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

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Ian Gold

1× Pro BowlTop 31% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2002

Height6'0"

Weight223 lb

BornAug 23, 1978

Age47

CollegeMichigan See College Stats

Rookie yr2000

Draft2000 · Rd 2, Pick 40 · DEN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

A quality edge rusher with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 62 · #1778 · Above Average

Worth 62 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 39% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 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

+10.3

Avg surplus

peak +25

6 seasons × ~10.3 surplus ≈ VORP 62

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													Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2000	—	DEN	8	—	16	13	3	1	1	2.0	4.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
2001	—	DEN	12	—	21	18	3	2	2	3.0	7.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002	—	DEN	16	—	79	65	14	10	6	6.5	22.5	0	4	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2003	—	DEN	5	—	25	24	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	6	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	TB	16	—	58	41	17	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	DEN	16	—	81	65	16	0	0	3.0	3.0	0	4	4	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	DEN	15	—	76	55	21	0	4	0.0	4.0	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	DEN	14	—	66	55	11	0	2	2.0	4.0	1	5	1	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	102	—	422	336	86	13	15	16.5	44.5	4	30	9	5	1	0	—	—	—	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2000	22	DEN	8	—	16	13	3	1	1	2.0	4.0	0	1	1	—	0	4
2001	23	DEN	12	—	21	18	3	2	2	3.0	7.0	0	3	1	—	0	5.6
2002	24	DEN	16	—	79	65	14	10	6	6.5	22.5	0	4	1	1	0	11.6
2003	25	DEN	5	—	25	24	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	6	0	—	1	3.9
2004	26	TB	16	—	58	41	17	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	3	0	—	0	7.8
2005	27	DEN	16	—	81	65	16	0	0	3.0	3.0	0	4	4	2	0	9.6
2006	28	DEN	15	—	76	55	21	0	4	0.0	4.0	0	4	1	—	0	7
2007	29	DEN	14	—	66	55	11	0	2	2.0	4.0	1	5	1	2	0	8.4
Career			102		422	336	86	13	15	—	—	4	30	9	5	1	57.9

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2000	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
Career					—	—	—	0	0

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 37.5

Availability 17.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2000bestavg 52elite 702007

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Sacks leader8

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: 90%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2000

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

EDGE · 2000 class

4.56s

40-Yard

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 66thClass Pos 82thClass All 70th

33"

Vertical

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 44thClass Pos 50thClass All 45th

115"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 42thClass Pos 67thClass All 53th

21 reps

Bench

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 50thClass Pos 44thClass All 48th

6.97s

3-Cone

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 72thClass Pos 75thClass All 68th

4.19s

Shuttle

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 75thClass Pos 77thClass All 64th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl9Solo6Ast3TFL1Dis1.0FR1

College Stats

MichiganCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan), 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.

2000 Draft Class· this player went #40

#31Trung CanidateRB #32Dennis NorthcuttWR #33Darren HowardDE #34Mark RomanS #35John EngelbergerDE #36Todd PinkstonWR #37Travis ClaridgeG #38Marvel SmithOT #41Raynoch ThompsonOLB #42Cornelius GriffinDT #43Rogers BeckettS #44Chad CliftonOT #45Kenoy KennedyS #46Adrian KlemmG #47Jerry PorterWR #48Jason WebsterDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ian inherited the Denver Broncos LB room from Al Wilson (1999–2006), and handed it to Bertrand Berry (2001–2003).

Elijah Alexander 1993–1995Allen Aldridge 1994–1997Glenn Cadrez 1995–2000Bill Romanowski 1996–2001John Mobley 1996–2003Al Wilson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2007final season
Last recorded season with DEN
2005team change
Joined DEN (from TB)
2004team change
Joined TB (from DEN)
2000draft
Drafted by DEN — Round 2, Pick 40

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 223 lb

Frame

221 lb at 4.56s

Size-speed

33" vert / 115" broad

Explosion

21 reps

Bench power

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 63

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

C+2000

C+2001

B+2002

F2003

C2004

C+2005

C2006

C+2007

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

80%

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
2000	2	0.3	4+2	0.2
2001	3	0.3	4+1	0.2
2002	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2003	0	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0	0
2005	3	0.2	3	0.2
2006	0	0	0	0
2007	2	0.1	2	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

62 career value over replacement — #1778 all-time of 4,642. 7.8/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #40 (Rd 2) · DEN · 2000 · +8.2 vs expected KV-H

58actual

49.8 expected · Δ+8.2

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2000

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2000 Draft Class· this player went #40

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator