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

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Javon Kinlaw

Top 35% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2024

Height6'5"

Weight319 lb

BornOct 3, 1997

Age28

CollegeSouth Carolina; Jones County JC See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2020

Draft2020 · Rd 1, Pick 14 · SF

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality edge rusher with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 38 · #2388 · Role Player

Worth 38 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 52% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+9.5

Avg surplus

peak +17

4 seasons × ~9.5 surplus ≈ VORP 38

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%
2020	—	SF	14	—	33	15	18	3	4	1.5	8.5	1	4	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	546	61.4%	109	27.6%	0	0	—	—	—	10	6	2	0	0	0.0
2021	—	SF	3	—	8	1	7	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	149	62.3%	14	14.5%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	1	0.1
2022	—	SF	5	—	4	2	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	162	43.7%	9	9.0%	1	1	1.0	87.5	-3.0	3	3	0	0	1	0.2
2023	—	SF	15	—	23	11	12	4	6	3.5	13.5	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	476	44.0%	58	13.3%	2	1	0.5	66.7	-6.5	9	3	2	0	1	0.0
2024	—	NYJ	15	—	36	23	13	5	5	4.5	14.5	0	0	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	697	60.6%	90	21.2%	0	0	—	—	—	12	4	3	2	7	0.1
2025	—	WAS	16	—	43	24	19	5	3	0.0	8.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	724	63.7%	85	20.0%	2	2	1.0	114.6	-4.0	5	2	3	0	7	0.1
Career		—	68	—	147	76	71	17	19	9.5	45.5	1	7	3	1	1	0	—	0.0%	2,754	55.9%	365	17.6%	5	4	—	—	—	40	18	11	2	17	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2020	23	SF	14	9*	33	15	18	3	4	1.5	8.5	1	4	0	—	1	8.3
2021	24	SF	3	2*	8	1	7	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2022	25	SF	5	0*	4	2	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	1.6
2023	26	SF	15	0*	23	11	12	4	6	3.5	13.5	0	3	0	—	0	8.1
2024	27	NYJ	15	10*	36	23	13	5	5	4.5	14.5	0	0	2	1	0	10.6
2025	28	WAS	16	11*	43	24	19	5	3	0.0	8.0	0	0	1	—	0	7.1
Career			68	32*	147	76	71	17	19	—	—	1	7	3	1	1	35.7

* 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%
2020	23	SF	14	9*	—	0.0%	546	61.4%	109	27.6%
2021	24	SF	4	2*	—	0.0%	149	62.3%	14	14.5%
2022	25	SF	6	0*	—	0.0%	162	43.7%	9	9.0%
2023	26	SF	17	0*	—	0.0%	476	44.0%	58	13.3%
2024	27	NYJ	17	10*	—	0.0%	697	60.6%	90	21.2%
2025	28	WAS	17	11*	—	0.0%	724	63.7%	85	20.0%
Career			75	32*	—	—	2,754	—	365	—

* 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%
2020	23	SF	14	9*	0	0	—	—	—	10	6	2	0	0	0.0
2021	24	SF	4	2*	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	1	0.1
2022	25	SF	6	0*	1	1	1.0	87.5	-3.0	3	3	0	0	1	0.2
2023	26	SF	17	0*	2	1	0.5	66.7	-6.5	9	3	2	0	1	0.0
2024	27	NYJ	17	10*	0	0	—	—	—	12	4	3	2	7	0.1
2025	28	WAS	17	11*	2	2	1.0	114.6	-4.0	5	2	3	0	7	0.1
Career			75	32*	5	4	—	—	—	40	18	11	2	17	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 37.1

Availability 16.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 502025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Sacks leader5

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.052See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.052Snap share55.9%Def snaps2,754VolatileCV 0.69

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within interior d-line, 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 defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl11Solo6Ast5TFL3QBHits1Dis4.0

College Stats

South Carolina; Jones County JCImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2017	South Carolina	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	2	—	—
2018	South Carolina	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	5	—	2	0	—	—
2019	South Carolina	—	15	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	0	2	—	—
Career		0	42	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	8	0	3	4	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2020 Draft Class· this player went #14

#6Justin HerbertQB #7Derrick BrownDT #8Isaiah SimmonsSAF #9C.J. HendersonCB #10Jedrick WillsOT #11Mekhi BectonG #12Henry Ruggs IIIWR #13Tristan WirfsOT #15Jerry JeudyWR #16A.J. TerrellCB #17CeeDee LambWR #18Austin JacksonOT #19Damon ArnetteCB #20K'Lavon ChaissonLB #21Jalen ReagorWR #22Justin JeffersonWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Javon inherited the San Francisco 49ers DL room from Nick Bosa (2019–2025), and handed it to Kerry Hyder (2020–2023).

Charles Haley 1986–1999Ted Washington 1991–1993Troy Wilson 1993–2001Dana Stubblefield 1993–2002Bryant Young 1994–2007Junior Bryant

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined WAS (from NYJ)
2025final season
Last recorded season with WAS
2024team change
Joined NYJ (from SF)
2020draft
Drafted by SF — Round 1, Pick 14

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 319 lb

Frame

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	SF	2	W4Questionable· KneeW5Out· KneeW6Out· KneeW18Questionable· Illness / Knee
2021	SF	2	W1Doubtful· KneeW2Questionable· KneeW3Questionable· KneeW4Questionable· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW7Out· KneeW8Out· Knee
2020	SF	1	W12Questionable· Not Injury RelatedW16Questionable· KneeW17Out· Knee

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 5-season peers. See all →

peak 59

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

C+2020

F2022

B2023

B2024

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

74%

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
2020	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2022	0	0	0	0
2023	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	0.2
2024	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2025	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

38 career value over replacement — #2388 all-time of 4,642. 7.6/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #14 (Rd 1) · SF · 2020 · -2.9 vs expected KV-H

56actual

58.9 expected · Δ−2.9

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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

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2020 Draft Class· this player went #14

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography