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

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Dean Lowry

Top 35% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2021

Height6'6"

Weight296 lb

BornJun 9, 1994

Age32

CollegeNorthwestern See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 4, Pick 137 · GB

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 37 · #2422 · Role Player

Worth 37 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 53% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

5 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+9.3

Avg surplus

peak +15

4 seasons × ~9.3 surplus ≈ VORP 37

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	—	GB	5	—	7	5	2	3	2	2.0	7.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	157	15.5%	9	8.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	GB	15	—	31	17	14	5	5	2.0	12.0	0	2	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	494	47.1%	128	30.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	GB	16	—	39	26	13	5	5	3.0	13.0	0	3	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	697	66.3%	152	32.1%	0	0	—	—	—	14	9	2	1	7	0.1
2019	—	GB	15	—	46	22	24	2	2	0.0	4.0	1	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	637	61.9%	130	29.9%	0	0	—	—	—	5	3	2	0	4	0.1
2020	—	GB	14	—	34	12	22	2	4	3.0	9.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	601	59.1%	130	30.6%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-2.0	10	7	1	0	0	0.0
2021	—	GB	17	—	38	20	18	5	9	5.0	19.0	0	4	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	674	62.2%	130	29.4%	2	1	0.5	70.8	1.0	16	7	3	0	5	0.1
2022	—	GB	13	—	37	17	20	1	5	0.5	6.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	482	52.1%	118	31.2%	1	0	0.0	39.6	0.0	6	1	4	2	1	0.0
2023	—	MIN	6	—	12	2	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	237	40.3%	39	19.4%	2	2	1.0	102.1	-1.5	1	1	0	1	1	0.1
2024	—	PIT	5	—	5	1	4	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	159	20.3%	31	11.8%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	0.2
Career		—	106	—	249	122	127	23	33	16.5	72.5	1	18	1	5	1	0	—	0.0%	4,138	47.2%	867	24.7%	6	4	—	—	—	53	28	12	4	19	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2016	22	GB	5	0*	7	5	2	3	2	2.0	7.0	0	1	0	—	0	3.7
2017	23	GB	15	0*	31	17	14	5	5	2.0	12.0	0	2	0	1	1	9.4
2018	24	GB	16	11*	39	26	13	5	5	3.0	13.0	0	3	1	1	0	9.3
2019	25	GB	15	10*	46	22	24	2	2	0.0	4.0	1	3	0	1	0	5.8
2020	26	GB	14	9*	34	12	22	2	4	3.0	9.0	0	2	0	—	0	7.5
2021	27	GB	17	11*	38	20	18	5	9	5.0	19.0	0	4	0	1	0	10.6
2022	28	GB	13	8*	37	17	20	1	5	0.5	6.5	0	1	0	—	0	5.7
2023	29	MIN	6	0*	12	2	10	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	1.9
2024	30	PIT	5	0*	5	1	4	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	1.9
Career			106	49*	249	122	127	23	33	—	—	1	18	1	5	1	55.8

* 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	GB	15	0*	—	0.0%	157	15.5%	9	8.0%
2017	23	GB	16	0*	—	0.0%	494	47.1%	128	30.2%
2018	24	GB	16	11*	—	0.0%	697	66.3%	152	32.1%
2019	25	GB	16	10*	—	0.0%	637	61.9%	130	29.9%
2020	26	GB	16	9*	—	0.0%	601	59.1%	130	30.6%
2021	27	GB	17	11*	—	0.0%	674	62.2%	130	29.4%
2022	28	GB	15	8*	—	0.0%	482	52.1%	118	31.2%
2023	29	MIN	9	0*	—	0.0%	237	40.3%	39	19.4%
2024	30	PIT	12	0*	—	0.0%	159	20.3%	31	11.8%
Career			132	49*	—	—	4,138	—	867	—

* 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	GB	16	11*	0	0	—	—	—	14	9	2	1	7	0.1
2019	25	GB	16	10*	0	0	—	—	—	5	3	2	0	4	0.1
2020	26	GB	16	9*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-2.0	10	7	1	0	0	0.0
2021	27	GB	17	11*	2	1	0.5	70.8	1.0	16	7	3	0	5	0.1
2022	28	GB	15	8*	1	0	0.0	39.6	0.0	6	1	4	2	1	0.0
2023	29	MIN	9	0*	2	2	1.0	102.1	-1.5	1	1	0	1	1	0.1
2024	30	PIT	12	0*	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	0	0	1	0.2
Career			101	49*	6	4	—	—	—	53	28	12	4	19	—

* 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 peak-driven profile that scores 56 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 56.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 89%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 36.5

Availability 16.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 482024

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Sacks leader8

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.235See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.235Snap share47.2%Def snaps4,138VolatileCV 0.56

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 · 2016

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

EDGE · 2016 class

4.87s

40-Yard

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 29thClass Pos 35thClass All 33th

32.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 39thClass Pos 44thClass All 49th

114"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 38thClass Pos 37thClass All 40th

30 reps

Bench

Strong · 88th pct

Pos 88thAll 92thClass Pos 90thClass All 94th

7.26s

3-Cone

Below avg · 46th pct

Pos 46thAll 40thClass Pos 67thClass All 44th

4.38s

Shuttle

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 43thClass Pos 64thClass All 47th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl13Solo5Ast8PD1

College Stats

NorthwesternCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Northwestern), 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 #137

#129Derrick KindredCB #130Alex LewisG #131Blake MartinezILB #132Willie HenryDT #133Rashard RobinsonCB #134Kenneth DixonRB #135Dak PrescottQB #136Devontae BookerRB #138Seth DeValveTE #139Cardale JonesQB #140Tajae SharpeWR #141Zack SanchezCB #142Ronald BlairDE #143DeAndre WashingtonRB #144Connor McGovernG #145John TheusOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Dean inherited the Green Bay Packers DL room from Letroy Guion (2014–2016), and handed it to Kenny Clark (2016–2024).

Lester Archambeau 1991–1992John Jurkovic 1992–1995Reggie White 1993–1998Gilbert Brown 1993–2003Gabe Wilkins 1994–1997Santana Dotson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2024team change
Joined PIT (from MIN)
2024final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2023team change
Joined MIN (from GB)
2016draft
Drafted by GB — Round 4, Pick 137

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 296 lb

Frame

296 lb at 4.87s

Size-speed

32.5" vert / 114" broad

Explosion

30 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	MIN	1	W9Out· GroinW10Doubtful· Groin
2021	GB	0	W9Questionable· Hamstring
2019	GB	0	W16Questionable· Ankle

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 62

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

D2016

C+2017

B2018

C2019

C+2020

B2021

C2022

F2023

F2024

Availability

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

89%

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

37 career value over replacement — #2422 all-time of 4,642. 4.1/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #137 (Rd 4) · GB · 2016 · +22.5 vs expected KV-H

56actual

33.5 expected · Δ+22.5

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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 · 2016

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #137

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography