Hurvin McCormack is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places McCormack in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and McCormack's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Hurvin McCormack
Top 33% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter
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 26 · #2828 · Role PlayerWorth 26 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 62% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.5 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
4 cleared
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
51
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
4
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+6.5
Avg surplus
peak +14
4 seasons × ~6.5 surplus ≈ VORP 26
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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1995 | — | DAL | 15 | — | 17 | 14 | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1996 | — | DAL | 16 | — | 16 | 9 | — | — | — | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1997 | — | DAL | 13 | — | 13 | 8 | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | — | DAL | 16 | — | 22 | 18 | — | — | — | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | — | CLE | 12 | — | 18 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 72 | — | 86 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defense
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 57 · Strong StarterA strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
56
Sustained
career value
×.6
59
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×1
Longevity
career length
Blend 57.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 57· confidence 100%
What builds the career mark of 56
On-field 37.8
Availability 18.2
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)
1995bestavg 551999
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position5
Depth
of 100
Reached 6% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
6% of the all-time Sacks leader6
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: 92%.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Indiana), 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.
Top Teammates
Emmitt SmithRB4yDarren WoodsonS4yDeion SandersCB4yTroy AikmanQB4yMichael IrvinWR4yDaryl JohnstonRB4yChad HenningsDT4yLeon LettDE4ySherman WilliamsRB4yEric BjornsonTE4yJason GarrettQB4yBrock MarionFS3yRandall GodfreyOLB3yFred StricklandLB3yWade WilsonQB3yKavika PittmanDE3yHerschel WalkerFB2yCharles HaleyDE2yDarrin SmithLB2yDexter CoakleyLB2yGeorge TeagueFS2yToby GowinP2yJohn JettP2yKevin R. WilliamsWR2y
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterHurvin inherited the Dallas Cowboys DL room from Leon Lett (1992–2000), and handed it to Kavika Pittman (1996–1999).
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 1999team change
Joined CLE (from DAL)
- 1999final season
Last recorded season with CLE
- 1995signing
Entered the NFL with DAL
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'5" / 284 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 5-season peers. See all →
57
peak 59
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
C+1995
C+1996
C1997
B1998
C+1999
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.
90%
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 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 3+0.5 | 0.2 |
| 1997 | 0.5 | 0 | 1+0.5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.3 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.1 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (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
26 career value over replacement — #2828 all-time of 4,642. 5.2/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
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