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

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Bryce Paup

4× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 14% all-time linebackersIron Man⭐ Shooting Star · 1999

Height6'5"

Weight247 lb

BornFeb 29, 1968

Age58

CollegeNorthern Iowa See College Stats

Rookie yr1990

Draft1990 · Rd 6, Pick 159 · GB

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

79thSacks·75

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL1995·Sacks17.5

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end linebacker defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 113 · #942 · High-Value

Worth 113 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 21% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12.6

Avg surplus

peak +20

9 seasons × ~12.6 surplus ≈ VORP 113

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
1990	—	GB	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	—	0	0	—	—
1991	—	GB	12	—	22	0	—	—	—	7.5	7.5	—	0	3	—	—	—
1992	—	GB	16	—	46	28	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	—	4	1	—	—	—
1993	—	GB	15	—	74	61	—	—	—	11.0	11.0	1	4	2	—	—	—
1994	—	GB	16	—	79	47	—	—	—	7.5	7.5	3	6	2	—	—	—
1995	—	BUF	15	—	89	70	—	—	—	17.5	17.5	2	6	3	—	—	—
1996	—	BUF	12	—	47	37	—	—	—	6.0	6.0	—	2	2	—	—	—
1997	—	BUF	16	—	77	57	—	—	—	9.5	9.5	—	3	2	—	—	—
1998	—	JAX	16	—	68	55	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	—	3	0	—	—	—
1999	—	JAX	12	—	28	22	6	4	1	1.0	6.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
2000	—	MIN	5	—	5	4	1	3	2	2.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	135	—	536	381	7	7	3	75.0	85.0	6	30	15	0	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1990	22	GB	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—
1991	23	GB	12	—	22	0	—	—	—	7.5	7.5	—	0	3	—	—	—	10.2
1992	24	GB	16	—	46	28	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	—	4	1	—	—	—	14.1
1993	25	GB	15	—	74	61	—	—	—	11.0	11.0	1	4	2	—	—	—	12.4
1994	26	GB	16	—	79	47	—	—	—	7.5	7.5	3	6	2	—	—	—	15.7
1995	27	BUF	15	—	89	70	—	—	—	17.5	17.5	2	6	3	—	—	—	16.5
1996	28	BUF	12	—	47	37	—	—	—	6.0	6.0	—	2	2	—	—	—	12
1997	29	BUF	16	—	77	57	—	—	—	9.5	9.5	—	3	2	—	—	—	14.3
1998	30	JAX	16	—	68	55	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	—	3	0	—	—	—	12
1999	31	JAX	12	—	28	22	6	4	1	1.0	6.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	5.1
2000	32	MIN	5	—	5	4	1	3	2	2.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	2.8
Career			135		536	381	7	7	3	—	—	6	30	15	0	0	0	115.1

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 41.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

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

1991bestavg 562000

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 38% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

38% of the all-time Sacks leader38

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 86%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl2Solo2TFL2Dis2.0

College Stats

Northern IowaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Northern Iowa), 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.

1990 Draft Class· this player went #159

#130Brian MitchellRB #131Cedric SmithFB #132Charles WilsonWR #133Calvin WilliamsWR #138John FrieszQB #140Terance MathisWR #149Marcus WilsonRB #156Mike BuckQB #163Derrick WalkerTE #169Johnny JohnsonRB #178Scott GalbraithTE #186Lester ArchambeauDE #187Nate LewisWR #192Shannon SharpeTE #194Willie GreenWR #196Roger DuffyG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Bryce opened the Green Bay Packers LB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to George Koonce (1992–1999).

Bryce Paup 1990–1994George Koonce 1992–1999Brian Williams 1995–2000Bernardo Harris 1995–2001John Thierry 2000–2001Nate Wayne 2000–2002

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2000team change
Joined MIN (from JAX)
2000final season
Last recorded season with MIN
1998team change
Joined JAX (from BUF)
1995team change
Joined BUF (from GB)
1990draft
Drafted by GB — Round 6, Pick 159

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 247 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 10-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

C1991

C+1992

B1993

B1994

B1995

C+1996

B1997

B1998

C1999

F2000

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

84%

Era Translator

Tackles 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 Tackles	Tackles/G	→ 2025 Tackles	→ 2025 /G
1991	22	1.8	36+14	2.1
1992	46	2.9	52+6	3
1993	74	4.9	76+2	4.5
1994	79	4.9	74-5	4.4
1995	89	5.9	90+1	5.3
1996	47	3.9	69+22	4
1997	77	4.8	81+4	4.7
1998	68	4.3	72+4	4.2
1999	28	2.3	36+8	2.1
2000	5	1	2-3	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (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

113 career value over replacement — #942 all-time of 4,642. 11.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #159 (Rd 6) · GB · 1990 · +31.1 vs expected KV-H

63actual

31.9 expected · Δ+31.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1990 Draft Class· this player went #159

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

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