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

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Arthur Moats

Top 35% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2014

Height6'0"

Weight246 lb

BornMar 14, 1988

Age38

CollegeJames Madison See College Stats

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 6, Pick 178 · BUF

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality edge rusher with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 42 · #2269 · Above Average

Worth 42 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 50% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+8.4

Avg surplus

peak +12

5 seasons × ~8.4 surplus ≈ VORP 42

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%
2010	—	BUF	11	—	21	8	13	1	5	2.0	8.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	BUF	10	—	19	7	12	1	7	2.5	10.5	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	BUF	6	—	17	12	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	BUF	13	—	37	16	21	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	293	28.5%	176	34.7%
2014	—	PIT	12	—	23	17	6	4	6	4.0	14.0	0	0	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	337	36.7%	145	33.7%
2015	—	PIT	13	—	32	21	11	4	10	4.0	18.0	0	2	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	554	50.6%	80	23.8%
2016	—	PIT	11	—	19	9	10	3	7	3.5	13.5	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	396	42.6%	70	18.9%
2017	—	PIT	3	—	5	4	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	84	11.0%	96	24.4%
Career		—	79	—	173	94	79	15	36	16.0	67.0	0	6	4	4	0	0	—	0.0%	1,664	33.9%	567	27.1%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2010	22	BUF	11	—	21	8	13	1	5	2.0	8.0	1	1	—	6.8
2011	23	BUF	10	—	19	7	12	1	7	2.5	10.5	0	1	1	6.8
2012	24	BUF	6	—	17	12	5	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	2.4
2013	25	BUF	13	0*	37	16	21	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	0	—	4.8
2014	26	PIT	12	0*	23	17	6	4	6	4.0	14.0	0	2	1	9.5
2015	27	PIT	13	8*	32	21	11	4	10	4.0	18.0	2	0	2	9.1
2016	28	PIT	11	0*	19	9	10	3	7	3.5	13.5	3	0	—	7.2
2017	29	PIT	3	0*	5	4	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—	—
Career			79	8*	173	94	79	15	36	—	—	6	4	4	46.6

* 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%
2013	25	BUF	16	0*	—	0.0%	293	28.5%	176	34.7%
2014	26	PIT	16	0*	—	0.0%	337	36.7%	145	33.7%
2015	27	PIT	16	8*	—	0.0%	554	50.6%	80	23.8%
2016	28	PIT	16	0*	—	0.0%	396	42.6%	70	18.9%
2017	29	PIT	14	0*	—	0.0%	84	11.0%	96	24.4%
Career			78	8*	—	—	1,664	—	567	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 55.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 40.9

Availability 14.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 532016

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Sacks leader8

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: 86%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.275See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.275Snap share33.9%Def snaps1,664VolatileCV 0.47

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 · 2010

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

EDGE · 2010 class

4.64s

40-Yard

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 52thClass Pos 84thClass All 57th

36.5"

Vertical

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 77thClass Pos 70thClass All 74th

122"

Broad Jump

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 74thClass Pos 93thClass All 86th

24 reps

Bench

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 69thClass Pos 41thClass All 64th

7.22s

3-Cone

Above avg · 54th pct

Pos 54thAll 43thClass Pos 39thClass All 36th

4.37s

Shuttle

Above avg · 54th pct

Pos 54thAll 45thClass Pos 64thClass All 54th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl6Solo2Ast4QBHits1Dis1.0

College Stats

James MadisonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (James Madison), 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.

2010 Draft Class· this player went #178

#166Stevenson SylvesterLB #169Marshall NewhouseG #170Fendi OnobunTE #171Shann SchillingerDB #173Anthony DixonRB #175Greg HardyDE #176Rusty SmithQB #177Carlton MitchellWR #179Sam YoungOT #180Deji KarimRB #182Nate ByhamTE #183Eric OlsenG #184Adrian TracyLB #185Anthony McCoyTE #186Clifton GeathersDT #187Shelley SmithG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Arthur inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers DL room from Cameron Heyward (2011–2025), and handed it to Stephon Tuitt (2014–2020).

Donald Evans 1990–1993Joel Steed 1992–1999Kevin Henry 1993–2000Brentson Buckner 1994–1996Oliver Gibson 1995–1998Orpheus Roye

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2014team change
Joined PIT (from BUF)
2010draft
Drafted by BUF — Round 6, Pick 178

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 246 lb

Frame

246 lb at 4.64s

Size-speed

36.5" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

24 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2012	BUF	1	W16Out· Ankle
2011	BUF	1	W1Out· Knee
2010	BUF	1	W5Out· Elbow

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 57

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

C+2010

C+2011

F2012

C2013

B2014

B2015

B2016

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

82%

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
2010	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2011	2.5	0.3	4+1.5	0.3
2012	0	0	0	0
2013	0	0	0	0
2014	4	0.3	6+2	0.3
2015	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2016	3.5	0.3	5+1.5	0.3

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

42 career value over replacement — #2269 all-time of 4,642. 6/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #178 (Rd 6) · BUF · 2010 · +29.1 vs expected KV-H

56actual

26.9 expected · Δ+29.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2010

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #178

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator