Greg Ellis ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Ellis in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Ellis a career score of 82, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DELV#99ACT

Greg Ellis

1× Pro BowlTop 5% all-time pass rushersIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2007 Team Carrier · #467

Height6'6"

Weight265 lb

BornAug 14, 1975

Age50

CollegeNorth Carolina See College Stats

Rookie yr1998

Draft1998 · Rd 1, Pick 8 · DAL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

64thSacks·82.5

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 275 · #172 · Elite

Worth 275 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 5% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 12 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

12 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.9

Avg surplus

peak +44

12 seasons × ~22.9 surplus ≈ VORP 275

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1998	—	DAL	16	—	36	25	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	5	1	—	—	—
1999	—	DAL	12	—	31	25	6	7	7	7.5	21.5	1	3	2	1	2	0
2000	—	DAL	16	—	48	35	13	10	3	3.0	16.0	0	1	0	2	0	0
2001	—	DAL	15	—	55	40	15	9	3	6.0	18.0	0	5	3	2	0	0
2002	—	DAL	15	—	60	43	17	7	8	7.5	22.5	1	4	2	—	0	0
2003	—	DAL	16	—	42	28	14	0	0	7.0	7.0	0	8	4	—	0	0
2004	—	DAL	16	—	54	39	15	0	0	9.0	9.0	0	9	1	—	0	0
2005	—	DAL	16	—	34	24	10	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	6	2	2	0	0
2006	—	DAL	9	—	26	19	7	0	6	4.5	10.5	1	3	3	—	0	0
2007	—	DAL	13	—	30	23	7	0	11	12.5	23.5	0	1	3	—	0	0
2008	—	DAL	16	—	32	22	10	7	14	7.5	28.5	1	1	0	1	0	0
2009	—	LV	13	—	28	24	4	7	10	7.0	24.0	0	1	2	2	0	0
Career		—	173	—	476	347	118	47	62	82.5	191.5	4	47	23	10	2	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1998	23	DAL	16	—	36	25	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	5	1	—	—	—	10.2
1999	24	DAL	12	—	31	25	6	7	7	7.5	21.5	1	3	2	1	2	0	13.6
2000	25	DAL	16	—	48	35	13	10	3	3.0	16.0	0	1	0	2	0	0	9.6
2001	26	DAL	15	—	55	40	15	9	3	6.0	18.0	0	5	3	2	0	0	13.3
2002	27	DAL	15	—	60	43	17	7	8	7.5	22.5	1	4	2	—	0	0	14.3
2003	28	DAL	16	—	42	28	14	0	0	7.0	7.0	0	8	4	—	0	0	13.7
2004	29	DAL	16	—	54	39	15	0	0	9.0	9.0	0	9	1	—	0	0	13.9
2005	30	DAL	16	—	34	24	10	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	6	2	2	0	0	13.4
2006	31	DAL	9	—	26	19	7	0	6	4.5	10.5	1	3	3	—	0	0	8.6
2007	32	DAL	13	—	30	23	7	0	11	12.5	23.5	0	1	3	—	0	0	15.7
2008	33	DAL	16	—	32	22	10	7	14	7.5	28.5	1	1	0	1	0	0	14.6
2009	34	LV	13	—	28	24	4	7	10	7.0	24.0	0	1	2	2	0	0	13.8
Career			173		476	347	118	47	62	—	—	4	47	23	10	2	0	154.7

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 82 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 82 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 78.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 82· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 74

On-field 55.5

Availability 18.5

On-field production Staying available

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

1998bestavg 74elite 702009

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #467 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

2004 DAL·6 team wins#20

Sacks · 9 · score 6

2009 LV·5 team wins#23

Sacks · 7 · score 6

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 42% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

42% of the all-time Sacks leader42

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: 93%.

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+).

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl7Solo7Sk1.0Dis1.0PD1

College Stats

North CarolinaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (North Carolina), 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.

1998 Draft Class· this player went #8

#1Peyton ManningQB #2Jamal WilliamsNT #2Ryan LeafQB #3Andre WadsworthDE #4Charles WoodsonFS #5Curtis EnisRB #6Grant WistromDE #7Kyle TurleyOT #9Fred TaylorRB #10Duane StarksDB #11Tra ThomasOT #12Keith BrookingMLB #13Takeo SpikesILB #14Jason PeterDE #15Anthony SimmonsOLB #16Kevin DysonWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Greg inherited the Dallas Cowboys DL room from Michael Myers (1998–2002), and handed it to Alonzo Spellman (1999–2000).

Russell Maryland 1991–1995Charles Haley 1992–1996Chad Hennings 1992–2000Leon Lett 1992–2000Hurvin McCormack 1995–1998Kavika Pittman

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2009team change
Joined LV (from DAL)
2009final season
Last recorded season with LV
1998draft
Drafted by DAL — Round 1, Pick 8

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 265 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	OAK	0	W6Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· KneeW10Questionable· Knee / ShoulderW11Questionable· Knee / ShoulderW13Doubtful· KneeW14Questionable· KneeW16Questionable· KneeW17Questionable· Knee

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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 85

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

C+1998

B+1999

C+2000

B2001

B+2002

B+2003

A2004

B+2005

B2006

A+2007

B+2008

B+2009

Availability

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
1998	3	0.2	3	0.2
1999	7.5	0.6	9+1.5	0.6
2000	3	0.2	3	0.2
2001	6	0.4	6	0.4
2002	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2003	7	0.4	7	0.4
2004	9	0.6	9	0.5
2005	8	0.5	8	0.5
2006	4.5	0.5	8+3.5	0.5
2007	12.5	1	17+4.5	1
2008	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2009	7	0.5	10+3	0.6

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

275 career value over replacement — #172 all-time of 4,642. 22.9/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #8 (Rd 1) · DAL · 1998 · +21.6 vs expected KV-H

82actual

60.4 expected · Δ+21.6

💔+27.5 stolen VORP·1.2 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1998 Draft Class· this player went #8

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator