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

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Boye Mafe

Top 22% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter

Height6'4"

Weight265 lb

BornNov 30, 1998

Age27

CollegeMinnesota See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2022

Draft2022 · Rd 2, Pick 40 · SEA

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 61 · #1800 · Above Average

Worth 61 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 40% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.3

Avg surplus

peak +30

4 seasons × ~15.3 surplus ≈ VORP 61

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%
2022	—	SEA	15	—	32	21	11	3	4	3.0	10.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	424	36.5%	69	18.8%	15	12	0.8	122.8	4.1	8	4	1	16	3	0.1
2023	—	SEA	16	—	49	32	17	9	16	9.0	34.0	0	6	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	808	72.3%	77	17.5%	8	6	0.8	156.2	2.6	25	8	8	14	3	0.1
2024	—	SEA	14	—	37	22	15	8	12	6.0	26.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	608	60.5%	5	6.7%	9	7	0.8	102.8	0.8	21	9	6	25	4	0.1
2025	—	SEA	16	—	31	11	20	4	4	2.0	10.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	561	50.1%	53	12.1%	4	4	1.0	105.2	-1.5	17	12	3	9	2	0.1
Career		—	61	—	149	86	63	24	36	20.0	80.0	0	14	3	2	0	0	—	0.0%	2,401	54.9%	204	13.8%	36	29	—	—	—	71	33	18	64	12	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2022	24	SEA	15	0*	32	21	11	3	4	3.0	10.0	0	0	—	7.7
2023	25	SEA	16	12*	49	32	17	9	16	9.0	34.0	6	1	2	15.1
2024	26	SEA	14	9*	37	22	15	8	12	6.0	26.0	3	1	—	12.9
2025	27	SEA	16	9*	31	11	20	4	4	2.0	10.0	5	1	—	8.7
Career			61	30*	149	86	63	24	36	—	—	14	3	2	44.4

* 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%
2022	24	SEA	17	0*	—	0.0%	424	36.5%	69	18.8%
2023	25	SEA	16	12*	—	0.0%	808	72.3%	77	17.5%
2024	26	SEA	15	9*	—	0.0%	608	60.5%	5	6.7%
2025	27	SEA	17	9*	—	0.0%	561	50.1%	53	12.1%
Career			65	30*	—	—	2,401	—	204	—

* 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%
2022	24	SEA	17	0*	15	12	0.8	122.8	4.1	8	4	1	16	3	0.1
2023	25	SEA	16	12*	8	6	0.8	156.2	2.6	25	8	8	14	3	0.1
2024	26	SEA	15	9*	9	7	0.8	102.8	0.8	21	9	6	25	4	0.1
2025	27	SEA	17	9*	4	4	1.0	105.2	-1.5	17	12	3	9	2	0.1
Career			65	30*	36	29	—	—	—	71	33	18	64	12	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 67.6 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 63· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 66

On-field 48.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2022bestavg 66elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Sacks leader10

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.04See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.04Snap share54.9%Def snaps2,401ReliableCV 0.32

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 · 2022

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

EDGE · 2022 class

4.53s

40-Yard

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 71thClass Pos 88thClass All 62th

38"

Vertical

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 87thClass Pos 86thClass All 89th

125"

Broad Jump

Elite · 90th pct

Pos 90thAll 86thClass Pos 85thClass All 79th

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl5Solo3Ast2QBHits1Dis1.0

College Stats

MinnesotaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Minnesota), 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.

2022 Draft Class· this player went #40

#32Lewis CineSAF #33Logan HallDE #34Christian WatsonWR #35Roger McCrearyCB #36Breece HallRB #37Jalen PitreSAF #38Arnold EbiketieLB #39Kyler GordonCB #41Kenneth Walker IIIRB #42Andrew BoothCB #43Wan'Dale RobinsonWR #44John Metchie IIIWR #45David OjaboLB #46Joshua PaschalDE #47Phidarian MathisDT #48Jaquan BriskerSAF

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Boye inherited the Seattle Seahawks DL room from Darrell Taylor (2021–2023), and handed it to Dre'Mont Jones (2023–2024).

Cortez Kennedy 1990–2000Michael Sinclair 1992–2001Michael McCrary 1993–1996Antonio Edwards 1993–1997Sam Adams 1994–1999Phillip Daniels

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 SEA
2022draft
Drafted by SEA — Round 2, Pick 40

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 265 lb

Frame

261 lb at 4.53s

Size-speed

38" vert / 125" broad

Explosion

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	SEA	1	W3Questionable· KneeW4Out· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW6Questionable· Knee
2023	SEA	0	W2Questionable· Knee

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 4-season peers. See all →

peak 70

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

C+2022

A2023

B+2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

96%

2022

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
2022	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2023	9	0.6	10+1	0.6
2024	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2025	2	0.1	2	0.1

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

61 career value over replacement — #1800 all-time of 4,642. 15.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #40 (Rd 2) · SEA · 2022 · +13.2 vs expected KV-H

63actual

49.8 expected · Δ+13.2

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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 · 2022

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2022 Draft Class· this player went #40

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography