Bud Dupree ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Dupree in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Dupree a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Bud Dupree

Top 9% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker

Height6'4"

Weight269 lb

BornFeb 12, 1993

Age33

CollegeKentucky See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 1, Pick 22 · PIT

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 240 · #251 · Elite

Worth 240 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 6% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+21.8

Avg surplus

peak +43

11 seasons × ~21.8 surplus ≈ VORP 240

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%
2015	—	PIT	15	—	25	16	9	4	6	4.0	14.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	563	49.7%	95	21.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	PIT	6	—	21	16	5	5	6	4.5	15.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	318	70.0%	12	13.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	PIT	14	—	39	30	9	12	7	6.0	25.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	795	86.7%	49	11.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	PIT	14	—	38	26	12	8	13	5.5	26.5	1	3	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	868	82.9%	61	13.2%	10	9	0.9	63.3	3.0	25	13	6	76	3	0.1
2019	—	PIT	16	—	56	37	19	16	17	11.5	44.5	0	3	4	2	0	0	—	0.0%	980	90.7%	64	14.7%	8	7	0.9	101.6	-0.4	28	11	5	98	12	0.1
2020	—	PIT	10	—	29	21	8	8	15	8.0	31.0	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	608	86.9%	33	10.8%	3	2	0.7	79.9	2.7	28	12	7	81	2	0.1
2021	—	TEN	10	—	14	10	4	2	8	3.0	13.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	397	55.2%	17	27.5%	5	5	1.0	118.7	2.2	17	9	5	15	0	0.0
2022	—	TEN	11	—	16	12	4	6	9	4.0	19.0	0	0	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	453	60.2%	—	0.0%	6	6	1.0	111.8	1.0	17	7	6	9	0	0.0
2023	—	ATL	16	—	34	12	22	8	8	6.5	22.5	0	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	724	67.8%	4	4.7%	6	5	0.8	100.0	-0.3	24	13	3	33	4	0.1
2024	—	LAC	15	—	27	17	10	6	10	6.0	22.0	1	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	546	50.5%	30	11.5%	4	3	0.8	43.7	-0.3	12	1	5	13	5	0.2
2025	—	LAC	10	—	16	9	7	2	3	2.0	7.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	390	40.4%	84	20.3%	8	4	0.5	56.2	-0.3	6	3	1	6	2	0.1
Career		—	137	—	315	206	109	77	102	61.0	240.0	2	18	13	5	1	0	—	0.0%	6,642	67.4%	449	14.9%	50	41	—	—	—	157	69	38	331	28	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2015	22	PIT	15	0*	25	16	9	4	6	4.0	14.0	0	1	0	—	0	7
2016	23	PIT	6	5*	21	16	5	5	6	4.5	15.5	0	1	1	—	0	5.2
2017	24	PIT	14	13*	39	30	9	12	7	6.0	25.0	0	1	0	1	0	8.9
2018	25	PIT	14	13*	38	26	12	8	13	5.5	26.5	1	3	1	—	1	11
2019	26	PIT	16	15*	56	37	19	16	17	11.5	44.5	0	3	4	2	0	14.8
2020	27	PIT	10	10*	29	21	8	8	15	8.0	31.0	0	2	2	—	0	9
2021	28	TEN	10	6*	14	10	4	2	8	3.0	13.0	0	1	1	—	0	5.5
2022	29	TEN	11	7*	16	12	4	6	9	4.0	19.0	0	0	1	2	0	6.1
2023	30	ATL	16	11*	34	12	22	8	8	6.5	22.5	0	3	2	—	0	9.5
2024	31	LAC	15	9*	27	17	10	6	10	6.0	22.0	1	2	1	—	0	9.1
2025	32	LAC	10	0*	16	9	7	2	3	2.0	7.0	0	1	0	—	0	4.6
Career			137	89*	315	206	109	77	102	—	—	2	18	13	5	1	90.7

* 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%
2015	22	PIT	16	0*	—	0.0%	563	49.7%	95	21.5%
2016	23	PIT	7	5*	—	0.0%	318	70.0%	12	13.3%
2017	24	PIT	15	13*	—	0.0%	795	86.7%	49	11.7%
2018	25	PIT	16	13*	—	0.0%	868	82.9%	61	13.2%
2019	26	PIT	16	15*	—	0.0%	980	90.7%	64	14.7%
2020	27	PIT	11	10*	—	0.0%	608	86.9%	33	10.8%
2021	28	TEN	11	6*	—	0.0%	397	55.2%	17	27.5%
2022	29	TEN	11	7*	—	0.0%	453	60.2%	—	0.0%
2023	30	ATL	16	11*	—	0.0%	724	67.8%	4	4.7%
2024	31	LAC	17	9*	—	0.0%	546	50.5%	30	11.5%
2025	32	LAC	16	0*	—	0.0%	390	40.4%	84	20.3%
Career			152	89*	—	—	6,642	—	449	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	25	PIT	16	13*	10	9	0.9	63.3	3.0	25	13	6	76	3	0.1
2019	26	PIT	16	15*	8	7	0.9	101.6	-0.4	28	11	5	98	12	0.1
2020	27	PIT	11	10*	3	2	0.7	79.9	2.7	28	12	7	81	2	0.1
2021	28	TEN	11	6*	5	5	1.0	118.7	2.2	17	9	5	15	0	0.0
2022	29	TEN	11	7*	6	6	1.0	111.8	1.0	17	7	6	9	0	0.0
2023	30	ATL	16	11*	6	5	0.8	100.0	-0.3	24	13	3	33	4	0.1
2024	31	LAC	17	9*	4	3	0.8	43.7	-0.3	12	1	5	13	5	0.2
2025	32	LAC	16	0*	8	4	0.5	56.2	-0.3	6	3	1	6	2	0.1
Career			114	71*	50	41	—	—	—	157	69	38	331	28	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 73 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 73.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 70

On-field 54

Availability 16

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 69elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 31% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

31% of the all-time Sacks leader31

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: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.11See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.11Snap share67.4%Def snaps6,642ReliableCV 0.28

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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2015

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

EDGE · 2015 class

4.56s

40-Yard

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 66thClass Pos 93thClass All 72th

42"

Vertical

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 98thClass All 98th

138"

Broad Jump

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 98thClass All 99th

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl23Solo15Ast8TFL4QBHits4Sk1.5Dis9.5PD1

College Stats

KentuckyCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Kentucky), 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.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #22

#13Andrus PeatG #14DeVante ParkerWR #15Melvin GordonRB #17Arik ArmsteadDE #18Marcus PetersCB #19Cameron ErvingG #20Nelson AgholorWR #21Cedric OgbuehiOT #23Shane RayLB #24D.J. HumphriesOT #25Shaq ThompsonOLB #26Breshad PerrimanWR #27Byron JonesCB #28Laken TomlinsonG #29Phillip DorsettWR #30Damarious RandallS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Bud inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers LB room from Anthony Chickillo (2015–2019), and handed it to T.J. Watt (2017–2025).

Hardy Nickerson 1987–1992Levon Kirkland 1992–2000Jason Gildon 1994–2003Carlos Emmons 1996–1999Earl Holmes 1996–2001Joey Porter

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with LAC
2024team change
Joined LAC (from ATL)
2023team change
Joined ATL (from TEN)
2021team change
Joined TEN (from PIT)
2015draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 1, Pick 22

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 269 lb

Frame

269 lb at 4.56s

Size-speed

42" vert / 138" broad

Explosion

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	LAC	0	W3Questionable· IllnessW12Questionable· Foot
2023	ATL	0	W8Questionable· GroinW15Questionable· BackW16Questionable· Back
2022	TEN	5	W3Out· HipW5Out· HipW9Questionable· IllnessW10Out· HipW11Out· HipW17Out· Pectoral
2021	TEN	2	W2Questionable· KneeW3Questionable· KneeW4Out· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· KneeW11Out· Abdomen
2018	PIT	0	W13Questionable· Pectoral
2017	PIT	0	W1Questionable· Shoulder

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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 78

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

B2015

B2016

B+2017

B2018

A+2019

A2020

C+2021

B2022

B+2023

B+2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

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
2015	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2016	4.5	0.8	13+8.5	0.7
2017	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2018	5.5	0.4	7+1.5	0.4
2019	11.5	0.7	12+0.5	0.7
2020	8	0.8	14+6	0.8
2021	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2022	4	0.4	6+2	0.4
2023	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2024	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2025	2	0.2	3+1	0.2

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

240 career value over replacement — #251 all-time of 4,642. 21.8/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #22 (Rd 1) · PIT · 2015 · +16.5 vs expected KV-H

73actual

56.5 expected · Δ+16.5

💔+38.4 stolen VORP·1.76 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2015

Postseason Career

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Reference Graph

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