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

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Damien Wilson

Top 40% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2021

Height6'0"

Weight260 lb

BornMay 28, 1993

Age33

CollegeMinnesota; Jones County JC See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 4, Pick 127 · DAL

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 37 · #2421 · Role Player

Worth 37 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 53% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 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

+7.4

Avg surplus

peak +13

5 seasons × ~7.4 surplus ≈ VORP 37

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%
2015	—	DAL	3	—	7	4	3	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	32	22.0%	280	64.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	DAL	11	—	29	22	7	4	2	0.5	6.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	283	34.2%	340	77.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	DAL	16	—	25	13	12	1	4	1.0	6.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	321	30.8%	354	84.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	DAL	14	—	27	20	7	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	286	27.6%	345	83.5%	21	16	0.8	131.1	5.8	4	3	0	15	8	0.2
2019	—	KC	16	—	79	50	29	3	4	1.5	8.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	709	63.0%	3	3.3%	50	35	0.7	95.0	3.0	5	1	2	49	6	0.1
2020	—	KC	13	—	66	39	27	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	528	60.1%	82	23.1%	30	23	0.8	110.3	3.2	0	0	0	38	7	0.1
2021	—	JAX	17	—	100	53	47	5	5	3.0	13.0	1	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	867	78.6%	67	19.9%	46	32	0.7	88.9	7.3	7	2	2	43	13	0.1
2022	—	CAR	10	—	29	15	14	4	2	2.0	8.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	204	26.4%	211	44.9%	8	8	1.0	106.8	2.5	3	1	0	6	2	0.1
Career		—	100	—	362	216	146	23	19	9.0	51.0	1	9	5	—	0	0	—	0.0%	3,230	42.8%	1,682	50.0%	155	114	—	—	—	19	7	4	151	36	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2015	22	DAL	3	0*	7	4	3	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	—
2016	23	DAL	11	0*	29	22	7	4	2	0.5	6.5	0	1	0	—	4.7
2017	24	DAL	16	0*	25	13	12	1	4	1.0	6.0	0	1	0	—	5.8
2018	25	DAL	14	0*	27	20	7	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	0	1	—	5.7
2019	26	KC	16	10*	79	50	29	3	4	1.5	8.5	0	1	1	—	7.4
2020	27	KC	13	8*	66	39	27	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	1	1	—	5.8
2021	28	JAX	17	13*	100	53	47	5	5	3.0	13.0	1	5	1	—	10.7
2022	29	CAR	10	0*	29	15	14	4	2	2.0	8.0	0	0	1	—	4.7
Career			100	31*	362	216	146	23	19	—	—	1	9	5	—	44.8

* 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%
2015	22	DAL	16	0*	—	0.0%	32	22.0%	280	64.1%
2016	23	DAL	16	0*	—	0.0%	283	34.2%	340	77.1%
2017	24	DAL	16	0*	—	0.0%	321	30.8%	354	84.4%
2018	25	DAL	16	0*	—	0.0%	286	27.6%	345	83.5%
2019	26	KC	16	10*	—	0.0%	709	63.0%	3	3.3%
2020	27	KC	13	8*	—	0.0%	528	60.1%	82	23.1%
2021	28	JAX	17	13*	—	0.0%	867	78.6%	67	19.9%
2022	29	CAR	17	0*	—	0.0%	204	26.4%	211	44.9%
Career			127	31*	—	—	3,230	—	1,682	—

* 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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	25	DAL	16	0*	21	16	0.8	131.1	5.8	4	3	0	15	8	0.2
2019	26	KC	16	10*	50	35	0.7	95.0	3.0	5	1	2	49	6	0.1
2020	27	KC	13	8*	30	23	0.8	110.3	3.2	0	0	0	38	7	0.1
2021	28	JAX	17	13*	46	32	0.7	88.9	7.3	7	2	2	43	13	0.1
2022	29	CAR	17	0*	8	8	1.0	106.8	2.5	3	1	0	6	2	0.1
Career			79	31*	155	114	—	—	—	19	7	4	151	36	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 54 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 35.2

Availability 17.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 522022

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Sacks leader5

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.043See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.043Snap share42.8%Def snaps3,230VolatileCV 0.44

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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2015

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

EDGE · 2015 class

4.77s

40-Yard

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 37thClass Pos 57thClass All 44th

37"

Vertical

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 81thClass Pos 81thClass All 78th

119"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 60thClass Pos 71thClass All 57th

22 reps

Bench

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 56thClass Pos 23thClass All 56th

7.21s

3-Cone

Above avg · 56th pct

Pos 56thAll 44thClass Pos 68thClass All 43th

4.20s

Shuttle

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 73thClass Pos 78thClass All 68th

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl36Solo23Ast13TFL2Dis2.0PD1

College Stats

Minnesota; Jones County JCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Minnesota; Jones County JC), 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.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #127

#118Ramik WilsonILB #119Andrew DonnalOT #121Doran GrantCB #122Za'Darius SmithDE #123Vince MayleTE #124Kwon AlexanderMLB #125Javorius AllenRB #126Mike DavisRB #128Jon FelicianoG #129Jake RyanLB #131Shaq MasonG #132DeAndre SmelterWR #133Max GarciaG #134Mark GlowinskiG #136Tray WalkerCB #137Grady JarrettDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Damien inherited the Dallas Cowboys LB room from DeMarcus Lawrence (2014–2024), and handed it to Randy Gregory (2015–2021).

Jack Del Rio 1989–1991Ken Norton 1989–1993Vinson Smith 1991–1997Robert Jones 1992–1995Darrin Smith 1993–1996Fred Strickland

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2022team change
Joined CAR (from JAX)
2022final season
Last recorded season with CAR
2021team change
Joined JAX (from KC)
2019team change
Joined KC (from DAL)
2015draft
Drafted by DAL — Round 4, Pick 127

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 260 lb

Frame

245 lb at 4.77s

Size-speed

37" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	KC	3	W14Out· KneeW15Out· KneeW16Out· 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 56

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

C2016

C+2017

C+2018

C+2019

C2020

B2021

C+2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

98%

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
2016	0.5	0	1+0.5	0.1
2017	1	0.1	1	0.1
2018	1	0.1	1	0.1
2019	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2020	0	0	0	0
2021	3	0.2	3	0.2
2022	2	0.2	4+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

37 career value over replacement — #2421 all-time of 4,642. 5.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #127 (Rd 4) · DAL · 2015 · +20.5 vs expected KV-H

54actual

33.5 expected · Δ+20.5

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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 · 2015

Postseason Career

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Reference Graph

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Knox

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