18.0	0	1	0	1	9.8
2019	28	KC	8	6*	21	14	7	5	9	5.0	19.0	0	1	1	—	8.2
2020	29	KC	10	0*	16	9	7	1	10	3.0	14.0	0	0	1	—	7.4
2021	30	KC	15	0*	23	7	16	0	7	1.5	8.5	0	2	1	—	6.9
Career			89	44*	203	135	68	34	74	—	—	1	12	6	2	70.5

* 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	22	ARI	1	—	—	0.0%	5	7.0%	20	77.0%
2014	23	ARI	13	11*	—	0.0%	698	83.1%	59	16.3%
2015	24	ARI	13	9*	—	0.0%	612	70.8%	46	13.1%
2016	25	ARI	15	0*	—	0.0%	230	23.1%	172	37.9%
2017	26	NO	10	8*	—	0.0%	486	77.6%	43	15.7%
2018	27	NO	16	10*	—	0.0%	656	64.6%	98	23.3%
2019	28	KC	10	6*	—	0.0%	422	60.9%	30	12.6%
2020	29	KC	11	0*	—	0.0%	283	38.9%	1	4.0%
2021	30	KC	17	0*	—	0.0%	463	41.4%	64	15.1%
Career			106	44*	—	—	3,855	—	533	—

* 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	27	NO	16	10*	2	0	0.0	43.7	1.5	22	13	5	6	3	0.1
2019	28	KC	10	6*	2	1	0.5	56.2	3.5	10	1	4	0	2	0.1
2020	29	KC	11	0*	4	2	0.5	80.2	7.5	15	4	6	7	2	0.1
2021	30	KC	17	0*	1	0	0.0	39.6	1.0	13	5	6	0	1	0.0
Career			54	16*	9	3	—	—	—	60	23	21	13	8	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 64 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 64 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 64.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 64· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 48.6

Availability 14.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2014bestavg 64elite 702021

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Sacks leader16

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.117See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.117Snap share57.5%Def snaps3,850ReliableCV 0.29

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 · 2013

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

EDGE · 2013 class

4.78s

40-Yard

Below avg · 47th pct

Pos 47thAll 36thClass Pos 42thClass All 40th

21 reps

Bench

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 50thClass Pos 32thClass All 53th

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl18Solo6Ast12TFL1QBHits3Dis4.0

College Stats

TexasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas), 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 #103

#92Stedman BaileyWR #96Knile DavisRB #97Zaviar GoodenLB #98Matt BarkleyQB #99Nico JohnsonLB #100Akeem SpenceDT #101Ace SandersWR #102Josh BoyceWR #104Jelani JenkinsLB #106Dion SimsTE #107Brian SchwenkeC #109David BakhtiariOT #110Ryan NassibQB #111Shamarko ThomasDB #113Barrett JonesG #114B.W. WebbCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Alex inherited the Arizona Cardinals DL room from Calais Campbell (2008–2025), and handed it to Frostee Rucker (2013–2017).

Eric Swann 1991–1999Michael Bankston 1992–1997Clyde Simmons 1994–1995Simeon Rice 1996–2000Mark Smith 1997–2000Russell Davis

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2021final season
Last recorded season with KC
2019team change
Joined KC (from NO)
2017team change
Joined NO (from ARI)
2013draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 4, Pick 103

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 261 lb

Frame

264 lb at 4.78s

Size-speed

21 reps

Bench power

Injury History

13 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	KC	3	W2Out· HamstringW3Out· HamstringW7Out· Hamstring
2019	KC	3	W5Questionable· HipW9Out· AnkleW10Out· AnkleW11Out· Ankle
2016	ARI	1	W8Out· CalfW10Questionable· Calf
2015	ARI	3	W6Out· CalfW7Out· CalfW8Out· Calf
2014	ARI	3	W1Out· ThighW2Out· ThighW3Out· Thigh

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 66

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

A2014

C+2015

C+2016

B2017

B2018

B+2019

C+2020

C+2021

Availability

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

81%

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	8	0.7	11+3	0.7
2015	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2016	3.5	0.5	8+4.5	0.5
2017	4.5	0.5	8+3.5	0.4
2018	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2019	5	0.6	10+5	0.6
2020	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2021	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1

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

102 career value over replacement — #1084 all-time of 4,642. 12.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #103 (Rd 4) · ARI · 2013 · +27.2 vs expected KV-H

64actual

36.8 expected · Δ+27.2

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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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #103

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography