Greg Gaines is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Gaines in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Gaines's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Greg Gaines

Top 35% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2021

Height6'1"

Weight312 lb

BornMay 6, 1996

Age30

CollegeWashington See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 4, Pick 134 · LA

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 46 · #2159 · Above Average

Worth 46 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 47% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+9.2

Avg surplus

peak +18

5 seasons × ~9.2 surplus ≈ VORP 46

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%
2019	—	LA	6	—	13	6	7	0	2	0.5	2.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	183	26.3%	11	5.3%	0	0	—	—	—	4	2	1	0	0	0.0
2020	—	LA	11	—	17	8	9	1	3	1.5	5.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	201	19.7%	65	14.6%	1	1	1.0	108.3	4.0	4	1	1	0	1	0.1
2021	—	LA	17	—	48	21	27	4	13	4.5	21.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	780	67.6%	33	16.0%	3	2	0.7	70.1	-2.0	21	9	6	0	5	0.1
2022	—	LA	13	—	34	14	20	6	6	4.0	16.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	732	71.3%	4	13.0%	0	0	—	—	—	9	3	2	0	0	0.0
2023	—	TB	13	—	21	4	17	0	5	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	473	41.5%	4	5.0%	1	0	0.0	39.6	-2.0	6	1	4	0	2	0.1
2024	—	TB	11	—	15	5	10	2	4	1.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	395	39.9%	3	5.5%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	5	1	3	0	1	0.1
2025	—	TB	13	—	22	11	11	3	2	2.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	369	35.2%	6	18.0%	1	1	1.0	118.7	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	0.1
Career		—	84	—	170	69	101	16	35	14.5	65.5	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	3,133	43.1%	126	11.1%	7	5	—	—	—	51	17	17	0	11	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	FR	VAL
2019	23	LA	6	0*	13	6	7	0	2	0.5	2.5	—	2.5
2020	24	LA	11	0*	17	8	9	1	3	1.5	5.5	1	4.8
2021	25	LA	17	11*	48	21	27	4	13	4.5	21.5	—	11.1
2022	26	LA	13	11*	34	14	20	6	6	4.0	16.0	—	8.7
2023	27	TB	13	0*	21	4	17	0	5	1.0	6.0	1	5.2
2024	28	TB	11	0*	15	5	10	2	4	1.0	7.0	—	4.7
2025	29	TB	13	0*	22	11	11	3	2	2.0	7.0	—	5.5
Career			84	22*	170	69	101	16	35	—	—	2	42.5

* 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%
2019	23	LA	10	0*	—	0.0%	183	26.3%	11	5.3%
2020	24	LA	16	0*	—	0.0%	201	19.7%	65	14.6%
2021	25	LA	17	11*	—	0.0%	780	67.6%	33	16.0%
2022	26	LA	16	11*	—	0.0%	732	71.3%	4	13.0%
2023	27	TB	17	0*	—	0.0%	473	41.5%	4	5.0%
2024	28	TB	15	0*	—	0.0%	395	39.9%	3	5.5%
2025	29	TB	17	0*	—	0.0%	369	35.2%	6	18.0%
Career			108	22*	—	—	3,133	—	126	—

* 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%
2019	23	LA	10	0*	0	0	—	—	—	4	2	1	0	0.0
2020	24	LA	16	0*	1	1	1.0	108.3	4.0	4	1	1	1	0.1
2021	25	LA	17	11*	3	2	0.7	70.1	-2.0	21	9	6	5	0.1
2022	26	LA	16	11*	0	0	—	—	—	9	3	2	0	0.0
2023	27	TB	17	0*	1	0	0.0	39.6	-2.0	6	1	4	2	0.1
2024	28	TB	15	0*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	5	1	3	1	0.1
2025	29	TB	17	0*	1	1	1.0	118.7	4.0	2	0	0	2	0.1
Career			108	22*	7	5	—	—	—	51	17	17	11	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 38.9

Availability 15.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 512025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 7% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

7% of the all-time Sacks leader7

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.091See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.091Snap share43.1%Def snaps3,133ReliableCV 0.28

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 · 2019

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

DL · 2019 class

5.16s

40-Yard

Below avg · 26th pct

Pos 26thAll 12thClass Pos 19thClass All 12th

31"

Vertical

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 28thClass Pos 64thClass All 30th

109"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 67th pct

Pos 67thAll 22thClass Pos 39thClass All 15th

30 reps

Bench

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 92thClass Pos 63thClass All 93th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl20Solo5Ast15TFL4QBHits2Sk1.5Dis7.5PD2

College Stats

WashingtonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Washington), 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.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #134

#125Renell WrenDT #126Riley RidleyWR #127Iman MarshallCB #128Tony PollardRB #130Drue TranquillLB #131Wes MartinG #132Ugo AmadiCB #133Jarrett StidhamQB #135John CominskyDE #136Mike JordanOL #137Foster MoreauTE #138Shareef MillerDE #139Deionte ThompsonSAF #140Ryquell ArmsteadRB #141Zach GentryTE #142Ben Burr-KirvenLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Greg inherited the Los Angeles Rams DL room from Dante Fowler Jr. (2018–2019), and handed it to Leonard Floyd (2020–2022).

Sean Gilbert 1992–1995D'Marco Farr 1994–2000Kevin Carter 1995–2000Leslie O'Neal 1996–1997Jeff Zgonina 1997–2002Grant Wistrom

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with TB
2023team change
Joined TB (from LA)
2019draft
Drafted by LA — Round 4, Pick 134

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 312 lb

Frame

312 lb at 5.16s

Size-speed

31" vert / 109" broad

Explosion

30 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	TB	2	W8Out· CalfW9Out· CalfW10Questionable· CalfW12Questionable· Foot
2022	LA	0	W10Doubtful· Elbow
2021	LA	0	W16Questionable· AnkleW17Questionable· Hand

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 60

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

D2019

C+2020

B2021

B2022

C2023

C2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

92%

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
2019	0.5	0.1	2+1.5	0.1
2020	1.5	0.1	3+1.5	0.1
2021	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2022	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2023	1	0.1	1	0.1
2024	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2025	2	0.2	3+1	0.2

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

46 career value over replacement — #2159 all-time of 4,642. 6.6/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #134 (Rd 4) · LA · 2019 · +22.5 vs expected KV-H

56actual

33.5 expected · Δ+22.5

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2019

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #134

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator