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

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Bobby McCray

Top 13% all-time pass rushersIron Man

Height6'6"

Weight260 lb

BornAug 8, 1981

Age44

CollegeFlorida See College Stats

Rookie yr2004

Draft2004 · Rd 7, Pick 249 · JAX

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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 94 · #1212 · High-Value

Worth 94 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 27% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.7

Avg surplus

peak +33

6 seasons × ~15.7 surplus ≈ VORP 94

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
2004	—	JAX	13	—	22	17	5	0	0	2.5	2.5	0	1	2	—	0	0
2005	—	JAX	11	—	17	13	4	0	0	6.5	6.5	0	1	3	1	0	0
2006	—	JAX	15	—	34	30	4	0	13	9.5	22.5	0	1	2	—	0	0
2007	—	JAX	11	—	17	9	8	0	9	3.0	12.0	0	2	1	—	0	0
2008	—	NO	12	—	25	21	4	12	13	6.0	31.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2009	—	NO	12	—	12	8	4	3	8	1.5	12.5	0	1	0	—	0	0
Career		—	74	—	127	98	29	15	43	29.0	87.0	0	6	9	1	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2004	23	JAX	13	—	22	17	5	0	0	2.5	2.5	1	2	—	8.5
2005	24	JAX	11	—	17	13	4	0	0	6.5	6.5	1	3	1	10.2
2006	25	JAX	15	—	34	30	4	0	13	9.5	22.5	1	2	—	15.2
2007	26	JAX	11	—	17	9	8	0	9	3.0	12.0	2	1	—	8.3
2008	27	NO	12	—	25	21	4	12	13	6.0	31.0	0	1	—	14.2
2009	28	NO	12	—	12	8	4	3	8	1.5	12.5	1	0	—	6.9
Career			74		127	98	29	15	43	—	—	6	9	1	63.3

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 69 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 69 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 68.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 69· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 67

On-field 51.4

Availability 15.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2004bestavg 67elite 702009

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 15% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

15% of the all-time Sacks leader15

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: 90%.

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 · 2004

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

EDGE · 2004 class

4.62s

40-Yard

Strong · 84th pct

Pos 84thAll 55thClass Pos 91thClass All 57th

33.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 52th pct

Pos 52thAll 49thClass Pos 59thClass All 47th

27 reps

Bench

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 83thClass Pos 83thClass All 78th

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl7Solo7QBHits3Sk1.0Dis4.0PD1FF1

College Stats

FloridaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida), 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.

2004 Draft Class· this player went #249

#228Casey CramerRB #230Jared ClaussDT #231Kevin SampsonOT #232Michael GainesTE #233Christian MortonDB #234Trevor JohnsonDE #235Derrick WardRB #236Rashad WashingtonDB #239Eugene AmanoC #240Colby BockwoldtLB #241Sean McHughTE #242Bruce PerryRB #245Courtney AndersonTE #247Brandon MireeRB #250Bradlee Van PeltQB #251Scott WellsC

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Bobby inherited the Jacksonville Jaguars DL room from John Henderson (2002–2009), and handed it to Reggie Hayward (2005–2009).

Jeff Lageman 1995–1997Kelvin Pritchett 1995–1998Joel Smeenge 1995–2000Clyde Simmons 1996–1997Tony Brackens 1996–2003Renaldo Wynn

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2009final season
Last recorded season with NO
2008team change
Joined NO (from JAX)
2004draft
Drafted by JAX — Round 7, Pick 249

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 260 lb

Frame

255 lb at 4.62s

Size-speed

27 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	NO	0	W12Questionable· Knee / BackW13Questionable· Back / KneeW15Questionable· BackW17Questionable· Back

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 6-season peers. See all →

peak 71

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

C+2004

B+2005

A2006

C+2007

B+2008

C+2009

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

77%

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
2004	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2005	6.5	0.6	10+3.5	0.6
2006	9.5	0.6	11+1.5	0.6
2007	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2008	6	0.5	9+3	0.5
2009	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

94 career value over replacement — #1212 all-time of 4,642. 15.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #249 (Rd 7) · JAX · 2004 · +46.5 vs expected KV-H

69actual

22.5 expected · Δ+46.5

💔+21.7 stolen VORP·1.38 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2004

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2004 Draft Class· this player went #249

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

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