Andre Carter ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Carter in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Carter a career score of 81, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Andre Carter

1× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 11 seasons · 2 titles Top 5% all-time pass rushersIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2002 Team Carrier · #182

Height6'4"

Weight260 lb

BornMay 12, 1979

Age47

CollegeCalifornia See College Stats

Rookie yr2001

Draft2001 · Rd 1, Pick 7 · SF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

70thSacks·80

Pro Bowls

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 258 · #213 · Elite

Worth 258 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 6% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.5

Avg surplus

peak +44

11 seasons × ~23.5 surplus ≈ VORP 258

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2001	—	SF	13	—	41	34	7	10	6	6.5	22.5	0	4	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	SF	15	—	46	37	9	14	10	12.5	36.5	0	4	3	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	SF	15	—	32	25	7	0	0	6.5	6.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	SF	6	—	9	6	3	0	0	1.5	1.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	SF	15	—	41	32	9	0	0	4.5	4.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	WAS	15	—	50	41	9	0	14	6.0	20.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	WAS	16	—	48	36	12	0	17	10.5	27.5	0	2	4	1	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	WAS	16	—	26	13	13	7	19	4.0	30.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	WAS	16	—	47	33	14	18	21	11.0	50.0	0	4	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	WAS	14	—	41	22	19	3	8	2.5	13.5	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	NE	13	—	45	24	21	13	23	10.0	46.0	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	LV	10	—	17	11	6	4	6	2.5	12.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	NE	5	—	4	3	1	2	7	2.0	11.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	155	24.3%	45	16.7%
Career		—	169	—	447	317	130	71	131	80.0	282.0	0	28	18	4	0	1	—	0.0%	155	24.3%	45	16.7%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2001	22	SF	13	—	41	34	7	10	6	6.5	22.5	4	2	1	0	13.4
2002	23	SF	15	—	46	37	9	14	10	12.5	36.5	4	3	1	0	19.3
2003	24	SF	15	—	32	25	7	0	0	6.5	6.5	3	1	—	0	11.2
2004	25	SF	6	—	9	6	3	0	0	1.5	1.5	1	1	—	0	4.2
2005	26	SF	15	—	41	32	9	0	0	4.5	4.5	2	0	—	0	9.8
2006	27	WAS	15	—	50	41	9	0	14	6.0	20.0	2	0	—	0	12.5
2007	28	WAS	16	—	48	36	12	0	17	10.5	27.5	2	4	1	1	18.7
2008	29	WAS	16	—	26	13	13	7	19	4.0	30.0	2	0	—	0	12.8
2009	30	WAS	16	—	47	33	14	18	21	11.0	50.0	4	3	—	0	23.1
2010	31	WAS	14	—	41	22	19	3	8	2.5	13.5	1	1	1	0	9.7
2011	32	NE	13	—	45	24	21	13	23	10.0	46.0	1	2	—	0	19.3
2012	33	LV	10	—	17	11	6	4	6	2.5	12.5	0	1	—	0	7.4
2013	34	NE	5	0*	4	3	1	2	7	2.0	11.0	2	0	—	0	4.1
Career			169		447	317	130	71	131	—	—	28	18	4	1	165.5

* 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	34	NE	9	0*	—	0.0%	155	24.3%	45	16.7%
Career			9		—	—	155	—	45	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 81 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 81 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 80.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 81· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 73

On-field 55.6

Availability 17.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2001bestavg 69elite 702013

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #182 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2009 WAS·4 team wins#8

Sacks · 11 · score 54

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 40% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

40% of the all-time Sacks leader40

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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+

—

below snap floor

Disruption / 100 snaps:8.387See leaderboard →

Disruption/1008.387Snap share24.3%Def snaps155Emerging

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 · 2001

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

EDGE · 2001 class

4.84s

40-Yard

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 31thClass Pos 45thClass All 34th

38.5"

Vertical

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 89thClass Pos 82thClass All 81th

132"

Broad Jump

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 98thClass Pos 97thClass All 98th

20 reps

Bench

Low · 18th pct

Pos 18thAll 44thClass Pos 16thClass All 42th

4.24s

Shuttle

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 67thClass Pos 61thClass All 56th

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl9Solo4Ast5TFL3Dis3.0

College Stats

CaliforniaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (California), 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.

2001 Draft Class· this player went #7

#1Mike VickQB #2Leonard DavisG #3Gerard WarrenDT #4Justin SmithDE #5LaDainian TomlinsonRB #6Richard SeymourDT #8David TerrellWR #9Koren RobinsonWR #10Jamal ReynoldsDE #11Dan MorganMLB #12Damione LewisDT #13Marcus StroudDE #14Kenyatta WalkerOT #15Rod GardnerWR #16Santana MossWR #17Steve HutchinsonG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Andre inherited the San Francisco 49ers DL room from John Engelberger (2000–2004), and handed it to Anthony Adams (2003–2006).

Charles Haley 1986–1999Ted Washington 1991–1993Troy Wilson 1993–2001Dana Stubblefield 1993–2002Bryant Young 1994–2007Junior Bryant

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2013team change
Joined NE (from LV)
2013final season
Last recorded season with NE
2012team change
Joined LV (from NE)
2011team change
Joined NE (from WAS)
2006team change
Joined WAS (from SF)
2001draft
Drafted by SF — Round 1, Pick 7

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 260 lb

Frame

249 lb at 4.84s

Size-speed

38.5" vert / 132" broad

Explosion

20 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2010	WAS	0	W1Questionable· Illness
2009	WAS	0	W16Questionable· Biceps

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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 92

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

B+2001

A+2002

B+2003

D2004

B2005

B+2006

A2007

B2008

A+2009

C+2010

A+2011

C+2012

D2013

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
2001	6.5	0.5	8+1.5	0.5
2002	12.5	0.8	14+1.5	0.8
2003	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2004	1.5	0.3	4+2.5	0.2
2005	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2006	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2007	10.5	0.7	11+0.5	0.7
2008	4	0.3	4	0.3
2009	11	0.7	12+1	0.7
2010	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2011	10	0.8	13+3	0.8
2012	2.5	0.3	4+1.5	0.3
2013	2	0.4	7+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

258 career value over replacement — #213 all-time of 4,642. 19.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #7 (Rd 1) · SF · 2001 · +19.2 vs expected KV-H

81actual

61.8 expected · Δ+19.2

💔+43.8 stolen VORP·2.21 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2001

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2001 Draft Class· this player went #7

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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