Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1981 | 22–23 | ARI | 16 | — | 59 | 46 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 23–24 | ARI | 9 | — | 46 | 36 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 24–25 | ARI | 16 | — | 32 | 24 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 4.0 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 25–26 | ARI | 16 | — | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 26–27 | IND | 16 | — | 18 | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 27–28 | IND | 16 | — | 66 | 51 | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 28–29 | IND | 12 | — | 25 | 17 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 29–30 | DET | 8 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 30–31 | MIA | 11 | — | 40 | 36 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 301 | 238 | — | — | — | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 4.0 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
23 career value over replacement — #3002 all-time of 4,695. 2.6/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #143 (Rd 6) · STL · 1981 · +19.5 vs expected KV-H
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9 seasons · peak 1.0 in 1986
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.1 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1986 · +0.1 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 22–23 | ARI | 16 | — | 59 | 46 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 23–24 | ARI | 9 | — | 46 | 36 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 24–25 | ARI | 16 | — | 32 | 24 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 25–26 | ARI | 16 | — | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 26–27 | IND | 16 | — | 18 | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 27–28 | IND | 16 | — | 66 | 51 | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 28–29 | IND | 12 | — | 25 | 17 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 29–30 | DET | 8 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 30–31 | MIA | 11 | — | 40 | 36 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 301 | 238 | — | — | — | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.
A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 50 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.
Blend 50.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 50· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)
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