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

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Anthony Pleasant

Top 12% all-time pass rushersIron Man

Height6'5"

Weight280 lb

BornJan 27, 1968

Age58

CollegeTennessee State See College Stats

Rookie yr1990

Draft1990 · Rd 3, Pick 73 · CLE

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A high-end edge rusher defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 150 · #632 · High-Value

Worth 150 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 15% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 12 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

12 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12.5

Avg surplus

peak +33

12 seasons × ~12.5 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
1990	—	CLE	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.5	3.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	—	CLE	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.5	2.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	—	CLE	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	—	CLE	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	11.0	11.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	—	CLE	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.5	4.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	CLE	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.0	8.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	BAL	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	ATL	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	NYJ	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.0	6.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	NYJ	16	—	32	21	11	3	2	2.0	7.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2000	—	SF	13	—	21	17	4	4	1	2.0	7.0	0	4	1	—	0	0
2001	—	NE	15	—	28	20	8	11	5	6.0	22.0	2	4	1	—	0	0
2002	—	NE	13	—	22	7	15	2	4	3.0	9.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2003	—	NE	3	—	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Career		—	193	—	104	66	38	20	12	58.0	90.0	2	10	2	1	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1990	22	CLE	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.5	3.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.2
1991	23	CLE	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.5	2.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.4
1992	24	CLE	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.5
1993	25	CLE	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	11.0	11.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	17.8
1994	26	CLE	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.5	4.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	10.2
1995	27	CLE	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.0	8.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	16.5
1996	28	BAL	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.8
1997	29	ATL	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	0.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8
1998	30	NYJ	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.0	6.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.9
1999	31	NYJ	16	—	32	21	11	3	2	2.0	7.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	6.3
2000	32	SF	13	—	21	17	4	4	1	2.0	7.0	0	4	1	—	0	0	6.3
2001	33	NE	15	—	28	20	8	11	5	6.0	22.0	2	4	1	—	0	0	12.4
2002	34	NE	13	—	22	7	15	2	4	3.0	9.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	7
2003	35	NE	3	—	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—
Career			193		104	66	38	20	12	—	—	2	10	2	1	0	0	126.1

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 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 68.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 70· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 44.4

Availability 18.6

On-field production Staying available

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

1990bestavg 62elite 702002

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 29% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

29% of the all-time Sacks leader29

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: 89%.

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+).

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl7Solo7TFL2QBHits1Sk1.0Dis4.0

College Stats

Tennessee StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Tennessee 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 — every name is linked.

1990 Draft Class· this player went #73

#58Ricky ProehlWR #59Tom HodsonQB #63Peter Tom WillisQB #67Walter WilsonWR #68Ron LewisWR #69Glenn ParkerG #70Neil O'DonnellQB #71Joel SmeengeDE #77Fred BarnettWR #80Greg McMurtryWR #83Stacey SimmonsWR #87Jesse AndersonTE #89Chris WarrenRB #93Scott MitchellQB #94Bill SchultzG #96Fred JonesWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Anthony opened the Cleveland Browns DL lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Rob Burnett (1990–1995).

Anthony Pleasant 1990–1995Rob Burnett 1990–1995Keith McKenzie 2000–2001Courtney Brown 2000–2004Orpheus Roye 2000–2007Gerard Warren 2001–2004

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2003final season
Last recorded season with NE
2001team change
Joined NE (from SF)
2000team change
Joined SF (from NYJ)
1998team change
Joined NYJ (from ATL)
1997team change
Joined ATL (from BAL)
1996team change
Joined BAL (from CLE)
1990draft
Drafted by CLE — Round 3, Pick 73

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 280 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 13-season peers. See all →

peak 76

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

C+1990

C+1991

B1992

A1993

B1994

B+1995

B1996

C1997

B1998

C+1999

C+2000

B2001

C+2002

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
1990	3.5	0.2	3-0.5	0.2
1991	2.5	0.2	2-0.5	0.1
1992	4	0.3	4	0.2
1993	11	0.7	10-1	0.6
1994	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
1995	8	0.5	8	0.5
1996	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
1997	0.5	0	1+0.5	0
1998	6	0.4	6	0.3
1999	2	0.1	2	0.1
2000	2	0.2	2	0.1
2001	6	0.4	6	0.4
2002	3	0.2	4+1	0.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

150 career value over replacement — #632 all-time of 4,642. 11.5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #73 (Rd 3) · CLE · 1990 · +29.1 vs expected KV-H

70actual

40.9 expected · Δ+29.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1990 Draft Class· this player went #73

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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Era Translator

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