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

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Devon Kennard

Top 22% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2018

Height6'3"

Weight256 lb

BornJun 24, 1991

Age35

CollegeUSC See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2014

Draft2014 · Rd 5, Pick 174 · NYG

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 111 · #981 · High-Value

Worth 111 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 22% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.5

Avg surplus

peak +28

6 seasons × ~18.5 surplus ≈ VORP 111

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	—	NYG	9	—	34	27	7	10	5	4.5	19.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	330	51.2%	184	52.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	NYG	9	—	38	18	20	2	5	0.0	7.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	484	74.8%	60	22.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	NYG	16	—	45	25	20	4	5	1.0	10.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	531	48.9%	186	40.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NYG	14	—	33	16	17	7	7	4.0	18.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	544	52.2%	143	35.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	DET	14	—	45	29	16	9	14	7.0	30.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	864	94.7%	66	15.9%	8	5	0.6	75.0	0.0	25	13	5	61	3	0.1
2019	—	DET	15	—	54	41	13	9	15	7.0	31.0	0	0	1	2	1	0	—	0.0%	935	82.4%	51	12.3%	13	11	0.8	124.5	0.2	30	13	10	50	11	0.2
2020	—	ARI	11	—	17	13	4	5	9	3.0	17.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	362	39.4%	—	0.0%	3	2	0.7	109.0	2.7	11	2	6	60	2	0.1
2021	—	ARI	14	—	21	12	9	7	2	0.0	9.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	265	27.9%	—	0.0%	3	3	1.0	88.9	1.3	5	3	2	18	4	0.1
2022	—	BAL	6	—	7	5	2	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	ARI	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	128	28.4%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	2TM	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7	1.0	146.7	-0.1	3	2	1	9	0	0.0
Career		—	122	—	294	186	108	54	63	26.5	143.5	1	10	4	6	1	0	—	0.0%	4,443	55.5%	690	30.0%	34	28	—	—	—	74	33	24	198	20	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2014	23	NYG	9	6*	34	27	7	10	5	4.5	19.5	0	1	2	—	0	7.4
2015	24	NYG	9	7*	38	18	20	2	5	0.0	7.0	1	4	0	—	0	5.5
2016	25	NYG	16	0*	45	25	20	4	5	1.0	10.0	0	1	1	1	0	7.4
2017	26	NYG	14	8*	33	16	17	7	7	4.0	18.0	0	2	0	1	0	7.6
2018	27	DET	14	14*	45	29	16	9	14	7.0	30.0	0	0	0	1	0	9.2
2019	28	DET	15	13*	54	41	13	9	15	7.0	31.0	0	0	1	2	1	10.6
2020	29	ARI	11	0*	17	13	4	5	9	3.0	17.0	0	0	0	—	0	5.8
2021	30	ARI	14	0*	21	12	9	7	2	0.0	9.0	0	2	0	1	0	5.7
2022	31	BAL	6	0*	7	5	2	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	1.9
Career			108	48*	294	186	108	54	63	—	—	1	10	4	6	1	61.1

* 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	23	NYG	12	6*	—	0.0%	330	51.2%	184	52.6%
2015	24	NYG	9	7*	—	0.0%	484	74.8%	60	22.4%
2016	25	NYG	16	0*	—	0.0%	531	48.9%	186	40.8%
2017	26	NYG	15	8*	—	0.0%	544	52.2%	143	35.8%
2018	27	DET	15	14*	—	0.0%	864	94.7%	66	15.9%
2019	28	DET	16	13*	—	0.0%	935	82.4%	51	12.3%
2020	29	ARI	13	0*	—	0.0%	362	39.4%	—	0.0%
2021	30	ARI	15	0*	—	0.0%	265	27.9%	—	0.0%
2022	31	ARI	7	0*	—	0.0%	128	28.4%	—	0.0%
Career			118	48*	—	—	4,443	—	690	—

* 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	27	DET	15	14*	8	5	0.6	75.0	0.0	25	13	5	61	3	0.1
2019	28	DET	16	13*	13	11	0.8	124.5	0.2	30	13	10	50	11	0.2
2020	29	ARI	13	0*	3	2	0.7	109.0	2.7	11	2	6	60	2	0.1
2021	30	ARI	15	0*	3	3	1.0	88.9	1.3	5	3	2	18	4	0.1
2022	31	2TM	7	0*	7	7	1.0	146.7	-0.1	3	2	1	9	0	0.0
Career			66	27*	34	28	—	—	—	74	33	24	198	20	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 43.1

Availability 15.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2014bestavg 56elite 702022

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Sacks leader13

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.567See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.567Snap share55.5%Def snaps4,443ReliableCV 0.40

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 · 2014

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

EDGE · 2014 class

4.70s

40-Yard

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 44thClass Pos 76thClass All 49th

30"

Vertical

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 21thClass Pos 10thClass All 28th

113"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 34th pct

Pos 34thAll 35thClass Pos 28thClass All 34th

23 reps

Bench

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 63thClass Pos 59thClass All 63th

7.25s

3-Cone

Below avg · 49th pct

Pos 49thAll 41thClass Pos 48thClass All 42th

4.32s

Shuttle

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 53thClass Pos 63thClass All 52th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl1Ast1

College Stats

USCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (USC), 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.

2014 Draft Class· this player went #174

#164AJ McCarronQB #165Ryan CarrethersNT #166Jonathan NewsomeOLB #167Vinnie SunseriDB #169Ronald PowellLB #170Keith ReaserCB #171Jordan TrippLB #173Wesley JohnsonC #175John UrschelG #176Jared AbbrederisWR #177Jeoffrey PaganDE #178Zach MettenbergerQB #179Jon HalapioC #180Kenneth AckerCB #181Alfred BlueRB #182Antone ExumS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Devon inherited the New York Giants LB room from Jacquian Williams (2011–2014), and handed it to Jonathan Casillas (2015–2017).

Gary Reasons 1984–1991Carl Banks 1984–1992Corey Miller 1991–1997Corey Widmer 1992–1999Marcus Buckley 1993–1999Jessie Armstead

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2022team change
Joined BAL (from ARI)
2022final season
Last recorded season with BAL
2020team change
Joined ARI (from DET)
2018team change
Joined DET (from NYG)
2014draft
Drafted by NYG — Round 5, Pick 174

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 256 lb

Frame

249 lb at 4.70s

Size-speed

30" vert / 113" broad

Explosion

23 reps

Bench power

Injury History

13 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	ARI	1	W2Out· HamstringW3Questionable· HamstringW7Questionable· Shoulder
2020	ARI	1	W4Questionable· CalfW5Out· CalfW6Questionable· Calf
2019	DET	0	W16Questionable· HamstringW17Questionable· Shoulder
2018	DET	0	W14Questionable· HipW15Questionable· HipW16Questionable· Hip
2017	NYG	1	W10Out· QuadricepW11Questionable· Quadricep
2016	NYG	0	W6Questionable· Concussion
2015	NYG	6	W5Out· HamstringW6Out· HamstringW13Out· Hamstring / FootW14Out· Foot / HamstringW15Out· Foot / HamstringW16Out· Foot
2014	NYG	4	W2Out· HamstringW3Out· HamstringW4Out· HamstringW5Questionable· HamstringW17Out· Toe

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 71

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

B2014

C2015

C+2016

B2017

B+2018

B+2019

C+2020

C2021

F2022

Availability

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

81%

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
2014	4.5	0.5	8+3.5	0.5
2015	0	0	0	0
2016	1	0.1	1	0.1
2017	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2018	7	0.5	8+1	0.5
2019	7	0.5	8+1	0.5
2020	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2021	0	0	0	0
2022	0	0	0	0

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

111 career value over replacement — #981 all-time of 4,642. 12.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #174 (Rd 5) · NYG · 2014 · +35.8 vs expected KV-H

63actual

27.2 expected · Δ+35.8

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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 · 2014

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2014 Draft Class· this player went #174

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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