Anthony Cook is a career quality starter β a pass rusher whose body of work places Cook in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Cook's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Anthony Cook
Top 37% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter
A quality edge rusher with a above-average career β a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Career Value Β· VORP
VORP 33 Β· #2546 Β· Role PlayerWorth 33 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher β top 56% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.5 on average.See board β
Seasons above replacement
2 cleared
2 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it β adds 0, never a debit
51
Replacement
the KC-H bar
β
2
Seasons over
cleared the bar
Γ
+16.5
Avg surplus
peak +27
2 seasons Γ ~16.5 surplus β VORP 33
Combined Season Grid
The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at onceβno tab hopping.
1 grid split in one view
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1995 | β | HOU | 4 | β | 22 | 15 | β | β | β | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | β | β |
| 1996 | β | HOU | 11 | β | 44 | 25 | β | β | β | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0 | β | 1 | 0 | β | β |
| 1997 | β | TEN | 16 | β | 33 | 25 | β | β | β | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | β | 0 | 2 | β | β |
| 1998 | β | TEN | 3 | β | 19 | 15 | β | β | β | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | β | β |
| 1999 | β | WAS | 10 | β | 23 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | β | 44 | β | 141 | 95 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Defense
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 23 | HOU | 4 | β | 22 | 15 | β | β | β | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | β | β | 5.5 |
| 1996 | 24 | HOU | 11 | β | 44 | 25 | β | β | β | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0 | β | 1 | 0 | β | β | 11.7 |
| 1997 | 25 | TEN | 16 | β | 33 | 25 | β | β | β | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | β | 0 | 2 | β | β | 4.6 |
| 1998 | 26 | TEN | 3 | β | 19 | 15 | β | β | β | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 | β | β | β |
| 1999 | 27 | WAS | 10 | β | 23 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
| Career | 44 | 141 | 95 | 8 | 5 | 4 | β | β | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28.5 |
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 55 Β· Strong StarterA strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
58
Sustained
career value
Γ.6
61
Peak
best 3 seasons
Γ.4
Γ0.93
Longevity
career length
Blend 59.2 Γ longevity 0.93 = KV-H 55Β· confidence 88%
What builds the career mark of 58
On-field 43.2
Availability 14.8
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)
1995bestavg 57elite 701999
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position8
Depth
of 100
Reached 9% of the all-time Sacks leader β a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
9% of the all-time Sacks leader9
0 categories β₯25% of the all-time leader0
A 0β100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data β career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence β so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite β₯ 85 Β· Strong β₯ 65 Β· Solid β₯ 45 Β· Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 89%.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average Β· KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Postseason Career
1 playoff gameDefense
Tkl1Ast1
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (South Carolina State), 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 β every name is linked.
Top Teammates
Gary WalkerDE4yFrank WycheckTE4yBarron WorthamMLB4yChris SandersWR4yEddie GeorgeRB3yAnthony DorsettFS3yDerrick MasonWR2yRonnie HarmonRB2yMarcus RobertsonFS2ySteve McNairQB2yLonnie MartsOLB2yJoe BowdenLB2yDarryll LewisCB2yBlaine BishopS2yDenard WalkerCB2yHenry FordDT2ySteve JacksonDB2yRodney ThomasRB2yKenny HolmesDE2yMichael RoanTE2yJames RobersonDE2yJoey KentWR2yGeorge McCulloughDB2yDarrell GreenCB1y
1995 Draft ClassΒ· this player went #35
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterAnthony opened the Houston Texans DL lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Gary Walker (1995β2005).
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0β100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 1999team change
Joined WAS (from TEN)
- 1999final season
Last recorded season with WAS
- 1997team change
Joined TEN (from HOU)
- 1995draft
Drafted by HOU β Round 2, Pick 35
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'3" / 295 lb
Frame
Knox
StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works β
Historical Knox Β· KV-H
Era-normalized career quality β z-scored against 4-season peers. See all β
55
peak 61
Season Report CardsΒ· KV-H era-normalized per season
C1995
B+1996
C1997
C+1999
Availability
Career durability β games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.
63%
Era Translator
Sacks translated to the 2025NFL β each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.
| Season | Actual Sacks | Sacks/G | β 2025 Sacks | β 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 17+12.5 | 1 |
| 1996 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 10+2.5 | 0.6 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0.3 | 4+1 | 0.3 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) Β· multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle Β· updated 6/18/2026
Career Value Β· VORP
33 career value over replacement β #2546 all-time of 4,642. 8.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Draft OutcomeValue β
Pick #35 (Rd 2) Β· HOU Β· 1995 Β· +0.1 vs expected KV-H
55actual
54.9 expected Β· Ξ+0.1
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