Corey Sears
Durable Contributor
Height6'3"
Weight314 lb
BornApr 15, 1973
Age53
Rookie yr1996
A edge rusher who maximized value through excellent availability over their career. Their developmental was extended by consistently being on the field.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 0 · #4272 · Role PlayerWorth 0 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 93% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 0 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +0 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
6 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
51
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
0
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+0
Avg surplus
peak +0
0 seasons × ~0 surplus ≈ VORP 0
Combined Season Grid
The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.
1 grid split in one view
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1998 | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1999 | — | ARI | 4 | — | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | — | ARI | 7 | — | 13 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | — | HOU | 14 | — | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | — | HOU | 13 | — | 23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | — | HOU | 9 | — | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 51 | — | 72 | 36 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Defense
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 43 · SolidA solid career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 43 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 6 scored seasons.
40
Sustained
career value
×.6
46
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×1
Longevity
career length
Blend 42.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 43· confidence 81%
What builds the career mark of 40
On-field 27.8
Availability 12.2
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)
1998bestavg 342004
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position1
Depth
of 100
Reached 1% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
1% of the all-time Sacks leader1
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: 94%.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Mississippi State; Navarro), 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.
Top Teammates
Aaron GlennDB3yGary WalkerDE3yJabar GaffneyWR3yJamie SharperOLB3yMarcus ColemanDB3yKailee WongLB3yKenny WrightDB3yCorey BradfordWR3ySeth PayneDT3yDavid CarrQB3yEric BrownS3yBilly MillerTE3yJay ForemanLB3yJason SimmonsDB3yJerry DeLoachDE3yJonathan WellsRB3yChad StanleyP3yTroy EvansOLB3yKris BrownK3yAndre JohnsonWR2yCorey ChavousS2ySimeon RiceDE2yAeneas WilliamsFS2yRonald McKinnonMLB2y
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterCorey inherited the Houston Texans DL room from Gary Walker (1995–2005), and handed it to Jerry DeLoach (2002–2005).
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2004final season
Last recorded season with HOU
- 2002team change
Joined HOU (from ARI)
- 1999signing
Entered the NFL with ARI
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'3" / 314 lb
Frame
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 6-season peers. See all →
43
peak 46
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
F1998
F1999
D2000
C+2002
C2003
C2004
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.
75%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Career Value · VORP
0 career value over replacement — #4272 all-time of 4,642. 0/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
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