Dee Ford ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Ford in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Ford a career score of 82, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Dee Ford

1× Pro BowlTop 5% all-time pass rushersAll-Time Great💭 What If? · 2+ seasons left 📈 Late Developer · 2018

Height6'2"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

131 career value over replacement — #790 all-time of 4,695. 21.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #23 (Rd 1) · KC · 2014 · +25.7 vs expected KV-H

82actual

56.3 expected · Δ+25.7

💔+59.3 stolen VORP·2.72 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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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	23	KC	16	—	8	4	4	0	5	1.5	6.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	122	11.5%	88	20.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	24	KC	14	—	21	19	2	6	10	4.0	20.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	479	50.4%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	25	KC	15	—	38	25	13	12	17	10.0	39.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	799	77.2%	4	1.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	26	KC	6	—	11	9	2	4	7	2.0	13.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	316	69.7%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	27	KC	16	—	49	36	13	13	29	13.0	55.0	0	0	7	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,022	86.2%	—	0.0%	7	6	0.9	114.9	1.7	54	23	17	50	2	0.0
2019	28	SF	11	—	13	9	4	6	6	6.5	18.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	226	34.2%	7	2.3%	0	0	—	—	—	16	8	1	6	0	0.0
2020	29	SF	1	—	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	46	56.0%	1	4.0%	0	0	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0
2021	30	SF	6	—	5	3	2	2	4	3.0	9.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	106	26.2%	5	3.3%	0	0	—	—	—	7	3	1	3	0	0.0
Career		—	85	—	148	106	42	43	78	40.0	161.0	0	7	12	—	0	0	—	0.0%	3,116	52.1%	105	4.7%	7	6	—	—	—	78	35	19	59	2	—

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A top 5% all-time edge rusher — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their above-average snap-level impact underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 131 · #790 · High-Value

Worth 131 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 18% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +32.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

2 replaced

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Replacement

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+32.8

Avg surplus

peak +44

4 seasons × ~32.8 surplus ≈