Carlos Dunlap ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Dunlap in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Dunlap a career score of 87, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DEKC#8ACT

Carlos Dunlap

2× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 8 seasons · 2 titles Top 3% all-time pass rushersFranchise CornerstoneTeam Carrier · #265

Height6'6"

Weight277 lb

BornFeb 28, 1989

Age37

CollegeFlorida See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 2, Pick 54 · CIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

41stSacks·100

Pro Bowls

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time edge rusher with exceptional availability — almost never missed time and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 347 · #77 · All-Time

Worth 347 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 3% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 13 of 13 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+26.7

Avg surplus

peak +47

13 seasons × ~26.7 surplus ≈ VORP 347

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%
2010	—	CIN	11	—	22	17	5	9	14	9.5	32.5	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CIN	12	—	22	10	12	4	18	4.5	26.5	0	3	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CIN	14	—	37	30	7	8	12	6.0	26.0	1	3	4	3	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	CIN	16	—	54	35	19	8	26	7.5	41.5	0	5	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	936	87.1%	76	16.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	CIN	16	—	66	40	26	16	28	8.0	52.0	0	5	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	944	83.8%	72	16.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	CIN	15	—	55	37	18	16	34	13.5	63.5	0	1	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	880	81.1%	59	13.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	CIN	16	—	46	27	19	7	23	8.0	38.0	0	15	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	840	76.8%	65	14.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CIN	16	—	45	34	11	12	24	7.5	43.5	1	7	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	876	76.4%	76	17.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CIN	16	—	47	31	16	8	21	8.0	37.0	0	8	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	839	74.8%	86	19.2%	2	2	1.0	79.2	-3.5	38	18	12	1	3	0.1
2019	—	CIN	13	—	60	36	24	13	21	9.0	43.0	0	8	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	740	81.1%	71	17.9%	4	4	1.0	115.6	2.8	32	10	12	4	2	0.0
2020	—	SEA	15	—	32	20	12	8	18	6.0	32.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	593	56.9%	67	17.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	2TM	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	1.0	105.8	5.0	26	8	11	1	3	0.1
2021	—	SEA	14	—	30	19	11	8	14	8.5	30.5	0	7	1	—	0	1	—	0.0%	481	37.9%	5	13.0%	4	4	1.0	103.1	0.5	21	8	4	17	1	0.0
2022	—	KC	15	—	37	23	14	6	12	4.0	22.0	0	8	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	572	49.9%	—	0.0%	2	1	0.5	56.2	-4.0	20	7	8	9	0	0.0
Career		—	204	—	553	359	194	123	265	100.0	488.0	2	77	22	9	3	1	—	0.0%	7,701	70.6%	577	16.3%	17	16	—	—	—	137	51	47	32	9	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2010	21	CIN	11	—	22	17	5	9	14	9.5	32.5	0	3	0	1	0	0	14.4
2011	22	CIN	12	—	22	10	12	4	18	4.5	26.5	0	3	0	1	1	0	12
2012	23	CIN	14	—	37	30	7	8	12	6.0	26.0	1	3	4	3	1	0	15.5
2013	24	CIN	16	14*	54	35	19	8	26	7.5	41.5	0	5	4	1	0	0	17.6
2014	25	CIN	16	13*	66	40	26	16	28	8.0	52.0	0	5	2	1	0	0	20.5
2015	26	CIN	15	13*	55	37	18	16	34	13.5	63.5	0	1	2	1	0	0	23.2
2016	27	CIN	16	12*	46	27	19	7	23	8.0	38.0	0	15	3	—	0	0	17.1
2017	28	CIN	16	12*	45	34	11	12	24	7.5	43.5	1	7	1	—	1	0	18.9
2018	29	CIN	16	12*	47	31	16	8	21	8.0	37.0	0	8	2	1	0	0	16.6
2019	30	CIN	13	11*	60	36	24	13	21	9.0	43.0	0	8	2	—	0	0	17.3
2020	31	SEA	15	9*	32	20	12	8	18	6.0	32.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	13.5
2021	32	SEA	14	0*	30	19	11	8	14	8.5	30.5	0	7	1	—	0	1	14
2022	33	KC	15	0*	37	23	14	6	12	4.0	22.0	0	8	1	—	0	0	11.5
Career			189	96*	553	359	194	123	265	—	—	2	77	22	9	3	1	212.1

* 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	24	CIN	16	14*	—	0.0%	936	87.1%	76	16.8%
2014	25	CIN	16	13*	—	0.0%	944	83.8%	72	16.4%
2015	26	CIN	16	13*	—	0.0%	880	81.1%	59	13.9%
2016	27	CIN	16	12*	—	0.0%	840	76.8%	65	14.6%
2017	28	CIN	16	12*	—	0.0%	876	76.4%	76	17.2%
2018	29	CIN	16	12*	—	0.0%	839	74.8%	86	19.2%
2019	30	CIN	14	11*	—	0.0%	740	81.1%	71	17.9%
2020	31	SEA	15	9*	—	0.0%	593	56.9%	67	17.8%
2021	32	SEA	17	0*	—	0.0%	481	37.9%	5	13.0%
2022	33	KC	17	0*	—	0.0%	572	49.9%	—	0.0%
Career			159	96*	—	—	7,701	—	577	—

* 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	29	CIN	16	12*	2	2	1.0	79.2	-3.5	38	18	12	1	3	0.1
2019	30	CIN	14	11*	4	4	1.0	115.6	2.8	32	10	12	4	2	0.0
2020	31	2TM	15	9*	5	5	1.0	105.8	5.0	26	8	11	1	3	0.1
2021	32	SEA	17	0*	4	4	1.0	103.1	0.5	21	8	4	17	1	0.0
2022	33	KC	17	0*	2	1	0.5	56.2	-4.0	20	7	8	9	0	0.0
Career			79	32*	17	16	—	—	—	137	51	47	32	9	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 87 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 87 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 13 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 81.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 87· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 58.9

Availability 18.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 78elite 702022

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #265 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

3 qualifying seasons

2010 CIN·4 team wins#19

Sacks · 10 · score 21

2019 CIN·2 team wins#23

Sacks · 9 · score 15

2016 CIN·6 team wins#24

Sacks · 8 · score 2

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 51% of the all-time Sacks leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

51% of the all-time Sacks leader51

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+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:6.363See leaderboard →

Disruption/1006.363Snap share70.6%Def snaps7,701Elite · ConsistentCV 0.14

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 · 2010

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

EDGE · 2010 class

4.68s

40-Yard

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 47thClass Pos 71thClass All 50th

31.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 28th pct

Pos 28thAll 31thClass Pos 23thClass All 24th

111"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 28thClass Pos 28thClass All 29th

21 reps

Bench

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 50thClass Pos 20thClass All 50th

7.21s

3-Cone

Above avg · 56th pct

Pos 56thAll 44thClass Pos 47thClass All 38th

4.61s

Shuttle

Low · 11th pct

Pos 11thAll 19thClass Pos 25thClass All 23th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl15Solo8Ast7QBHits11Sk0.5Dis11.5PD3

College Stats

FloridaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida), 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.

2010 Draft Class· this player went #54

#46Linval JosephDT #47Daryl WashingtonILB #48Jimmy ClausenQB #49Taylor MaysS #50Javier ArenasCB #51Toby GerhartRB #52Jason WorildsOLB #53Jermaine CunninghamLB #55Sean LeeOLB #56Mike NealOLB #57Terrence CodyNT #58Ben TateRB #59Montario HardestyRB #60Golden TateWR #61Vladimir DucasseG #62Brandon SpikesLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Carlos inherited the Cincinnati Bengals DL room from Pat Sims (2008–2017), and handed it to Geno Atkins (2010–2020).

Alfred Williams 1991–1994John Copeland 1993–2000Dan Wilkinson 1994–1997Kimo von Oelhoffen 1994–1999Jevon Langford 1996–2001Michael Bankston

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2022team change
Joined KC (from SEA)
2022final season
Last recorded season with KC
2020team change
Joined SEA (from CIN)
2010draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 2, Pick 54

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 277 lb

Frame

277 lb at 4.68s

Size-speed

31.5" vert / 111" broad

Explosion

21 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	SEA	0	W18Questionable· Ankle
2020	SEA	0	W13Questionable· FootW14Questionable· FootW15Questionable· Foot
2019	CIN	1	W6Out· KneeW7Doubtful· Knee
2015	CIN	0	W9Questionable· Shoulder
2013	CIN	0	W16Questionable· Concussion
2012	CIN	0	W1Doubtful· KneeW2Questionable· Knee
2011	CIN	0	W10Questionable· HamstringW11Questionable· HamstringW12Doubtful· HamstringW13Doubtful· HamstringW14Doubtful· HamstringW17Questionable· Hamstring
2010	CIN	0	W10Questionable· Illness

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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 88

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

A+2010

B2011

B+2012

B+2013

B+2014

A+2015

B+2016

B+2017

B+2018

A2019

B+2020

A2021

B2022

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
2010	9.5	0.9	15+5.5	0.9
2011	4.5	0.4	6+1.5	0.4
2012	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2013	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2014	8	0.5	8	0.5
2015	13.5	0.9	15+1.5	0.9
2016	8	0.5	8	0.5
2017	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2018	8	0.5	8	0.5
2019	9	0.7	12+3	0.7
2020	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2021	8.5	0.6	10+1.5	0.6
2022	4	0.3	5+1	0.3

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

347 career value over replacement — #77 all-time of 4,642. 26.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #54 (Rd 2) · CIN · 2010 · +39 vs expected KV-H

87actual

48 expected · Δ+39

💔+24.3 stolen VORP·0.91 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2010

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #54

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography