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

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Chad Greenway

2× Pro BowlTop 31% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2008

Height6'3"

Weight237 lb

BornJan 12, 1983

Age43

CollegeIowa See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2006

Draft2006 · Rd 1, Pick 17 · MIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A edge rusher with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 76 · #1489 · Above Average

Worth 76 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 33% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.4 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

+8.4

Avg surplus

peak +20

9 seasons × ~8.4 surplus ≈ VORP 76

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2007	—	MIN	15	—	87	61	26	0	3	0.0	3.0	2	4	2	4	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	MIN	16	—	96	66	30	10	7	5.0	22.0	0	5	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	MIN	16	—	82	63	19	3	1	0.0	4.0	3	6	1	3	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	MIN	16	—	121	87	34	14	5	1.0	20.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	MIN	16	—	143	78	65	6	4	2.0	12.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	MIN	16	—	138	88	50	7	5	3.0	15.0	1	4	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	MIN	16	—	127	76	51	6	5	3.0	14.0	3	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,154	98.6%	99	19.9%
2014	—	MIN	12	—	89	52	37	4	5	1.0	10.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	760	92.5%	56	17.1%
2015	—	MIN	14	—	62	49	13	5	5	2.5	12.5	1	1	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	630	59.3%	72	16.9%
2016	—	MIN	14	—	41	26	15	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	400	39.0%	73	17.0%
Career		—	151	—	986	646	340	57	40	17.5	114.5	11	33	8	10	2	0	—	0.0%	2,944	72.3%	300	17.7%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2007	24	MIN	15	—	87	61	26	0	3	0.0	3.0	2	4	2	4	1	10.3
2008	25	MIN	16	—	96	66	30	10	7	5.0	22.0	0	5	3	—	0	11.7
2009	26	MIN	16	—	82	63	19	3	1	0.0	4.0	3	6	1	3	0	10.4
2010	27	MIN	16	—	121	87	34	14	5	1.0	20.0	0	3	1	—	0	9.8
2011	28	MIN	16	—	143	78	65	6	4	2.0	12.0	0	3	0	1	0	9
2012	29	MIN	16	—	138	88	50	7	5	3.0	15.0	1	4	0	2	0	10.5
2013	30	MIN	16	16*	127	76	51	6	5	3.0	14.0	3	4	0	—	0	11.6
2014	31	MIN	12	11*	89	52	37	4	5	1.0	10.0	0	2	1	—	0	6.9
2015	32	MIN	14	9*	62	49	13	5	5	2.5	12.5	1	1	0	—	1	8.5
2016	33	MIN	14	0*	41	26	15	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	1	0	—	0	6.3
Career			151	36*	986	646	340	57	40	—	—	11	33	8	10	2	95

* 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	30	MIN	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,154	98.6%	99	19.9%
2014	31	MIN	12	11*	—	0.0%	760	92.5%	56	17.1%
2015	32	MIN	16	9*	—	0.0%	630	59.3%	72	16.9%
2016	33	MIN	16	0*	—	0.0%	400	39.0%	73	17.0%
Career			60	36*	—	—	2,944	—	300	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 35.9

Availability 19.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2007bestavg 552016

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Sacks leader9

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.783See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.783Snap share72.3%Def snaps2,944ReliableCV 0.27

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 · 2006

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

EDGE · 2006 class

4.76s

40-Yard

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 38thClass Pos 56thClass All 39th

33.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 52th pct

Pos 52thAll 49thClass Pos 46thClass All 38th

117"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 50thClass Pos 67thClass All 56th

16 reps

Bench

Low · 4th pct

Pos 4thAll 22thClass Pos 4thClass All 14th

7.00s

3-Cone

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 69thClass Pos 74thClass All 66th

4.22s

Shuttle

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 69thClass Pos 70thClass All 59th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl29Solo24Ast5TFL3QBHits1Sk1.0Dis5.0PD1

College Stats

IowaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (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.

2006 Draft Class· this player went #17

#9Ernie SimsOLB #10Matt LeinartQB #11Jay CutlerQB #12Haloti NgataDT #13Kamerion WimbleyOLB #14Brodrick BunkleyNT #15Tye HillDB #16Jason AllenDB #18Bobby CarpenterLB #19Antonio CromartieCB #20Tamba HaliOLB #21Laurence MaroneyRB #22Manny LawsonOLB #23Davin JosephG #24Johnathan JosephCB #25Santonio HolmesWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Chad inherited the Minnesota Vikings LB room from Ben Leber (2006–2010), and handed it to Erin Henderson (2008–2013).

Jesse Solomon 1986–1989Jack Del Rio 1992–1995Ed McDaniel 1992–2001Jeff Brady 1995–1997Dwayne Rudd 1997–2000Kailee Wong

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2016final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2006draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 1, Pick 17

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 237 lb

Frame

242 lb at 4.76s

Size-speed

33.5" vert / 117" broad

Explosion

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2014	MIN	2	W3Questionable· Hand / RibW4Out· Hand / RibW5Out· Hand / RibW6Doubtful· Hand / RibW7Questionable· Hand / RibW17Questionable· Knee

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 63

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

C2007

B2008

C2009

C+2010

C+2011

B2012

B2013

C2014

C+2015

C2016

Availability

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

97%

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
2007	0	0	0	0
2008	5	0.3	5	0.3
2009	0	0	0	0
2010	1	0.1	1	0.1
2011	2	0.1	2	0.1
2012	3	0.2	3	0.2
2013	3	0.2	3	0.2
2014	1	0.1	1	0.1
2015	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2016	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

76 career value over replacement — #1489 all-time of 4,642. 7.6/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #17 (Rd 1) · MIN · 2006 · +1.5 vs expected KV-H

58actual

56.5 expected · Δ+1.5

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2006

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2006 Draft Class· this player went #17

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography