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

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Clark Haggans

Top 30% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2009

Height6'4"

Weight243 lb

BornJan 10, 1977

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Career Value · VORP

46 career value over replacement — #2193 all-time of 4,695. 4.6/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #137 (Rd 5) · PIT · 2000 · +22.5 vs expected KV-H

53actual

30.5 expected · Δ+22.5

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	VAL	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2001	24–25	PIT	1	—	—	2	0	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	25–26	PIT	14	—	4.0	24	15	9	4	9	6.5	19.5	0	8	1	—	0	0
2003	26–27	PIT	5	—	0.4	14	9	5	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	1	1	—	0	0
2004	27–28	PIT	11	—	4.9	31	23	8	0	0	7.0	7.0	0	1	3	1	0	0
2005	28–29	PIT	13	—	6.2	52	33	19	0	0	9.0	9.0	0	2	4	—	0	0
2006	29–30	PIT	15	—	5.0	60	36	24	0	8	6.5	14.5	1	4	2	1	0	0
2007	30–31	PIT	16	—	1.8	44	23	21	0	7	3.0	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	0
2008	31–32	ARI	8	—	0.4	15	13	2	1	3	1.5	5.5	0	2	0	1	0	0
2009	32–33	ARI	16	—	2.5	66	49	17	5	10	6.0	21.0	0	1	2	—	0	0
2010	33–34	ARI / ATL	13	—	2.1	45	36	9	6	6	5.0	17.0	0	2	1	—	0	0
2011	34–35	ARI	16	—	1.2	43	27	16	5	8	3.0	16.0	0	2	1	1	0	0
2012	35–36	SF	2	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	130	—	28.5	398	266	132	21	51	48.5	120.5	1	24	15	5	0	0

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Postseason all-time ranks

98thPlayoff Sacks·3.5

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 46 · #2193 · Above Average

Worth 46 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 48% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

4 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+7.7

Avg surplus

peak +13

6 seasons × ~7.7 surplus ≈