Dante Fowler Jr. ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Fowler in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Fowler a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Dante Fowler Jr.

Top 7% all-time pass rushersIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 2019

Height6'3"

Weight264 lb

BornAug 3, 1994

Age31

CollegeFlorida See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 1, Pick 3 · JAX

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

96thPlayoff Sacks·3.5

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 189 · #426 · Elite

Worth 189 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 10% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.9

Avg surplus

peak +39

10 seasons × ~18.9 surplus ≈ VORP 189

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%
2016	—	JAX	15	—	31	22	9	6	11	4.0	21.0	0	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	570	53.2%	1	3.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	JAX	12	—	20	17	3	7	10	8.0	25.0	0	0	2	2	1	0	—	0.0%	464	44.7%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	LA	14	—	28	21	7	5	6	4.0	15.0	0	1	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	577	58.4%	38	15.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	2TM	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2	0.5	57.3	-0.5	24	16	4	16	5	0.1
2019	—	LA	16	—	53	35	18	16	16	11.5	43.5	0	6	2	1	1	0	—	0.0%	880	79.8%	50	14.3%	9	4	0.4	55.8	2.3	35	19	3	48	8	0.1
2020	—	ATL	13	—	23	12	11	4	8	3.0	15.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	601	64.6%	12	6.9%	5	3	0.6	64.6	2.4	23	14	5	32	8	0.3
2021	—	ATL	14	—	31	16	15	6	8	4.5	18.5	0	1	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	509	53.6%	2	4.0%	4	3	0.8	113.5	1.5	17	8	4	14	7	0.2
2022	—	DAL	13	—	25	20	5	7	9	6.0	22.0	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	343	29.8%	4	7.0%	3	3	1.0	118.7	7.7	21	11	4	4	0	0.0
2023	—	DAL	13	—	11	6	5	5	7	4.0	16.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	270	25.6%	7	8.7%	1	1	1.0	91.7	5.0	12	5	2	1	0	0.0
2024	—	WAS	16	—	38	24	14	14	12	10.5	36.5	1	1	2	—	1	0	—	0.0%	564	52.5%	25	11.8%	6	3	0.5	21.5	-0.2	20	7	2	20	5	0.1
2025	—	DAL	13	—	15	10	5	4	10	3.0	17.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	359	32.0%	—	0.0%	1	1	1.0	83.3	0.0	20	10	7	4	0	0.0
Career		—	154	—	275	183	92	74	97	58.5	229.5	1	23	15	5	3	0	—	0.0%	5,137	49.4%	139	8.9%	33	20	—	—	—	172	90	31	139	33	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2016	22	JAX	15	9*	31	22	9	6	11	4.0	21.0	0	5	0	—	0	10.3
2017	23	JAX	12	0*	20	17	3	7	10	8.0	25.0	0	0	2	2	1	14.3
2018	24	LA	14	9*	28	21	7	5	6	4.0	15.0	0	1	2	2	0	10.4
2019	25	LA	16	13*	53	35	18	16	16	11.5	43.5	0	6	2	1	1	20.8
2020	26	ATL	13	9*	23	12	11	4	8	3.0	15.0	0	1	1	—	0	9.5
2021	27	ATL	14	8*	31	16	15	6	8	4.5	18.5	0	1	3	—	0	11.2
2022	28	DAL	13	0*	25	20	5	7	9	6.0	22.0	0	2	2	—	0	12.2
2023	29	DAL	13	0*	11	6	5	5	7	4.0	16.0	0	3	1	—	0	8.7
2024	30	WAS	16	9*	38	24	14	14	12	10.5	36.5	1	1	2	—	1	19.2
2025	31	DAL	13	0*	15	10	5	4	10	3.0	17.0	0	3	0	—	0	8.7
Career			139	57*	275	183	92	74	97	—	—	1	23	15	5	3	125.3

* 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%
2016	22	JAX	16	9*	—	0.0%	570	53.2%	1	3.0%
2017	23	JAX	16	0*	—	0.0%	464	44.7%	—	0.0%
2018	24	LA	15	9*	—	0.0%	577	58.4%	38	15.8%
2019	25	LA	16	13*	—	0.0%	880	79.8%	50	14.3%
2020	26	ATL	14	9*	—	0.0%	601	64.6%	12	6.9%
2021	27	ATL	14	8*	—	0.0%	509	53.6%	2	4.0%
2022	28	DAL	17	0*	—	0.0%	343	29.8%	4	7.0%
2023	29	DAL	17	0*	—	0.0%	270	25.6%	7	8.7%
2024	30	WAS	17	9*	—	0.0%	564	52.5%	25	11.8%
2025	31	DAL	17	0*	—	0.0%	359	32.0%	—	0.0%
Career			159	57*	—	—	5,137	—	139	—

* 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	24	2TM	15	9*	4	2	0.5	57.3	-0.5	24	16	4	16	5	0.1
2019	25	LA	16	13*	9	4	0.4	55.8	2.3	35	19	3	48	8	0.1
2020	26	ATL	14	9*	5	3	0.6	64.6	2.4	23	14	5	32	8	0.3
2021	27	ATL	14	8*	4	3	0.8	113.5	1.5	17	8	4	14	7	0.2
2022	28	DAL	17	0*	3	3	1.0	118.7	7.7	21	11	4	4	0	0.0
2023	29	DAL	17	0*	1	1	1.0	91.7	5.0	12	5	2	1	0	0.0
2024	30	WAS	17	9*	6	3	0.5	21.5	-0.2	20	7	2	20	5	0.1
2025	31	DAL	17	0*	1	1	1.0	83.3	0.0	20	10	7	4	0	0.0
Career			127	48*	33	20	—	—	—	172	90	31	139	33	—

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

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 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 76.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 77· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 70

On-field 53.1

Availability 16.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 70elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 30% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

30% of the all-time Sacks leader30

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: 96%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.227See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.227Snap share49.4%Def snaps5,137ReliableCV 0.30

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 · 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

4.60s

40-Yard

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 58thClass Pos 82thClass All 64th

32.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 39thClass Pos 45thClass All 34th

112"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 31thClass Pos 33thClass All 31th

19 reps

Bench

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 38thClass Pos 3thClass All 35th

7.40s

3-Cone

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 30thClass Pos 38thClass All 29th

4.32s

Shuttle

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 53thClass Pos 63thClass All 49th

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Defense

Tkl19Solo13Ast6TFL7QBHits7Sk3.5Dis17.5PD1

College Stats

FloridaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida), 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 #3

#1Jameis WinstonQB #2Marcus MariotaQB #4Amari CooperWR #5Brandon ScherffG #6Leonard WilliamsDE #7Kevin WhiteWR #8Vic BeasleyDE #9Ereck FlowersG #10Todd GurleyRB #11Trae WaynesCB #12Danny SheltonDT #13Andrus PeatG #14DeVante ParkerWR #15Melvin GordonRB #17Arik ArmsteadDE #18Marcus PetersCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Dante inherited the Dallas Cowboys DL room from Osa Odighizuwa (2021–2025), and handed it to Sam Williams (2022–2025).

Russell Maryland 1991–1995Charles Haley 1992–1996Chad Hennings 1992–2000Leon Lett 1992–2000Hurvin McCormack 1995–1998Kavika Pittman

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined DAL (from WAS)
2025final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2024team change
Joined WAS (from DAL)
2022team change
Joined DAL (from ATL)
2020team change
Joined ATL (from LA)
2018team change
Joined LA (from JAX)
2015draft
Drafted by JAX — Round 1, Pick 3

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 264 lb

Frame

261 lb at 4.60s

Size-speed

32.5" vert / 112" broad

Explosion

19 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	DAL	0	W12Questionable· Illness
2021	ATL	1	W7Out· KneeW15Questionable· Calf
2020	ATL	1	W3Questionable· AnkleW9Out· HamstringW12Questionable· HamstringW13Questionable· Hamstring

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 86

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

B2016

A2017

B2018

A+2019

C+2020

B2021

B+2022

B2023

A2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

96%

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	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2017	8	0.7	11+3	0.6
2018	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2019	11.5	0.7	12+0.5	0.7
2020	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2021	4.5	0.3	6+1.5	0.3
2022	6	0.5	8+2	0.5
2023	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2024	10.5	0.7	11+0.5	0.7
2025	3	0.2	4+1	0.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

189 career value over replacement — #426 all-time of 4,642. 18.9/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · JAX · 2015 · +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

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2015

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #3

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography