Cortez Kennedy is a Hall of Fame pass rusher whose career earned a strong career value score of 77 in the Knox value model. Kennedy's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Cortez Kennedy

★ HALL OF FAME8× Pro Bowl3× All-ProTop 7% all-time pass rushersIron Man⭐ Shooting Star · 1999

Height6'3"

Weight306 lb

BornAug 23, 1968

Age57

CollegeMiami; Northwest Mississippi CC See College Stats

Rookie yr1990

Draft1990 · Rd 1, Pick 3 · SEA

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end edge rusher defined as much by exceptional availability — almost never missed time as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 194 · #396 · Elite

Worth 194 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 10% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+17.6

Avg surplus

peak +42

11 seasons × ~17.6 surplus ≈ VORP 194

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
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1990	—	SEA	16	—	0	0	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	0	0	—	—	—
1991	—	SEA	16	—	66	0	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	—	6	0	—	—	—
1992	—	SEA	16	—	94	79	—	—	—	14.0	14.0	—	5	4	—	—	—
1993	—	SEA	16	—	75	59	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	—	2	1	—	—	—
1994	—	SEA	16	—	69	53	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	3	1	—	—	—
1995	—	SEA	16	—	53	40	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	—	3	1	—	—	—
1996	—	SEA	16	—	67	48	—	—	—	8.0	8.0	—	4	1	—	—	—
1997	—	SEA	8	—	18	10	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	—	1	0	—	—	—
1998	—	SEA	15	—	42	29	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	—	6	0	—	—	—
1999	—	SEA	16	—	59	46	13	13	5	6.5	24.5	2	6	2	—	0	0
2000	—	SEA	16	—	40	22	18	2	1	1.0	4.0	1	9	0	—	0	0
Career		—	167	—	583	386	31	15	6	58.0	79.0	3	45	10	0	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1990	22	SEA	16	—	0	0	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	0	0	—	—	—	6.5
1991	23	SEA	16	—	66	0	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	—	6	0	—	—	—	12.2
1992	24	SEA	16	—	94	79	—	—	—	14.0	14.0	—	5	4	—	—	—	24
1993	25	SEA	16	—	75	59	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	—	2	1	—	—	—	11.8
1994	26	SEA	16	—	69	53	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	3	1	—	—	—	10.3
1995	27	SEA	16	—	53	40	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	—	3	1	—	—	—	12.7
1996	28	SEA	16	—	67	48	—	—	—	8.0	8.0	—	4	1	—	—	—	14
1997	29	SEA	8	—	18	10	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	—	1	0	—	—	—	4.3
1998	30	SEA	15	—	42	29	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	—	6	0	—	—	—	7.8
1999	31	SEA	16	—	59	46	13	13	5	6.5	24.5	2	6	2	—	0	0	14.1
2000	32	SEA	16	—	40	22	18	2	1	1.0	4.0	1	9	0	—	0	0	5.9
Career			167		583	386	31	15	6	—	—	3	45	10	0	0	0	123.6

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 77 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 77 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 71.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 77· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 45.7

Availability 19.3

On-field production Staying available

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

1990bestavg 65elite 702000

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 29% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

29% of the all-time Sacks leader29

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: 87%.

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

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl2Solo2TFL2Dis2.0PD1

College Stats

Miami; Northwest Mississippi CCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Miami; Northwest Mississippi CC), 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.

1990 Draft Class· this player went #3

#1Jeff GeorgeQB #1Rob MooreWR #2Blair ThomasRB #5Junior SeauLB #7Andre WareQB #9Richmond WebbOT #12James FrancisLB #17Emmitt SmithRB #19Darrell ThompsonRB #20Steve BroussardRB #21Eric GreenTE #24Rodney HamptonRB #25Dexter CarterRB #26Alexander WrightWR #28Reggie RembertWR #30Reggie CobbRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Cortez opened the Seattle Seahawks DL lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Michael Sinclair (1992–2001).

Cortez Kennedy 1990–2000Michael Sinclair 1992–2001Michael McCrary 1993–1996Antonio Edwards 1993–1997Sam Adams 1994–1999Phillip Daniels 1996–1999

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2000final season
Last recorded season with SEA
1990draft
Drafted by SEA — Round 1, Pick 3

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 306 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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 82

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

C+1990

B1991

A1992

B1993

B1994

B+1995

B+1996

C+1997

C+1998

B+1999

C+2000

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

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
1990	1	0.1	1	0.1
1991	6.5	0.4	5-1.5	0.3
1992	14	0.9	12-2	0.7
1993	6.5	0.4	6-0.5	0.4
1994	4	0.3	4	0.2
1995	6.5	0.4	6-0.5	0.4
1996	8	0.5	8	0.5
1997	2	0.3	4+2	0.2
1998	2	0.1	2	0.1
1999	6.5	0.4	6-0.5	0.4
2000	1	0.1	1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

194 career value over replacement — #396 all-time of 4,642. 17.6/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · SEA · 1990 · +15.2 vs expected KV-H

77actual

61.8 expected · Δ+15.2

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1990 Draft Class· this player went #3

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography