Derrick Morgan ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Morgan in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Morgan a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Derrick Morgan

Top 9% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2016

Height6'4"

Weight261 lb

BornJan 6, 1989

Age37

CollegeGeorgia Tech See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 1, Pick 16 · TEN

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 171 · #512 · High-Value

Worth 171 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 12% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+24.4

Avg surplus

peak +35

7 seasons × ~24.4 surplus ≈ VORP 171

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%
2010	—	TEN	3	—	4	2	2	0	2	1.5	3.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	TEN	13	—	30	22	8	3	7	2.5	12.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	TEN	16	—	53	29	24	10	23	6.5	39.5	0	5	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	TEN	15	—	32	26	6	9	21	6.0	36.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	797	80.5%	75	17.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	TEN	15	—	62	42	20	10	9	6.5	25.5	0	7	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,006	88.7%	86	18.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	TEN	10	—	24	17	7	5	10	4.5	19.5	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	523	81.7%	35	13.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	TEN	15	—	33	24	9	11	22	9.0	42.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	767	75.7%	7	8.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	TEN	14	—	32	16	16	6	14	7.5	27.5	0	2	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	716	75.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	TEN	11	—	20	14	6	0	4	0.5	4.5	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	532	60.7%	6	5.5%	5	5	1.0	109.2	4.6	16	11	4	12	4	0.1
Career		—	112	—	290	192	98	54	112	44.5	210.5	0	25	5	5	0	0	—	0.0%	4,341	77.0%	209	12.5%	5	5	—	—	—	16	11	4	12	4	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2010	21	TEN	3	—	4	2	2	0	2	1.5	3.5	1	0	—	—
2011	22	TEN	13	—	30	22	8	3	7	2.5	12.5	2	0	—	6.1
2012	23	TEN	16	—	53	29	24	10	23	6.5	39.5	5	1	1	11.4
2013	24	TEN	15	12*	32	26	6	9	21	6.0	36.0	2	1	1	9.7
2014	25	TEN	15	14*	62	42	20	10	9	6.5	25.5	7	2	—	11.6
2015	26	TEN	10	8*	24	17	7	5	10	4.5	19.5	2	1	—	6.8
2016	27	TEN	15	11*	33	24	9	11	22	9.0	42.0	1	0	—	10.8
2017	28	TEN	14	11*	32	16	16	6	14	7.5	27.5	2	0	2	9.3
2018	29	TEN	11	8*	20	14	6	0	4	0.5	4.5	3	0	1	4.3
Career			112	64*	290	192	98	54	112	—	—	25	5	5	70

* 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%
2013	24	TEN	15	12*	—	0.0%	797	80.5%	75	17.4%
2014	25	TEN	16	14*	—	0.0%	1,006	88.7%	86	18.1%
2015	26	TEN	10	8*	—	0.0%	523	81.7%	35	13.3%
2016	27	TEN	15	11*	—	0.0%	767	75.7%	7	8.3%
2017	28	TEN	14	11*	—	0.0%	716	75.0%	—	0.0%
2018	29	TEN	13	8*	—	0.0%	532	60.7%	6	5.5%
Career			83	64*	—	—	4,341	—	209	—

* 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	29	TEN	13	8*	5	5	1.0	109.2	4.6	16	11	4	12	4	0.1
Career			13	8*	5	5	—	—	—	16	11	4	12	4	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 73 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 72.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 69

On-field 51.6

Availability 17.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 68elite 702018

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 22% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

22% of the all-time Sacks leader22

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+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.054See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.054Snap share77%Def snaps4,341ReliableCV 0.33

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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2010

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

EDGE · 2010 class

4.77s

40-Yard

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 37thClass Pos 43thClass All 35th

34"

Vertical

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 54thClass Pos 43thClass All 48th

112"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 31thClass Pos 33thClass All 32th

7.12s

3-Cone

Above avg · 67th pct

Pos 67thAll 54thClass Pos 64thClass All 44th

4.43s

Shuttle

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 36thClass Pos 56thClass All 45th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl5Solo3Ast2QBHits1Sk1.0Dis2.0

College Stats

Georgia TechCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Georgia Tech), 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.

2010 Draft Class· this player went #16

#7Joe HadenCB #8Rolando McClainMLB #9C.J. SpillerRB #10Tyson AlualuDE #12Ryan MathewsRB #13Brandon GrahamDE #14Earl ThomasFS #15Jason Pierre-PaulDE #17Mike IupatiG #18Maurkice PounceyC #19Sean WeatherspoonLB #20Kareem JacksonS #21Jermaine GreshamTE #22Demaryius ThomasWR #23Bryan BulagaOT #24Dez BryantWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Derrick inherited the Tennessee Titans LB room from Will Witherspoon (2010–2012), and handed it to Akeem Ayers (2011–2013).

Joe Bowden 1992–1999Eddie Robinson 1992–2001Micheal Barrow 1993–1996Lonnie Marts 1997–1998Barron Wortham 1997–1999Greg Favors

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2018final season
Last recorded season with TEN
2010draft
Drafted by TEN — Round 1, Pick 16

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 261 lb

Frame

266 lb at 4.77s

Size-speed

34" vert / 112" broad

Explosion

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	TEN	2	W2Questionable· KneeW7Out· ShoulderW9Out· ShoulderW10Questionable· ShoulderW14Questionable· Knee
2017	TEN	2	W7Questionable· AbdomenW14Out· KneeW15Out· Knee
2016	TEN	1	W2Out· HamstringW3Questionable· Hamstring
2015	TEN	2	W11Questionable· ShoulderW12Questionable· ShoulderW13Questionable· ShoulderW14Out· ShoulderW15Out· Shoulder
2014	TEN	0	W12Questionable· Knee
2013	TEN	0	W6Questionable· ShoulderW7Questionable· ShoulderW12Questionable· Groin
2012	TEN	0	W13Questionable· Knee
2011	TEN	0	W1Doubtful· KneeW12Questionable· 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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 77

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

C+2011

B+2012

B+2013

B+2014

B2015

A2016

B+2017

C2018

Availability

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

88%

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
2011	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2012	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2013	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2014	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2015	4.5	0.5	8+3.5	0.4
2016	9	0.6	10+1	0.6
2017	7.5	0.5	9+1.5	0.5
2018	0.5	0	1+0.5	0.1

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

171 career value over replacement — #512 all-time of 4,642. 21.4/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · TEN · 2010 · +15.5 vs expected KV-H

73actual

57.5 expected · Δ+15.5

💔+20.5 stolen VORP·0.96 szns lost

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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 · 2010

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #16

Franchise Succession

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Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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