Chad Cascadden is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Cascadden in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Cascadden's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Chad Cascadden
Top 35% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter
A quality linebacker with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 23 · #2959 · Role PlayerWorth 23 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 65% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7.7 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
3 cleared
1 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
47
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
3
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+7.7
Avg surplus
peak +14
3 seasons × ~7.7 surplus ≈ VORP 23
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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1995 | — | NYJ | 12 | — | 15 | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1996 | — | NYJ | 16 | — | 55 | 46 | — | — | — | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 1997 | — | NYJ | 15 | — | 26 | 22 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | — | NYJ | 13 | — | 29 | 25 | — | — | — | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | — | NYJ | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 57 | — | 126 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defense
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 50 · SolidA solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 50 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
53
Sustained
career value
×.6
55
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.93
Longevity
career length
Blend 53.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 50· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 53
On-field 35.3
Availability 17.7
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative tackles/g)
1995bestavg 531998
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position4
Depth
of 100
Reached 4% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
4% of the all-time Sacks leader4
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: 88%.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Wisconsin), 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.
Top Teammates
Mo LewisOLB5yAaron GlennDB5yOtis SmithCB5yVictor GreenDB5yRichie AndersonFB5yWayne ChrebetWR5yFred BaxterTE5yBrian HansenP4yKeyshawn JohnsonWR4yKyle BradyTE4yRay MickensDB4yBobby HamiltonDE4yMarcus ColemanDB4yGlenn FoleyQB4yJames FarriorILB3yJason FergusonNT3yJohn HallK3yHugh DouglasDE3yErnie LoganNT3yAdrian MurrellRB3yRick LyleDE3yDedric WardWR3yJerald SowellFB3yRay LucasQB3y
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterChad inherited the New York Jets LB room from Glenn Cadrez (1992–1994), and handed it to James Farrior (1997–2001).
Mo Lewis 1991–2003Glenn Cadrez 1992–1994Chad Cascadden 1995–1999James Farrior 1997–2001Bryan Cox 1998–2000Roman Phifer
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 1999final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
- 1995signing
Entered the NFL with NYJ
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'1" / 240 lb
Frame
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 4-season peers. See all →
50
peak 55
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
C1995
B1996
C+1997
C+1998
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.
71%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 15 | 1.3 | 24+9 | 1.4 |
| 1996 | 55 | 3.4 | 62+7 | 3.6 |
| 1997 | 26 | 1.7 | 35+9 | 2 |
| 1998 | 29 | 2.2 | 38+9 | 2.3 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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
23 career value over replacement — #2959 all-time of 4,642. 5.8/season above a replacement-level LB.
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