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Donald Butler

Top 42% all-time pass rushersDurable Contributor🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012

Height6'1"

Weight242 lb

BornOct 17, 1988

Age37

CollegeWashington See College Stats

ConferencePacific Ten

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 3, Pick 79 · LAC

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A edge rusher who maximized value through excellent availability over their career. Their middle-tier career was extended by consistently being on the field.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 26 · #2823 · Role Player

Worth 26 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 62% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+6.5

Avg surplus

peak +12

4 seasons × ~6.5 surplus ≈ VORP 26

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%
2011	—	LAC	16	—	81	63	18	10	4	2.0	16.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	LAC	12	—	65	37	28	5	5	3.0	13.0	1	4	2	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	LAC	12	—	65	52	13	4	1	0.5	5.5	1	4	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	SD	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	699	86.8%	70	19.7%
2014	—	LAC	14	—	63	35	28	5	1	1.0	7.0	0	2	0	3	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	SD	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	704	77.0%	93	24.1%
2015	—	LAC	13	—	32	16	16	2	1	0.5	3.5	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	SD	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	500	62.1%	192	42.7%
2016	—	MIA	9	—	26	15	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1	2.0%	355	35.1%	38	15.5%
Career		—	119	—	332	218	114	29	12	7.0	48.0	3	12	5	6	2	0	1	2.0%	2,258	65.3%	393	25.5%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2011	23	LAC	16	—	81	63	18	10	4	2.0	16.0	1	2	2	1	1	11
2012	24	LAC	12	—	65	37	28	5	5	3.0	13.0	1	4	2	—	1	9.5
2013	25	LAC	12	11*	65	52	13	4	1	0.5	5.5	1	4	0	1	0	6.4
2014	26	LAC	14	11*	63	35	28	5	1	1.0	7.0	0	2	0	3	0	6.3
2015	27	LAC	13	10*	32	16	16	2	1	0.5	3.5	0	0	1	1	0	5.2
2016	28	MIA	9	0*	26	15	11	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	3.5
Career			76	32*	332	218	114	29	12	—	—	3	12	5	6	2	41.9

* 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%
2013	25	SD	13	11*	—	0.0%	699	86.8%	70	19.7%
2014	26	SD	14	11*	—	0.0%	704	77.0%	93	24.1%
2015	27	SD	16	10*	—	0.0%	500	62.1%	192	42.7%
2016	28	MIA	14	0*	1	2.0%	355	35.1%	38	15.5%
Career			57	32*	1	—	2,258	—	393	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 53 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 53 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 52.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 53· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 51

On-field 34.6

Availability 16.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 502016

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Sacks leader4

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.196See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.196Snap share65.2%Def snaps2,258ReliableCV 0.24

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

4.61s

40-Yard

Strong · 86th pct

Pos 86thAll 57thClass Pos 95thClass All 62th

35 reps

Bench

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 98thClass Pos 98thClass All 98th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl18Solo12Ast6TFL2Dis2.0Int1PD1FF1

College Stats

WashingtonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Washington), 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 #79

#70Ed DicksonTE #71Morgan BurnettS #72Alex CarringtonDE #73John JerryOT #74D'Anthony SmithDT #75Major WrightDB #77Damian WilliamsWR #78Brandon LaFellWR #80J.D. WaltonC #81Earl MitchellDT #82Emmanuel SandersWR #83Corey PetersDE #84Jordan ShipleyWR #85Colt McCoyQB #86Daniel Te'o-NesheimDE #87Eric DeckerWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Donald inherited the Los Angeles Chargers LB room from Antwan Barnes (2010–2012), and handed it to Jarret Johnson (2012–2014).

Billy Ray Smith Jr. 1983–1991Junior Seau 1990–2002Lewis Bush 1993–1999Kurt Gouveia 1996–1998Gerald Dixon 1998–2001Ben Leber

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2016team change
Joined MIA (from LAC)
2016final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2010draft
Drafted by LAC — Round 3, Pick 79

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 242 lb

Frame

245 lb at 4.61s

Size-speed

35 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2014	SD	0	W14Questionable· Quadricep
2013	SD	0	W3Questionable· GroinW6Questionable· GroinW7Doubtful· GroinW9Doubtful· Groin
2012	SD	2	W13Out· GroinW14Out· GroinW15Doubtful· GroinW17Doubtful· Groin
2011	SD	0	W14Questionable· FootW15Questionable· Foot

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 6-season peers. See all →

peak 55

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

C+2011

C+2012

C2013

C+2014

C2015

C2016

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

89%

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	0.1	2	0.1
2012	3	0.3	4+1	0.3
2013	0.5	0	1+0.5	0
2014	1	0.1	1	0.1
2015	0.5	0	1+0.5	0
2016	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

26 career value over replacement — #2823 all-time of 4,642. 4.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #79 (Rd 3) · LAC · 2010 · +14.3 vs expected KV-H

53actual

38.7 expected · Δ+14.3

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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 · 2010

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #79

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator