Dwight Freeney is a Hall of Fame pass rusher whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 97 in the Knox value model. Freeney's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Dwight Freeney

★ HALL OF FAME7× Pro Bowl3× All-ProTop 0% all-time pass rushersIron Legend👑 #1 Edge Rusher · 2004 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2004 Team Carrier · #547

Height6'1"

Weight268 lb

BornFeb 19, 1980

Age46

CollegeSyracuse See College Stats

ConferenceBig East

Rookie yr2002

Draft2002 · Rd 1, Pick 11 · IND

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

20thSacks·125

Postseason all-time ranks

4thPlayoff Sacks·11

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Yes

Hall of Fame

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2004·Sacks16

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with reliable availability. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 429 · #34 · All-Time

Worth 429 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 2% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 14 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +30.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

14 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+30.6

Avg surplus

peak +48

14 seasons × ~30.6 surplus ≈ VORP 429

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%
2002	—	IND	13	—	42	41	1	20	9	13.0	42.0	0	1	9	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	IND	14	—	26	22	4	0	0	11.0	11.0	0	1	4	2	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	IND	16	—	29	26	3	0	0	16.0	16.0	0	3	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	IND	13	—	31	27	4	0	0	10.5	10.5	0	3	6	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	IND	16	—	23	20	3	0	9	5.5	14.5	0	2	4	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	IND	9	—	17	14	3	0	11	3.5	14.5	0	0	4	—	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	IND	13	—	24	20	4	13	19	10.5	42.5	0	0	4	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	IND	12	—	22	17	5	13	22	13.5	48.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	IND	16	—	25	21	4	8	18	10.0	36.0	0	2	5	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	IND	12	—	19	13	6	7	17	8.5	32.5	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	IND	11	—	12	10	2	7	12	5.0	24.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	LAC	3	—	2	1	1	0	5	0.5	5.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	SD	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	168	63.0%	2	3.0%
2014	—	LAC	14	—	8	4	4	3	8	3.5	14.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	SD	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	572	55.6%	—	0.0%
2015	—	ARI	8	—	9	8	1	5	9	8.0	22.0	0	0	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	256	36.9%	—	0.0%
2016	—	ATL	10	—	10	7	3	4	10	3.0	17.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	415	40.5%	—	0.0%
2017	—	SEA	3	—	3	3	0	3	4	3.0	10.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	DET	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	227	35.7%	3	3.7%
Career		—	212	—	302	254	48	83	153	125.0	361.0	0	16	46	4	1	1	—	0.0%	1,638	46.3%	5	3.3%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2002	22	IND	13	—	42	41	1	20	9	13.0	42.0	1	9	1	0	0	19.8
2003	23	IND	14	—	26	22	4	0	0	11.0	11.0	1	4	2	1	0	16.1
2004	24	IND	16	—	29	26	3	0	0	16.0	16.0	3	3	—	0	0	20.2
2005	25	IND	13	—	31	27	4	0	0	10.5	10.5	3	6	—	0	0	14.1
2006	26	IND	16	—	23	20	3	0	9	5.5	14.5	2	4	—	0	0	13
2007	27	IND	9	—	17	14	3	0	11	3.5	14.5	0	4	—	0	1	8.9
2008	28	IND	13	—	24	20	4	13	19	10.5	42.5	0	4	—	0	0	19.5
2009	29	IND	12	—	22	17	5	13	22	13.5	48.5	1	1	—	0	0	18.1
2010	30	IND	16	—	25	21	4	8	18	10.0	36.0	2	5	—	0	0	19.2
2011	31	IND	12	—	19	13	6	7	17	8.5	32.5	0	2	—	0	0	15
2012	32	IND	11	—	12	10	2	7	12	5.0	24.0	1	1	—	0	0	10.6
2013	33	LAC	3	3*	2	1	1	0	5	0.5	5.5	0	0	—	0	0	—
2014	34	LAC	14	9*	8	4	4	3	8	3.5	14.5	1	0	1	0	0	7.9
2015	35	ARI	8	0*	9	8	1	5	9	8.0	22.0	0	3	—	0	0	10.1
2016	36	ATL	10	0*	10	7	3	4	10	3.0	17.0	0	0	—	0	0	7.1
2017	37	SEA	3	0*	3	3	0	3	4	3.0	10.0	1	0	—	0	0	—
Career			183	12*	302	254	48	83	153	—	—	16	46	4	1	1	199.6

* 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	33	SD	4	3*	—	0.0%	168	63.0%	2	3.0%
2014	34	SD	16	9*	—	0.0%	572	55.6%	—	0.0%
2015	35	ARI	11	0*	—	0.0%	256	36.9%	—	0.0%
2016	36	ATL	15	0*	—	0.0%	415	40.5%	—	0.0%
2017	37	DET	9	0*	—	0.0%	227	35.7%	3	3.7%
Career			55	12*	—	—	1,638	—	5	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 97 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 97 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 88 × longevity 1 = KV-H 97· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 82

On-field 65.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2002bestavg 82elite 702016

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #547 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2011 IND·2 team wins#25

Sacks · 9 · score 5

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 63% of the all-time Sacks leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

63% of the all-time Sacks leader63

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.518See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.518Snap share46.3%Def snaps1,638VolatileCV 0.51

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 · 2002

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

EDGE · 2002 class

4.48s

40-Yard

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 81thClass Pos 93thClass All 85th

28 reps

Bench

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 87thClass Pos 71thClass All 89th

Postseason Career

19 playoff games

Defense

Tkl32Solo24Ast8TFL8QBHits16Sk11.0Dis35.0PD1FF2FR1

College Stats

SyracuseCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Syracuse), 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.

2002 Draft Class· this player went #11

#1Milford BrownG #2Julius PeppersDE #3Joey HarringtonQB #5Quentin JammerCB #6Ryan SimsDE #7Bryant McKinnieOT #9John HendersonNT #10Levi JonesOT #12Wendell BryantDT #13Donte' StallworthWR #14Jeremy ShockeyTE #15Albert HaynesworthDT #16William GreenRB #17Phillip BuchanonDB #18T.J. DuckettRB #19Ashley LelieWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Dwight inherited the Indianapolis Colts DL room from Raheem Brock (2002–2009), and handed it to Montae Reagor (2003–2006).

Tony Siragusa 1990–1996Tony McCoy 1992–1999Bernard Whittington 1994–2000Ellis Johnson 1995–2001Larry Chester 1998–2000Chad Bratzke

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017team change
Joined DET (from ATL)
2017final season
Last recorded season with DET
2016team change
Joined ATL (from ARI)
2015team change
Joined ARI (from LAC)
2013team change
Joined LAC (from IND)
2002draft
Drafted by IND — Round 1, Pick 11

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 268 lb

Frame

266 lb at 4.48s

Size-speed

28 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	ATL	1	W8Questionable· QuadricepW9Out· Quadricep
2015	ARI	0	W17Questionable· Knee
2014	SD	0	W5Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· Knee
2012	IND	1	W2Out· AnkleW3Questionable· AnkleW5Questionable· Ankle
2011	IND	0	W3Questionable· AbdomenW4Questionable· AnkleW5Questionable· AbdomenW8Questionable· Knee
2009	IND	0	W3Questionable· BackW4Questionable· QuadricepW8Questionable· KneeW11Questionable· HipW12Questionable· AbdomenW13Questionable· AbdomenW15Questionable· AbdomenW16Questionable· AbdomenW17Questionable· AbdomenW21Questionable· 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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 97

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

A+2002

A+2003

A+2004

A+2005

B2006

B2007

A+2008

A+2009

A2010

A2011

B2012

B2014

A2015

C+2016

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
2002	13	1	17+4	1
2003	11	0.8	13+2	0.8
2004	16	1	17+1	1
2005	10.5	0.8	13+2.5	0.8
2006	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2007	3.5	0.4	7+3.5	0.4
2008	10.5	0.8	14+3.5	0.8
2009	13.5	1.1	20+6.5	1.2
2010	10	0.6	11+1	0.7
2011	8.5	0.7	12+3.5	0.7
2012	5	0.5	8+3	0.5
2014	3.5	0.3	4+0.5	0.2
2015	8	1	17+9	1
2016	3	0.3	5+2	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

429 career value over replacement — #34 all-time of 4,642. 30.6/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

Led league 1×4 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #11 (Rd 1) · IND · 2002 · +36.6 vs expected KV-H

97actual

60.4 expected · Δ+36.6

💔+107.7 stolen VORP·3.52 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2002

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2002 Draft Class· this player went #11

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography