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

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Dorance Armstrong

Top 14% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker

Height6'4"

Weight255 lb

BornJun 10, 1997

Age29

CollegeKansas See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 4, Pick 116 · DAL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

98thPlayoff Sacks·3.5

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 100 · #1117 · High-Value

Worth 100 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 25% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 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

+16.7

Avg surplus

peak +28

6 seasons × ~16.7 surplus ≈ VORP 100

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%
2018	—	DAL	11	—	11	6	5	1	3	0.5	4.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	273	28.3%	49	15.3%	0	0	—	—	—	7	4	2	0	1	0.1
2019	—	DAL	11	—	13	10	3	1	4	2.0	7.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	262	25.9%	198	47.1%	0	0	—	—	—	8	3	3	0	2	0.1
2020	—	DAL	15	—	29	19	10	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	369	33.5%	287	61.3%	9	6	0.7	82.6	2.9	6	5	1	6	2	0.1
2021	—	DAL	13	—	30	16	14	3	12	5.0	20.0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.0%	507	56.1%	84	21.5%	2	2	1.0	97.9	-2.0	22	10	6	3	0	0.0
2022	—	DAL	17	—	31	15	16	9	15	8.5	32.5	0	0	1	3	0	0	—	0.0%	543	47.5%	97	20.4%	7	6	0.9	106.0	-3.1	18	4	5	2	2	0.1
2023	—	DAL	17	—	35	17	18	7	12	7.5	26.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	446	42.1%	97	21.7%	3	3	1.0	88.9	-4.7	15	3	3	0	1	0.0
2024	—	WAS	15	—	39	20	19	7	14	5.0	26.0	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	636	61.5%	62	16.0%	3	3	1.0	94.4	1.7	24	10	8	0	6	0.1
2025	—	WAS	6	—	23	15	8	7	7	5.5	19.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	239	51.4%	1	4.0%	1	1	1.0	87.5	-1.0	10	3	1	1	1	0.0
Career		—	105	—	211	118	93	36	68	34.0	138.0	0	5	4	5	1	0	1	1.0%	3,275	43.3%	875	25.9%	25	21	—	—	—	110	42	29	12	15	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2018	21	DAL	11	0*	11	6	5	1	3	0.5	4.5	0	0	—	0	4
2019	22	DAL	11	0*	13	10	3	1	4	2.0	7.0	0	1	—	0	5.8
2020	23	DAL	15	0*	29	19	10	1	1	0.0	2.0	2	0	1	0	5.3
2021	24	DAL	13	7*	30	16	14	3	12	5.0	20.0	1	0	1	1	10.9
2022	25	DAL	17	0*	31	15	16	9	15	8.5	32.5	0	1	3	0	14.8
2023	26	DAL	17	0*	35	17	18	7	12	7.5	26.5	1	0	—	0	12.3
2024	27	WAS	15	10*	39	20	19	7	14	5.0	26.0	1	2	—	0	13.5
2025	28	WAS	6	4*	23	15	8	7	7	5.5	19.5	0	0	—	0	7.8
Career			105	21*	211	118	93	36	68	—	—	5	4	5	1	74.4

* 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%
2018	21	DAL	15	0*	—	0.0%	273	28.3%	49	15.3%
2019	22	DAL	15	0*	—	0.0%	262	25.9%	198	47.1%
2020	23	DAL	16	0*	—	0.0%	369	33.5%	287	61.3%
2021	24	DAL	13	7*	1	1.0%	507	56.1%	84	21.5%
2022	25	DAL	17	0*	—	0.0%	543	47.5%	97	20.4%
2023	26	DAL	17	0*	—	0.0%	446	42.1%	97	21.7%
2024	27	WAS	16	10*	—	0.0%	636	61.5%	62	16.0%
2025	28	WAS	7	4*	—	0.0%	239	51.4%	1	4.0%
Career			116	21*	1	—	3,275	—	875	—

* 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	21	DAL	15	0*	0	0	—	—	—	7	4	2	0	1	0.1
2019	22	DAL	15	0*	0	0	—	—	—	8	3	3	0	2	0.1
2020	23	DAL	16	0*	9	6	0.7	82.6	2.9	6	5	1	6	2	0.1
2021	24	DAL	13	7*	2	2	1.0	97.9	-2.0	22	10	6	3	0	0.0
2022	25	DAL	17	0*	7	6	0.9	106.0	-3.1	18	4	5	2	2	0.1
2023	26	DAL	17	0*	3	3	1.0	88.9	-4.7	15	3	3	0	1	0.0
2024	27	WAS	16	10*	3	3	1.0	94.4	1.7	24	10	8	0	6	0.1
2025	28	WAS	7	4*	1	1	1.0	87.5	-1.0	10	3	1	1	1	0.0
Career			116	21*	25	21	—	—	—	110	42	29	12	15	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 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 68 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 64

On-field 47.2

Availability 16.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 63elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 17% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

17% of the all-time Sacks leader17

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+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.489See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.489Snap share43.3%Def snaps3,275VolatileCV 0.52

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 · 2018

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

EDGE · 2018 class

4.87s

40-Yard

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 29thClass Pos 33thClass All 26th

30"

Vertical

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 21thClass Pos 15thClass All 23th

118"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 55thClass Pos 61thClass All 48th

20 reps

Bench

Low · 18th pct

Pos 18thAll 44thClass Pos 14thClass All 59th

7.12s

3-Cone

Above avg · 67th pct

Pos 67thAll 54thClass Pos 74thClass All 49th

4.23s

Shuttle

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 68thClass Pos 91thClass All 76th

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl17Solo9Ast8TFL4QBHits8Sk3.5Dis15.5PD1FF1

College Stats

KansasImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2015	—	23	—	—	—	—	3.5	3.5	—	4	0	—	—	—
2016	—	56	—	—	—	—	10.0	10.0	—	0	3	—	—	—
2017	—	63	—	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	—	4	3	—	—	—
Career		142	0	—	—	—	15.5	15.5	0	8	6	0	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #116

#107Chris HerndonTE #108Kyle LaulettaQB #109Troy ApkeDB #110Nick NelsonCB #112Mark WaltonRB #113DaeSean HamiltonWR #114Da'Shawn HandDE #115Joel IyiegbuniweLB #117Jordan WhiteheadFS #118Anthony AverettCB #119Kyzir WhiteOLB #120Will DisslyTE #121Taron JohnsonCB #122Kenny YoungILB #123Durham SmytheTE #124Armani WattsDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Dorance inherited the Dallas Cowboys DL room from Maliek Collins (2016–2019), and handed it to Robert Quinn (2019).

Russell Maryland 1991–1995Charles Haley 1992–1996Chad Hennings 1992–2000Leon Lett 1992–2000Hurvin McCormack 1995–1998Kavika Pittman

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with WAS
2024team change
Joined WAS (from DAL)
2018draft
Drafted by DAL — Round 4, Pick 116

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 255 lb

Frame

257 lb at 4.87s

Size-speed

30" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

20 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	WAS	1	W7Out· RibW8Questionable· Rib
2023	DAL	0	W18Questionable· Ankle
2022	DAL	0	W15Questionable· AnkleW16Questionable· Knee
2021	DAL	4	W3Out· AnkleW4Out· AnkleW5Out· AnkleW6Out· AnkleW8Questionable· Ankle
2019	DAL	0	W7Questionable· Neck

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 74

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

C2018

C+2019

C2020

B2021

B+2022

B+2023

B2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

87%

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
2018	0.5	0	1+0.5	0.1
2019	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2020	0	0	0	0
2021	5	0.4	7+2	0.4
2022	8.5	0.5	9+0.5	0.5
2023	7.5	0.4	8+0.5	0.5
2024	5	0.3	6+1	0.3
2025	5.5	0.9	16+10.5	0.9

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

100 career value over replacement — #1117 all-time of 4,642. 12.5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #116 (Rd 4) · DAL · 2018 · +33.6 vs expected KV-H

68actual

34.4 expected · Δ+33.6

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Archetype Intelligence

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 · 2018

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2018 Draft Class· this player went #116

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator