Gerald McCoy ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places McCoy in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns McCoy a career score of 79, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DTLV#93RES

Gerald McCoy

6× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 6% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone🌅 Early Bloomer · 2013 Team Carrier · #321

Height6'4"

Weight300 lb

BornFeb 25, 1988

Age38

CollegeOklahoma See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 1, Pick 3 · TB

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time edge rusher with reliable availability and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 234 · #267 · Elite

Worth 234 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 7% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+26

Avg surplus

peak +37

9 seasons × ~26 surplus ≈ VORP 234

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	—	TB	12	—	20	14	6	6	12	3.0	21.0	0	5	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	TB	4	—	8	7	1	3	3	1.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	TB	15	—	28	21	7	9	15	5.0	29.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	TB	15	—	46	31	15	15	21	9.5	45.5	0	4	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	962	90.8%	85	19.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	TB	13	—	31	24	7	13	13	8.5	34.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	665	73.4%	39	16.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	TB	15	—	27	19	8	8	17	8.5	33.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	799	77.9%	71	18.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	TB	14	—	28	20	8	5	14	7.0	26.0	0	5	2	2	0	0	3	4.0%	795	78.9%	57	14.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	TB	14	—	40	26	14	13	24	6.0	43.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	806	81.8%	65	15.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	TB	14	—	26	15	11	6	21	6.0	33.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	732	80.3%	26	21.5%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-3.0	24	6	11	0	1	0.0
2019	—	CAR	15	—	37	15	22	7	13	5.0	25.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	695	63.3%	94	19.8%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-7.0	22	10	6	0	5	0.1
2021	—	LV	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	9	13.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	132	—	291	192	99	85	153	59.5	297.5	0	24	6	4	0	0	3	4.0%	5,463	69.9%	437	17.9%	2	2	—	—	—	46	16	17	0	6	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2010	22	TB	12	—	20	14	6	6	12	3.0	21.0	5	2	—	11.1
2011	23	TB	4	—	8	7	1	3	3	1.0	7.0	0	0	—	3.3
2012	24	TB	15	—	28	21	7	9	15	5.0	29.0	2	1	1	13.2
2013	25	TB	15	15*	46	31	15	15	21	9.5	45.5	4	0	1	17
2014	26	TB	13	10*	31	24	7	13	13	8.5	34.5	3	1	—	15.6
2015	27	TB	15	12*	27	19	8	8	17	8.5	33.5	1	0	—	14
2016	28	TB	14	12*	28	20	8	5	14	7.0	26.0	5	2	2	13.1
2017	29	TB	14	12*	40	26	14	13	24	6.0	43.0	1	0	—	15.4
2018	30	TB	14	11*	26	15	11	6	21	6.0	33.0	1	0	—	12.1
2019	31	CAR	15	10*	37	15	22	7	13	5.0	25.0	2	0	—	11.4
Career			131	82*	291	192	99	85	153	—	—	24	6	4	126.2

* 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	TB	16	15*	—	0.0%	962	90.8%	85	19.3%
2014	26	TB	13	10*	—	0.0%	665	73.4%	39	16.0%
2015	27	TB	15	12*	—	0.0%	799	77.9%	71	18.4%
2016	28	TB	15	12*	3	4.0%	795	78.9%	57	14.4%
2017	29	TB	15	12*	—	0.0%	806	81.8%	65	15.9%
2018	30	TB	14	11*	—	0.0%	732	80.3%	26	21.5%
2019	31	CAR	16	10*	—	0.0%	695	63.3%	94	19.8%
2021	33	LV	1	—	—	0.0%	9	13.0%	—	0.0%
Career			105	82*	3	—	5,463	—	437	—

* 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	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	30	TB	14	11*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-3.0	24	6	11	1	0.0
2019	31	CAR	16	10*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-7.0	22	10	6	5	0.1
Career			30	21*	2	2	—	—	—	46	16	17	6	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 79 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 79 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 76.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 79· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 72

On-field 54.6

Availability 17.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 68elite 702019

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #321 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

3 qualifying seasons

2014 TB·2 team wins#22

Sacks · 9 · score 20

2015 TB·6 team wins#20

Sacks · 9 · score 6

2013 TB·4 team wins#25

Sacks · 10 · score 3

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 30% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

30% of the all-time Sacks leader30

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:4.776See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.776Snap share78.1%Def snaps5,454Elite · ConsistentCV 0.14

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

5.04s

40-Yard

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 19thClass Pos 56thClass All 16th

30.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 24thClass Pos 58thClass All 20th

114"

Broad Jump

Elite · 90th pct

Pos 90thAll 38thClass Pos 88thClass All 44th

23 reps

Bench

Low · 21th pct

Pos 21thAll 63thClass Pos 21thClass All 58th

7.32s

3-Cone

Elite · 91th pct

Pos 91thAll 36thClass Pos 88thClass All 30th

4.48s

Shuttle

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 30thClass Pos 77thClass All 40th

College Stats

OklahomaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oklahoma), 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 #3

#1Josh BrentDT #1Sam BradfordQB #2Ndamukong SuhNT #4Trent WilliamsOT #5Eric BerryDB #6Russell OkungOT #7Joe HadenCB #8Rolando McClainMLB #9C.J. SpillerRB #10Tyson AlualuDE #12Ryan MathewsRB #13Brandon GrahamDE #14Earl ThomasFS #15Jason Pierre-PaulDE #16Derrick MorganOLB #17Mike IupatiG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Gerald inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers DL room from Roy Miller (2009–2012), and handed it to Adrian Clayborn (2011–2014).

Mark Wheeler 1992–1995Santana Dotson 1992–1995Eric Curry 1993–1997Chidi Ahanotu 1993–2004Brad Culpepper 1994–1999Warren Sapp

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined LV (from CAR)
2021final season
Last recorded season with LV
2019team change
Joined CAR (from TB)
2010draft
Drafted by TB — Round 1, Pick 3

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 300 lb

Frame

295 lb at 5.04s

Size-speed

30.5" vert / 114" broad

Explosion

23 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	CAR	0	W5Questionable· Knee
2018	TB	2	W7Out· CalfW8Out· CalfW9Questionable· Calf / Not Injury Related
2017	TB	1	W3Questionable· AnkleW4Questionable· AnkleW10Questionable· ShoulderW15Out· BicepsW16Questionable· Biceps
2016	TB	0	W5Doubtful· CalfW7Questionable· CalfW8Questionable· CalfW13Questionable· FootW14Questionable· FootW15Questionable· FootW16Questionable· Foot
2015	TB	0	W3Questionable· ShoulderW4Questionable· ShoulderW5Questionable· ShoulderW13Doubtful· HandW14Questionable· Hand
2014	TB	0	W3Questionable· HandW5Questionable· HandW15Questionable· Knee
2011	TB	1	W6Out· AnkleW7Questionable· 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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 83

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

C+2010

F2011

B2012

A2013

A2014

A2015

B+2016

B+2017

B+2018

B2019

Availability

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

77%

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	1	0.3	4+3	0.3
2012	5	0.3	6+1	0.3
2013	9.5	0.6	11+1.5	0.6
2014	8.5	0.7	11+2.5	0.7
2015	8.5	0.6	9+0.5	0.6
2016	7	0.5	8+1	0.5
2017	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2018	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2019	5	0.3	6+1	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

234 career value over replacement — #267 all-time of 4,642. 23.4/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · TB · 2010 · +17.2 vs expected KV-H

79actual

61.8 expected · Δ+17.2

💔+59.2 stolen VORP·2.53 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

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

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #3

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography