Jabaal Sheard ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Sheard in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Sheard a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DEMIA#0CUT

Jabaal Sheard

Top 9% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2011

Height6'3"

Weight268 lb

BornMay 10, 1989

Age37

CollegePittsburgh See College Stats

ConferenceBig East

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 2, Pick 37 · CLE

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 171 · #513 · High-Value

Worth 171 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 12% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19 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

+19

Avg surplus

peak +29

9 seasons × ~19 surplus ≈ VORP 171

Combined Season Grid

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

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2011	—	CLE	16	—	54	39	15	9	9	8.5	26.5	0	2	5	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CLE	16	—	52	35	17	9	10	7.0	26.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	CLE	13	—	33	16	17	5	9	5.5	19.5	0	4	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	653	70.3%	79	20.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	CLE	15	—	41	22	19	4	6	2.0	12.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	674	58.0%	35	13.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	NE	13	—	35	26	9	9	12	8.0	29.0	0	2	4	—	0	0	—	0.0%	557	62.7%	15	9.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	NE	12	—	31	18	13	7	10	5.0	22.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	579	58.7%	20	13.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	IND	15	—	52	37	15	8	14	5.5	27.5	0	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	900	83.6%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	IND	16	—	42	29	13	14	13	5.5	32.5	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	813	78.0%	95	21.0%	4	3	0.8	80.2	-1.0	23	11	4	0	6	0.1
2019	—	IND	12	—	22	17	5	5	9	4.5	18.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	569	66.9%	29	17.7%	5	4	0.8	84.2	4.6	20	11	4	0	7	0.2
2020	—	NYG	8	—	18	9	9	2	6	1.5	9.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	275	41.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	2TM	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	1.0	79.2	1.0	12	5	4	0	1	0.1
2021	—	MIA	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	13	18.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	147	—	381	248	133	72	98	53.0	223.0	0	28	14	2	0	0	—	0.0%	5,033	59.7%	273	15.9%	12	10	—	—	—	55	27	12	0	14	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2011	22	CLE	16	—	54	39	15	9	9	8.5	26.5	2	5	1	16.9
2012	23	CLE	16	—	52	35	17	9	10	7.0	26.0	3	1	—	14.3
2013	24	CLE	13	9*	33	16	17	5	9	5.5	19.5	4	1	1	10.6
2014	25	CLE	15	9*	41	22	19	4	6	2.0	12.0	3	0	—	8.1
2015	26	NE	13	8*	35	26	9	9	12	8.0	29.0	2	4	—	14.7
2016	27	NE	12	9*	31	18	13	7	10	5.0	22.0	4	0	—	10.1
2017	28	IND	15	13*	52	37	15	8	14	5.5	27.5	3	2	—	14
2018	29	IND	16	12*	42	29	13	14	13	5.5	32.5	4	0	—	13.7
2019	30	IND	12	9*	22	17	5	5	9	4.5	18.5	2	0	—	9.1
2020	31	NYG	8	0*	18	9	9	2	6	1.5	9.5	1	1	—	5.9
2021	32	MIA	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—	—
Career			137	69*	381	248	133	72	98	—	—	28	14	2	117.4

* 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	24	CLE	13	9*	—	0.0%	653	70.3%	79	20.3%
2014	25	CLE	16	9*	—	0.0%	674	58.0%	35	13.4%
2015	26	NE	13	8*	—	0.0%	557	62.7%	15	9.8%
2016	27	NE	15	9*	—	0.0%	579	58.7%	20	13.2%
2017	28	IND	16	13*	—	0.0%	900	83.6%	—	0.0%
2018	29	IND	16	12*	—	0.0%	813	78.0%	95	21.0%
2019	30	IND	13	9*	—	0.0%	569	66.9%	29	17.7%
2020	31	NYG	10	0*	—	0.0%	275	41.0%	—	0.0%
2021	32	MIA	1	—	—	0.0%	13	18.0%	—	0.0%
Career			113	69*	—	—	5,033	—	273	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	29	IND	16	12*	4	3	0.8	80.2	-1.0	23	11	4	6	0.1
2019	30	IND	13	9*	5	4	0.8	84.2	4.6	20	11	4	7	0.2
2020	31	2TM	10	0*	3	3	1.0	79.2	1.0	12	5	4	1	0.1
Career			39	21*	12	10	—	—	—	55	27	12	14	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 73 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 72.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 69

On-field 51.4

Availability 17.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 68elite 702020

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 27% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

27% of the all-time Sacks leader27

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.004See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.004Snap share59.7%Def snaps5,033ReliableCV 0.26

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 · 2011

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

EDGE · 2011 class

4.68s

40-Yard

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 47thClass Pos 77thClass All 46th

31"

Vertical

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 28thClass Pos 25thClass All 32th

115"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 42thClass Pos 43thClass All 48th

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl22Solo11Ast11TFL2QBHits5Sk1.5Dis8.5

College Stats

PittsburghCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Pittsburgh), 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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #37

#29Gabe CarimiOT #30Muhammad WilkersonDE #31Cameron HeywardDE #32Derek SherrodOT #33Ras-I DowlingDB #34Aaron WilliamsS #35Andy DaltonQB #36Colin KaepernickQB #38Ryan WilliamsRB #39Akeem AyersLB #40Bruce CarterLB #41Jarvis JenkinsDT #42Brooks ReedLB #43Kyle RudolphTE #44Titus YoungWR #45Rahim MooreFS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jabaal inherited the Cleveland Browns DL room from Matt Roth (2009–2010), and handed it to Phillip Taylor (2011–2014).

Anthony Pleasant 1990–1995Rob Burnett 1990–1995Keith McKenzie 2000–2001Courtney Brown 2000–2004Orpheus Roye 2000–2007Gerard Warren

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined MIA (from NYG)
2021final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2020team change
Joined NYG (from IND)
2017team change
Joined IND (from NE)
2015team change
Joined NE (from CLE)
2011draft
Drafted by CLE — Round 2, Pick 37

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 268 lb

Frame

264 lb at 4.68s

Size-speed

31" vert / 115" broad

Explosion

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	IND	3	W1Out· KneeW2Out· KneeW3Out· KneeW4Questionable· Knee
2018	IND	0	W8Questionable· AbdomenW17Questionable· Teeth / KneeW18Questionable· Knee
2016	NE	0	W20Questionable· Knee
2015	NE	3	W7Out· AnkleW8Out· AnkleW9Out· AnkleW10Questionable· Ankle
2014	CLE	0	W12Questionable· FootW13Questionable· FootW14Questionable· FootW15Questionable· FootW16Questionable· FootW17Questionable· Foot
2013	CLE	0	W4Doubtful· KneeW5Doubtful· KneeW6Questionable· Knee

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 78

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

A2011

B+2012

B2013

C+2014

A2015

B2016

B2017

B2018

B2019

C+2020

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

82%

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
2011	8.5	0.5	9+0.5	0.5
2012	7	0.4	7	0.4
2013	5.5	0.4	7+1.5	0.4
2014	2	0.1	2	0.1
2015	8	0.6	10+2	0.6
2016	5	0.4	7+2	0.4
2017	5.5	0.4	6+0.5	0.4
2018	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2019	4.5	0.4	6+1.5	0.4
2020	1.5	0.2	3+1.5	0.2

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

171 career value over replacement — #513 all-time of 4,642. 17.1/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #37 (Rd 2) · CLE · 2011 · +23.2 vs expected KV-H

73actual

49.8 expected · Δ+23.2

💔+33.9 stolen VORP·1.98 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2011

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2011 Draft Class· this player went #37

Franchise Succession

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Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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