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

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Brandon Mebane

Top 31% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2008

Height6'1"

Weight311 lb

BornJan 15, 1985

Age41

CollegeCalifornia See College Stats

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 3, Pick 85 · SEA

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 64 · #1736 · Above Average

Worth 64 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 38% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 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

+6.4

Avg surplus

peak +22

10 seasons × ~6.4 surplus ≈ VORP 64

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%
2007	—	SEA	13	—	26	20	6	0	2	2.0	4.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	SEA	16	—	33	23	10	9	18	5.5	32.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	SEA	15	—	38	30	8	8	6	1.5	15.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	SEA	12	—	25	13	12	7	1	1.0	9.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	SEA	15	—	52	36	16	7	4	0.0	11.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	SEA	16	—	53	28	25	4	5	3.0	12.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	SEA	16	—	42	18	24	6	6	0.0	12.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	532	50.0%	28	8.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	SEA	8	—	19	10	9	5	2	1.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	280	48.6%	2	3.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	SEA	13	—	23	13	10	2	5	1.5	8.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	489	51.3%	46	12.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	LAC	9	—	20	16	4	4	3	1.0	8.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	SD	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	340	50.9%	17	14.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	LAC	13	—	27	13	14	2	2	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	535	50.9%	10	13.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	LAC	12	—	34	16	18	3	3	1.0	7.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	405	51.1%	3	6.0%	1	0	0.0	39.6	-9.0	3	0	2	0	1	0.0
2019	—	LAC	13	—	27	15	12	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	408	52.2%	2	4.0%	0	0	—	—	—	5	3	1	0	5	0.2
Career		—	181	—	419	251	168	58	59	18.5	135.5	1	10	3	3	0	0	—	0.0%	2,989	50.7%	108	8.9%	1	0	—	—	—	8	3	3	0	6	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2007	22	SEA	13	—	26	20	6	0	2	2.0	4.0	0	0	0	1	6.7
2008	23	SEA	16	—	33	23	10	9	18	5.5	32.5	0	1	2	—	15.8
2009	24	SEA	15	—	38	30	8	8	6	1.5	15.5	0	0	0	—	9.7
2010	25	SEA	12	—	25	13	12	7	1	1.0	9.0	0	2	0	—	6.8
2011	26	SEA	15	—	52	36	16	7	4	0.0	11.0	0	1	0	—	8.4
2012	27	SEA	16	—	53	28	25	4	5	3.0	12.0	0	3	0	1	9.3
2013	28	SEA	16	8*	42	18	24	6	6	0.0	12.0	0	1	0	1	7.7
2014	29	SEA	8	0*	19	10	9	5	2	1.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	4.9
2015	30	SEA	13	8*	23	13	10	2	5	1.5	8.5	0	0	0	—	6.2
2016	31	LAC	9	5*	20	16	4	4	3	1.0	8.0	1	1	0	—	5.1
2017	32	LAC	13	8*	27	13	14	2	2	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	4.8
2018	33	LAC	12	6*	34	16	18	3	3	1.0	7.0	0	1	1	—	5.9
2019	34	LAC	13	7*	27	15	12	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	5.1
Career			171	42*	419	251	168	58	59	—	—	1	10	3	3	96.4

* 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%
2013	28	SEA	16	8*	—	0.0%	532	50.0%	28	8.4%
2014	29	SEA	9	0*	—	0.0%	280	48.6%	2	3.5%
2015	30	SEA	15	8*	—	0.0%	489	51.3%	46	12.5%
2016	31	SD	10	5*	—	0.0%	340	50.9%	17	14.3%
2017	32	LAC	16	8*	—	0.0%	535	50.9%	10	13.3%
2018	33	LAC	12	6*	—	0.0%	405	51.1%	3	6.0%
2019	34	LAC	13	7*	—	0.0%	408	52.2%	2	4.0%
Career			91	42*	—	—	2,989	—	108	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	33	LAC	12	6*	1	0.0	39.6	-9.0	3	0	2	1	0.0
2019	34	LAC	13	7*	0	—	—	—	5	3	1	5	0.2
Career			25	13*	1	—	—	—	8	3	3	6	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 58 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 55.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 52

On-field 35.2

Availability 16.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2007bestavg 522019

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Sacks leader9

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

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.89See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.89Snap share50.7%Def snaps2,989ReliableCV 0.41

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within interior d-line, 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 defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2007

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

DL · 2007 class

5.15s

40-Yard

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 13thClass Pos 25thClass All 8th

24"

Vertical

Low · 4th pct

Pos 4thAll 2thClass Pos 4thClass All 1th

106"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 16thClass Pos 32thClass All 11th

24 reps

Bench

Below avg · 27th pct

Pos 27thAll 69thClass Pos 11thClass All 61th

7.94s

3-Cone

Low · 20th pct

Pos 20thAll 7thClass Pos 6thClass All 3th

4.65s

Shuttle

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 16thClass Pos 69thClass All 11th

Postseason Career

12 playoff games

Defense

Tkl34Solo22Ast12TFL3Dis3.0

College Stats

CaliforniaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (California), 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.

2007 Draft Class· this player went #85

#76Jason HillWR #77Matt SpaethTE #78James JonesWR #79Mike Sims-WalkerWR #80Paul WilliamsWR #81Jay AlfordNT #82Tank TylerDT #84Jonathan WadeDB #86Marshal YandaG #87Stewart BradleyLB #89Aaron RouseFS #90Tony HuntRB #91Mario HendersonOT #92Trent EdwardsQB #93Garrett WolfeRB #95Dante HughesDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brandon inherited the Seattle Seahawks DL room from Patrick Kerney (2007–2009), and handed it to Lawrence Jackson (2008–2009).

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

2019final season
Last recorded season with LAC
2016team change
Joined LAC (from SEA)
2007draft
Drafted by SEA — Round 3, Pick 85

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 311 lb

Frame

309 lb at 5.15s

Size-speed

24" vert / 106" 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
2019	LAC	2	W7Out· KneeW8Out· KneeW9Doubtful· KneeW10Questionable· Knee
2018	LAC	1	W12Questionable· Not Injury RelatedW13Out· Not Injury RelatedW14Doubtful· Not Injury RelatedW15Doubtful· Not Injury RelatedW18Doubtful· Not Injury Related
2015	SEA	0	W4Questionable· Groin
2010	SEA	0	W4Questionable· CalfW6Questionable· CalfW7Questionable· CalfW8Questionable· CalfW9Questionable· Calf
2009	SEA	0	W2Questionable· CalfW3Questionable· Calf

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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 61

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

C+2007

B2008

C+2009

C2010

C2011

B2012

C2013

C2014

C+2015

C2016

C2017

C2018

C+2019

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
2007	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2008	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2009	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2010	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2011	0	0	0	0
2012	3	0.2	3	0.2
2013	0	0	0	0
2014	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2015	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2016	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2017	0	0	0	0
2018	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2019	1	0.1	2+1	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

64 career value over replacement — #1736 all-time of 4,642. 4.9/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #85 (Rd 3) · SEA · 2007 · +19.3 vs expected KV-H

58actual

38.7 expected · Δ+19.3

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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 · 2007

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2007 Draft Class· this player went #85

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator