Everson Griffen ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Griffen in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Griffen a career score of 86, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DEMIN#97RSN

Everson Griffen

4× Pro BowlTop 3% all-time pass rushersIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2017

Height6'3"

Weight273 lb

BornDec 22, 1987

Age38

CollegeUSC See College Stats

ConferencePacific Ten

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 4, Pick 100 · MIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

59thSacks·85.5

Postseason all-time ranks

56thPlayoff Sacks·4.5

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 295 · #141 · All-Time

Worth 295 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 4% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+26.8

Avg surplus

peak +45

11 seasons × ~26.8 surplus ≈ VORP 295

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						Advanced (EPA)					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%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2010	—	MIN	3	—	4	4	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	MIN	14	—	12	8	4	3	7	4.0	14.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	MIN	14	—	20	17	3	11	20	8.0	39.0	1	2	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	MIN	14	—	26	17	9	7	10	5.5	22.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	699	60.2%	53	12.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	MIN	16	—	55	38	17	14	24	12.0	50.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	967	89.2%	80	18.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	MIN	15	—	36	26	10	14	30	10.5	54.5	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	863	85.3%	56	14.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	MIN	16	—	48	36	12	9	22	8.0	39.0	0	1	2	3	1	0	—	0.0%	888	85.9%	65	15.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	MIN	15	—	44	30	14	12	26	13.0	51.0	0	1	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	790	86.1%	46	14.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	MIN	11	—	30	19	11	5	13	5.5	23.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	584	79.8%	51	17.3%	—	—	—	—	—	1	0	0.0	39.6	15.0	19	9	3	0	6	0.2
2019	—	MIN	14	—	40	25	15	11	24	8.0	43.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	848	83.3%	53	15.5%	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	0.8	37.5	-3.0	35	13	13	0	5	0.1
2020	—	DET	14	—	31	16	15	7	14	6.0	27.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	DAL	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	528	52.5%	49	15.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	2TM	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1.0	118.7	0.0	23	9	7	5	6	0.2
2021	—	MIN	9	—	14	9	5	4	10	5.0	19.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	457	71.8%	13	11.8%	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1.0	87.5	3.0	26	15	6	0	4	0.2
Career		—	183	—	360	245	115	97	201	85.5	383.5	2	20	9	5	2	0	—	0.0%	6,624	77.1%	466	15.0%	—	—	—	0	0	7	5	—	—	—	103	46	29	5	21	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2010	23	MIN	3	—	4	4	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2011	24	MIN	14	—	12	8	4	3	7	4.0	14.0	0	2	0	1	0	8.3
2012	25	MIN	14	—	20	17	3	11	20	8.0	39.0	1	2	0	1	1	16.4
2013	26	MIN	14	10*	26	17	9	7	10	5.5	22.5	0	0	1	—	0	11.3
2014	27	MIN	16	14*	55	38	17	14	24	12.0	50.0	0	3	1	—	0	21
2015	28	MIN	15	13*	36	26	10	14	30	10.5	54.5	0	4	1	—	0	19.5
2016	29	MIN	16	14*	48	36	12	9	22	8.0	39.0	0	1	2	3	1	18.4
2017	30	MIN	15	13*	44	30	14	12	26	13.0	51.0	0	1	3	—	0	21.8
2018	31	MIN	11	9*	30	19	11	5	13	5.5	23.5	0	1	0	—	0	9.8
2019	32	MIN	14	12*	40	25	15	11	24	8.0	43.0	1	2	0	—	0	15.7
2020	33	DET	14	7*	31	16	15	7	14	6.0	27.0	0	4	0	—	0	12.3
2021	34	MIN	9	6*	14	9	5	4	10	5.0	19.0	0	0	1	—	0	9.5
Career			155	98*	360	245	115	97	201	—	—	2	20	9	5	2	164

* 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	26	MIN	16	10*	—	0.0%	699	60.2%	53	12.0%
2014	27	MIN	16	14*	—	0.0%	967	89.2%	80	18.1%
2015	28	MIN	15	13*	—	0.0%	863	85.3%	56	14.9%
2016	29	MIN	16	14*	—	0.0%	888	85.9%	65	15.1%
2017	30	MIN	15	13*	—	0.0%	790	86.1%	46	14.9%
2018	31	MIN	11	9*	—	0.0%	584	79.8%	51	17.3%
2019	32	MIN	15	12*	—	0.0%	848	83.3%	53	15.5%
2020	33	DAL	14	7*	—	0.0%	528	52.5%	49	15.4%
2021	34	MIN	9	6*	—	0.0%	457	71.8%	13	11.8%
Career			127	98*	—	—	6,624	—	466	—

* 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
2014	27	—	—	14*	—	—	—	0	0
Career				14*	—	—	—	0	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	31	MIN	11	9*	1	0	0.0	39.6	15.0	19	9	3	0	6	0.2
2019	32	MIN	15	12*	4	3	0.8	37.5	-3.0	35	13	13	0	5	0.1
2020	33	2TM	14	7*	1	1	1.0	118.7	0.0	23	9	7	5	6	0.2
2021	34	MIN	9	6*	1	1	1.0	87.5	3.0	26	15	6	0	4	0.2
Career			49	34*	7	5	—	—	—	103	46	29	5	21	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 86 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 86 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 84.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 86· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 79

On-field 61.3

Availability 17.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 78elite 702021

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 43% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

43% of the all-time Sacks leader43

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.367See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.367Snap share77.1%Def snaps6,624ConsistentCV 0.22

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 · 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

4.65s

40-Yard

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 50thClass Pos 78thClass All 55th

32 reps

Bench

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 95thClass Pos 93thClass All 93th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl15Solo11Ast4TFL3QBHits11Sk4.5Dis18.5PD1FF1

College Stats

USCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (USC), 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 #100

#90Taylor PriceWR #91NaVorro BowmanMLB #92Shawn LauvaoG #93Tony MoeakiTE #95Jimmy GrahamTE #96Brandon GheeS #98Mike JohnsonG #99Mardy GilyardWR #102Darryl SharptonILB #103Perry RileyMLB #104Alterraun VernerDB #105Trevard LindleyDB #107Marcus EasleyWR #108Jacoby FordWR #109Corey WoottonDE #110Darrell StuckeyDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Everson inherited the Minnesota Vikings DL room from Letroy Guion (2009–2013), and handed it to Sharrif Floyd (2013–2016).

Chris Doleman 1985–1999Joe Phillips 1986–1999Henry Thomas 1987–1994John Randle 1990–2000Roy Barker 1993–1995Fernando Smith

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined MIN (from DET)
2021final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2020team change
Joined DET (from MIN)
2010draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 4, Pick 100

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 273 lb

Frame

273 lb at 4.65s

Size-speed

32 reps

Bench power

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	MIN	2	W2Out· ConcussionW12Out· Not injury related - personal matter
2018	MIN	5	W3Out· KneeW4Out· Knee / Not Injury RelatedW5Out· Knee / Not Injury RelatedW6Out· Not Injury RelatedW7Out· Not Injury Related
2017	MIN	0	W10Questionable· Foot / BackW11Questionable· Foot
2015	MIN	0	W12Questionable· Hip / ShoulderW15Questionable· Shoulder
2014	MIN	0	W1Questionable· Illness

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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 92

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

B2011

B+2012

B2013

A+2014

A2015

B+2016

A+2017

B+2018

B+2019

B+2020

B+2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.

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	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2012	8	0.6	10+2	0.6
2013	5.5	0.4	7+1.5	0.4
2014	12	0.8	13+1	0.7
2015	10.5	0.7	12+1.5	0.7
2016	8	0.5	8	0.5
2017	13	0.9	14+1	0.8
2018	5.5	0.5	8+2.5	0.5
2019	8	0.6	10+2	0.6
2020	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2021	5	0.6	9+4	0.6

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

295 career value over replacement — #141 all-time of 4,642. 26.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #100 (Rd 4) · MIN · 2010 · +47.3 vs expected KV-H

86actual

38.7 expected · Δ+47.3

💔+35.4 stolen VORP·1.32 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

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 #100

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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