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

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David Onyemata

Top 22% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter

Height6'3"

Weight300 lb

BornNov 13, 1992

Age33

CollegeManitoba (Canada)See College Stats

ConferenceCanada West Universities Athletic Association

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 4, Pick 120 · NO

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 124 · #825 · High-Value

Worth 124 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 19% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.8

Avg surplus

peak +26

9 seasons × ~13.8 surplus ≈ VORP 124

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	—	NO	11	—	16	9	7	0	4	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	392	37.6%	26	21.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NO	15	—	38	18	20	4	5	2.0	11.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	597	55.9%	90	20.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NO	15	—	34	22	12	4	6	4.5	14.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	616	60.1%	116	27.3%	0	0	—	—	—	15	10	0	0	2	0.1
2019	—	NO	15	—	31	21	10	3	11	3.0	17.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	565	56.6%	67	15.5%	2	2	1.0	110.4	3.5	15	6	6	0	4	0.1
2020	—	NO	15	—	42	18	24	10	16	6.5	32.5	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	599	60.4%	59	13.8%	0	0	—	—	—	24	8	9	0	2	0.0
2021	—	NO	9	—	32	10	22	2	10	2.0	14.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	430	60.7%	49	15.7%	0	0	—	—	—	16	6	7	0	3	0.1
2022	—	NO	15	—	36	18	18	5	11	5.0	21.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	681	60.2%	68	15.0%	2	2	1.0	87.5	-1.5	13	3	4	0	3	0.1
2023	—	ATL	14	—	40	15	25	6	16	4.0	26.0	0	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	593	63.5%	61	16.9%	2	1	0.5	56.2	-3.5	21	5	11	0	1	0.0
2024	—	ATL	17	—	43	21	22	8	5	3.0	16.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	567	51.1%	80	17.9%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-8.0	11	6	2	0	3	0.1
2025	—	ATL	16	—	61	28	33	7	2	1.0	10.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	634	57.1%	69	16.6%	1	0	0.0	39.6	-4.0	6	4	1	0	3	0.0
Career		—	142	—	373	180	193	49	86	31.0	166.0	1	10	3	2	0	0	—	0.0%	5,674	56.3%	685	18.1%	8	6	—	—	—	121	48	40	0	21	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2016	24	NO	11	0*	16	9	7	0	4	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	4
2017	25	NO	15	9*	38	18	20	4	5	2.0	11.0	0	1	0	—	7.8
2018	26	NO	15	10*	34	22	12	4	6	4.5	14.5	0	1	1	—	9.6
2019	27	NO	15	8*	31	21	10	3	11	3.0	17.0	0	1	0	—	8.8
2020	28	NO	15	9*	42	18	24	10	16	6.5	32.5	1	2	0	—	14.2
2021	29	NO	9	7*	32	10	22	2	10	2.0	14.0	0	0	0	1	6.5
2022	30	NO	15	10*	36	18	18	5	11	5.0	21.0	0	1	0	1	10.4
2023	31	ATL	14	9*	40	15	25	6	16	4.0	26.0	0	3	2	—	11.9
2024	32	ATL	17	9*	43	21	22	8	5	3.0	16.0	0	1	0	—	9.9
2025	33	ATL	16	10*	61	28	33	7	2	1.0	10.0	0	0	0	—	8
Career			142	81*	373	180	193	49	86	—	—	1	10	3	2	91.1

* 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	24	NO	16	0*	—	0.0%	392	37.6%	26	21.8%
2017	25	NO	16	9*	—	0.0%	597	55.9%	90	20.3%
2018	26	NO	16	10*	—	0.0%	616	60.1%	116	27.3%
2019	27	NO	15	8*	—	0.0%	565	56.6%	67	15.5%
2020	28	NO	15	9*	—	0.0%	599	60.4%	59	13.8%
2021	29	NO	11	7*	—	0.0%	430	60.7%	49	15.7%
2022	30	NO	17	10*	—	0.0%	681	60.2%	68	15.0%
2023	31	ATL	14	9*	—	0.0%	593	63.5%	61	16.9%
2024	32	ATL	17	9*	—	0.0%	567	51.1%	80	17.9%
2025	33	ATL	17	10*	—	0.0%	634	57.1%	69	16.6%
Career			154	81*	—	—	5,674	—	685	—

* 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	26	NO	16	10*	0	0	—	—	—	15	10	0	2	0.1
2019	27	NO	15	8*	2	2	1.0	110.4	3.5	15	6	6	4	0.1
2020	28	NO	15	9*	0	0	—	—	—	24	8	9	2	0.0
2021	29	NO	11	7*	0	0	—	—	—	16	6	7	3	0.1
2022	30	NO	17	10*	2	2	1.0	87.5	-1.5	13	3	4	3	0.1
2023	31	ATL	14	9*	2	1	0.5	56.2	-3.5	21	5	11	1	0.0
2024	32	ATL	17	9*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-8.0	11	6	2	3	0.1
2025	33	ATL	17	10*	1	0	0.0	39.6	-4.0	6	4	1	3	0.0
Career			122	72*	8	6	—	—	—	121	48	40	21	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 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 63.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 42.2

Availability 17.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 59elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Sacks leader16

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.172See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.172Snap share56.3%Def snaps5,674VolatileCV 0.46

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+).

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl14Solo5Ast9QBHits4Dis4.0

College Stats

Manitoba (Canada)College listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Manitoba (Canada)), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #120

#112Malcolm MitchellWR #113Nick KwiatkoskiILB #114Ricardo LouisWR #115De'Vondre CampbellOLB #116Hassan RidgewayDT #117Pharoh CooperWR #118Juston BurrisFS #119Tyler ErvinRB #121Willie BeaversG #122Andrew BillingsDT #123Jerald HawkinsOT #124Deon BushSAF #125Antonio MorrisonILB #126Demarcus RobinsonWR #127Deiondre' HallDB #128Evan BoehmG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

David inherited the New Orleans Saints DL room from Sheldon Rankins (2016–2020), and handed it to Trey Hendrickson (2017–2020).

Wayne Martin 1989–1999Joe Johnson 1994–2001Brady Smith 1996–1999La'Roi Glover 1997–2001Willie Whitehead 1999–2006Norman Hand

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 ATL
2023team change
Joined ATL (from NO)
2016draft
Drafted by NO — Round 4, Pick 120

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 300 lb

Frame

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	ATL	1	W10Questionable· AnkleW14Out· AnkleW15Questionable· AnkleW16Questionable· Ankle
2022	NO	0	W8Questionable· Illness
2020	NO	0	W3Questionable· Calf
2016	NO	0	W12Questionable· 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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 68

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

C2016

C+2017

B2018

B2019

B+2020

C+2021

B2022

B2023

C+2024

C+2025

Availability

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

93%

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	0	0	0
2017	2	0.1	2	0.1
2018	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2019	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2020	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2021	2	0.2	4+2	0.2
2022	5	0.3	6+1	0.3
2023	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2024	3	0.2	3	0.2
2025	1	0.1	1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

124 career value over replacement — #825 all-time of 4,642. 12.4/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #120 (Rd 4) · NO · 2016 · +28.6 vs expected KV-H

63actual

34.4 expected · Δ+28.6

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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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #120

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator