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

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Clinton McDonald

Top 29% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2013

Height6'2"

Weight297 lb

BornJan 6, 1987

Age39

CollegeMemphis See College Stats

Rookie yr2009

Draft2009 · Rd 7, Pick 249 · CIN

Archetype Intelligence

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 86 · #1343 · High-Value

Worth 86 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 30% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

5 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+17.2

Avg surplus

peak +22

5 seasons × ~17.2 surplus ≈ VORP 86

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%
2010	—	CIN	5	—	4	2	2	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	SEA	14	—	34	20	14	1	4	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	SEA	12	—	22	14	8	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	SEA	14	—	33	17	16	7	14	5.5	26.5	1	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	531	53.4%	23	15.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	TB	13	—	37	26	11	9	8	5.0	22.0	1	2	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	619	69.0%	65	19.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	TB	6	—	25	15	10	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	246	60.0%	19	13.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	TB	11	—	34	23	11	6	5	3.5	14.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	485	62.5%	48	14.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	TB	12	—	26	15	11	6	10	5.0	21.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	461	49.4%	52	14.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	LV	15	—	29	17	12	4	2	2.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	6	4	0	0	2	0.1
2018	—	OAK	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	2.8%	419	43.9%	79	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	ARI	6	—	8	2	6	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	122	18.9%	8	9.3%	0	0	—	—	—	2	1	1	0	1	0.1
Career		—	123	—	252	151	101	37	47	21.0	105.0	2	6	0	5	0	0	9	2.8%	2,883	51.0%	294	15.2%	1	1	—	—	—	8	5	1	0	3	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FR	VAL
2010	23	CIN	5	—	4	2	2	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	0	—	1.8
2011	24	SEA	14	—	34	20	14	1	4	0.0	5.0	0	0	2	5.7
2012	25	SEA	12	—	22	14	8	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	1	—	4.7
2013	26	SEA	14	8*	33	17	16	7	14	5.5	26.5	1	2	1	11.3
2014	27	TB	13	9*	37	26	11	9	8	5.0	22.0	1	2	2	11.1
2015	28	TB	6	4*	25	15	10	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	—	2.9
2016	29	TB	11	8*	34	23	11	6	5	3.5	14.5	0	0	—	8.2
2017	30	TB	12	0*	26	15	11	6	10	5.0	21.0	0	1	—	9.8
2018	31	LV	15	0*	29	17	12	4	2	2.0	8.0	0	0	—	6.7
2019	32	ARI	6	0*	8	2	6	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	2
Career			108	29*	252	151	101	37	47	—	—	2	6	5	64.2

* 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	26	SEA	15	8*	—	0.0%	531	53.4%	23	15.2%
2014	27	TB	13	9*	—	0.0%	619	69.0%	65	19.3%
2015	28	TB	6	4*	—	0.0%	246	60.0%	19	13.2%
2016	29	TB	12	8*	—	0.0%	485	62.5%	48	14.3%
2017	30	TB	14	0*	—	0.0%	461	49.4%	52	14.8%
2018	31	OAK	15	0*	9	2.8%	419	43.9%	79	20.0%
2019	32	ARI	9	0*	—	0.0%	122	18.9%	8	9.3%
Career			84	29*	9	—	2,883	—	294	—

* 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	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	31	LV	15	0*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	6	4	0	2	0.1
2019	32	ARI	9	0*	0	0	—	—	—	2	1	1	1	0.1
Career			24		1	1	—	—	—	8	5	1	3	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 59 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 59.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 91%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 39.3

Availability 14.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 492019

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Sacks leader11

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.538See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.538Snap share51%Def snaps2,883VolatileCV 0.59

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within interior d-line, 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 defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl8Solo3Ast5QBHits1Dis1.0FR2

College Stats

MemphisCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Memphis), 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.

2009 Draft Class· this player went #249

#232Julian EdelmanWR #233Sammie StroughterWR #235Zack FollettOLB #236Jaimie ThomasG #237Jake O'ConnellTE #240LaRod Stephens-HowlingRB #243Marko MitchellWR #244Ricky Jean FrancoisDT #245Courtney GreeneS #246Lance LouisG #247Nick ReedDE #248Cameron MorrahTE #250Rashad JenningsRB #253Tiquan UnderwoodWR #255Dan GronkowskiTE #256Ryan SuccopK

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Clinton inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers DL room from Jacquies Smith (2014–2016), and handed it to Robert Ayers (2016–2017).

Mark Wheeler 1992–1995Santana Dotson 1992–1995Eric Curry 1993–1997Chidi Ahanotu 1993–2004Brad Culpepper 1994–1999Warren Sapp

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2019team change
Joined ARI (from LV)
2019final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2018team change
Joined LV (from TB)
2014team change
Joined TB (from SEA)
2011team change
Joined SEA (from CIN)
2009draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 7, Pick 249

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 297 lb

Frame

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	TB	2	W13Out· BackW14Out· BackW15Questionable· Back
2016	TB	3	W5Doubtful· HamstringW7Out· HamstringW8Out· HamstringW9Out· HamstringW10Questionable· Hamstring
2015	TB	0	W8Doubtful· Pectoral
2014	TB	0	W13Questionable· HamstringW14Questionable· HamstringW15Questionable· HamstringW16Questionable· Hamstring
2012	SEA	0	W6Doubtful· GroinW10Questionable· Groin
2011	SEA	0	W16Doubtful· Concussion

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 68

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

F2010

C2011

C2012

B2013

B2014

F2015

B2016

B2017

C+2018

F2019

Availability

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

76%

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
2010	0	0	0	0
2011	0	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0	0
2013	5.5	0.4	7+1.5	0.4
2014	5	0.4	7+2	0.4
2015	0	0	0	0
2016	3.5	0.3	5+1.5	0.3
2017	5	0.4	7+2	0.4
2018	2	0.1	2	0.1
2019	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

86 career value over replacement — #1343 all-time of 4,642. 8.6/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #249 (Rd 7) · CIN · 2009 · +36.5 vs expected KV-H

59actual

22.5 expected · Δ+36.5

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2009 Draft Class· this player went #249

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography