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

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Corey Wootton

Top 31% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter

Height6'6"

Weight270 lb

BornJun 22, 1987

Age39

CollegeNorthwestern See College Stats

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 4, Pick 109 · CHI

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 33 · #2549 · Role Player

Worth 33 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 56% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.5

Avg surplus

peak +24

2 seasons × ~16.5 surplus ≈ VORP 33

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 (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2010	—	CHI	4	—	3	1	2	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CHI	4	—	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CHI	14	—	27	20	7	4	13	7.0	24.0	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
2013	—	CHI	16	—	33	27	6	8	6	3.0	17.0	0	5	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	846	81.0%	163	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	MIN	12	—	14	9	5	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	271	27.2%	96	23.1%	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	50	—	81	60	21	14	21	12.0	47.0	0	6	3	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,117	54.1%	259	28.2%	—	—	—	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2010	23	CHI	4	—	3	1	2	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	—	2.3
2011	24	CHI	4	—	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—	1.1
2012	25	CHI	14	—	27	20	7	4	13	7.0	24.0	1	2	—	13
2013	26	CHI	16	13*	33	27	6	8	6	3.0	17.0	5	1	2	10.4
2014	27	MIN	12	0*	14	9	5	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	—	4.4
Career			50	13*	81	60	21	14	21	—	—	6	3	2	31.2

* 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	CHI	16	13*	—	0.0%	846	81.0%	163	33.3%
2014	27	MIN	15	0*	—	0.0%	271	27.2%	96	23.1%
Career			31	13*	—	—	1,117	—	259	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2012	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
Career					—	—	—	0	0

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 57.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 80%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 39.8

Availability 15.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 45elite 702014

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Sacks leader6

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.328See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.328Snap share54.1%Def snaps1,117Emerging

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 · 2010

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

EDGE · 2010 class

4.92s

40-Yard

Low · 20th pct

Pos 20thAll 25thClass Pos 21thClass All 24th

20 reps

Bench

Low · 18th pct

Pos 18thAll 44thClass Pos 11thClass All 45th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

College Stats

NorthwesternCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Northwestern), 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.

2010 Draft Class· this player went #109

#99Mardy GilyardWR #100Everson GriffenDE #102Darryl SharptonILB #103Perry RileyMLB #104Alterraun VernerDB #105Trevard LindleyDB #107Marcus EasleyWR #108Jacoby FordWR #110Darrell StuckeyDB #111Walter ThurmondS #112Joe McKnightRB #113Aaron HernandezTE #114Dennis PittaTE #117Joe HawleyC #118Garrett GrahamTE #119A.J. EddsLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Corey inherited the Chicago Bears DL room from Anthony Adams (2007–2011), and handed it to Henry Melton (2010–2013).

William Perry 1985–1993Trace Armstrong 1989–1994Alonzo Spellman 1992–1997Albert Fontenot 1993–1996Jim Flanigan 1994–2000Mike Wells

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2014team change
Joined MIN (from CHI)
2014final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2010draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 4, Pick 109

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 270 lb

Frame

270 lb at 4.92s

Size-speed

20 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2014	MIN	1	W7Out· Back
2011	CHI	0	W1Questionable· Knee

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 61

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

F2010

F2011

B+2012

B2013

C2014

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

94%

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	1	0.3	4+3	0.3
2011	0	0	0	0
2012	7	0.5	9+2	0.5
2013	3	0.2	3	0.2
2014	1	0.1	1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

33 career value over replacement — #2549 all-time of 4,642. 6.6/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #109 (Rd 4) · CHI · 2010 · +21.2 vs expected KV-H

58actual

36.8 expected · Δ+21.2

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2010

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #109

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator