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

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DaQuan Jones

Top 35% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2017

Height6'4"

Weight320 lb

BornDec 27, 1991

Age34

CollegePenn State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2014

Draft2014 · Rd 4, Pick 112 · TEN

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher 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 70 · #1623 · Above Average

Worth 70 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 36% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 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

+7.8

Avg surplus

peak +14

9 seasons × ~7.8 surplus ≈ VORP 70

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%
2014	—	TEN	4	—	8	5	3	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	137	28.4%	19	9.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	TEN	16	—	43	23	20	3	3	0.0	6.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	671	63.9%	93	21.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	TEN	13	—	19	10	9	2	3	1.5	6.5	0	0	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	672	61.6%	137	29.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	TEN	11	—	31	19	12	4	6	3.5	13.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	436	53.4%	109	30.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	TEN	13	—	29	15	14	4	5	0.0	9.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	587	55.9%	70	17.4%	1	1	1.0	83.3	4.0	5	2	3	0	4	0.1
2019	—	TEN	16	—	41	20	21	0	2	1.0	3.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	678	61.3%	92	20.4%	3	2	0.7	79.9	6.3	9	6	2	0	6	0.1
2020	—	TEN	16	—	43	23	20	4	6	2.0	12.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	706	63.4%	134	29.7%	1	1	1.0	91.7	3.0	11	5	3	0	7	0.1
2021	—	CAR	15	—	30	11	19	1	6	1.0	8.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	641	58.5%	84	19.9%	1	1	1.0	95.8	4.0	13	7	5	0	3	0.1
2022	—	BUF	16	—	31	15	16	3	11	2.0	16.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	643	61.7%	56	13.9%	0	0	—	—	—	14	3	8	0	4	0.1
2023	—	BUF	6	—	14	6	8	4	5	2.5	11.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	174	46.1%	4	5.3%	0	0	—	—	—	9	4	2	0	3	0.2
2024	—	BUF	13	—	22	10	12	5	7	2.5	14.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	546	52.8%	42	15.4%	2	1	0.5	56.2	-4.5	8	1	4	0	2	0.1
2025	—	BUF	12	—	21	10	11	3	8	3.0	14.0	1	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	422	61.1%	55	18.4%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-4.0	13	4	6	0	1	0.0
Career		—	151	—	332	167	165	34	64	20.0	118.0	1	7	4	3	1	0	—	0.0%	6,313	55.7%	895	19.3%	9	7	—	—	—	82	32	33	0	30	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2014	23	TEN	4	0*	8	5	3	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	1	—	0	2.9
2015	24	TEN	16	10*	43	23	20	3	3	0.0	6.0	0	0	0	1	0	6.8
2016	25	TEN	13	10*	19	10	9	2	3	1.5	6.5	0	0	0	1	1	7.2
2017	26	TEN	11	6*	31	19	12	4	6	3.5	13.5	0	0	0	—	0	7.6
2018	27	TEN	13	9*	29	15	14	4	5	0.0	9.0	0	1	0	—	0	5.5
2019	28	TEN	16	10*	41	20	21	0	2	1.0	3.0	0	3	0	—	0	6.2
2020	29	TEN	16	10*	43	23	20	4	6	2.0	12.0	0	0	1	—	0	9.2
2021	30	CAR	15	10*	30	11	19	1	6	1.0	8.0	0	0	1	—	0	6.9
2022	31	BUF	16	10*	31	15	16	3	11	2.0	16.0	0	0	0	1	0	8.8
2023	32	BUF	6	0*	14	6	8	4	5	2.5	11.5	0	0	0	—	0	5
2024	33	BUF	13	8*	22	10	12	5	7	2.5	14.5	0	1	0	—	0	7.5
2025	34	BUF	12	7*	21	10	11	3	8	3.0	14.0	1	2	1	—	0	8
Career			151	90*	332	167	165	34	64	—	—	1	7	4	3	1	81.6

* 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%
2014	23	TEN	7	0*	—	0.0%	137	28.4%	19	9.3%
2015	24	TEN	16	10*	—	0.0%	671	63.9%	93	21.7%
2016	25	TEN	16	10*	—	0.0%	672	61.6%	137	29.4%
2017	26	TEN	12	6*	—	0.0%	436	53.4%	109	30.5%
2018	27	TEN	16	9*	—	0.0%	587	55.9%	70	17.4%
2019	28	TEN	16	10*	—	0.0%	678	61.3%	92	20.4%
2020	29	TEN	16	10*	—	0.0%	706	63.4%	134	29.7%
2021	30	CAR	17	10*	—	0.0%	641	58.5%	84	19.9%
2022	31	BUF	16	10*	—	0.0%	643	61.7%	56	13.9%
2023	32	BUF	7	0*	—	0.0%	174	46.1%	4	5.3%
2024	33	BUF	16	8*	—	0.0%	546	52.8%	42	15.4%
2025	34	BUF	12	7*	—	0.0%	422	61.1%	55	18.4%
Career			167	90*	—	—	6,313	—	895	—

* 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	27	TEN	16	9*	1	1	1.0	83.3	4.0	5	2	3	4	0.1
2019	28	TEN	16	10*	3	2	0.7	79.9	6.3	9	6	2	6	0.1
2020	29	TEN	16	10*	1	1	1.0	91.7	3.0	11	5	3	7	0.1
2021	30	CAR	17	10*	1	1	1.0	95.8	4.0	13	7	5	3	0.1
2022	31	BUF	16	10*	0	0	—	—	—	14	3	8	4	0.1
2023	32	BUF	7	0*	0	0	—	—	—	9	4	2	3	0.2
2024	33	BUF	16	8*	2	1	0.5	56.2	-4.5	8	1	4	2	0.1
2025	34	BUF	12	7*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-4.0	13	4	6	1	0.0
Career			116	64*	9	7	—	—	—	82	32	33	30	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 36.2

Availability 16.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2014bestavg 512025

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.059See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.059Snap share55.7%Def snaps6,313VolatileCV 0.64

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within interior d-line, 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 defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2014

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

DL · 2014 class

5.35s

40-Yard

Low · 5th pct

Pos 5thAll 3thClass Pos 15thClass All 6th

27.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 9thClass Pos 34thClass All 14th

101"

Broad Jump

Low · 21th pct

Pos 21thAll 7thClass Pos 34thClass All 9th

25 reps

Bench

Below avg · 34th pct

Pos 34thAll 74thClass Pos 41thClass All 75th

7.73s

3-Cone

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 14thClass Pos 68thClass All 15th

4.78s

Shuttle

Low · 23th pct

Pos 23thAll 8thClass Pos 33thClass All 9th

Postseason Career

12 playoff games

Defense

Tkl21Solo7Ast14TFL1QBHits5Sk1.5Dis7.5

College Stats

Penn StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Penn State), 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.

2014 Draft Class· this player went #112

#103Devonta FreemanRB #104Jalen SaundersWR #105Bryan StorkC #106Bruce EllingtonWR #107Justin EllisDT #108Cassius MarshLB #109Ross CockrellCB #111Russell BodineC #113Andre WilliamsRB #114Aaron ColvinCB #116Keith McGillS #117Ka'Deem CareyRB #118Martavis BryantWR #119Anthony HitchensMLB #120Logan ThomasTE #121Carl BradfordLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

DaQuan inherited the Tennessee Titans DL room from Ropati Pitoitua (2013–2015), and handed it to Jeffery Simmons (2019–2025).

Henry Ford 1994–2002James Roberson 1996–1998Gary Walker 1997–1998Kenny Holmes 1997–2000Joe Salave'a 1998–2001Jason Fisk

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2022team change
Joined BUF (from CAR)
2021team change
Joined CAR (from TEN)
2014draft
Drafted by TEN — Round 4, Pick 112

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 320 lb

Frame

322 lb at 5.35s

Size-speed

27.5" vert / 101" broad

Explosion

25 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2023	BUF	W16Questionable· PectoralW17Questionable· Pectoral
2022	BUF	W20Questionable· Calf
2020	TEN	W6Questionable· 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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 57

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

F2014

C+2015

C+2016

B2017

C2018

C+2019

C+2020

C+2021

C+2022

C2023

C+2024

C+2025

Availability

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
2014	1	0.3	4+3	0.2
2015	0	0	0	0
2016	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2017	3.5	0.3	5+1.5	0.3
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	1	0.1	1	0.1
2020	2	0.1	2	0.1
2021	1	0.1	1	0.1
2022	2	0.1	2	0.1
2023	2.5	0.4	7+4.5	0.4
2024	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2025	3	0.3	4+1	0.3

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

70 career value over replacement — #1623 all-time of 4,642. 5.8/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #112 (Rd 4) · TEN · 2014 · +19.2 vs expected KV-H

56actual

36.8 expected · Δ+19.2

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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 · 2014

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2014 Draft Class· this player went #112

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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