Geno Atkins ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Atkins in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Atkins a career score of 87, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DTCIN#97RES

Geno Atkins

8× Pro Bowl2× All-ProTop 3% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012 Team Carrier · #470

Height6'1"

Weight300 lb

BornMar 28, 1988

Age38

CollegeGeorgia See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 4, Pick 120 · CIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

78thSacks·75.5

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time edge rusher with excellent availability over their career and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 304 · #125 · All-Time

Worth 304 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 4% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +30.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+30.4

Avg surplus

peak +49

10 seasons × ~30.4 surplus ≈ VORP 304

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%
2010	—	CIN	12	—	14	8	6	2	14	3.0	19.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CIN	16	—	47	26	21	10	18	7.5	35.5	0	2	2	2	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CIN	15	—	52	37	15	17	21	12.5	50.5	0	2	4	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	CIN	8	—	18	7	11	5	13	6.0	24.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	455	73.3%	3	6.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	CIN	16	—	32	18	14	8	9	3.0	20.0	0	1	1	—	0	1	—	0.0%	741	65.9%	6	4.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	CIN	16	—	41	30	11	17	21	11.0	49.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	786	72.4%	6	4.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	CIN	14	—	30	19	11	13	26	9.0	48.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	779	71.8%	2	3.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CIN	15	—	45	28	17	10	20	9.0	39.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	754	65.9%	2	4.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CIN	16	—	42	21	21	13	19	10.0	42.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	795	70.6%	24	10.9%	0	0	—	—	—	35	16	9	1	2	0.0
2019	—	CIN	15	—	47	18	29	4	10	4.5	18.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	816	76.3%	4	3.5%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-4.0	20	10	5	0	6	0.1
2020	—	CIN	2	—	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	119	23.5%	1	3.0%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career		—	145	—	369	213	156	99	172	75.5	346.5	0	6	8	2	1	1	—	0.0%	5,245	65.0%	48	4.9%	1	1	—	—	—	56	26	15	1	8	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2010	22	CIN	12	—	14	8	6	2	14	3.0	19.0	1	0	—	0	0	8.7
2011	23	CIN	16	—	47	26	21	10	18	7.5	35.5	2	2	2	1	0	18.8
2012	24	CIN	15	—	52	37	15	17	21	12.5	50.5	2	4	—	0	0	22.2
2013	25	CIN	8	7*	18	7	11	5	13	6.0	24.0	0	0	—	0	0	8.9
2014	26	CIN	16	11*	32	18	14	8	9	3.0	20.0	1	1	—	0	1	11
2015	27	CIN	16	12*	41	30	11	17	21	11.0	49.0	0	1	—	0	0	19.9
2016	28	CIN	14	11*	30	19	11	13	26	9.0	48.0	0	0	—	0	0	16.6
2017	29	CIN	15	11*	45	28	17	10	20	9.0	39.0	0	0	—	0	0	16.1
2018	30	CIN	16	11*	42	21	21	13	19	10.0	42.0	0	0	—	0	0	17
2019	31	CIN	15	12*	47	18	29	4	10	4.5	18.5	0	0	—	0	0	10.3
2020	32	CIN	2	0*	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	0	0	—
Career			145	75*	369	213	156	99	172	—	—	6	8	2	1	1	149.5

* 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	25	CIN	9	7*	—	0.0%	455	73.3%	3	6.0%
2014	26	CIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	741	65.9%	6	4.4%
2015	27	CIN	16	12*	—	0.0%	786	72.4%	6	4.2%
2016	28	CIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	779	71.8%	2	3.5%
2017	29	CIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	754	65.9%	2	4.0%
2018	30	CIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	795	70.6%	24	10.9%
2019	31	CIN	16	12*	—	0.0%	816	76.3%	4	3.5%
2020	32	CIN	8	0*	—	0.0%	119	23.5%	1	3.0%
Career			113	75*	—	—	5,245	—	48	—

* 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	30	CIN	16	11*	0	0	—	—	—	35	16	9	1	2	0.0
2019	31	CIN	16	12*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-4.0	20	10	5	0	6	0.1
2020	32	CIN	8	0*	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career			40	23*	1	1	—	—	—	56	26	15	1	8	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 87 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 87 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 83.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 87· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 78

On-field 59.5

Availability 18.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 77elite 702019

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #470 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2016 CIN·6 team wins#19

Sacks · 9 · score 7

2018 CIN·6 team wins#21

Sacks · 10 · score 5

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 38% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

38% of the all-time Sacks leader38

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.662See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.662Snap share65%Def snaps5,245VolatileCV 0.44

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 · 2010

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

DL · 2010 class

4.75s

40-Yard

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 39thClass Pos 94thClass All 38th

33"

Vertical

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 44thClass Pos 73thClass All 36th

117"

Broad Jump

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 50thClass Pos 96thClass All 63th

34 reps

Bench

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 97thClass Pos 79thClass All 96th

7.33s

3-Cone

Elite · 90th pct

Pos 90thAll 35thClass Pos 79thClass All 28th

4.43s

Shuttle

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 36thClass Pos 95thClass All 45th

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl12Solo8Ast4TFL1QBHits3Sk2.5Dis6.5

College Stats

GeorgiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Georgia), 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 #120

#110Darrell StuckeyDB #111Walter ThurmondS #112Joe McKnightRB #113Aaron HernandezTE #114Dennis PittaTE #117Joe HawleyC #118Garrett GrahamTE #119A.J. EddsLB #121Keenan ClaytonLB #122Mike KafkaQB #123Al WoodsDT #124Eric NorwoodDE #125Clay HarborTE #126Akwasi Owusu-AnsahWR #127E.J. WilsonDE #128Jason FoxOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Geno inherited the Cincinnati Bengals DL room from Carlos Dunlap (2010–2019), and handed it to Wallace Gilberry (2012–2016).

Alfred Williams 1991–1994John Copeland 1993–2000Dan Wilkinson 1994–1997Kimo von Oelhoffen 1994–1999Jevon Langford 1996–2001Michael Bankston

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2020final season
Last recorded season with CIN
2010draft
Drafted by CIN — Round 4, Pick 120

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 300 lb

Frame

293 lb at 4.75s

Size-speed

33" vert / 117" broad

Explosion

34 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	CIN	5	W1Out· ShoulderW2Out· ShoulderW3Out· ShoulderW4Out· ShoulderW10Out· Not Injury Related
2019	CIN	0	W11Questionable· Ankle / Knee
2017	CIN	0	W14Questionable· Toe

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 91

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

C+2010

B+2011

A+2012

A2013

B2014

A2015

A2016

A2017

A2018

B2019

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

89%

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
2010	3	0.3	4+1	0.3
2011	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2012	12.5	0.8	14+1.5	0.8
2013	6	0.8	13+7	0.7
2014	3	0.2	3	0.2
2015	11	0.7	11	0.7
2016	9	0.6	11+2	0.6
2017	9	0.6	10+1	0.6
2018	10	0.6	10	0.6
2019	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	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

304 career value over replacement — #125 all-time of 4,642. 30.4/season above a replacement-level DL.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #120 (Rd 4) · CIN · 2010 · +52.6 vs expected KV-H

87actual

34.4 expected · Δ+52.6

💔+36.8 stolen VORP·1.21 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

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 #120

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography