Carl Granderson is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Granderson in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Granderson's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2019 | 22–23 | NO | 8 | — | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 115 | 23.0% | 115 | 48.4% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 118.7 | 21.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 23–24 | NO | 15 | — | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 291 | 29.8% | 176 | 41.6% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.2 |
| 2021 | 24–25 | NO | 15 | — | 23 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 448 | 44.8% | 141 | 33.7% | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 125.7 | -1.7 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.2 |
| 2022 | 25–26 | NO | 16 | — | 49 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5.5 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 479 | 44.9% | 192 | 45.4% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 100.0 | -4.0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 26–27 | NO | 17 | — | 71 | 37 | 34 | 14 | 20 | 8.5 | 42.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 874 | 79.0% | 83 | 18.1% | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 70.1 | -4.0 | 28 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 27–28 | NO | 17 | — | 56 | 31 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 5.5 | 27.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 826 | 70.3% | 91 | 19.8% | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 56.2 | 4.0 | 32 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 28–29 | NO | 17 | — | 54 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 6.0 | 26.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 765 | 69.2% | 81 | 18.8% | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 44.4 | 0.8 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 2026 | 29–30 | NO | 4 | — | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 181 | 65.3% | 24 | 22.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 109 | — | 291 | 159 | 132 | 57 | 73 | 37.0 | 167.0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 18 | — | — | — | 125 | 51 | 33 | 18 | 33 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
110 career value over replacement — #1012 all-time of 4,695. 15.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
💔+23.9 stolen VORP·1.52 szns lostFan Rating
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