DeForest Buckner ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Buckner in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Buckner a career score of 83, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DTIND#99ACT

DeForest Buckner

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 4% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone🌅 Early Bloomer · 2018 Team Carrier · #295

Height6'7"

Weight295 lb

BornMar 17, 1994

Age32

CollegeOregon See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 1, Pick 7 · SF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

86thSacks·71.5

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time edge rusher with exceptional availability — almost never missed time and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 277 · #168 · Elite

Worth 277 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 5% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+27.7

Avg surplus

peak +44

10 seasons × ~27.7 surplus ≈ VORP 277

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	—	SF	15	—	68	38	30	7	18	6.0	31.0	0	1	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,006	92.9%	103	26.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	SF	15	—	52	36	16	5	22	3.0	30.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	863	76.2%	87	19.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	SF	16	—	59	36	23	17	20	12.0	49.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	852	79.4%	164	35.1%	1	1	1.0	91.7	1.0	34	15	6	0	6	0.1
2019	—	SF	16	—	61	33	28	9	14	7.5	30.5	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	1.0%	810	79.9%	158	35.4%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-6.0	20	7	5	0	3	0.0
2020	—	IND	15	—	49	28	21	10	26	9.5	45.5	0	3	2	1	0	1	—	0.0%	751	78.3%	129	33.6%	0	0	—	—	—	31	4	16	0	2	0.0
2021	—	IND	17	—	56	28	28	10	18	7.0	35.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	844	77.3%	151	34.1%	2	2	1.0	91.7	-0.5	27	8	11	3	5	0.1
2022	—	IND	16	—	64	34	30	11	22	8.0	41.0	0	3	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	873	76.2%	19	34.0%	4	3	0.8	77.1	-2.8	29	9	10	1	2	0.0
2023	—	IND	17	—	71	35	36	11	21	8.0	40.0	0	7	2	1	1	0	—	0.0%	840	72.2%	21	6.4%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-3.0	25	4	12	2	4	0.0
2024	—	IND	12	—	57	20	37	8	14	6.5	28.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	1	1.0%	578	71.8%	4	4.7%	0	0	—	—	—	19	5	7	0	7	0.1
2025	—	IND	10	—	47	30	17	9	13	4.0	26.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	469	70.5%	5	4.8%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-7.0	20	7	9	2	2	0.0
Career		—	149	—	584	318	266	97	188	71.5	356.5	0	28	9	10	2	1	2	1.0%	7,886	77.5%	841	23.3%	10	9	—	—	—	205	59	76	8	31	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2016	22	SF	15	14*	68	38	30	7	18	6.0	31.0	1	0	2	0	0	13.6
2017	23	SF	15	12*	52	36	16	5	22	3.0	30.0	5	1	—	0	0	12.1
2018	24	SF	16	13*	59	36	23	17	20	12.0	49.0	3	0	1	0	0	19.4
2019	25	SF	16	13*	61	33	28	9	14	7.5	30.5	2	2	4	1	0	16.4
2020	26	IND	15	12*	49	28	21	10	26	9.5	45.5	3	2	1	0	1	18.7
2021	27	IND	17	13*	56	28	28	10	18	7.0	35.0	3	0	—	0	0	15.2
2022	28	IND	16	13*	64	34	30	11	22	8.0	41.0	3	2	1	0	0	17.9
2023	29	IND	17	12*	71	35	36	11	21	8.0	40.0	7	2	1	1	0	18.4
2024	30	IND	12	9*	57	20	37	8	14	6.5	28.5	1	0	—	0	0	12.7
2025	31	IND	10	7*	47	30	17	9	13	4.0	26.0	0	0	—	0	0	10.9
Career			149	118*	584	318	266	97	188	—	—	28	9	10	2	1	155.3

* 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	SF	15	14*	—	0.0%	1,006	92.9%	103	26.0%
2017	23	SF	16	12*	—	0.0%	863	76.2%	87	19.0%
2018	24	SF	16	13*	—	0.0%	852	79.4%	164	35.1%
2019	25	SF	16	13*	1	1.0%	810	79.9%	158	35.4%
2020	26	IND	15	12*	—	0.0%	751	78.3%	129	33.6%
2021	27	IND	17	13*	—	0.0%	844	77.3%	151	34.1%
2022	28	IND	17	13*	—	0.0%	873	76.2%	19	34.0%
2023	29	IND	17	12*	—	0.0%	840	72.2%	21	6.4%
2024	30	IND	12	9*	1	1.0%	578	71.8%	4	4.7%
2025	31	IND	10	7*	—	0.0%	469	70.5%	5	4.8%
Career			151	118*	2	—	7,886	—	841	—

* 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	SF	16	13*	1	1	1.0	91.7	1.0	34	15	6	0	6	0.1
2019	25	SF	16	13*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-6.0	20	7	5	0	3	0.0
2020	26	IND	15	12*	0	0	—	—	—	31	4	16	0	2	0.0
2021	27	IND	17	13*	2	2	1.0	91.7	-0.5	27	8	11	3	5	0.1
2022	28	IND	17	13*	4	3	0.8	77.1	-2.8	29	9	10	1	2	0.0
2023	29	IND	17	12*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-3.0	25	4	12	2	4	0.0
2024	30	IND	12	9*	0	0	—	—	—	19	5	7	0	7	0.1
2025	31	IND	10	7*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-7.0	20	7	9	2	2	0.0
Career			120	92*	10	9	—	—	—	205	59	76	8	31	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 83 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 83 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 79 × longevity 1 = KV-H 83· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 75

On-field 56.6

Availability 18.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 75elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #295 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2018 SF·4 team wins#15

Sacks · 12 · score 33

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 36% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

36% of the all-time Sacks leader36

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.99See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.99Snap share77.5%Def snaps7,886Elite · ConsistentCV 0.20

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+).

Combine · 2016

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

DL · 2016 class

5.05s

40-Yard

Above avg · 53th pct

Pos 53thAll 18thClass Pos 58thClass All 21th

32"

Vertical

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 35thClass Pos 78thClass All 43th

116"

Broad Jump

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 46thClass Pos 89thClass All 49th

7.51s

3-Cone

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 24thClass Pos 84thClass All 29th

4.47s

Shuttle

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 31thClass Pos 97thClass All 40th

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl12Solo9Ast3TFL2QBHits5Sk2.5Dis9.5FF1FR1

College Stats

OregonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oregon), 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 #7

#1Jared GoffQB #2Carson WentzQB #3Joey BosaDE #4Ezekiel ElliottRB #5Jalen RamseyCB #6Ronnie StanleyOT #8Jack ConklinOT #9Leonard FloydDE #10Eli AppleCB #11Vernon Hargreaves IIICB #12Sheldon RankinsDT #13Laremy TunsilOT #14Karl JosephFS #15Corey ColemanWR #16Taylor DeckerOT #17Keanu NealS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

DeForest inherited the Indianapolis Colts DL room from Tyquan Lewis (2018–2025), and handed it to Dayo Odeyingbo (2021–2024).

Tony Siragusa 1990–1996Tony McCoy 1992–1999Bernard Whittington 1994–2000Ellis Johnson 1995–2001Larry Chester 1998–2000Chad Bratzke

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 IND
2020team change
Joined IND (from SF)
2016draft
Drafted by SF — Round 1, Pick 7

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'7" / 295 lb

Frame

291 lb at 5.05s

Size-speed

32" vert / 116" broad

Explosion

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	IND	0	W2Questionable· Back
2023	IND	0	W4Questionable· Groin / Back
2022	IND	0	W2Questionable· HipW4Questionable· ElbowW12Questionable· Ribs / Illness
2021	IND	0	W10Questionable· BackW13Questionable· Knee / FootW18Questionable· Knee
2020	IND	0	W15Questionable· AnkleW18Questionable· Ankle
2016	SF	1	W5Out· FootW6Questionable· Foot

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 85

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

B+2016

C+2017

A+2018

B+2019

A2020

B+2021

B+2022

B+2023

B+2024

B2025

Availability

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

92%

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	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2017	3	0.2	3	0.2
2018	12	0.8	12	0.7
2019	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2020	9.5	0.6	11+1.5	0.6
2021	7	0.4	7	0.4
2022	8	0.5	9+1	0.5
2023	8	0.5	8	0.5
2024	6.5	0.5	9+2.5	0.5
2025	4	0.4	7+3	0.4

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

277 career value over replacement — #168 all-time of 4,642. 27.7/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #7 (Rd 1) · SF · 2016 · +21.2 vs expected KV-H

83actual

61.8 expected · Δ+21.2

💔+22.2 stolen VORP·0.8 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

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 #7

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator