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

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Brian Young

Top 25% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2001

Height6'2"

Weight298 lb

BornJul 8, 1977

Age49

CollegeTexas-El Paso See College Stats

Rookie yr2000

Draft2000 · Rd 5, Pick 139 · LA

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A quality edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 88 · #1305 · High-Value

Worth 88 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 29% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 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

+14.7

Avg surplus

peak +24

6 seasons × ~14.7 surplus ≈ VORP 88

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
2000	—	LA	5	—	5	3	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	—	LA	15	—	30	23	7	10	6	6.5	22.5	1	3	1	—	0	0
2002	—	LA	15	—	29	20	9	3	3	2.0	8.0	0	2	0	1	0	0
2003	—	LA	15	—	31	22	9	0	0	3.0	3.0	0	2	3	5	0	0
2004	—	NO	15	—	45	26	19	0	0	2.0	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2005	—	NO	15	—	34	21	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2006	—	NO	15	—	35	25	10	0	16	6.0	22.0	0	1	0	1	0	0
2007	—	NO	9	—	14	12	2	0	5	3.0	8.0	0	1	1	—	0	0
2008	—	NO	5	—	7	5	2	1	0	1.0	2.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
Career		—	109	—	230	157	73	15	30	23.5	68.5	1	9	6	8	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2000	23	LA	5	—	5	3	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	1.5
2001	24	LA	15	—	30	23	7	10	6	6.5	22.5	1	3	1	—	12.9
2002	25	LA	15	—	29	20	9	3	3	2.0	8.0	0	2	0	1	7.1
2003	26	LA	15	—	31	22	9	0	0	3.0	3.0	0	2	3	5	10.2
2004	27	NO	15	—	45	26	19	0	0	2.0	2.0	0	0	0	1	8.3
2005	28	NO	15	—	34	21	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	6.8
2006	29	NO	15	—	35	25	10	0	16	6.0	22.0	0	1	0	1	12.4
2007	30	NO	9	—	14	12	2	0	5	3.0	8.0	0	1	1	—	6.9
2008	31	NO	5	—	7	5	2	1	0	1.0	2.0	0	0	1	—	3
Career			109		230	157	73	15	30	—	—	1	9	6	8	69.1

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 61 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 92%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 39.4

Availability 16.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2000bestavg 52elite 702008

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 12% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

12% of the all-time Sacks leader12

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: 91%.

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 · 2000

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

DL · 2000 class

4.94s

40-Yard

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 24thClass Pos 69thClass All 25th

29.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 53th pct

Pos 53thAll 19thClass Pos 41thClass All 20th

106"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 16thClass Pos 56thClass All 23th

27 reps

Bench

Below avg · 49th pct

Pos 49thAll 83thClass Pos 57thClass All 86th

7.20s

3-Cone

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 45thClass Pos 90thClass All 47th

4.47s

Shuttle

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 31thClass Pos 77thClass All 29th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl16Solo13Ast3TFL2QBHits4Sk2.0Dis8.0PD2FR1

College Stats

Texas-El PasoCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas-El Paso), 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.

2000 Draft Class· this player went #139

#128Peter SirmonMLB #130Anthony MalbroughDB #131Tutan ReyesG #132Paul SmithRB #133Robert BeanDB #135Aric MorrisDB #136Mao TosiDE #137Clark HaggansLB #140Ralph BrownDB #141Dave StachelskiTE #142Shane LechlerP #143Windrell HayesWR #144Michael WileyRB #145Todd FranzDB #146Lamar ChapmanDB #147Gillis WilsonDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brian inherited the New Orleans Saints DL room from Charles Grant (2002–2009), and handed it to Sedrick Ellis (2008–2012).

Wayne Martin 1989–1999Joe Johnson 1994–2001Brady Smith 1996–1999La'Roi Glover 1997–2001Willie Whitehead 1999–2006Norman Hand

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2008final season
Last recorded season with NO
2004team change
Joined NO (from LA)
2000draft
Drafted by LA — Round 5, Pick 139

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 298 lb

Frame

278 lb at 4.94s

Size-speed

29.5" vert / 106" broad

Explosion

27 reps

Bench power

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

F2000

B+2001

C+2002

C+2003

C+2004

C2005

B+2006

B2007

F2008

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

81%

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
2000	0	0	0	0
2001	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2002	2	0.1	2	0.1
2003	3	0.2	3	0.2
2004	2	0.1	2	0.1
2005	0	0	0	0
2006	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2007	3	0.3	6+3	0.3
2008	1	0.2	3+2	0.2

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

Career Value · VORP

88 career value over replacement — #1305 all-time of 4,642. 9.8/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #139 (Rd 5) · LA · 2000 · +28 vs expected KV-H

61actual

33 expected · Δ+28

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2000

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2000 Draft Class· this player went #139

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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Era Translator