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.

On the boards· Appears on 8 boards

Streaks4 straight · 10 sacks · 2002–05

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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

Career Value · VORP

427 career value over replacement — #32 all-time of 4,695. 30.5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

Led league 1×4 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #11 (Rd 1) · IND · 2002 · +35.5 vs expected KV-H

97actual

61.5 expected · Δ+35.5

💔+107.4 stolen VORP·3.52 szns lost

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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 leader at 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%.

Encyclopedia Coverage7/8 data layers

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Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.66See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.66Snap share44.3%Def snaps1,470VolatileCV 0.75

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

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 83thClass Pos 94thClass All 87th

28 reps

Bench

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 87thClass Pos 75thClass All 86th

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Postseason Career

19 playoff games

Defense

Tkl32Solo24Ast8TFL8QBHits16Sk11.0Dis35.0PD1

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.

Top Teammates

Reggie WayneWR11y Robert MathisOLB10y Peyton ManningQB9y Dallas ClarkTE9y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Dwight inherited the Indianapolis Colts DL room from Chad Bratzke (1999–2003), and handed it to DeForest Buckner (2020–2026).

Donnell Thompson 1981–1991Jon Hand 1986–1994Ellis Johnson 1995–2001Chad Bratzke 1999–2003Dwight Freeney 2002–2012DeForest Buckner

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Movementderived from season history

2017team change
Joined SEA (from ATL)
2017final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2016team change
Joined ATL (from ARI)
2015team change
Joined ARI (from SD)
2013team change
Joined SD (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

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 2025 NFL — 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	16+3	0.9
2003	11	0.8	12+1	0.7
2004	16	1	16	0.9
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	6+2.5	0.4
2008	10.5	0.8	13+2.5	0.8
2009	13.5	1.1	19+5.5	1.1
2010	10	0.6	10	0.6
2011	8.5	0.7	11+2.5	0.7
2012	5	0.5	7+2	0.4
2014	3.5	0.3	4+0.5	0.2
2015	8	1	16+8	0.9
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 8/31/2026

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Canton Monitor · HOF

Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →

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Enshrined

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 35.2%All-Pro 29.4%Pro Bowls 17.1%Longevity 13.5%League Leads 3.3%All-Time Ranks 1.6%

Monitor score 122.6 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity84

Peak97

Accolades51

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

On the boards· Appears on 8 boards

Dwight Freeney

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2002

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

2002 Draft Class· this player went #11

Career Geography