Hugh Douglas ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Douglas in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Douglas a career score of 86, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Hugh Douglas

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 3% all-time pass rushersIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000

Height6'2"

Weight281 lb

BornAug 23, 1971

Age54

CollegeCentral State University, Oh See College Stats

Rookie yr1995

Draft1995 · Rd 1, Pick 16 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

72ndSacks·80

Postseason all-time ranks

72ndPlayoff Sacks·4

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with reliable availability. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 251 · #226 · Elite

Worth 251 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 6% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +27.9 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

+27.9

Avg surplus

peak +47

9 seasons × ~27.9 surplus ≈ VORP 251

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
1995	—	NYJ	15	—	34	26	—	—	—	10.0	10.0	—	1	0	—	—	—
1996	—	NYJ	10	—	36	28	—	—	—	8.0	8.0	—	1	2	—	—	—
1997	—	NYJ	15	—	38	31	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	1	3	—	—	—
1998	—	PHI	15	—	45	36	—	—	—	12.5	12.5	—	0	2	—	—	—
1999	—	PHI	4	—	7	5	2	2	2	2.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	PHI	15	—	51	41	10	21	15	15.0	51.0	1	2	2	—	0	0
2001	—	PHI	13	—	42	35	7	11	7	9.5	27.5	0	2	2	—	0	0
2002	—	PHI	16	—	52	44	8	20	12	12.5	44.5	0	2	2	—	0	0
2003	—	JAX	14	—	24	19	5	0	0	3.5	3.5	0	2	2	—	0	0
2004	—	PHI	10	—	14	14	0	0	0	3.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
Career		—	127	—	343	279	32	54	36	80.0	170.0	1	12	15	0	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1995	24	NYJ	15	—	34	26	—	—	—	10.0	10.0	—	1	0	—	—	—	14.8
1996	25	NYJ	10	—	36	28	—	—	—	8.0	8.0	—	1	2	—	—	—	12.5
1997	26	NYJ	15	—	38	31	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	1	3	—	—	—	11.9
1998	27	PHI	15	—	45	36	—	—	—	12.5	12.5	—	0	2	—	—	—	20.3
1999	28	PHI	4	—	7	5	2	2	2	2.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	3.2
2000	29	PHI	15	—	51	41	10	21	15	15.0	51.0	1	2	2	—	0	0	22.7
2001	30	PHI	13	—	42	35	7	11	7	9.5	27.5	0	2	2	—	0	0	15.7
2002	31	PHI	16	—	52	44	8	20	12	12.5	44.5	0	2	2	—	0	0	21.1
2003	32	JAX	14	—	24	19	5	0	0	3.5	3.5	0	2	2	—	0	0	9.4
2004	33	PHI	10	—	14	14	0	0	0	3.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	6.1
Career			127		343	279	32	54	36	—	—	1	12	15	0	0	0	137.7

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 86 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 86 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 84.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 86· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 78

On-field 61

Availability 17

On-field production Staying available

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

1995bestavg 74elite 702004

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 40% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

40% of the all-time Sacks leader40

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: 91%.

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

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl15Solo13Ast2TFL4QBHits3Sk4.0Dis11.0PD1FF1

College Stats

Central State University, OhCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Central State University, Oh), 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.

1995 Draft Class· this player went #16

#8Joey GallowayWR #9Kyle BradyTE #10J.J. StokesWR #11Derrick L. AlexanderDE #12Warren SappDT #13Mark FieldsOLB #14Ruben BrownG #15Ellis JohnsonDE #17Tyrone WheatleyRB #18Napoleon KaufmanRB #20Luther EllissDT #21Rashaan SalaamRB #22Tyrone PooleDB #23Ty LawCB #24Korey StringerOT #26Devin BushFS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Hugh inherited the Philadelphia Eagles DL room from Brandon Whiting (1998–2003), and handed it to Corey Simon (2000–2004).

Reggie White 1985–1992Clyde Simmons 1986–1993Mike Mamula 1995–2000Greg Jefferson 1996–1999Hollis Thomas 1996–2005N. D. Kalu

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2004team change
Joined PHI (from JAX)
2004final season
Last recorded season with PHI
2003team change
Joined JAX (from PHI)
1998team change
Joined PHI (from NYJ)
1995draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 1, Pick 16

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 281 lb

Frame

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 94

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

A1995

A1996

B1997

A+1998

D1999

A+2000

A2001

A+2002

B2003

C+2004

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

79%

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
1995	10	0.7	10	0.6
1996	8	0.8	12+4	0.7
1997	4	0.3	4	0.2
1998	12.5	0.8	13+0.5	0.7
1999	2	0.5	8+6	0.4
2000	15	1	15	0.9
2001	9.5	0.7	12+2.5	0.7
2002	12.5	0.8	13+0.5	0.8
2003	3.5	0.3	4+0.5	0.2
2004	3	0.3	5+2	0.3

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

Career Value · VORP

251 career value over replacement — #226 all-time of 4,642. 25.1/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 1995 · +28.5 vs expected KV-H

86actual

57.5 expected · Δ+28.5

💔+52.7 stolen VORP·2.1 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1995 Draft Class· this player went #16

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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