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

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Damone Clark

Top 32% all-time linebackersReliable Starter

Height6'2"

Weight245 lb

BornJun 28, 2000

Age26

CollegeLSU See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2022

Draft2022 · Rd 5, Pick 176 · DAL

Archetype Intelligence

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A linebacker with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 28 · #2741 · Role Player

Worth 28 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 60% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

1 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+9.3

Avg surplus

peak +20

3 seasons × ~9.3 surplus ≈ VORP 28

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%
2022	—	DAL	10	—	40	23	17	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	398	59.3%	106	39.6%	15	13	0.9	138.5	2.2	0	0	0	8	0	0.0
2023	—	DAL	17	—	87	48	39	4	3	0.0	7.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	784	72.3%	101	22.9%	32	24	0.8	104.2	3.1	2	1	1	42	4	0.0
2024	—	DAL	5	—	21	10	11	1	1	0.5	2.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	163	27.2%	284	71.6%	10	3	0.3	39.6	6.9	1	0	0	3	0	0.0
2025	—	HOU	9	—	28	14	14	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	DAL	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	102	23.1%	269	67.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	2TM	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	4	0.8	127.9	7.0	0	0	0	4	1	0.0
Career		—	69	—	176	95	81	6	4	0.5	10.5	0	4	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,447	45.5%	760	50.4%	62	44	—	—	—	3	1	1	57	5	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2022	22	DAL	10	6*	40	23	17	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	2	—	4.1
2023	23	DAL	17	12*	87	48	39	4	3	0.0	7.0	3	0	1	6.8
2024	24	DAL	5	0*	21	10	11	1	1	0.5	2.5	1	0	—	2.1
2025	25	HOU	9	0*	28	14	14	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—	3.2
Career			41	18*	176	95	81	6	4	—	—	4	2	1	16.2

* 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%
2022	22	DAL	10	6*	—	0.0%	398	59.3%	106	39.6%
2023	23	DAL	17	12*	—	0.0%	784	72.3%	101	22.9%
2024	24	DAL	14	0*	—	0.0%	163	27.2%	284	71.6%
2025	25	DAL	14	0*	—	0.0%	102	23.1%	269	67.6%
Career			55	18*	—	—	1,447	—	760	—

* 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%
2022	22	DAL	10	6*	15	13	0.9	138.5	2.2	0	0	0	8	0	0.0
2023	23	DAL	17	12*	32	24	0.8	104.2	3.1	2	1	1	42	4	0.0
2024	24	DAL	14	0*	10	3	0.3	39.6	6.9	1	0	0	3	0	0.0
2025	25	2TM	14	0*	5	4	0.8	127.9	7.0	0	0	0	4	1	0.0
Career			55	18*	62	44	—	—	—	3	1	1	57	5	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 52 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 52 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 55.4 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 52· confidence 91%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 41.1

Availability 13.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2022bestavg 502025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 0% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

0% of the all-time Sacks leader0

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

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.14See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.14Snap share45.5%Def snaps1,447VolatileCV 0.75

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within linebackers, 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 · 2022

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

LB · 2022 class

4.57s

40-Yard

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 64thClass Pos 52thClass All 54th

36.5"

Vertical

Strong · 77th pct

Pos 77thAll 77thClass Pos 57thClass All 81th

127"

Broad Jump

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 91thClass Pos 66thClass All 86th

7.12s

3-Cone

Below avg · 49th pct

Pos 49thAll 54thClass Pos 19thClass All 70th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl14Solo7Ast7TFL1Dis1.0

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.

2022 Draft Class· this player went #176

#168Braxton JonesOT #169Ty ChandlerRB #170Teagan QuitorianoTE #171Luke WattenbergC #172Samuel WomackCB #173Marcus McKethanG #174Dominique RobinsonDE #175Matthew ButlerDT #177James MitchellTE #178John RidgewayDT #179Kingsley EnagbareLB #180Matt AraizaP #181Kyron JohnsonLB #182Darrian BeaversLB #183Kevin HarrisRB #184Vederian LoweOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Damone inherited the Dallas Cowboys LB room from Micah Parsons (2021–2024), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Jack Del Rio 1989–1991Ken Norton 1989–1993Vinson Smith 1991–1997Robert Jones 1992–1995Darrin Smith 1993–1996Fred Strickland 1996–1998

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined HOU (from DAL)
2025final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2022draft
Drafted by DAL — Round 5, Pick 176

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 245 lb

Frame

239 lb at 4.57s

Size-speed

36.5" vert / 127" broad

Explosion

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	DAL	0	W5Questionable· Shoulder

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 4-season peers. See all →

peak 56

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

C+2022

B2023

D2024

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

81%

Era Translator

Tackles 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 Tackles	Tackles/G	→ 2025 Tackles	→ 2025 /G
2022	40	4	65+25	3.8
2023	87	5.1	86-1	5.1
2024	21	4.2	72+51	4.2
2025	28	3.1	53+25	3.1

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

28 career value over replacement — #2741 all-time of 4,642. 7/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #176 (Rd 5) · DAL · 2022 · +25.1 vs expected KV-H

52actual

26.9 expected · Δ+25.1

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Archetype Intelligence

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 · 2022

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

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Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator