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

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Jamir Miller

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 13% all-time pass rushersIron Man⭐ Shooting Star · 2001

Height6'5"

Weight255 lb

BornNov 19, 1973

Age52

CollegeUCLA See College Stats

Rookie yr1994

Draft1994 · Rd 1, Pick 10 · ARI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end edge rusher defined as much by exceptional availability — almost never missed time as by their on-field impact (top 20% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 127 · #801 · High-Value

Worth 127 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 18% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.9 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

+15.9

Avg surplus

peak +46

8 seasons × ~15.9 surplus ≈ VORP 127

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
1994	—	ARI	16	—	33	26	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	0	1	—	—	—
1995	—	ARI	10	—	51	28	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	0	1	—	—	—
1996	—	ARI	16	—	91	55	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	2	0	—	—	—
1997	—	ARI	16	—	91	58	—	—	—	5.5	5.5	—	5	1	—	—	—
1998	—	ARI	16	—	111	81	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	4	2	—	—	—
1999	—	CLE	15	—	96	72	24	9	5	4.5	18.5	0	2	0	—	0	0
2000	—	CLE	16	—	70	49	21	9	5	4.0	18.0	1	7	0	—	0	0
2001	—	CLE	16	—	79	61	18	22	11	13.0	46.0	1	14	4	—	0	0
Career		—	121	—	622	430	63	40	21	35.0	96.0	2	34	9	0	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1994	21	ARI	16	—	33	26	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	0	1	—	—	—	9.6
1995	22	ARI	10	—	51	28	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	0	1	—	—	—	5.2
1996	23	ARI	16	—	91	55	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	2	0	—	—	—	7.8
1997	24	ARI	16	—	91	58	—	—	—	5.5	5.5	—	5	1	—	—	—	11.7
1998	25	ARI	16	—	111	81	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	4	2	—	—	—	13.2
1999	26	CLE	15	—	96	72	24	9	5	4.5	18.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	9.5
2000	27	CLE	16	—	70	49	21	9	5	4.0	18.0	1	7	0	—	0	0	11.1
2001	28	CLE	16	—	79	61	18	22	11	13.0	46.0	1	14	4	—	0	0	17.5
Career			121		622	430	63	40	21	—	—	2	34	9	0	0	0	85.6

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 69 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 69 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 68.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 69· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 64

On-field 44.6

Availability 19.4

On-field production Staying available

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

1994bestavg 63elite 702001

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 18% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

18% of the all-time Sacks leader18

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+).

College Stats

UCLACollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (UCLA), 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.

1994 Draft Class· this player went #10

#1Tito WootenDB #2Marshall FaulkRB #3Heath ShulerQB #4Willie McGinestOLB #6Trent DilferQB #7Bryant YoungDT #8Sam AdamsDT #9Antonio LanghamDB #11John ThierryOLB #12Aaron GlennDB #13Joe JohnsonDE #15Wayne GandyOT #17Charles JohnsonWR #18Dewayne WashingtonDB #19Todd SteussieG #20Tim BowensDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jamir opened the Arizona Cardinals LB lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Ronald McKinnon (1996–2004).

Jamir Miller 1994–1998Ronald McKinnon 1996–2004Rob Fredrickson 1999–2002Raynoch Thompson 2000–2004James Darling 2003–2006Calvin Pace 2003–2007

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2001final season
Last recorded season with CLE
1999team change
Joined CLE (from ARI)
1994draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 1, Pick 10

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 255 lb

Frame

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 75

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

C+1994

C1995

C+1996

B1997

C+1998

B1999

B2000

A+2001

Availability

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

95%

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
1994	3	0.2	3	0.2
1995	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
1996	1	0.1	1	0.1
1997	5.5	0.3	5-0.5	0.3
1998	3	0.2	3	0.2
1999	4.5	0.3	4-0.5	0.3
2000	4	0.3	4	0.2
2001	13	0.8	13	0.8

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

127 career value over replacement — #801 all-time of 4,642. 15.9/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #10 (Rd 1) · ARI · 1994 · +8.6 vs expected KV-H

69actual

60.4 expected · Δ+8.6

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1994 Draft Class· this player went #10

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator