Anthony McFarland is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places McFarland in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and McFarland's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1999 | 21–22 | TB | 7 | — | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22–23 | TB | 15 | — | 41 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5.5 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23–24 | TB | 14 | — | 39 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3.5 | 15.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 24–25 | TB | 9 | — | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 25–26 | TB | 14 | — | 37 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 26–27 | TB | 6 | — | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 27–28 | TB | 12 | — | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 28–29 | IND / TB | 14 | — | 30 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 91 | — | 213 | 131 | 82 | 21 | 17 | 22.0 | 60.0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
60 career value over replacement — #1860 all-time of 4,695. 7.5/season above a replacement-level DL.
Pick #15 (Rd 1) · TB · 1999 · +0.8 vs expected KV-H
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8 seasons · peak 2.4 in 2003
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.7 career wins over 8 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2003 · +0.2 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#476 of 1,595 all-time pass rushers by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 21–22 | TB | 7 | — | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22–23 | TB | 15 | — | 41 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5.5 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 |
| 2001 | 23–24 | TB | 14 | — | 39 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3.5 | 15.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 24–25 | TB | 9 | — | 20 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| 2003 | 25–26 | TB | 14 | — | 37 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 |
| 2004 | 26–27 | TB | 6 | — | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 |
| 2005 | 27–28 | TB | 12 | — | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.9 |
| 2006 | 28–29 | All teams | 14 | — | 30 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 91 | 213 | 131 | 82 | 21 | 17 | 22.0 | 60.0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8.7 |
| Wk | Opp | Att | Yds | TD | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W1 | SF | — | — | — | 2 |
Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 1 game
Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.
| Home / Away | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 6 | 19 | 74 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 11.5 |
| Away | 9 | 23 | 72 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 11.8 |
| Wins / Losses | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | 10 | 30 | 107 | 9 | 7 | 56 | 16.3 |
| Losses | 5 | 12 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 7 |
| Regular season / Postseason | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | 15 | 42 | 146 | 14 | 11 | 87 | 23.3 |
| By opponent | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs BAL | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2.7 |
| vs CIN | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 2.7 |
| vs CLE | 3 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| By month | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 5 | 17 | — | — | — | 1.7 |
| September | 2 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 6 |
| October | 4 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Division games | G | Rush | Rush Yds | Tgt | Rec | Rec Yds | FPts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | 7 | 16 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 8 |
| Non-division | 8 | 26 | 109 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 15.3 |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 8 scored seasons.
Blend 57.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 95%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)
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88% match
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| 2.6 |
| vs DAL | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2.2 |
| vs HOU | 1 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4.9 |
| vs IND | 1 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4.1 |
| vs JAX | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 0.3 |
| vs PHI | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | 0.6 |
| vs SF | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1.1 |
| vs TEN | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 0.6 |
| vs WAS | 1 | 4 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 1.5 |
| 2.1 |
| November | 5 | 15 | 43 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 8 |
| December | 3 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 5.5 |