Chike Okeafor ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Okeafor in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Okeafor a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Chike Okeafor

Top 9% all-time pass rushersIron ManTeam Carrier · #512

Height6'5"

Weight256 lb

BornMar 27, 1976

Age50

CollegePurdue See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 3, Pick 89 · SF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

67thPlayoff Sacks·4

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end edge rusher defined as much by exceptional availability — almost never missed time as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 199 · #375 · Elite

Worth 199 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 9% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.1 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

+22.1

Avg surplus

peak +34

9 seasons × ~22.1 surplus ≈ VORP 199

Combined Season Grid

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

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1999	—	SF	7	—	7	7	0	2	1	1.0	4.0	0	1	1	—	0	0
2000	—	SF	13	—	26	17	9	1	2	2.0	5.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2001	—	SF	13	—	27	17	10	5	3	2.5	10.5	0	2	1	—	0	0
2002	—	SF	16	—	36	25	11	6	5	6.0	17.0	0	4	2	—	0	0
2003	—	SEA	15	—	40	26	14	0	0	8.0	8.0	1	2	2	—	0	0
2004	—	SEA	16	—	37	25	12	0	0	9.0	9.0	0	0	3	—	0	0
2005	—	ARI	16	—	43	33	10	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	2	3	—	0	0
2006	—	ARI	16	—	47	35	12	0	17	8.5	25.5	0	6	2	2	0	0
2008	—	ARI	16	—	49	39	10	8	8	3.5	19.5	1	3	1	—	0	0
2009	—	ARI	12	—	37	25	12	5	7	4.5	16.5	0	1	0	—	0	0
Career		—	140	—	349	249	100	27	43	53.0	123.0	2	21	16	2	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
1999	23	SF	7	—	7	7	0	2	1	1.0	4.0	0	1	1	—	3.3
2000	24	SF	13	—	26	17	9	1	2	2.0	5.0	0	0	1	—	5.5
2001	25	SF	13	—	27	17	10	5	3	2.5	10.5	0	2	1	—	6.3
2002	26	SF	16	—	36	25	11	6	5	6.0	17.0	0	4	2	—	10.3
2003	27	SEA	15	—	40	26	14	0	0	8.0	8.0	1	2	2	—	10.6
2004	28	SEA	16	—	37	25	12	0	0	9.0	9.0	0	0	3	—	10.2
2005	29	ARI	16	—	43	33	10	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	2	3	—	9.6
2006	30	ARI	16	—	47	35	12	0	17	8.5	25.5	0	6	2	2	11.2
2008	32	ARI	16	—	49	39	10	8	8	3.5	19.5	1	3	1	—	10.1
2009	33	ARI	12	—	37	25	12	5	7	4.5	16.5	0	1	0	—	6.7
Career			140		349	249	100	27	43	—	—	2	21	16	2	83.8

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 73 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 72.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 68

On-field 49.9

Availability 18.1

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 66elite 702009

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #512 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2006 ARI·5 team wins#23

Sacks · 9 · score 6

2005 ARI·5 team wins#25

Sacks · 8 · score 2

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 27% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

27% of the all-time Sacks leader27

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 90%.

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+).

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl23Solo17Ast6TFL4QBHits7Sk4.0Dis15.0PD2FR1

College Stats

PurdueCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Purdue), 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.

1999 Draft Class· this player went #89

#80Martin GramaticaK #81Zach PillerG #82Karsten BaileyWR #83Tom BurkeDE #84Larry AtkinsDB #85Dat NguyenILB #86Shawn BrysonRB #87Mike McKenzieCB #90David LoverneG #91Tony GeorgeSAF #93Travis McGriffWR #94Cletidus HuntDT #95Amos ZereoueRB #96Paul MirandaDB #97John WelbournG #98Craig YeastWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Chike inherited the Arizona Cardinals LB room from Karlos Dansby (2004–2017), and handed it to Clark Haggans (2008–2011).

Jamir Miller 1994–1998Ronald McKinnon 1996–2004Rob Fredrickson 1999–2002Raynoch Thompson 2000–2004James Darling 2003–2006Calvin Pace

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2009final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2005team change
Joined ARI (from SEA)
2003team change
Joined SEA (from SF)
1999draft
Drafted by SF — Round 3, Pick 89

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 256 lb

Frame

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	ARI	1	W2Questionable· ShoulderW3Questionable· ShoulderW10Doubtful· BackW11Out· BackW12Questionable· Back

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 79

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

D1999

C+2000

C+2001

B+2002

B+2003

A2004

B+2005

B+2006

B2008

B2009

Availability

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

92%

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
1999	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2000	2	0.2	2	0.1
2001	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2002	6	0.4	6	0.4
2003	8	0.5	9+1	0.5
2004	9	0.6	9	0.5
2005	8	0.5	8	0.5
2006	8.5	0.5	9+0.5	0.5
2008	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	0.2
2009	4.5	0.4	7+2.5	0.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

199 career value over replacement — #375 all-time of 4,642. 19.9/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #89 (Rd 3) · SF · 1999 · +34.3 vs expected KV-H

73actual

38.7 expected · Δ+34.3

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1999 Draft Class· this player went #89

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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