Jadeveon Clowney ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Clowney in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Clowney a career score of 80, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Jadeveon Clowney

3× Pro BowlTop 6% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2025 Team Carrier · #407

Height6'5"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

226 career value over replacement — #295 all-time of 4,695. 18.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #1 (Rd 1) · HOU · 2014 · +16.7 vs expected KV-H

80actual

63.3 expected · Δ+16.7

💔+51.9 stolen VORP·2.76 szns lost

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Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #407 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

1 qualifying season

2017 HOU·4 team wins#21

Sacks · 10 · score 15

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 34% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

34% of the all-time Sacks leader34

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 96%.

Encyclopedia Coverage7/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.501See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.501Snap share66.6%Def snaps7,199ReliableCV 0.36

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

Combine · 2014

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

EDGE · 2014 class

4.53s

40-Yard

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 73thClass Pos 94thClass All 75th

37.5"

Vertical

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 85thClass Pos 89thClass All 85th

124"

Broad Jump

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl23Solo15Ast8TFL5QBHits6Sk2.5Dis13.5Int1

College Stats

South CarolinaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (South Carolina), 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

Johnathan JosephCB6y Jon WeeksLS5y Kareem JacksonS5y DeAndre HopkinsWR5y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jadeveon inherited the Houston Texans DL room from Whitney Mercilus (2012–2021), and handed it to Will Anderson Jr. (2023–2026).

Elvin Bethea 1968–1983Gary Walker 1995–2005Mario Williams 2006–2011Antonio Smith 2009–2016J.J. Watt 2011–2020Whitney Mercilus

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

Movementderived from season history

2026team change
Joined HOU (from DAL)
2026final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2025team change
Joined DAL (from CAR)
2024team change
Joined CAR (from BAL)
2023team change
Joined BAL (from CLE)
2021team change
Joined CLE (from TEN)
2020team change
Joined TEN (from SEA)

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 266 lb

Frame

266 lb at 4.53s

Size-speed

37.5" vert / 124" 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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 84

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

F2014

B2015

B+2016

A2017

A2018

C+2019

D2020

A2021

C+2022

A2023

B+2024

A2025

Availability

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
2014	0	0	0	0
2015	4.5	0.3	6+1.5	0.3
2016	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2017	9.5	0.6	9-0.5	0.6
2018	9	0.6	9	0.6
2019	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2020	0	0	0	0
2021	9	0.6	11+2	0.6
2022	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2023	9.5	0.6	10+0.5	0.6
2024	5.5	0.4	7+1.5	0.4
2025	8.5	0.7	12+3.5	0.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 10/19/2026

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

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

Pos 89thAll 83thClass Pos 89thClass All 87th

21 reps

Bench

Below avg · 27th pct

Pos 27thAll 50thClass Pos 41thClass All 52th

7.27s

3-Cone

Below avg · 46th pct

Pos 46thAll 42thClass Pos 46thClass All 39th

4.43s

Shuttle

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 39thClass Pos 50thClass All 37th

Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.

Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.

ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Jadeveon Clowney 2014–2026

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

2019team change

Joined SEA (from HOU)

2014draft

Drafted by HOU — Round 1, Pick 1

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 13 seasons.

20142026

2014 · backup · 4/16 G

2020 · cause not documented · 50%2022 · cause not documented · 71%2026 · cause not documented · 18%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Durable

Career Geography

Journeyman · 7 crestsLeague board →

Wore 7 distinct franchise crests across 13 seasons (2014–2026) — a true nomad. The crest trail:

HOU 2014–2026 SEA 2019 TEN 2020 CLE 2021–2022 BAL 2023 CAR 2024 DAL 2025

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Jadeveon Clowney

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2014

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

2014 Draft Class· this player went #1

Career Geography