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

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Hollis Thomas

Top 31% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 1998

Height6'0"

Weight335 lb

BornJan 10, 1974

Age52

CollegeNorthern Illinois See College Stats

Rookie yr

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

1 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1996	22–23	PHI	16	—	42	32	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	1	0	—	—	—
1997	23–24	PHI	16	—	61	40	—	—	—	2.5	2.5	—	0	2	—	—	—
1998	24–25	PHI	12	—	42	34	—	—	—	5.0	5.0	—	2	0	—	—	—
1999	25–26	PHI	15	—	44	33	11	9	1	1.0	11.0	0	1	1	1	0	0
2000	26–27	PHI	16	—	57	43	14	13	3	4.0	20.0	0	0	3	1	0	0
2001	27–28	PHI	14	—	49	40	9	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	1	1	1	0	0
2003	29–30	PHI	6	—	19	13	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2004	30–31	PHI	10	—	20	16	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	0
2005	31–32	PHI	14	—	34	26	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	0	0
2006	32–33	NO	12	—	28	20	8	0	5	3.0	8.0	0	2	0	1	0	0
2007	33–34	NO	16	—	39	27	12	0	3	3.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	34–35	NO	5	—	5	4	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
2009	35–36	CAR / STL	15	—	32	23	9	4	1	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Career		—	167	—	472	351	82	29	13	19.5	61.5	0	14	7	6	0	1

Career Value · VORP

78 career value over replacement — #1491 all-time of 4,695. 6/season above a replacement-level DL.

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Career arc · VAL by season

13 seasons · peak 2.3 in 1998

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

0.5 career wins over 13 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1998 · +0.2 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)+0.2

Latest season · 2009 · −0.1 wins

Defence−0.1

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · EDGE

#495 of 1,595 all-time pass rushers by KV-H

069th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1996	22–23	PHI	16	—	42	32	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	1	0	—	—	—	0
1997	23–24	PHI	16	—	61	40	—	—	—	2.5	2.5	—	0	2	—	—	—	1
1998	24–25	PHI	12	—	42	34	—	—	—	5.0	5.0	—	2	0	—	—	—	2.3
1999	25–26	PHI	15	—	44	33	11	9	1	1.0	11.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
2000	26–27	PHI	16	—	57	43	14	13	3	4.0	20.0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.8
2001	27–28	PHI	14	—	49	40	9	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
2003	29–30	PHI	6	—	19	13	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	0
2004	30–31	PHI	10	—	20	16	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2005	31–32	PHI	14	—	34	26	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	0
2006	32–33	NO	12	—	28	20	8	0	5	3.0	8.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.1
2007	33–34	NO	16	—	39	27	12	0	3	3.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0.1
2008	34–35	NO	5	—	5	4	1	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	0
2009	35–36	All teams	15	—	32	23	9	4	1	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Career			167		472	351	82	29	13	19.5	61.5	0	14	7	6	0	1	6.3