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

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Jermaine Johnson II

1× Pro BowlTop 38% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter

Height6'5"

Weight254 lb

BornJan 8, 1999

Age27

CollegeFlorida State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2022

Draft2022 · Rd 1, Pick 26 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 36 · #2461 · Role Player

Worth 36 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 54% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12

Avg surplus

peak +24

3 seasons × ~12 surplus ≈ VORP 36

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%
2022	—	NYJ	12	—	25	14	11	3	5	2.5	10.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	312	34.2%	109	28.9%	3	2	0.7	75.7	-3.0	6	1	2	6	1	0.0
2023	—	NYJ	17	—	47	28	19	11	16	7.5	34.5	1	7	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	748	65.8%	78	16.2%	5	2	0.4	10.0	-5.4	25	9	7	26	2	0.0
2024	—	NYJ	2	—	3	3	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	82	58.5%	11	21.5%	1	1	1.0	95.8	-3.0	1	1	0	4	1	0.2
2025	—	NYJ	14	—	42	21	21	5	6	3.0	14.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	679	72.6%	27	15.2%	2	2	1.0	100.0	-1.5	13	7	3	14	2	0.0
Career		—	45	—	117	66	51	20	27	13.0	60.0	1	9	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	1,821	57.8%	225	20.4%	11	7	—	—	—	45	18	12	50	6	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2022	23	NYJ	12	0*	25	14	11	3	5	2.5	10.5	0	0	0	—	0	6.5
2023	24	NYJ	17	11*	47	28	19	11	16	7.5	34.5	1	7	1	1	1	16.5
2024	25	NYJ	2	—	3	3	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2025	26	NYJ	14	10*	42	21	21	5	6	3.0	14.0	0	2	0	—	0	8.7
Career			45	21*	117	66	51	20	27	—	—	1	9	1	1	1	31.7

* 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%
2022	23	NYJ	14	0*	—	0.0%	312	34.2%	109	28.9%
2023	24	NYJ	17	11*	—	0.0%	748	65.8%	78	16.2%
2024	25	NYJ	2	—	—	0.0%	82	58.5%	11	21.5%
2025	26	NYJ	14	10*	—	0.0%	679	72.6%	27	15.2%
Career			47	21*	—	—	1,821	—	225	—

* 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%
2022	23	NYJ	14	0*	3	2	0.7	75.7	-3.0	6	1	2	6	1	0.0
2023	24	NYJ	17	11*	5	2	0.4	10.0	-5.4	25	9	7	26	2	0.0
2024	25	NYJ	2	—	1	1	1.0	95.8	-3.0	1	1	0	4	1	0.2
2025	26	NYJ	14	10*	2	2	1.0	100.0	-1.5	13	7	3	14	2	0.0
Career			47	21*	11	7	—	—	—	45	18	12	50	6	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 63.6 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 55· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 64

On-field 46.8

Availability 17.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2022bestavg 63elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 7% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

7% of the all-time Sacks leader7

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.899See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.899Snap share57.8%Def snaps1,821ReliableCV 0.38

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+).

Combine · 2022

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

EDGE · 2022 class

4.58s

40-Yard

Elite · 90th pct

Pos 90thAll 62thClass Pos 79thClass All 52th

32"

Vertical

Below avg · 34th pct

Pos 34thAll 35thClass Pos 32thClass All 40th

125"

Broad Jump

Elite · 90th pct

Pos 90thAll 86thClass Pos 85thClass All 79th

College Stats

Florida StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida State), 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.

2022 Draft Class· this player went #26

#18Treylon BurksWR #19Trevor PenningOT #20Kenny PickettQB #21Trent McDuffieCB #22Quay WalkerLB #23Kaiir ElamCB #24Tyler SmithOT #25Tyler LinderbaumC #27Devin LloydLB #28Devonte WyattDT #29Cole StrangeG #30George KarlaftisDE #31Daxton HillDB #32Lewis CineSAF #33Logan HallDE #34Christian WatsonWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jermaine inherited the New York Jets DL room from Solomon Thomas (2022–2024), and handed it to Micheal Clemons (2022–2025).

Jeff Lageman 1989–1994Marvin Washington 1989–1996Hugh Douglas 1995–1997Bobby Hamilton 1996–2006Ernie Logan 1997–2000Rick Lyle

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
2022draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 1, Pick 26

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 254 lb

Frame

254 lb at 4.58s

Size-speed

32" vert / 125" broad

Explosion

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	NYJ	1	W3Out· Achilles
2022	NYJ	2	W6Out· AnkleW7Out· AnkleW8Questionable· Ankle

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 3-season peers. See all →

peak 63

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

C+2022

B+2023

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

69%

20222025

2024 · Achilles · 12%

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
2022	2.5	0.2	4+1.5	0.2
2023	7.5	0.4	8+0.5	0.5
2025	3	0.2	4+1	0.2

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

Career Value · VORP

36 career value over replacement — #2461 all-time of 4,642. 12/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #26 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2022 · +0.1 vs expected KV-H

55actual

54.9 expected · Δ+0.1

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

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

Combine · 2022

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2022 Draft Class· this player went #26

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography