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

LBSEA#0ACT

DeMarcus Lawrence

5× Pro BowlTop 19% all-time linebackersFranchise CornerstoneTeam Carrier · #433

Height6'3"

Weight254 lb

BornApr 28, 1992

Age34

CollegeBoise State; Butler County JC See College Stats

ConferenceMountain West

Rookie yr2014

Draft2014 · Rd 2, Pick 34 · DAL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

45thPlayoff Sacks·5

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time linebacker with reliable availability and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 82 · #1401 · High-Value

Worth 82 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 31% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 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

+10.3

Avg surplus

peak +13

8 seasons × ~10.3 surplus ≈ VORP 82

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%
2014	—	DAL	6	—	9	6	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	217	45.6%	7	4.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	DAL	16	—	51	31	20	14	12	8.0	34.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	698	66.3%	87	19.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	DAL	6	—	11	8	3	3	6	1.0	10.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	327	54.7%	8	7.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	DAL	16	—	57	34	23	14	26	14.5	54.5	0	1	4	2	0	0	—	0.0%	701	66.9%	67	15.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	DAL	16	—	60	38	22	15	23	10.5	48.5	1	1	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	734	72.1%	69	18.3%	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	42	20	10	0	10	0.1
2019	—	DAL	15	—	44	29	15	10	16	5.0	31.0	0	2	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	668	62.2%	62	16.3%	0	0	—	—	—	29	13	10	1	6	0.1
2020	—	DAL	16	—	57	33	24	11	10	6.5	27.5	0	2	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	668	61.1%	70	16.4%	2	2	1.0	79.2	-2.5	26	14	4	2	9	0.1
2021	—	DAL	7	—	19	14	5	5	7	3.0	15.0	1	5	2	—	1	0	—	0.0%	272	56.9%	—	0.0%	3	3	1.0	84.7	-2.7	12	6	3	0	1	0.0
2022	—	DAL	17	—	61	39	22	9	13	6.0	28.0	0	3	3	2	1	0	—	0.0%	697	60.5%	—	0.0%	4	4	1.0	81.2	-2.3	21	8	7	2	5	0.1
2023	—	DAL	16	—	47	26	21	10	8	4.0	22.0	0	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	612	56.9%	—	0.0%	5	2	0.4	59.6	-5.6	14	6	4	2	3	0.1
2024	—	DAL	4	—	12	5	7	4	5	3.0	12.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	167	62.5%	—	0.0%	0	0	—	—	—	10	4	3	0	3	0.2
2025	—	SEA	16	—	52	23	29	11	20	6.0	37.0	0	1	3	3	0	0	—	0.0%	626	58.7%	45	11.1%	6	5	0.8	81.2	-1.0	39	19	12	11	6	0.1
Career		—	151	—	480	286	194	108	146	67.5	321.5	2	21	24	11	2	0	—	0.0%	6,387	60.4%	415	13.8%	21	16	—	—	—	193	90	53	18	43	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2014	22	DAL	6	0*	9	6	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	2.1
2015	23	DAL	16	11*	51	31	20	14	12	8.0	34.0	0	0	1	—	0	11.2
2016	24	DAL	6	5*	11	8	3	3	6	1.0	10.0	0	0	1	—	0	3.7
2017	25	DAL	16	11*	57	34	23	14	26	14.5	54.5	0	1	4	2	0	14.4
2018	26	DAL	16	12*	60	38	22	15	23	10.5	48.5	1	1	2	1	0	14.9
2019	27	DAL	15	10*	44	29	15	10	16	5.0	31.0	0	2	2	2	0	10.4
2020	28	DAL	16	10*	57	33	24	11	10	6.5	27.5	0	2	4	1	0	11.9
2021	29	DAL	7	4*	19	14	5	5	7	3.0	15.0	1	5	2	—	1	7.3
2022	30	DAL	17	10*	61	39	22	9	13	6.0	28.0	0	3	3	2	1	11.3
2023	31	DAL	16	10*	47	26	21	10	8	4.0	22.0	0	6	1	—	0	9.2
2024	32	DAL	4	3*	12	5	7	4	5	3.0	12.0	0	0	1	—	0	3.2
2025	33	SEA	16	9*	52	23	29	11	20	6.0	37.0	0	1	3	3	0	12.3
Career			151	95*	480	286	194	108	146	—	—	2	21	24	11	2	111.9

* 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%
2014	22	DAL	7	0*	—	0.0%	217	45.6%	7	4.8%
2015	23	DAL	16	11*	—	0.0%	698	66.3%	87	19.8%
2016	24	DAL	9	5*	—	0.0%	327	54.7%	8	7.8%
2017	25	DAL	16	11*	—	0.0%	701	66.9%	67	15.8%
2018	26	DAL	16	12*	—	0.0%	734	72.1%	69	18.3%
2019	27	DAL	16	10*	—	0.0%	668	62.2%	62	16.3%
2020	28	DAL	16	10*	—	0.0%	668	61.1%	70	16.4%
2021	29	DAL	7	4*	—	0.0%	272	56.9%	—	0.0%
2022	30	DAL	17	10*	—	0.0%	697	60.5%	—	0.0%
2023	31	DAL	17	10*	—	0.0%	612	56.9%	—	0.0%
2024	32	DAL	4	3*	—	0.0%	167	62.5%	—	0.0%
2025	33	SEA	16	9*	—	0.0%	626	58.7%	45	11.1%
Career			157	95*	—	—	6,387	—	415	—

* 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	26	DAL	16	12*	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	42	20	10	0	10	0.1
2019	27	DAL	16	10*	0	0	—	—	—	29	13	10	1	6	0.1
2020	28	DAL	16	10*	2	2	1.0	79.2	-2.5	26	14	4	2	9	0.1
2021	29	DAL	7	4*	3	3	1.0	84.7	-2.7	12	6	3	0	1	0.0
2022	30	DAL	17	10*	4	4	1.0	81.2	-2.3	21	8	7	2	5	0.1
2023	31	DAL	17	10*	5	2	0.4	59.6	-5.6	14	6	4	2	3	0.1
2024	32	DAL	4	3*	0	0	—	—	—	10	4	3	0	3	0.2
2025	33	SEA	16	9*	6	5	0.8	81.2	-1.0	39	19	12	11	6	0.1
Career			109	68*	21	16	—	—	—	193	90	53	18	43	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 55.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 91%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 35.6

Availability 17.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2014bestavg 482025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #433 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

2015 DAL·4 team wins#21

Sacks · 8 · score 15

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 34% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

34% of the all-time Sacks leader34

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: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.77See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.77Snap share60.4%Def snaps6,387ReliableCV 0.38

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within linebackers, 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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2014

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

LB · 2014 class

4.80s

40-Yard

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 34thClass Pos 38thClass All 41th

34.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 54th pct

Pos 54thAll 59thClass Pos 56thClass All 62th

113"

Broad Jump

Low · 20th pct

Pos 20thAll 35thClass Pos 25thClass All 34th

20 reps

Bench

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 44thClass Pos 13thClass All 45th

7.46s

3-Cone

Low · 7th pct

Pos 7thAll 27thClass Pos 9thClass All 26th

4.31s

Shuttle

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 55thClass Pos 34thClass All 54th

Postseason Career

11 playoff games

Defense

Tkl32Solo20Ast12TFL11QBHits10Sk5.0Dis26.0PD2FF4FR3

College Stats

Boise State; Butler County JCImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	TD	Sfty
2012	Boise State	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0	—	—
2013	Boise State	—	39	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	3	—	—
Career		0	63	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	1	0	3	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2014 Draft Class· this player went #34

#25Jason VerrettDB #27Deone BucannonOLB #28Kelvin BenjaminWR #29Dominique EasleyOLB #30Jimmie WardSAF #31Bradley RobyCB #32Teddy BridgewaterQB #33Xavier Su'a-FiloG #35Joel BitonioG #36Derek CarrQB #37Ra'Shede HagemanDT #38Austin Seferian-JenkinsTE #39Marqise LeeWR #40Kyle Van NoyMLB #41Lamarcus JoynerS #42Jordan MatthewsTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

DeMarcus inherited the Dallas Cowboys LB room from Anthony Hitchens (2014–2017), and handed it to Damien Wilson (2015–2018).

Jack Del Rio 1989–1991Ken Norton 1989–1993Vinson Smith 1991–1997Robert Jones 1992–1995Darrin Smith 1993–1996Fred Strickland

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined SEA (from DAL)
2025final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2014draft
Drafted by DAL — Round 2, Pick 34

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 254 lb

Frame

251 lb at 4.80s

Size-speed

34.5" vert / 113" broad

Explosion

20 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	DAL	0	W11Questionable· FootW12Questionable· Foot / Illness
2020	DAL	0	W3Questionable· Knee / Not Injury RelatedW11Questionable· Illness
2018	DAL	0	W6Questionable· Shoulder
2016	DAL	3	W8Questionable· Back / ShoulderW9Questionable· Back / ShoulderW10Questionable· Back / ShoulderW11Questionable· BackW12Questionable· BackW13Questionable· BackW14Questionable· BackW15Out· BackW16Out· BackW17Out· BackW19Questionable· Back
2014	DAL	0	W14Questionable· Chest

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 12-season peers. See all →

peak 60

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

F2014

C+2015

F2016

C+2017

C+2018

C+2019

B2020

D2021

B2022

C+2023

F2024

C+2025

Availability

Era Translator

Tackles 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 Tackles	Tackles/G	→ 2025 Tackles	→ 2025 /G
2014	9	1.5	3-6	0.2
2015	51	3.2	36-15	2.1
2016	11	1.8	17+6	1
2017	57	3.6	48-9	2.8
2018	60	3.8	54-6	3.2
2019	44	2.9	42-2	2.5
2020	57	3.6	57	3.4
2021	19	2.7	43+24	2.6
2022	61	3.6	58-3	3.4
2023	47	2.9	50+3	2.9
2024	12	3	52+40	3.1
2025	52	3.3	55+3	3.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

82 career value over replacement — #1401 all-time of 4,642. 6.8/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #34 (Rd 2) · DAL · 2014 · +5.1 vs expected KV-H

60actual

54.9 expected · Δ+5.1

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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 · 2014

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2014 Draft Class· this player went #34

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator