Chase Young ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Young in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Young a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Chase Young

1× Pro BowlTop 7% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2025 Team Carrier · #480

Height6'5"

Weight265 lb

BornApr 14, 1999

Age27

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2020

Draft2020 · Rd 1, Pick 2 · WAS

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 110 · #987 · High-Value

Worth 110 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 22% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+27.5

Avg surplus

peak +40

4 seasons × ~27.5 surplus ≈ VORP 110

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%
2020	—	WAS	14	—	42	30	12	10	12	7.5	29.5	0	4	4	3	1	0	—	0.0%	770	78.1%	4	6.5%	3	2	0.7	82.6	-0.7	24	10	6	7	3	0.1
2021	—	WAS	9	—	21	10	11	3	4	1.5	8.5	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	477	77.8%	—	0.0%	2	2	1.0	110.4	0.5	13	8	3	9	0	0.0
2022	—	WAS	3	—	4	2	2	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	115	65.0%	—	0.0%	2	0	0.0	39.6	-5.5	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
2023	—	SF	15	—	23	15	8	7	15	7.5	29.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	735	69.0%	12	7.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	2TM	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	25	9	6	1	3	0.1
2024	—	NO	15	—	28	18	10	8	21	5.5	34.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	742	63.0%	22	17.6%	2	2	1.0	95.8	-5.0	34	14	13	1	3	0.1
2025	—	NO	12	—	37	21	16	11	15	10.0	36.0	0	4	2	3	0	0	—	0.0%	544	70.3%	—	0.0%	1	1	1.0	83.3	-5.0	30	15	3	6	3	0.1
Career		—	84	—	155	96	59	39	68	32.0	139.0	0	16	9	6	1	0	—	0.0%	3,383	70.5%	38	10.6%	11	8	—	—	—	127	56	32	24	12	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2020	21	WAS	14	12*	42	30	12	10	12	7.5	29.5	4	4	3	1	16.8
2021	22	WAS	9	7*	21	10	11	3	4	1.5	8.5	2	2	—	0	6.3
2022	23	WAS	3	—	4	2	2	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	0	—	0	—
2023	24	SF	15	11*	23	15	8	7	15	7.5	29.5	2	0	—	0	12.4
2024	25	NO	15	11*	28	18	10	8	21	5.5	34.5	3	1	—	0	14.8
2025	26	NO	12	8*	37	21	16	11	15	10.0	36.0	4	2	3	0	16.6
Career			68	49*	155	96	59	39	68	—	—	16	9	6	1	66.9

* 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%
2020	21	WAS	15	12*	—	0.0%	770	78.1%	4	6.5%
2021	22	WAS	9	7*	—	0.0%	477	77.8%	—	0.0%
2022	23	WAS	3	—	—	0.0%	115	65.0%	—	0.0%
2023	24	SF	16	11*	—	0.0%	735	69.0%	12	7.8%
2024	25	NO	17	11*	—	0.0%	742	63.0%	22	17.6%
2025	26	NO	12	8*	—	0.0%	544	70.3%	—	0.0%
Career			72	49*	—	—	3,383	—	38	—

* 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%
2020	21	WAS	15	12*	3	2	0.7	82.6	-0.7	24	10	6	7	3	0.1
2021	22	WAS	9	7*	2	2	1.0	110.4	0.5	13	8	3	9	0	0.0
2022	23	WAS	3	—	2	0	0.0	39.6	-5.5	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
2023	24	2TM	16	11*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	25	9	6	1	3	0.1
2024	25	NO	17	11*	2	2	1.0	95.8	-5.0	34	14	13	1	3	0.1
2025	26	NO	12	8*	1	1	1.0	83.3	-5.0	30	15	3	6	3	0.1
Career			72	49*	11	8	—	—	—	127	56	32	24	12	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 77 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 77 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 77.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 77· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 74

On-field 58

Availability 16

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 73elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #480 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2025 NO·6 team wins#15

Sacks · 10 · score 11

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Sacks leader16

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.848See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.848Snap share70.5%Def snaps3,383VolatileCV 0.44

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+).

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl11Solo7Ast4TFL2QBHits2Sk1.0Dis5.0

College Stats

Ohio StateImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	TD	Sfty
2017	—	—	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
2018	—	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
2019	—	—	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	—	—
Career		0	68	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	0	9	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2020 Draft Class· this player went #2

#1Joe BurrowQB #3Jeff OkudahCB #4Andrew ThomasOT #5Tua TagovailoaQB #6Justin HerbertQB #7Derrick BrownDT #8Isaiah SimmonsSAF #9C.J. HendersonCB #10Jedrick WillsOT #11Mekhi BectonG #12Henry Ruggs IIIWR #13Tristan WirfsOT #14Javon KinlawDT #15Jerry JeudyWR #16A.J. TerrellCB #17CeeDee LambWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Chase inherited the Washington Commanders DL room from Montez Sweat (2019–2022), and handed it to Casey Toohill (2020–2023).

Marc Boutte 1994–1999Rich Owens 1995–1997Kenard Lang 1997–2001Dana Stubblefield 1998–2000Dan Wilkinson 1998–2002Marco Coleman

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 NO
2024team change
Joined NO (from SF)
2023team change
Joined SF (from WAS)
2020draft
Drafted by WAS — Round 1, Pick 2

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 265 lb

Frame

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	WAS	0	W1Questionable· Neck
2022	WAS	0	W12Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· KneeW15Questionable· Knee
2020	WAS	1	W4Out· GroinW5Questionable· Groin

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 82

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

B+2020

C+2021

B+2023

B2024

A+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

71%

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
2020	7.5	0.5	9+1.5	0.5
2021	1.5	0.2	3+1.5	0.2
2023	7.5	0.5	9+1.5	0.5
2024	5.5	0.4	6+0.5	0.4
2025	10	0.8	14+4	0.8

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

110 career value over replacement — #987 all-time of 4,642. 22/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #2 (Rd 1) · WAS · 2020 · +15.2 vs expected KV-H

77actual

61.8 expected · Δ+15.2

💔+38.3 stolen VORP·1.74 szns lost

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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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2020 Draft Class· this player went #2

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography