Cliff Avril ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Avril in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Avril a career score of 84, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Cliff Avril

1× Pro BowlTop 4% all-time pass rushersFranchise CornerstoneTeam Carrier · #352

Height6'3"

Weight260 lb

BornApr 8, 1986

Age40

CollegePurdue See College Stats

Rookie yr2008

Draft2008 · Rd 3, Pick 92 · DET

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

82ndSacks·73

Postseason all-time ranks

18thPlayoff Sacks·7

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time edge rusher with excellent availability over their career and above-average snap-level impact. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 252 · #224 · Elite

Worth 252 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 6% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +28 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

+28

Avg surplus

peak +39

9 seasons × ~28 surplus ≈ VORP 252

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2008	—	DET	12	—	21	16	5	7	7	5.0	19.0	0	0	4	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	DET	13	—	38	24	14	5	9	5.5	19.5	0	3	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	DET	13	—	29	20	9	7	10	7.5	24.5	0	5	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	DET	15	—	34	27	7	7	12	11.0	30.0	1	4	6	3	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	DET	15	—	35	28	7	10	14	9.5	33.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	SEA	14	—	19	13	6	4	14	8.0	26.0	0	4	5	1	0	0	—	0.0%	555	56.5%	5	4.0%
2014	—	SEA	15	—	21	14	7	6	19	5.0	30.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	715	73.5%	51	11.8%
2015	—	SEA	15	—	47	31	16	11	27	9.0	47.0	0	7	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	789	79.4%	35	11.0%
2016	—	SEA	16	—	38	19	19	8	26	11.5	45.5	0	3	5	—	0	0	—	0.0%	832	76.8%	10	10.3%
2017	—	SEA	3	—	2	2	0	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	151	55.0%	1	4.0%
Career		—	131	—	284	194	90	66	140	73.0	279.0	1	29	29	7	2	0	—	0.0%	3,042	68.2%	102	8.2%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2008	22	DET	12	—	21	16	5	7	7	5.0	19.0	0	0	4	1	0	11.8
2009	23	DET	13	—	38	24	14	5	9	5.5	19.5	0	3	3	—	0	12.7
2010	24	DET	13	—	29	20	9	7	10	7.5	24.5	0	5	1	1	0	13.8
2011	25	DET	15	—	34	27	7	7	12	11.0	30.0	1	4	6	3	2	18.7
2012	26	DET	15	—	35	28	7	10	14	9.5	33.5	0	1	2	—	0	16.6
2013	27	SEA	14	8*	19	13	6	4	14	8.0	26.0	0	4	5	1	0	13.4
2014	28	SEA	15	12*	21	14	7	6	19	5.0	30.0	0	2	1	1	0	12.5
2015	29	SEA	15	13*	47	31	16	11	27	9.0	47.0	0	7	2	—	0	18.5
2016	30	SEA	16	12*	38	19	19	8	26	11.5	45.5	0	3	5	—	0	19.5
2017	31	SEA	3	2*	2	2	0	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			131	47*	284	194	90	66	140	—	—	1	29	29	7	2	137.5

* 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%
2013	27	SEA	15	8*	—	0.0%	555	56.5%	5	4.0%
2014	28	SEA	16	12*	—	0.0%	715	73.5%	51	11.8%
2015	29	SEA	16	13*	—	0.0%	789	79.4%	35	11.0%
2016	30	SEA	16	12*	—	0.0%	832	76.8%	10	10.3%
2017	31	SEA	4	2*	—	0.0%	151	55.0%	1	4.0%
Career			67	47*	—	—	3,042	—	102	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 84 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 84 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 82.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 84· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 79

On-field 61.2

Availability 17.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2008bestavg 79elite 702016

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #352 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

2012 DET·4 team wins#18

Sacks · 10 · score 24

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 37% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

37% of the all-time Sacks leader37

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.966See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.966Snap share68.2%Def snaps3,042ReliableCV 0.30

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 · 2008

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

EDGE · 2008 class

4.51s

40-Yard

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 75thClass Pos 98thClass All 71th

32.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 39thClass Pos 83thClass All 68th

117"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 50thClass Pos 64thClass All 53th

27 reps

Bench

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 83thClass Pos 66thClass All 79th

6.90s

3-Cone

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 81thClass Pos 98thClass All 80th

4.51s

Shuttle

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 27thClass Pos 43thClass All 34th

Postseason Career

11 playoff games

Defense

Tkl24Solo19Ast5TFL8QBHits16Sk7.0Dis31.0PD3FF2Sfty1

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.

2008 Draft Class· this player went #92

#83Jeremy ZuttahC #84Harry DouglasWR #85Craig StevensTE #86Tom ZbikowskiS #87Andre FluellenDT #89Steve SlatonRB #90Marcus HarrisonDT #91Jermichael FinleyTE #93Philip WheelerOLB #94Kevin O'ConnellQB #95Mario ManninghamWR #96Chad RinehartG #97Andre CaldwellWR #98Thomas DeCoudFS #99Oniel CousinsOT #100Tyvon BranchS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Cliff inherited the Detroit Lions DL room from Dewayne White (2007–2009), and handed it to Andre Fluellen (2008–2015).

Jerry Ball 1987–1992Dan Owens 1990–1999Kelvin Pritchett 1991–2004Tracy Scroggins 1992–2001Robert Porcher 1992–2003Shane Bonham

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2013team change
Joined SEA (from DET)
2008draft
Drafted by DET — Round 3, Pick 92

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 260 lb

Frame

253 lb at 4.51s

Size-speed

32.5" vert / 117" broad

Explosion

27 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	SEA	2	W5Out· NeckW7Out· Neck
2013	SEA	0	W1Doubtful· Hamstring
2012	DET	0	W6Questionable· BackW8Questionable· BackW10Questionable· Back
2010	DET	2	W2Out· Knee / FingerW3Questionable· Knee / FingerW10Questionable· QuadricepW11Out· QuadricepW12Questionable· QuadricepW15Questionable· Rib
2009	DET	0	W2Doubtful· HamstringW3Doubtful· HamstringW4Questionable· HamstringW5Questionable· Hamstring

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 88

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

B2008

B+2009

A2010

A+2011

A2012

B+2013

B2014

A2015

A+2016

Availability

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

84%

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
2008	5	0.4	7+2	0.4
2009	5.5	0.4	8+2.5	0.4
2010	7.5	0.6	10+2.5	0.6
2011	11	0.7	13+2	0.7
2012	9.5	0.6	11+1.5	0.6
2013	8	0.6	10+2	0.6
2014	5	0.3	6+1	0.3
2015	9	0.6	10+1	0.6
2016	11.5	0.7	12+0.5	0.7

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

252 career value over replacement — #224 all-time of 4,642. 28/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #92 (Rd 3) · DET · 2008 · +45.3 vs expected KV-H

84actual

38.7 expected · Δ+45.3

💔+44.8 stolen VORP·1.6 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2008

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2008 Draft Class· this player went #92

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator