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

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Brett Keisel

1× Pro BowlTop 23% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2006

Height6'5"

Weight285 lb

BornSep 19, 1978

Age47

CollegeBYU See College Stats

Rookie yr2002

Draft2002 · Rd 7, Pick 242 · PIT

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 87 · #1326 · High-Value

Worth 87 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 30% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10.9

Avg surplus

peak +19

8 seasons × ~10.9 surplus ≈ VORP 87

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%
2002	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	PIT	6	—	6	3	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	PIT	11	—	15	10	5	0	0	3.0	3.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	PIT	16	—	45	27	18	0	10	6.0	16.0	0	4	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	PIT	15	—	32	16	16	0	7	3.0	10.0	0	7	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	PIT	9	—	32	13	19	4	1	1.0	6.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	PIT	15	—	45	27	18	4	5	3.0	12.0	0	2	1	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	PIT	10	—	24	8	16	1	1	3.0	5.0	1	7	2	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	PIT	14	—	34	19	15	5	5	3.0	13.0	0	6	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	PIT	15	—	36	16	20	4	9	4.5	17.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	PIT	10	—	27	18	9	3	7	4.0	14.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	564	70.9%	42	12.7%
2014	—	PIT	11	—	14	5	9	1	5	1.0	7.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	438	60.1%	10	8.8%
Career		—	137	—	310	162	148	22	50	31.5	103.5	2	37	7	7	1	0	—	0.0%	1,002	65.5%	52	10.7%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2002	24	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3
2004	26	PIT	6	—	6	3	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2.5
2005	27	PIT	11	—	15	10	5	0	0	3.0	3.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	7.2
2006	28	PIT	16	—	45	27	18	0	10	6.0	16.0	0	4	0	1	0	0	11.9
2007	29	PIT	15	—	32	16	16	0	7	3.0	10.0	0	7	0	—	0	0	9
2008	30	PIT	9	—	32	13	19	4	1	1.0	6.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	4.9
2009	31	PIT	15	—	45	27	18	4	5	3.0	12.0	0	2	1	2	0	0	10.1
2010	32	PIT	10	—	24	8	16	1	1	3.0	5.0	1	7	2	—	1	0	8.2
2011	33	PIT	14	—	34	19	15	5	5	3.0	13.0	0	6	2	1	0	0	10.2
2012	34	PIT	15	—	36	16	20	4	9	4.5	17.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	10.1
2013	35	PIT	10	9*	27	18	9	3	7	4.0	14.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	8.1
2014	36	PIT	11	7*	14	5	9	1	5	1.0	7.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	4.7
Career			137	16*	310	162	148	22	50	—	—	2	37	7	7	1	0	88.2

* 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	35	PIT	12	9*	—	0.0%	564	70.9%	42	12.7%
2014	36	PIT	12	7*	—	0.0%	438	60.1%	10	8.8%
Career			24	16*	—	—	1,002	—	52	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 62 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 62 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 41.6

Availability 15.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2002bestavg 53elite 702014

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Sacks leader16

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.894See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.894Snap share65.5%Def snaps1,002Emerging

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 · 2002

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

EDGE · 2002 class

4.89s

40-Yard

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 27thClass Pos 25thClass All 24th

33.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 52th pct

Pos 52thAll 49thClass Pos 44thClass All 44th

107"

Broad Jump

Low · 10th pct

Pos 10thAll 17thClass Pos 7thClass All 16th

26 reps

Bench

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 79thClass Pos 53thClass All 78th

7.28s

3-Cone

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 39thClass Pos 43thClass All 37th

4.51s

Shuttle

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 27thClass Pos 11thClass All 18th

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Defense

Tkl32Solo15Ast17TFL3QBHits4Sk3.0Dis10.0PD3FF1FR2

College Stats

BYUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (BYU), 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.

2002 Draft Class· this player went #242

#230Jeff GrauC #231Monsanto PopeDT #233Tim WansleyCB #235Ronald CurryWR #238Raheem BrockDE #239Eric HeitmannC #240Carlos HallDE #241Leonard HenryRB #243Chris MasseyLS #244Kevin ShafferOT #245Quincy MonkLB #248Kyle KosierG #252Matt MurphyTE #253David GivensWR #257Rock CartwrightRB #258Brad FranklinCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brett inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers DL room from Travis Kirschke (2004–2009), and handed it to Ziggy Hood (2009–2013).

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

2014final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2002draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 7, Pick 242

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 285 lb

Frame

279 lb at 4.89s

Size-speed

33.5" vert / 107" broad

Explosion

26 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2013	PIT	2	W11Questionable· FootW12Questionable· FootW14Out· FootW15Out· Foot
2011	PIT	2	W3Out· KneeW4Out· Knee
2010	PIT	1	W7Out· HamstringW8Doubtful· HamstringW10Doubtful· HamstringW11Questionable· Hamstring
2009	PIT	0	W17Questionable· Neck

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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 65

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

F2002

F2004

C+2005

B+2006

C+2007

C2008

B2009

B2010

C+2011

B2012

B2013

C2014

Availability

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
2002	0	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0	0
2005	3	0.3	4+1	0.3
2006	6	0.4	6	0.4
2007	3	0.2	3	0.2
2008	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2009	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2010	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2011	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2012	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2013	4	0.4	7+3	0.4
2014	1	0.1	2+1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

87 career value over replacement — #1326 all-time of 4,642. 7.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #242 (Rd 7) · PIT · 2002 · +39.2 vs expected KV-H

62actual

22.8 expected · Δ+39.2

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2002

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2002 Draft Class· this player went #242

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography