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

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Arik Armstead

Top 15% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker

Height6'7"

Weight290 lb

BornNov 15, 1993

Age32

CollegeOregon See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 1, Pick 17 · SF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

11thPlayoff Sacks·8

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 111 · #975 · High-Value

Worth 111 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 22% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.9

Avg surplus

peak +33

8 seasons × ~13.9 surplus ≈ VORP 111

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%
2015	—	SF	10	—	19	14	5	2	8	2.0	12.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	375	32.6%	107	30.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	SF	7	—	12	6	6	2	3	2.5	7.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	334	56.9%	8	10.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	SF	6	—	15	7	8	2	3	1.5	6.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	304	67.8%	28	16.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	SF	16	—	44	29	15	6	12	3.0	21.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	608	56.6%	64	13.9%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-5.0	22	14	5	0	7	0.1
2019	—	SF	16	—	52	30	22	11	18	10.0	39.0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1.0%	776	75.8%	158	35.4%	1	0	0.0	39.6	-3.0	35	17	6	0	9	0.1
2020	—	SF	15	—	46	26	20	6	13	3.5	22.5	0	3	0	—	0	0	2	3.0%	749	72.3%	162	35.8%	5	2	0.4	47.9	-1.4	23	10	9	0	5	0.1
2021	—	SF	17	—	56	22	34	7	11	6.0	24.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	820	75.7%	156	34.9%	0	0	—	—	—	17	6	4	1	2	0.0
2022	—	SF	8	—	11	8	3	2	4	0.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	350	61.6%	2	3.5%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-1.0	6	2	4	1	0	0.0
2023	—	SF	12	—	24	12	12	4	13	5.0	22.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	509	65.3%	3	4.3%	1	1	1.0	83.3	-4.0	16	4	5	0	0	0.0
2024	—	JAX	16	—	27	19	8	3	7	2.0	12.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	569	47.6%	13	7.3%	1	0	0.0	43.7	-3.0	11	4	5	0	1	0.0
2025	—	JAX	15	—	28	13	15	7	8	5.5	20.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	619	59.7%	7	5.4%	2	1	0.5	56.2	0.5	16	7	3	0	3	0.1
Career		—	138	—	334	186	148	52	100	41.0	193.0	0	9	4	1	0	0	3	2.0%	6,013	61.1%	708	17.9%	12	6	—	—	—	146	64	41	2	27	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2015	22	SF	10	0*	19	14	5	2	8	2.0	12.0	0	0	—	6
2016	23	SF	7	5*	12	6	6	2	3	2.5	7.5	0	1	—	5.3
2017	24	SF	6	4*	15	7	8	2	3	1.5	6.5	1	0	—	3.8
2018	25	SF	16	9*	44	29	15	6	12	3.0	21.0	0	0	—	10.3
2019	26	SF	16	12*	52	30	22	11	18	10.0	39.0	2	2	1	17.8
2020	27	SF	15	12*	46	26	20	6	13	3.5	22.5	3	0	—	11.3
2021	28	SF	17	13*	56	22	34	7	11	6.0	24.0	0	0	—	12.3
2022	29	SF	8	6*	11	8	3	2	4	0.0	6.0	0	0	—	3.7
2023	30	SF	12	8*	24	12	12	4	13	5.0	22.0	0	0	—	9.1
2024	31	JAX	16	0*	27	19	8	3	7	2.0	12.0	3	0	—	7.7
2025	32	JAX	15	10*	28	13	15	7	8	5.5	20.5	0	1	—	11.3
Career			138	79*	334	186	148	52	100	—	—	9	4	1	98.6

* 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%
2015	22	SF	16	0*	—	0.0%	375	32.6%	107	30.5%
2016	23	SF	8	5*	—	0.0%	334	56.9%	8	10.5%
2017	24	SF	6	4*	—	0.0%	304	67.8%	28	16.0%
2018	25	SF	16	9*	—	0.0%	608	56.6%	64	13.9%
2019	26	SF	16	12*	1	1.0%	776	75.8%	158	35.4%
2020	27	SF	16	12*	2	3.0%	749	72.3%	162	35.8%
2021	28	SF	17	13*	—	0.0%	820	75.7%	156	34.9%
2022	29	SF	9	6*	—	0.0%	350	61.6%	2	3.5%
2023	30	SF	12	8*	—	0.0%	509	65.3%	3	4.3%
2024	31	JAX	17	0*	—	0.0%	569	47.6%	13	7.3%
2025	32	JAX	16	10*	—	0.0%	619	59.7%	7	5.4%
Career			149	79*	3	—	6,013	—	708	—

* 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	25	SF	16	9*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-5.0	22	14	5	0	7	0.1
2019	26	SF	16	12*	1	0	0.0	39.6	-3.0	35	17	6	0	9	0.1
2020	27	SF	16	12*	5	2	0.4	47.9	-1.4	23	10	9	0	5	0.1
2021	28	SF	17	13*	0	0	—	—	—	17	6	4	1	2	0.0
2022	29	SF	9	6*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-1.0	6	2	4	1	0	0.0
2023	30	SF	12	8*	1	1	1.0	83.3	-4.0	16	4	5	0	0	0.0
2024	31	JAX	17	0*	1	0	0.0	43.7	-3.0	11	4	5	0	1	0.0
2025	32	JAX	16	10*	2	1	0.5	56.2	0.5	16	7	3	0	3	0.1
Career			119	70*	12	6	—	—	—	146	64	41	2	27	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 67 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 67 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 66.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 67· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 45.5

Availability 16.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 59elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 21% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

21% of the all-time Sacks leader21

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.426See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.426Snap share61.1%Def snaps6,013ReliableCV 0.30

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 · 2015

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

EDGE · 2015 class

5.06s

40-Yard

Low · 8th pct

Pos 8thAll 18thClass Pos 9thClass All 21th

34"

Vertical

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 54thClass Pos 64thClass All 49th

117"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 50thClass Pos 57thClass All 49th

24 reps

Bench

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 69thClass Pos 53thClass All 70th

7.57s

3-Cone

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 21thClass Pos 15thClass All 20th

4.53s

Shuttle

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 25thClass Pos 25thClass All 24th

Postseason Career

12 playoff games

Defense

Tkl40Solo23Ast17TFL6QBHits13Sk8.0Dis27.0FF1FR1

College Stats

OregonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oregon), 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.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #17

#8Vic BeasleyDE #9Ereck FlowersG #10Todd GurleyRB #11Trae WaynesCB #12Danny SheltonDT #13Andrus PeatG #14DeVante ParkerWR #15Melvin GordonRB #18Marcus PetersCB #19Cameron ErvingG #20Nelson AgholorWR #21Cedric OgbuehiOT #22Bud DupreeOLB #23Shane RayLB #24D.J. HumphriesOT #25Shaq ThompsonOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Arik inherited the San Francisco 49ers DL room from Tank Carradine (2014–2017), and handed it to DeForest Buckner (2016–2019).

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

2025final season
Last recorded season with JAX
2024team change
Joined JAX (from SF)
2015draft
Drafted by SF — Round 1, Pick 17

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'7" / 290 lb

Frame

292 lb at 5.06s

Size-speed

34" vert / 117" broad

Explosion

24 reps

Bench power

Injury History

11 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	SF	5	W13Questionable· FootW14Out· Foot / KneeW15Out· Foot / KneeW16Out· Foot / KneeW17Out· Foot / KneeW18Out· Foot / Knee
2022	SF	6	W3Questionable· FootW4Questionable· FootW5Out· Foot / AnkleW6Out· Foot / AnkleW7Out· Foot / AnkleW8Out· Foot / AnkleW10Out· Foot / AnkleW11Out· Foot / AnkleW12Doubtful· Foot / AnkleW18Questionable· Foot / Ankle
2021	SF	0	W2Questionable· AdductorW3Questionable· Adductor
2016	SF	0	W1Questionable· Shoulder

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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 74

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

C+2015

C+2016

D2017

B2018

A2019

B2020

B2021

D2022

B2023

C+2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

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
2015	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2016	2.5	0.4	6+3.5	0.4
2017	1.5	0.3	4+2.5	0.3
2018	3	0.2	3	0.2
2019	10	0.6	10	0.6
2020	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	0.2
2021	6	0.4	6	0.4
2022	0	0	0	0
2023	5	0.4	7+2	0.4
2024	2	0.1	2	0.1
2025	5.5	0.4	6+0.5	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

111 career value over replacement — #975 all-time of 4,642. 10.1/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #17 (Rd 1) · SF · 2015 · +10.5 vs expected KV-H

67actual

56.5 expected · Δ+10.5

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Archetype Intelligence

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 · 2015

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #17

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator