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

DEJAX#98ACT

Dawuane Smoot

Top 24% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2019

Height6'3"

Weight275 lb

BornMar 2, 1995

Age31

CollegeIllinois See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2017

Draft2017 · Rd 3, Pick 68 · JAX

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 78 · #1455 · Above Average

Worth 78 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 32% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.6

Avg surplus

peak +23

5 seasons × ~15.6 surplus ≈ VORP 78

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%
2017	—	JAX	14	—	14	10	4	2	5	0.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	252	24.4%	188	39.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	JAX	5	—	4	3	1	1	3	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	171	33.4%	25	20.6%	1	0	0.0	39.6	1.0	5	2	3	0	0	0.0
2019	—	JAX	11	—	16	11	5	6	7	6.0	19.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	404	38.3%	96	21.9%	0	0	—	—	—	9	2	1	0	0	0.0
2020	—	JAX	14	—	24	20	4	5	17	5.5	27.5	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	665	58.9%	9	15.0%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-4.0	31	13	11	0	6	0.2
2021	—	JAX	14	—	34	20	14	7	16	6.0	29.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	676	65.7%	4	7.5%	3	3	1.0	111.1	0.0	30	13	10	4	5	0.1
2022	—	JAX	13	—	18	11	7	6	12	5.0	23.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	446	44.2%	8	9.3%	2	0	0.0	39.6	13.5	19	7	6	4	2	0.1
2023	—	JAX	8	—	8	6	2	0	4	1.0	5.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	340	42.8%	8	5.8%	0	0	—	—	—	4	1	2	4	1	0.1
2024	—	BUF	9	—	15	11	4	5	4	1.5	10.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	322	45.0%	28	11.9%	1	1	1.0	83.3	1.0	8	3	3	0	3	0.2
2025	—	JAX	13	—	23	10	13	3	5	2.0	10.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	450	41.0%	27	9.9%	5	2	0.4	48.7	-0.8	7	2	3	0	1	0.0
Career		—	101	—	156	102	54	35	73	27.0	135.0	0	6	7	2	0	0	—	0.0%	3,726	43.7%	393	15.8%	13	7	—	—	—	113	43	39	12	18	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2017	22	JAX	14	0*	14	10	4	2	5	0.0	7.0	0	0	—	5.1
2018	23	JAX	5	0*	4	3	1	1	3	0.0	4.0	0	0	—	2.1
2019	24	JAX	11	0*	16	11	5	6	7	6.0	19.0	0	0	1	8.7
2020	25	JAX	14	9*	24	20	4	5	17	5.5	27.5	0	2	—	13.5
2021	26	JAX	14	11*	34	20	14	7	16	6.0	29.0	3	1	—	13.3
2022	27	JAX	13	0*	18	11	7	6	12	5.0	23.0	2	1	1	11
2023	28	JAX	8	0*	8	6	2	0	4	1.0	5.0	0	1	—	4.1
2024	29	BUF	9	0*	15	11	4	5	4	1.5	10.5	1	2	—	6.5
2025	30	JAX	13	0*	23	10	13	3	5	2.0	10.0	0	0	—	6.4
Career			101	20*	156	102	54	35	73	—	—	6	7	2	70.7

* 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%
2017	22	JAX	16	0*	—	0.0%	252	24.4%	188	39.8%
2018	23	JAX	8	0*	—	0.0%	171	33.4%	25	20.6%
2019	24	JAX	16	0*	—	0.0%	404	38.3%	96	21.9%
2020	25	JAX	16	9*	—	0.0%	665	58.9%	9	15.0%
2021	26	JAX	16	11*	—	0.0%	676	65.7%	4	7.5%
2022	27	JAX	15	0*	—	0.0%	446	44.2%	8	9.3%
2023	28	JAX	12	0*	—	0.0%	340	42.8%	8	5.8%
2024	29	BUF	11	0*	—	0.0%	322	45.0%	28	11.9%
2025	30	JAX	17	0*	—	0.0%	450	41.0%	27	9.9%
Career			127	20*	—	—	3,726	—	393	—

* 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	23	JAX	8	0*	1	0	0.0	39.6	1.0	5	2	3	0	0	0.0
2019	24	JAX	16	0*	0	0	—	—	—	9	2	1	0	0	0.0
2020	25	JAX	16	9*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-4.0	31	13	11	0	6	0.2
2021	26	JAX	16	11*	3	3	1.0	111.1	0.0	30	13	10	4	5	0.1
2022	27	JAX	15	0*	2	0	0.0	39.6	13.5	19	7	6	4	2	0.1
2023	28	JAX	12	0*	0	0	—	—	—	4	1	2	4	1	0.1
2024	29	BUF	11	0*	1	1	1.0	83.3	1.0	8	3	3	0	3	0.2
2025	30	JAX	17	0*	5	2	0.4	48.7	-0.8	7	2	3	0	1	0.0
Career			111	20*	13	7	—	—	—	113	43	39	12	18	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 62 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 62 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 43.7

Availability 14.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 55elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 14% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

14% of the all-time Sacks leader14

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: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.972See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.972Snap share43.7%Def snaps3,726ReliableCV 0.37

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 · 2017

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

EDGE · 2017 class

4.77s

40-Yard

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 37thClass Pos 42thClass All 33th

29.5"

Vertical

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 19thClass Pos 6thClass All 24th

117"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 50thClass Pos 32thClass All 41th

7.18s

3-Cone

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 47thClass Pos 45thClass All 43th

4.39s

Shuttle

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 42thClass Pos 48thClass All 43th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl1Ast1QBHits5Dis5.0

College Stats

IllinoisCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Illinois), 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.

2017 Draft Class· this player went #68

#60Chidobe AwuzieCB #61Josh JonesS #62JuJu Smith-SchusterWR #63Dion DawkinsOT #64Taylor MotonOT #65Larry OgunjobiDT #66Ahkello WitherspoonCB #67Alvin KamaraRB #69Cooper KuppWR #70Pat ElfleinC #71Dan FeeneyG #72Taywan TaylorWR #73Jordan WillisDE #74Chris WormleyNT #75Duke RileyMLB #76Alex AnzaloneMLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Dawuane inherited the Jacksonville Jaguars DL room from Calais Campbell (2017–2019), and handed it to Taven Bryan (2018–2021).

Jeff Lageman 1995–1997Kelvin Pritchett 1995–1998Joel Smeenge 1995–2000Clyde Simmons 1996–1997Tony Brackens 1996–2003Renaldo Wynn

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined JAX (from BUF)
2025final season
Last recorded season with JAX
2024team change
Joined BUF (from JAX)
2017draft
Drafted by JAX — Round 3, Pick 68

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 275 lb

Frame

264 lb at 4.77s

Size-speed

29.5" vert / 117" broad

Explosion

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	BUF	1	W1Questionable· ToeW2Out· ToeW15Questionable· Wrist
2023	JAX	1	W5Out· Achilles

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 69

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

C2017

F2018

B+2019

B2020

B+2021

B2022

C2023

C2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

85%

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
2017	0	0	0	0
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	6	0.5	9+3	0.5
2020	5.5	0.4	7+1.5	0.4
2021	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2022	5	0.4	7+2	0.4
2023	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2024	1.5	0.2	3+1.5	0.2
2025	2	0.2	3+1	0.2

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

78 career value over replacement — #1455 all-time of 4,642. 8.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #68 (Rd 3) · JAX · 2017 · +18.4 vs expected KV-H

62actual

43.6 expected · Δ+18.4

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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 · 2017

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2017 Draft Class· this player went #68

Franchise Succession

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Knox

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