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Courtney Upshaw

Top 42% all-time pass rushersDurable Contributor📈 Late Developer · 2015

Height6'2"

Weight272 lb

BornDec 13, 1989

Age36

CollegeAlabama See College Stats

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 2, Pick 35 · BAL

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A edge rusher who maximized value through excellent availability over their career. Their middle-tier career was extended by consistently being on the field.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 12 · #3487 · Role Player

Worth 12 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 76% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 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

Avg surplus

peak +6

3 seasons × ~4 surplus ≈ VORP 12

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%
2012	—	BAL	15	—	46	25	21	8	3	1.5	12.5	0	1	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	BAL	16	—	28	17	11	2	5	1.5	8.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	638	59.4%	136	27.1%
2014	—	BAL	16	—	41	24	17	4	2	0.0	6.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	523	48.3%	77	16.9%
2015	—	BAL	16	—	50	28	22	3	7	2.0	12.0	0	2	2	3	0	0	—	0.0%	794	74.8%	82	17.4%
2016	—	ATL	11	—	21	12	9	1	4	1.0	6.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	310	34.7%	20	12.8%
2017	—	ATL	6	—	9	5	4	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	197	22.9%	7	12.0%
Career		—	80	—	195	111	84	20	24	7.0	51.0	0	7	4	6	0	0	—	0.0%	2,462	48.0%	322	17.3%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2012	23	BAL	15	—	46	25	21	8	3	1.5	12.5	1	0	2	8.8
2013	24	BAL	16	10*	28	17	11	2	5	1.5	8.5	2	0	—	7
2014	25	BAL	16	0*	41	24	17	4	2	0.0	6.0	1	0	—	6.5
2015	26	BAL	16	12*	50	28	22	3	7	2.0	12.0	2	2	3	10.1
2016	27	ATL	11	0*	21	12	9	1	4	1.0	6.0	1	1	1	5.7
2017	28	ATL	6	0*	9	5	4	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	1	—	4
Career			80	22*	195	111	84	20	24	—	—	7	4	6	42.1

* 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	24	BAL	16	10*	—	0.0%	638	59.4%	136	27.1%
2014	25	BAL	16	0*	—	0.0%	523	48.3%	77	16.9%
2015	26	BAL	16	12*	—	0.0%	794	74.8%	82	17.4%
2016	27	ATL	13	0*	—	0.0%	310	34.7%	20	12.8%
2017	28	ATL	13	0*	—	0.0%	197	22.9%	7	12.0%
Career			74	22*	—	—	2,462	—	322	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 53 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 53 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 52.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 53· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 51

On-field 33.3

Availability 17.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 502017

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Sacks leader4

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: 88%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.97See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.97Snap share48%Def snaps2,462ReliableCV 0.35

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 · 2012

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

EDGE · 2012 class

4.74s

40-Yard

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 40thClass Pos 56thClass All 40th

22 reps

Bench

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 56thClass Pos 36thClass All 56th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl12Solo7Ast5TFL3QBHits4Sk2.0Dis9.0PD1FF1

College Stats

AlabamaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Alabama), 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.

2012 Draft Class· this player went #35

#27Kevin ZeitlerG #28Nick PerryOLB #29Harrison SmithFS #30A.J. JenkinsWR #31Doug MartinRB #32David WilsonRB #33Brian QuickWR #34Coby FleenerTE #36Derek WolfeDE #37Mitchell SchwartzOT #38Andre BranchDE #39Janoris JenkinsCB #40Amini SilatoluOT #41Cordy GlennOT #42Jonathan MartinOT #43Stephen HillWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Courtney inherited the Baltimore Ravens DL room from Arthur Jones (2011–2013), and handed it to Elvis Dumervil (2013–2016).

Rob Burnett 1996–2001Keith Washington 1997–2000Tony Siragusa 1997–2001Michael McCrary 1997–2002Marques Douglas 2001–2008Kelly Gregg

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 ATL
2016team change
Joined ATL (from BAL)
2012draft
Drafted by BAL — Round 2, Pick 35

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 272 lb

Frame

272 lb at 4.74s

Size-speed

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	ATL	3	W3Out· Ankle / KneeW4Out· Ankle / KneeW6Out· Ankle / Knee
2013	BAL	0	W7Questionable· Foot

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 →

peak 55

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

C+2012

C+2013

C2014

C+2015

C2016

D2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

93%

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
2012	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2013	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2014	0	0	0	0
2015	2	0.1	2	0.1
2016	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2017	1	0.2	3+2	0.2

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

12 career value over replacement — #3487 all-time of 4,642. 2/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #35 (Rd 2) · BAL · 2012 · -1.9 vs expected KV-H

53actual

54.9 expected · Δ−1.9

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2012

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2012 Draft Class· this player went #35

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator