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

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Dalvin Tomlinson

Top 31% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter

Height6'3"

Weight317 lb

BornFeb 18, 1994

Age32

CollegeAlabama See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2017

Draft2017 · Rd 2, Pick 55 · NYG

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 49 · #2065 · Above Average

Worth 49 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 45% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

2 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 +11

7 seasons × ~7 surplus ≈ VORP 49

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%
2017	—	NYG	15	—	37	17	20	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	588	53.4%	114	25.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NYG	16	—	46	15	31	5	0	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	628	57.8%	137	29.8%	2	1	0.5	72.9	2.5	8	8	0	0	1	0.0
2019	—	NYG	15	—	45	19	26	7	9	3.5	19.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	595	53.3%	163	35.5%	0	0	—	—	—	13	3	5	0	3	0.1
2020	—	NYG	16	—	45	21	24	8	10	3.5	21.5	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	658	60.1%	126	30.8%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	15	5	6	0	7	0.1
2021	—	MIN	15	—	33	11	22	2	7	2.5	11.5	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	641	55.9%	80	17.3%	0	0	—	—	—	14	7	4	0	5	0.1
2022	—	MIN	13	—	35	13	22	3	10	2.5	15.5	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	551	61.1%	36	14.8%	0	0	—	—	—	14	4	7	0	0	0.0
2023	—	CLE	16	—	27	11	16	4	12	3.0	19.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	623	62.5%	80	16.6%	1	1	1.0	91.7	0.0	14	2	8	0	3	0.1
2024	—	CLE	16	—	22	9	13	6	18	3.0	27.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	610	59.8%	77	17.4%	0	0	—	—	—	20	2	14	0	2	0.1
2025	—	ARI	13	—	25	12	13	3	3	1.0	7.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	555	48.5%	23	14.0%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-3.0	5	1	3	0	2	0.1
Career		—	135	—	315	128	187	39	70	20.0	129.0	0	8	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	5,449	56.9%	836	22.4%	5	4	—	—	—	103	32	47	0	23	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2017	23	NYG	15	9*	37	17	20	1	1	1.0	3.0	1	0	—	5.7
2018	24	NYG	16	9*	46	15	31	5	0	0.0	5.0	0	0	—	6.5
2019	25	NYG	15	9*	45	19	26	7	9	3.5	19.5	0	1	—	10.5
2020	26	NYG	16	10*	45	21	24	8	10	3.5	21.5	4	0	—	11.3
2021	27	MIN	15	9*	33	11	22	2	7	2.5	11.5	2	0	1	7.6
2022	28	MIN	13	8*	35	13	22	3	10	2.5	15.5	0	1	1	8.9
2023	29	CLE	16	10*	27	11	16	4	12	3.0	19.0	0	0	—	9.2
2024	30	CLE	16	10*	22	9	13	6	18	3.0	27.0	0	0	—	11
2025	31	ARI	13	0*	25	12	13	3	3	1.0	7.0	1	0	—	5.5
Career			135	74*	315	128	187	39	70	—	—	8	2	2	76.2

* 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%
2017	23	NYG	16	9*	—	0.0%	588	53.4%	114	25.1%
2018	24	NYG	16	9*	—	0.0%	628	57.8%	137	29.8%
2019	25	NYG	16	9*	—	0.0%	595	53.3%	163	35.5%
2020	26	NYG	16	10*	—	0.0%	658	60.1%	126	30.8%
2021	27	MIN	16	9*	—	0.0%	641	55.9%	80	17.3%
2022	28	MIN	13	8*	—	0.0%	551	61.1%	36	14.8%
2023	29	CLE	16	10*	—	0.0%	623	62.5%	80	16.6%
2024	30	CLE	16	10*	—	0.0%	610	59.8%	77	17.4%
2025	31	ARI	17	0*	—	0.0%	555	48.5%	23	14.0%
Career			142	74*	—	—	5,449	—	836	—

* 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	24	NYG	16	9*	2	1	0.5	72.9	2.5	8	8	0	1	0.0
2019	25	NYG	16	9*	0	0	—	—	—	13	3	5	3	0.1
2020	26	NYG	16	10*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	15	5	6	7	0.1
2021	27	MIN	16	9*	0	0	—	—	—	14	7	4	5	0.1
2022	28	MIN	13	8*	0	0	—	—	—	14	4	7	0	0.0
2023	29	CLE	16	10*	1	1	1.0	91.7	0.0	14	2	8	3	0.1
2024	30	CLE	16	10*	0	0	—	—	—	20	2	14	2	0.1
2025	31	ARI	17	0*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-3.0	5	1	3	2	0.1
Career			126	65*	5	4	—	—	—	103	32	47	23	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 37.8

Availability 18.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 562025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Sacks leader10

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: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.551See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.551Snap share56.9%Def snaps5,449VolatileCV 0.50

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 · 2017

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

EDGE · 2017 class

5.19s

40-Yard

Low · 2th pct

Pos 2thAll 10thClass Pos 2thClass All 9th

27"

Vertical

Low · 3th pct

Pos 3thAll 8thClass Pos 2thClass All 8th

110"

Broad Jump

Low · 20th pct

Pos 20thAll 25thClass Pos 6thClass All 21th

7.68s

3-Cone

Low · 8th pct

Pos 8thAll 17thClass Pos 2thClass All 14th

4.59s

Shuttle

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 20thClass Pos 12thClass All 21th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl7Solo4Ast3TFL2Dis2.0

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.

2017 Draft Class· this player went #55

#47Tyus BowserLB #48Joe MixonRB #49Ryan AndersonLB #50Justin EvansS #51DeMarcus WalkerDE #52DeShone KizerQB #53Teez TaborCB #54Raekwon McMillanMLB #56Obi MelifonwuDB #57Zach CunninghamILB #58Ethan PocicC #59Tanoh KpassagnonDE #60Chidobe AwuzieCB #61Josh JonesS #62JuJu Smith-SchusterWR #63Dion DawkinsOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Dalvin inherited the New York Giants DL room from Olivier Vernon (2016–2018), and handed it to Leonard Williams (2019–2022).

Keith Hamilton 1992–2003Michael Strahan 1993–2007Chad Bratzke 1994–1998Robert Harris 1995–1999Cornelius Griffin 2000–2003Kenny Holmes

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined ARI (from CLE)
2025final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2023team change
Joined CLE (from MIN)
2021team change
Joined MIN (from NYG)
2017draft
Drafted by NYG — Round 2, Pick 55

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 317 lb

Frame

310 lb at 5.19s

Size-speed

27" vert / 110" broad

Explosion

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	CLE	0	W18Questionable· Knee
2022	MIN	3	W9Out· CalfW10Out· CalfW11Out· CalfW12Questionable· Calf

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 61

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

C+2017

C+2018

B2019

B2020

C+2021

C+2022

C+2023

C+2024

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

95%

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
2017	1	0.1	1	0.1
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	0.2
2020	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	0.2
2021	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2022	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2023	3	0.2	3	0.2
2024	3	0.2	3	0.2
2025	1	0.1	1	0.1

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

49 career value over replacement — #2065 all-time of 4,642. 5.4/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #55 (Rd 2) · NYG · 2017 · +10 vs expected KV-H

58actual

48 expected · Δ+10

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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

Combine · 2017

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2017 Draft Class· this player went #55

Franchise Succession

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Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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