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

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Chauncey Golston

Top 37% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2024

Height6'5"

Weight277 lb

BornFeb 10, 1998

Age28

CollegeIowa See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2021

Draft2021 · Rd 3, Pick 84 · DAL

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 18 · #3184 · Role Player

Worth 18 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 70% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +17

2 seasons × ~9 surplus ≈ VORP 18

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)					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%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2021	—	DAL	14	—	30	12	18	0	4	1.0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	414	41.5%	136	30.8%	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	0.8	95.8	1.5	10	6	2	2	2	0.1
2021	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	DAL	9	—	17	8	9	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	237	23.5%	141	33.6%	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	4	2	1	0	1	0.0
2023	—	DAL	14	—	20	8	12	1	3	1.5	5.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	309	28.9%	191	43.4%	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1.0	104.2	-6.0	6	2	2	1	1	0.0
2023	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	DAL	17	—	54	28	26	5	8	5.5	18.5	1	5	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	791	72.1%	177	36.9%	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1.0	39.6	-1.0	18	9	2	2	4	0.1
2025	—	NYG	8	—	19	12	7	5	1	1.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	174	27.4%	204	77.4%	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	3	0.1
Career		—	62	—	140	68	72	13	18	10.0	41.0	1	7	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,925	38.7%	849	44.4%	—	—	—	0	0	6	5	—	—	—	39	19	7	6	11	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2021	23	DAL	14	0*	30	12	18	0	4	1.0	5.0	0	1	0	1	5.3
2022	24	DAL	9	0*	17	8	9	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	4.2
2023	25	DAL	14	0*	20	8	12	1	3	1.5	5.5	0	0	1	—	6.4
2024	26	DAL	17	12*	54	28	26	5	8	5.5	18.5	1	5	0	1	11.6
2025	27	NYG	8	0*	19	12	7	5	1	1.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	4.1
Career			62	12*	140	68	72	13	18	—	—	1	7	1	2	31.6

* 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%
2021	23	DAL	15	0*	—	0.0%	414	41.5%	136	30.8%
2022	24	DAL	15	0*	—	0.0%	237	23.5%	141	33.6%
2023	25	DAL	17	0*	—	0.0%	309	28.9%	191	43.4%
2024	26	DAL	17	12*	—	0.0%	791	72.1%	177	36.9%
2025	27	NYG	10	0*	—	0.0%	174	27.4%	204	77.4%
Career			74	12*	—	—	1,925	—	849	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA
2021	23	—	—	0*	—	—	—
2023	25	—	—	0*	—	—	—
Career					—	—	—

* 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%
2021	23	DAL	15	0*	4	3	0.8	95.8	1.5	10	6	2	2	2	0.1
2022	24	DAL	15	0*	0	0	—	—	—	4	2	1	0	1	0.0
2023	25	DAL	17	0*	1	1	1.0	104.2	-6.0	6	2	2	1	1	0.0
2024	26	DAL	17	12*	1	1	1.0	39.6	-1.0	18	9	2	2	4	0.1
2025	27	NYG	10	0*	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	0	1	3	0.1
Career			74	12*	6	5	—	—	—	39	19	7	6	11	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 55 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 55.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 38.4

Availability 15.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2021bestavg 522025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Sacks leader5

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:2.597See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.597Snap share38.7%Def snaps1,925ReliableCV 0.33

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 · 2021

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

EDGE · 2021 class

4.79s

40-Yard

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 35thClass Pos 28thClass All 32th

36"

Vertical

Strong · 78th pct

Pos 78thAll 73thClass Pos 75thClass All 73th

119"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 60thClass Pos 56thClass All 51th

7.52s

3-Cone

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 23thClass Pos 14thClass All 18th

4.65s

Shuttle

Low · 8th pct

Pos 8thAll 16thClass Pos 7thClass All 17th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl5Solo1Ast4QBHits1Dis1.0

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.

2021 Draft Class· this player went #84

#76Paulson AdeboCB #77Josh PalmerWR #78Chazz SurrattLB #79Malcolm KoonceDE #80Divine DeabloLB #81Hunter LongTE #82Dyami BrownWR #83Tommy TrembleTE #85Amari RodgersWR #86Wyatt DavisG #87Kendrick GreenG #88Trey SermonRB #89Nico CollinsWR #90Patrick Jones IILB #91Anthony SchwartzWR #92Monty RiceLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Chauncey inherited the Dallas Cowboys DL room from Neville Gallimore (2020–2023), and handed it to Osa Odighizuwa (2021–2025).

Russell Maryland 1991–1995Charles Haley 1992–1996Chad Hennings 1992–2000Leon Lett 1992–2000Hurvin McCormack 1995–1998Kavika Pittman

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined NYG (from DAL)
2025final season
Last recorded season with NYG
2021draft
Drafted by DAL — Round 3, Pick 84

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 277 lb

Frame

269 lb at 4.79s

Size-speed

36" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	DAL	0	W18Questionable· 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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 57

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

C+2021

C2022

C+2023

B2024

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

87%

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
2021	1	0.1	1	0.1
2022	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2023	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2024	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2025	1	0.1	2+1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

18 career value over replacement — #3184 all-time of 4,642. 3.6/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #84 (Rd 3) · DAL · 2021 · +16.3 vs expected KV-H

55actual

38.7 expected · Δ+16.3

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2021

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2021 Draft Class· this player went #84

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator