Brandon Noble is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Noble in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Noble's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Brandon Noble
Top 40% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter
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 27 · #2771 · Role PlayerWorth 27 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 61% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
3 cleared
2 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
47
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
3
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+9
Avg surplus
peak +13
3 seasons × ~9 surplus ≈ VORP 27
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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1999 | — | DAL | 12 | — | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | — | DAL | 16 | — | 38 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | — | DAL | 15 | — | 34 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3.5 | 13.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | — | DAL | 15 | — | 27 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | — | WAS | 9 | — | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 67 | — | 132 | 94 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 8.5 | 30.5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Defense
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 54 · SolidA solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
53
Sustained
career value
×.6
56
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×1
Longevity
career length
Blend 54.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 53
On-field 35.5
Availability 17.5
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)
1999bestavg 522004
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position4
Depth
of 100
Reached 4% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
4% of the all-time Sacks leader4
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%.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Postseason Career
1 playoff gameDefense
Tkl2Solo1Ast1
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Penn State), 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.
Top Teammates
Emmitt SmithRB4yDarren WoodsonS4yGreg EllisDE4yDexter CoakleyLB4yMichael MyersDT4yEbenezer EkubanDE4yDat NguyenILB4yPeppi ZellnerDE4yRobert ThomasFB4yDuane HawthorneCB4yJoey GallowayWR3yGeorge TeagueFS3yRaghib IsmailWR3yDemetric EvansDE3yIzell ReeseFS3yMario EdwardsCB3yTroy HambrickRB3yMichael WileyRB3yMicah KnorrP3yMike LuckyTE3yTroy AikmanQB2yJackie HarrisTE2yAlonzo SpellmanDE2yChad HenningsDT2y
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterBrandon inherited the Dallas Cowboys DL room from Alonzo Spellman (1999–2000), and handed it to Peppi Zellner (1999–2002).
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2004team change
Joined WAS (from DAL)
- 2004final season
Last recorded season with WAS
- 1999signing
Entered the NFL with DAL
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'2" / 305 lb
Frame
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 5-season peers. See all →
54
peak 56
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
C+1999
C+2000
B2001
C2002
C2004
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.
84%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 0.3 | 4+1 | 0.2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 4+0.5 | 0.2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0.1 | 2+1 | 0.1 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Career Value · VORP
27 career value over replacement — #2771 all-time of 4,642. 5.4/season above a replacement-level DL.
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