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

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Charles Omenihu

Top 25% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2023

Height6'5"

Weight280 lb

BornAug 20, 1997

Age28

CollegeTexas See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 5, Pick 161 · HOU

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

39thPlayoff Sacks·5.5

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

A quality edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 72 · #1570 · Above Average

Worth 72 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 35% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+14.4

Avg surplus

peak +29

5 seasons × ~14.4 surplus ≈ VORP 72

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%
2019	—	HOU	11	—	13	8	5	2	5	3.0	10.0	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	442	46.1%	51	14.5%	1	1	1.0	83.3	4.0	13	7	3	0	2	0.1
2020	—	HOU	14	—	17	11	6	5	16	4.0	25.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	547	52.3%	70	17.9%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-2.0	21	5	12	0	3	0.1
2021	—	SF	13	—	16	13	3	1	4	0.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	356	36.3%	53	16.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	2TM	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	7	3	4	0	4	0.2
2022	—	SF	13	—	20	7	13	3	16	4.5	23.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	573	53.6%	59	13.4%	0	0	—	—	—	21	6	10	1	2	0.1
2023	—	KC	11	—	26	16	10	5	11	7.0	23.0	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	404	57.2%	—	0.0%	2	1	0.5	64.6	-1.5	12	2	2	0	1	0.0
2024	—	KC	6	—	6	4	2	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	225	56.0%	—	0.0%	0	0	—	—	—	4	2	1	0	2	0.3
2025	—	KC	14	—	28	15	13	5	13	3.5	21.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	565	54.7%	—	0.0%	4	3	0.8	83.3	0.5	16	5	7	0	2	0.1
Career		—	97	—	126	74	52	21	66	23.0	110.0	0	8	6	—	0	0	—	0.0%	3,112	50.9%	233	15.5%	8	6	—	—	—	94	30	39	1	16	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2019	22	HOU	11	0*	13	8	5	2	5	3.0	10.0	2	2	—	7.5
2020	23	HOU	14	8*	17	11	6	5	16	4.0	25.0	2	0	—	10.6
2021	24	SF	13	0*	16	13	3	1	4	0.0	5.0	1	0	—	4.4
2022	25	SF	13	9*	20	7	13	3	16	4.5	23.5	1	1	—	10.7
2023	26	KC	11	6*	26	16	10	5	11	7.0	23.0	2	2	—	10.7
2024	27	KC	6	3*	6	4	2	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	1	—	3
2025	28	KC	14	9*	28	15	13	5	13	3.5	21.5	0	0	—	9.8
Career			82	35*	126	74	52	21	66	—	—	8	6	—	56.7

* 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%
2019	22	HOU	14	0*	—	0.0%	442	46.1%	51	14.5%
2020	23	HOU	15	8*	—	0.0%	547	52.3%	70	17.9%
2021	24	SF	15	0*	—	0.0%	356	36.3%	53	16.2%
2022	25	SF	17	9*	—	0.0%	573	53.6%	59	13.4%
2023	26	KC	11	6*	—	0.0%	404	57.2%	—	0.0%
2024	27	KC	6	3*	—	0.0%	225	56.0%	—	0.0%
2025	28	KC	17	9*	—	0.0%	565	54.7%	—	0.0%
Career			95	35*	—	—	3,112	—	233	—

* 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%
2019	22	HOU	14	0*	1	1	1.0	83.3	4.0	13	7	3	0	2	0.1
2020	23	HOU	15	8*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-2.0	21	5	12	0	3	0.1
2021	24	2TM	15	0*	0	0	—	—	—	7	3	4	0	4	0.2
2022	25	SF	17	9*	0	0	—	—	—	21	6	10	1	2	0.1
2023	26	KC	11	6*	2	1	0.5	64.6	-1.5	12	2	2	0	1	0.0
2024	27	KC	6	3*	0	0	—	—	—	4	2	1	0	2	0.3
2025	28	KC	17	9*	4	3	0.8	83.3	0.5	16	5	7	0	2	0.1
Career			95	35*	8	6	—	—	—	94	30	39	1	16	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 61 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 61.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 45.3

Availability 14.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 58elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 12% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

12% of the all-time Sacks leader12

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+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.985See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.985Snap share50.9%Def snaps3,112VolatileCV 0.47

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 · 2019

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

EDGE · 2019 class

4.92s

40-Yard

Low · 20th pct

Pos 20thAll 25thClass Pos 26thClass All 27th

36.5"

Vertical

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 77thClass Pos 81thClass All 73th

115"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 42thClass Pos 36thClass All 32th

7.48s

3-Cone

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 26thClass Pos 21thClass All 27th

4.36s

Shuttle

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 47thClass Pos 56thClass All 45th

Postseason Career

14 playoff games

Defense

Tkl20Solo11Ast9TFL5QBHits10Sk5.5Dis20.5PD1FF4

College Stats

TexasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas), 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.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #161

#153Ross PierschbacherC #154Jordan ScarlettRB #155Mack WilsonLB #156Justin HollinsLB #157Blake CashmanLB #158Mike JacksonCB #159Byron CowartDT #160Daylon MackDT #162Cameron SmithILB #163Jake BaileyP #164E.J. SpeedLB #165Joe JacksonDE #166Easton StickQB #168D'Andre WalkerOLB #169David EdwardsOT #170Austin SeibertK

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Charles inherited the Kansas City Chiefs DL room from George Karlaftis (2022–2025), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Neil Smith 1988–1996Joe Phillips 1992–1997Darren Mickell 1993–1995Pellom McDaniels 1993–1998Vaughn Booker 1994–1997John Browning 1996–2005

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 KC
2023team change
Joined KC (from SF)
2021team change
Joined SF (from HOU)
2019draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 5, Pick 161

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 280 lb

Frame

280 lb at 4.92s

Size-speed

36.5" vert / 115" broad

Explosion

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	KC	2	W11Out· KneeW12Out· Knee
2022	SF	0	W13Questionable· Knee
2020	HOU	0	W10Questionable· HamstringW11Questionable· Hamstring
2019	HOU	0	W4Questionable· 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 63

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

C+2019

B2020

C2021

B2022

A2023

D2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

81%

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
2019	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2020	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2021	0	0	0	0
2022	4.5	0.3	6+1.5	0.4
2023	7	0.6	11+4	0.7
2024	1	0.2	3+2	0.2
2025	3.5	0.3	4+0.5	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

72 career value over replacement — #1570 all-time of 4,642. 10.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #161 (Rd 5) · HOU · 2019 · +29.1 vs expected KV-H

61actual

31.9 expected · Δ+29.1

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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

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2019

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #161

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography