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

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Jacob Martin

Top 24% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2025

Height6'2"

Weight242 lb

BornDec 11, 1995

Age30

CollegeTemple See College Stats

ConferenceAmerican Athletic

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 6, Pick 186 · SEA

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 71 · #1605 · Above Average

Worth 71 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 36% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10.1

Avg surplus

peak +17

7 seasons × ~10.1 surplus ≈ VORP 71

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%
2018	—	SEA	10	—	6	5	1	2	8	3.0	13.0	0	0	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	225	22.4%	279	61.6%	1	1	1.0	118.7	16.0	13	5	5	0	1	0.1
2019	—	HOU	8	—	11	6	5	3	7	3.5	13.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	221	22.6%	137	36.6%	1	1	1.0	118.7	5.0	8	3	1	16	2	0.2
2020	—	HOU	10	—	18	11	7	3	3	3.0	9.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	375	38.3%	25	14.7%	10	6	0.6	73.7	5.7	4	1	0	24	4	0.2
2021	—	HOU	14	—	19	7	12	5	6	4.0	15.0	0	3	2	—	0	1	—	0.0%	698	60.5%	83	21.4%	1	0	0.0	39.6	-3.0	19	13	2	9	4	0.1
2022	—	DEN	11	—	12	5	7	2	5	2.5	9.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	NYJ	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	261	29.7%	214	57.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	2TM	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1.0	100.0	0.0	9	5	1	4	2	0.1
2023	—	IND	7	—	4	2	2	1	3	2.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	191	16.2%	127	25.3%	0	0	—	—	—	4	1	1	0	0	0.0
2024	—	CHI	8	—	13	8	5	3	6	3.0	12.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	222	31.7%	206	74.1%	5	2	0.4	54.6	0.8	8	2	3	0	2	0.1
2025	—	WAS	17	—	39	17	22	3	18	5.5	26.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	700	61.5%	109	25.5%	6	3	0.5	63.2	2.3	26	7	12	6	4	0.1
Career		—	111	—	122	61	61	22	56	26.5	104.5	0	6	8	2	0	1	—	0.0%	2,893	35.4%	1,180	39.6%	25	14	—	—	—	91	37	25	59	19	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2018	23	SEA	10	0*	6	5	1	2	8	3.0	13.0	0	2	1	0	7.2
2019	24	HOU	8	0*	11	6	5	3	7	3.5	13.5	0	1	—	0	6.5
2020	25	HOU	10	0*	18	11	7	3	3	3.0	9.0	1	1	1	0	6.6
2021	26	HOU	14	10*	19	7	12	5	6	4.0	15.0	3	2	—	1	10.1
2022	27	DEN	11	0*	12	5	7	2	5	2.5	9.5	0	1	—	0	6.6
2023	28	IND	7	0*	4	2	2	1	3	2.0	6.0	0	0	—	0	3.6
2024	29	CHI	8	0*	13	8	5	3	6	3.0	12.0	1	0	—	0	5.8
2025	30	WAS	17	10*	39	17	22	3	18	5.5	26.5	1	1	—	0	13.2
Career			85	20*	122	61	61	22	56	—	—	6	8	2	1	59.6

* 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%
2018	23	SEA	16	0*	—	0.0%	225	22.4%	279	61.6%
2019	24	HOU	14	0*	—	0.0%	221	22.6%	137	36.6%
2020	25	HOU	14	0*	—	0.0%	375	38.3%	25	14.7%
2021	26	HOU	17	10*	—	0.0%	698	60.5%	83	21.4%
2022	27	NYJ	13	0*	—	0.0%	261	29.7%	214	57.8%
2023	28	IND	17	0*	—	0.0%	191	16.2%	127	25.3%
2024	29	CHI	11	0*	—	0.0%	222	31.7%	206	74.1%
2025	30	WAS	17	10*	—	0.0%	700	61.5%	109	25.5%
Career			119	20*	—	—	2,893	—	1,180	—

* 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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	23	SEA	16	0*	1	1	1.0	118.7	16.0	13	5	5	0	1	0.1
2019	24	HOU	14	0*	1	1	1.0	118.7	5.0	8	3	1	16	2	0.2
2020	25	HOU	14	0*	10	6	0.6	73.7	5.7	4	1	0	24	4	0.2
2021	26	HOU	17	10*	1	0	0.0	39.6	-3.0	19	13	2	9	4	0.1
2022	27	2TM	13	0*	1	1	1.0	100.0	0.0	9	5	1	4	2	0.1
2023	28	IND	17	0*	0	0	—	—	—	4	1	1	0	0	0.0
2024	29	CHI	11	0*	5	2	0.4	54.6	0.8	8	2	3	0	2	0.1
2025	30	WAS	17	10*	6	3	0.5	63.2	2.3	26	7	12	6	4	0.1
Career			119	20*	25	14	—	—	—	91	37	25	59	19	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 62 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 62 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 62.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 47.1

Availability 13.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 602025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Sacks leader13

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.096See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.096Snap share35.4%Def snaps2,893ReliableCV 0.33

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+).

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl5Solo3Ast2TFL2QBHits2Sk1.0Dis5.0FR1

College Stats

TempleCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Temple), 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #186

#176John KellyRB #177Duke EjioforLB #179Parry NickersonCB #180Foley FatukasiDT #181Kylie FittsLB #183Sam JonesG #184Marcell HarrisDB #185Deon CainWR #187Ray-Ray McCloudWR #188Simeon ThomasDB #189Kam MooreCB #190DeShon ElliottSAF #192Jamil DembyG #193Chris CovingtonLB #194Russell GageWR #195Sebastian Joseph-DayDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jacob inherited the Houston Texans DL room from Charles Omenihu (2019–2020), and handed it to Maliek Collins (2021–2023).

Anthony Cook 1995–1996Gary Walker 1995–2005Corey Sears 2002–2004Jerry DeLoach 2002–2005Seth Payne 2002–2006Robaire Smith

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined WAS (from CHI)
2025final season
Last recorded season with WAS
2024team change
Joined CHI (from IND)
2023team change
Joined IND (from DEN)
2022team change
Joined DEN (from HOU)
2019team change
Joined HOU (from SEA)
2018draft
Drafted by SEA — Round 6, Pick 186

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 242 lb

Frame

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	CHI	0	W6Questionable· ToeW8Questionable· Toe
2022	DEN	0	W12Questionable· Knee
2020	HOU	0	W11Questionable· Not Injury Related
2019	HOU	1	W16Out· KneeW17Questionable· 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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 65

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

C+2018

B2019

C+2020

B2021

C+2022

C2023

B2024

B2025

Availability

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

89%

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
2018	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2019	3.5	0.4	7+3.5	0.4
2020	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2021	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2022	2.5	0.2	4+1.5	0.2
2023	2	0.3	5+3	0.3
2024	3	0.4	6+3	0.4
2025	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

71 career value over replacement — #1605 all-time of 4,642. 8.9/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #186 (Rd 6) · SEA · 2018 · +36.1 vs expected KV-H

62actual

25.9 expected · Δ+36.1

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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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2018 Draft Class· this player went #186

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography