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

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Jamie Sharper

Top 24% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2001

Height6'3"

Weight239 lb

BornNov 23, 1974

Age51

CollegeVirginia See College Stats

Rookie yr1997

Draft1997 · Rd 2, Pick 34 · BAL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

92ndPlayoff Interceptions·2

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 101 · #1105 · High-Value

Worth 101 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 25% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12.6

Avg surplus

peak +22

8 seasons × ~12.6 surplus ≈ VORP 101

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
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1997	—	BAL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	BAL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	BAL	15	—	65	48	17	7	4	4.0	15.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
2000	—	BAL	16	—	58	45	13	8	0	0.0	8.0	1	4	5	2	0	0
2001	—	BAL	16	—	88	57	31	11	7	6.0	24.0	0	12	0	1	1	0
2002	—	HOU	16	—	119	77	42	14	6	5.5	25.5	0	9	0	3	0	0
2003	—	HOU	16	—	141	82	59	0	0	4.0	4.0	0	3	3	—	0	0
2004	—	HOU	16	—	114	73	41	0	0	2.0	2.0	0	9	3	1	1	0
2005	—	SEA	8	—	25	17	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
Career		—	135	—	610	399	211	40	17	25.5	82.5	1	39	12	7	2	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1997	23	BAL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	10.7
1998	24	BAL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.9
1999	25	BAL	15	—	65	48	17	7	4	4.0	15.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	8.4
2000	26	BAL	16	—	58	45	13	8	0	0.0	8.0	1	4	5	2	0	0	9.9
2001	27	BAL	16	—	88	57	31	11	7	6.0	24.0	0	12	0	1	1	0	12.2
2002	28	HOU	16	—	119	77	42	14	6	5.5	25.5	0	9	0	3	0	0	12.9
2003	29	HOU	16	—	141	82	59	0	0	4.0	4.0	0	3	3	—	0	0	10.6
2004	30	HOU	16	—	114	73	41	0	0	2.0	2.0	0	9	3	1	1	0	11.3
2005	31	SEA	8	—	25	17	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	3.4
Career			135		610	399	211	40	17	—	—	1	39	12	7	2	0	86.3

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 62 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 62 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 61.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 38.8

Availability 19.2

On-field production Staying available

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

1997bestavg 572005

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: 88%.

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+).

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl24Solo19Ast5TFL6QBHits3Sk3.0Dis12.0Int2PD4FF1

College Stats

VirginiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Virginia), 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.

1997 Draft Class· this player went #34

#24Chad ScottCB #27Rae CarruthWR #28Trevor PryceDE #29Chris CantyCB #30Ross VerbaG #31Rick TerryDT #32Nathan DavisDE #33Rob KellyDB #36Tiki BarberRB #37Jerry WunschOT #38John AllredTE #39Jared TomichDE #40Dexter McCleonDB #41Byron HanspardRB #42Jake PlummerQB #43Corey DillonRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jamie inherited the Baltimore Ravens LB room from Ray Lewis (1996–2012), and handed it to Cornell Brown (1997–2004).

Ray Lewis 1996–2012Jamie Sharper 1997–2001Cornell Brown 1997–2004Peter Boulware 1997–2005Adalius Thomas 2000–2006Edgerton Hartwell

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2005team change
Joined SEA (from HOU)
2005final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2002team change
Joined HOU (from BAL)
1997draft
Drafted by BAL — Round 2, Pick 34

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 239 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 9-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

C+1997

C+1998

B1999

C2000

B2001

B2002

B2003

C+2004

D2005

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

94%

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
1997	3	0.2	3	0.2
1998	1	0.1	1	0.1
1999	4	0.3	4	0.2
2000	0	0	0	0
2001	6	0.4	6	0.3
2002	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2003	4	0.3	4	0.2
2004	2	0.1	2	0.1
2005	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (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

101 career value over replacement — #1105 all-time of 4,642. 11.2/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #34 (Rd 2) · BAL · 1997 · +7.1 vs expected KV-H

62actual

54.9 expected · Δ+7.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1997 Draft Class· this player went #34

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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