Dontari Poe NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault | StatVault

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

Dontari Poe

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Dontari Poe

2× Pro BowlTop 27% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2014Two-Way Profile

Height6'3"

Weight342 lb

BornAug 18, 1990

Age35

CollegeMemphis See College Stats

ConferenceConference USA

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 1, Pick 11 · KC

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

2x

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 82 · #1402 · High-Value

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

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

47

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

8

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+10.3

Avg surplus

peak +24

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.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Passing													Rushing
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2012	—	KC	15	—	37	27	10	3	3	0.0	6.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	KC	14	—	48	40	8	5	7	4.5	16.5	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	976	94.1%	55	13.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	KC	16	—	43	35	8	4	8	6.0	18.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	4	2.0%	946	88.7%	59	13.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	KC	14	—	36	26	10	3	3	1.0	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2.0%	757	74.4%	46	10.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1.0	100.0	1	100.0	0
2016	—	KC	14	—	23	14	9	1	9	1.5	11.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	3	1.3%	820	74.1%	61	13.8%	1	1	100.0%	2	1	0	100.0	0.0	2.0	22.0	—	118.8	0	1	1	1	1.0	100.0	1	100.0	0
2017	—	ATL	15	—	36	20	16	4	10	2.5	16.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	8	3.3%	784	75.0%	69	17.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CAR	11	—	17	9	8	4	3	1.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	515	52.0%	23	15.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	CAR	11	—	22	15	7	7	6	4.0	17.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1	1.0%	401	52.1%	64	19.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	DAL	3	—	7	3	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	267	53.1%	49	23.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	113	—	269	189	80	31	49	20.5	100.5	0	14	2	1	0	0	17	1.9%	5,466	70.5%	426	15.9%	1	1	100.0%	2	1	0	100.0	0.0	2.0	22.0	—	118.8	0	2	2	2	1.0	100.0	2	100.0	0

Career EPA6.4·2 passing · 4 rushing·3.2/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2016	26	KC	2	2*	1	1	100.0%	2	1	0	100.0	0.0	2.0	22.0	—	118.8	0	—
Career			2	2*	1	1	100.0%	2	1	0	100.0	0.0	2.0	—	—	118.8	0	48.9

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

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2015	25	KC	1	1*	1	1	1	1.0	100.0	1	100.0	0
2016	26	KC	2	2*	1	1	1	1.0	100.0	1	100.0	0
Career			3	3*	2	2	2	1.0	—	2	—	0

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2012	22	KC	15	—	37	27	10	3	3	0.0	6.0	0	4	0	—	0	0
2013	23	KC	14	14*	48	40	8	5	7	4.5	16.5	0	4	0	—	0	0
2014	24	KC	16	14*	43	35	8	4	8	6.0	18.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2015	25	KC	14	11*	36	26	10	3	3	1.0	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	0
2016	26	KC	14	12*	23	14	9	1	9	1.5	11.5	0	3	1	—	0	0
2017	27	ATL	15	12*	36	20	16	4	10	2.5	16.5	0	2	0	—	0	0
2018	28	CAR	11	8*	17	9	8	4	3	1.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2019	29	CAR	11	6*	22	15	7	7	6	4.0	17.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2020	30	DAL	3	3*	7	3	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			113	80*	269	189	80	31	49	—	—	0	14	2	1	0	0

* 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	23	KC	15	14*	—	0.0%	976	94.1%	55	13.0%
2014	24	KC	16	14*	4	2.0%	946	88.7%	59	13.8%
2015	25	KC	15	11*	1	2.0%	757	74.4%	46	10.9%
2016	26	KC	16	12*	3	1.3%	820	74.1%	61	13.8%
2017	27	ATL	16	12*	8	3.3%	784	75.0%	69	17.9%
2018	28	CAR	16	8*	—	0.0%	515	52.0%	23	15.3%
2019	29	CAR	11	6*	1	1.0%	401	52.1%	64	19.4%
2020	30	DAL	7	4*	—	0.0%	267	53.1%	49	23.6%
Career			112	81*	17	—	5,466	—	426	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2015	25	—	—	11*	—	2.8	—	0	0
2016	26	—	—	12*	2.3	1.4	—	2	0
Career				23*	—	—	—	2	0

* 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	28	CAR	16	8*	0	0	—	—	—	4	2	1	0	2	0.1
2019	29	CAR	11	6*	1	0	0.0	39.6	-2.0	7	1	2	0	2	0.1
Career			27	14*	1	0	—	—	—	11	3	3	0	4	—

* 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 sacks/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

57

Sustained

career value

×.6

65

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 39.7

Availability 17.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 57elite 702019

All-Time Standing

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

13

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Sacks leader10

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

3.22 EPA/season over 2 seasons51

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

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

41

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.948See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.948Snap share70.4%Def snaps5,466VolatileCV 0.59

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

Combine · 2012

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

DL · 2012 class

4.89s

40-Yard

Strong · 86th pct

Pos 86thAll 27thClass Pos 64thClass All 25th

29.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 53th pct

Pos 53thAll 19thClass Pos 53thClass All 19th

105"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 14thClass Pos 43thClass All 19th

44 reps

Bench

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 96thClass All 99th

7.90s

3-Cone

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 8thClass Pos 13thClass All 7th

4.56s

Shuttle

Above avg · 67th pct

Pos 67thAll 23thClass Pos 42thClass All 24th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl13Solo3Ast10TFL1Dis1.0PD1FR1

College Stats

MemphisCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Memphis), 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.

2012 Draft Class· this player went #11

#3Trent RichardsonRB #4Matt KalilOT #5Justin BlackmonWR #6Morris ClaiborneCB #7Mark BarronILB #8Ryan TannehillQB #9Luke KuechlyILB #10Stephon GilmoreCB #12Fletcher CoxDT #13Michael FloydWR #14Michael BrockersDT #15Bruce IrvinLB #16Quinton CoplesOLB #17Dre KirkpatrickCB #18Melvin IngramLB #19Shea McClellinOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Dontari inherited the Kansas City Chiefs DL room from Allen Bailey (2011–2018), and handed it to Jaye Howard (2013–2016).

Neil Smith 1988–1996Joe Phillips 1992–1997Darren Mickell 1993–1995Pellom McDaniels 1993–1998Vaughn Booker 1994–1997John Browning

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Movementderived from season history

2020team change
Joined DAL (from CAR)
2020final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2018team change
Joined CAR (from ATL)
2017team change
Joined ATL (from KC)
2012draft
Drafted by KC — Round 1, Pick 11

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 342 lb

Frame

346 lb at 4.89s

Size-speed

29.5" vert / 105" broad

Explosion

44 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	KC	0	W11Questionable· KneeW12Questionable· BackW13Questionable· BackW14Questionable· Back
2015	KC	1	W6Out· AnkleW7Questionable· 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 →

60

peak 65

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

C2012

B2013

B+2014

C+2015

C+2016

C+2017

C2018

B2019

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
2012	0	0	0	0
2013	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2014	6	0.4	6	0.4
2015	1	0.1	1	0.1
2016	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2017	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2018	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2019	4	0.4	6+2	0.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

82 career value over replacement — #1402 all-time of 4,642. 10.3/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #11 (Rd 1) · KC · 2012 · -0.4 vs expected KV-H

60actual

60.4 expected · Δ−0.4

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