Greg Hardy ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Hardy in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Hardy a career score of 81, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DEDAL#76ACT

Greg Hardy

1× Pro BowlTop 6% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker💭 What If? · 4+ seasons left 📈 Late Developer · 2013

Height6'5"

Weight280 lb

BornJul 28, 1988

Age37

CollegeMississippi See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 6, Pick 175 · CAR

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 133 · #756 · High-Value

Worth 133 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 17% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+26.6

Avg surplus

peak +48

5 seasons × ~26.6 surplus ≈ VORP 133

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2010	—	CAR	14	—	19	14	5	6	9	3.0	18.0	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CAR	16	—	46	34	12	8	11	4.0	23.0	0	11	1	—	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CAR	14	—	57	37	20	13	19	11.0	43.0	0	1	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	CAR	16	—	58	38	20	17	29	15.0	61.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	873	86.1%	61	14.4%
2014	—	CAR	1	—	4	3	1	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	51	91.0%	2	8.0%
2015	—	DAL	11	—	29	17	12	9	20	6.0	35.0	1	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	596	75.9%	67	20.6%
Career		—	72	—	213	143	70	53	89	40.0	182.0	1	15	8	1	0	1	—	0.0%	1,520	84.3%	130	14.3%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2010	22	CAR	14	—	19	14	5	6	9	3.0	18.0	0	1	2	—	0	11.1
2011	23	CAR	16	—	46	34	12	8	11	4.0	23.0	0	11	1	—	1	12.9
2012	24	CAR	14	—	57	37	20	13	19	11.0	43.0	0	1	2	1	0	19.3
2013	25	CAR	16	14*	58	38	20	17	29	15.0	61.0	0	1	1	—	0	23
2014	26	CAR	1	—	4	3	1	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	0	1	—	0	—
2015	27	DAL	11	9*	29	17	12	9	20	6.0	35.0	1	1	1	—	0	13
Career			72	23*	213	143	70	53	89	—	—	1	15	8	1	1	79.3

* 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	CAR	16	14*	—	0.0%	873	86.1%	61	14.4%
2014	26	CAR	1	—	—	0.0%	51	91.0%	2	8.0%
2015	27	DAL	12	9*	—	0.0%	596	75.9%	67	20.6%
Career			29	23*	—	—	1,520	—	130	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 81 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 81 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 80.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 81· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 78

On-field 59.9

Availability 18.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 78elite 702015

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 20% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

20% of the all-time Sacks leader20

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: 96%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:6.842See leaderboard →

Disruption/1006.842Snap share84.4%Def snaps1,520Emerging

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

4.82s

40-Yard

Below avg · 38th pct

Pos 38thAll 33thClass Pos 40thClass All 31th

35"

Vertical

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 64thClass Pos 55thClass All 57th

117"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 50thClass Pos 68thClass All 63th

21 reps

Bench

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 50thClass Pos 20thClass All 50th

7.25s

3-Cone

Below avg · 49th pct

Pos 49thAll 41thClass Pos 25thClass All 33th

4.65s

Shuttle

Low · 8th pct

Pos 8thAll 16thClass Pos 14thClass All 20th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl6Solo1Ast5QBHits2Dis2.0

College Stats

MississippiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Mississippi), 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 #175

#163Reshad JonesFS #164Crezdon ButlerCB #165Kerry MeierWR #166Stevenson SylvesterLB #169Marshall NewhouseG #170Fendi OnobunTE #171Shann SchillingerDB #173Anthony DixonRB #176Rusty SmithQB #177Carlton MitchellWR #178Arthur MoatsDE #179Sam YoungOT #180Deji KarimRB #182Nate ByhamTE #183Eric OlsenG #184Adrian TracyLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Greg inherited the Carolina Panthers DL room from Tyler Brayton (2008–2010), and handed it to Dwan Edwards (2012–2015).

Sean Gilbert 1998–2002Mike Rucker 1999–2007Brentson Buckner 2001–2005Kris Jenkins 2001–2007Al Wallace 2002–2006Julius Peppers

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2015team change
Joined DAL (from CAR)
2015final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2010draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 6, Pick 175

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 280 lb

Frame

281 lb at 4.82s

Size-speed

35" vert / 117" broad

Explosion

21 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2012	CAR	0	W4Questionable· Hand
2010	CAR	1	W4Questionable· FootW10Out· Concussion

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 85

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

C+2010

B2011

A+2012

A+2013

B+2015

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

76%

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	0.2	4+1	0.2
2011	4	0.3	4	0.3
2012	11	0.8	13+2	0.8
2013	15	0.9	16+1	0.9
2015	6	0.5	9+3	0.5

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

133 career value over replacement — #756 all-time of 4,642. 26.6/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #175 (Rd 6) · CAR · 2010 · +53.8 vs expected KV-H

81actual

27.2 expected · Δ+53.8

💔+38.3 stolen VORP·1.44 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

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 #175

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator