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

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Devin Taylor

Top 29% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter

Height6'8"

Weight275 lb

BornNov 15, 1989

Age36

CollegeSouth Carolina See College Stats

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 4, Pick 132 · DET

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 45 · #2185 · Above Average

Worth 45 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 48% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

1 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15

Avg surplus

peak +26

3 seasons × ~15 surplus ≈ VORP 45

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	—	DET	11	—	14	9	5	2	7	2.5	11.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	301	33.1%	56	24.1%
2014	—	DET	10	—	15	11	4	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	223	21.7%	52	19.1%
2015	—	DET	12	—	35	28	7	9	12	7.0	28.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	550	56.2%	137	33.1%
2016	—	DET	14	—	28	21	7	4	10	4.5	18.5	0	1	1	—	0	1	—	0.0%	664	64.6%	49	11.8%
2017	—	NYG	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	10	8.0%	9	26.0%
Career		—	48	—	93	69	24	17	32	15.0	64.0	0	3	4	—	0	1	—	0.0%	1,748	36.7%	303	22.8%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2013	24	DET	11	0*	14	9	5	2	7	2.5	11.5	1	2	—	0	7.6
2014	25	DET	10	0*	15	11	4	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	—	0	4.5
2015	26	DET	12	8*	35	28	7	9	12	7.0	28.0	1	1	—	0	13
2016	27	DET	14	10*	28	21	7	4	10	4.5	18.5	1	1	—	1	10.2
2017	28	NYG	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			48	18*	93	69	24	17	32	—	—	3	4	—	1	35.3

* 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%
2013	24	DET	14	0*	—	0.0%	301	33.1%	56	24.1%
2014	25	DET	16	0*	—	0.0%	223	21.7%	52	19.1%
2015	26	DET	15	8*	—	0.0%	550	56.2%	137	33.1%
2016	27	DET	16	10*	—	0.0%	664	64.6%	49	11.8%
2017	28	NYG	2	—	—	0.0%	10	8.0%	9	26.0%
Career			63	18*	—	—	1,748	—	303	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 63.6 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 59· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 47.1

Availability 14.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 61elite 702016

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.062See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.062Snap share36.7%Def snaps1,748ReliableCV 0.29

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 · 2013

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

EDGE · 2013 class

4.72s

40-Yard

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 42thClass Pos 65thClass All 49th

35"

Vertical

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 64thClass Pos 67thClass All 71th

128"

Broad Jump

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 93thClass Pos 89thClass All 91th

14 reps

Bench

Low · 1th pct

Pos 1thAll 13thClass Pos 7thClass All 19th

6.89s

3-Cone

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 82thClass Pos 90thClass All 77th

4.30s

Shuttle

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 56thClass Pos 90thClass All 62th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl5Solo3Ast2TFL1QBHits1Dis2.0

College Stats

South CarolinaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (South Carolina), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #132

#121Khaled HolmesC #122JC TretterC #124Trevardo WilliamsOLB #125Johnathan FranklinRB #126William GholstonDT #127Malliciah GoodmanDE #128Quinton PattonWR #130Kyle JuszczykFB #133Levine ToiloloTE #134Sanders CommingsCB #135Denard RobinsonRB #136Earl WolffDB #138Tharold SimonCB #139Montori HughesDT #140Stepfan TaylorRB #141Oday AboushiG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Devin inherited the Detroit Lions DL room from Jason Jones (2013–2015), and handed it to Ezekiel Ansah (2013–2018).

Jerry Ball 1987–1992Dan Owens 1990–1999Kelvin Pritchett 1991–2004Tracy Scroggins 1992–2001Robert Porcher 1992–2003Shane Bonham

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017team change
Joined NYG (from DET)
2017final season
Last recorded season with NYG
2013draft
Drafted by DET — Round 4, Pick 132

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'8" / 275 lb

Frame

266 lb at 4.72s

Size-speed

35" vert / 128" broad

Explosion

14 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	DET	0	W3Questionable· AnkleW4Questionable· 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 4-season peers. See all →

peak 66

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

C+2013

C2014

B+2015

B2016

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

79%

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
2013	2.5	0.2	4+1.5	0.2
2014	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2015	7	0.6	10+3	0.6
2016	4.5	0.3	6+1.5	0.3

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

45 career value over replacement — #2185 all-time of 4,642. 11.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #132 (Rd 4) · DET · 2013 · +25.5 vs expected KV-H

59actual

33.5 expected · Δ+25.5

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2013

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #132

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator