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

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Jerome Baker

Top 22% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2020

Height6'2"

Weight232 lb

BornDec 25, 1996

Age29

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 3, Pick 73 · MIA

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 100 · #1119 · High-Value

Worth 100 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 25% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.5 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

+12.5

Avg surplus

peak +27

8 seasons × ~12.5 surplus ≈ VORP 100

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%
2018	—	MIA	16	—	72	52	20	4	4	3.0	11.0	1	3	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	678	62.0%	184	41.6%	54	40	0.7	100.4	5.1	4	0	1	34	11	0.1
2019	—	MIA	16	—	121	71	50	3	5	1.5	9.5	1	4	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,079	96.6%	154	33.1%	49	37	0.8	97.5	6.1	8	3	3	75	6	0.0
2020	—	MIA	16	—	105	63	42	7	11	7.0	25.0	0	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	868	84.2%	26	12.4%	57	40	0.7	86.1	5.5	15	4	3	99	10	0.1
2021	—	MIA	16	—	84	54	30	9	15	5.5	29.5	1	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	972	91.9%	—	0.0%	69	48	0.7	88.1	4.8	18	3	9	91	7	0.1
2022	—	MIA	17	—	88	54	34	6	7	4.0	17.0	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,014	89.0%	7	12.5%	68	54	0.8	98.8	3.0	9	1	3	47	10	0.1
2023	—	MIA	13	—	65	38	27	2	4	1.5	7.5	2	3	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	714	83.3%	2	3.5%	46	39	0.8	86.1	2.9	6	2	2	41	11	0.1
2024	—	TEN	10	—	55	28	27	2	3	2.0	7.0	0	4	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	SEA	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	566	83.4%	31	12.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	2TM	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	30	21	0.7	94.3	3.1	6	3	1	19	7	0.1
2025	—	CLE	16	—	39	10	29	3	1	1.5	5.5	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	261	25.5%	205	43.5%	6	6	1.0	106.2	3.5	2	0	0	10	4	0.1
Career		—	140	—	629	370	259	36	50	26.0	112.0	5	25	9	1	2	0	—	0.0%	6,152	77.0%	609	22.8%	379	285	—	—	—	68	16	22	416	66	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2018	22	MIA	16	10*	72	52	20	4	4	3.0	11.0	1	3	0	—	1	9.5
2019	23	MIA	16	15*	121	71	50	3	5	1.5	9.5	1	4	2	—	0	10.1
2020	24	MIA	16	13*	105	63	42	7	11	7.0	25.0	0	3	2	—	0	11.6
2021	25	MIA	16	15*	84	54	30	9	15	5.5	29.5	1	4	1	—	0	12.1
2022	26	MIA	17	15*	88	54	34	6	7	4.0	17.0	0	4	1	—	0	9
2023	27	MIA	13	11*	65	38	27	2	4	1.5	7.5	2	3	0	—	1	8.4
2024	28	TEN	10	8*	55	28	27	2	3	2.0	7.0	0	4	1	1	0	5.4
2025	29	CLE	16	0*	39	10	29	3	1	1.5	5.5	0	0	2	—	0	7.5
Career			120	87*	629	370	259	36	50	—	—	5	25	9	1	2	73.6

* 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%
2018	22	MIA	16	10*	—	0.0%	678	62.0%	184	41.6%
2019	23	MIA	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,079	96.6%	154	33.1%
2020	24	MIA	16	13*	—	0.0%	868	84.2%	26	12.4%
2021	25	MIA	16	15*	—	0.0%	972	91.9%	—	0.0%
2022	26	MIA	17	15*	—	0.0%	1,014	89.0%	7	12.5%
2023	27	MIA	13	11*	—	0.0%	714	83.3%	2	3.5%
2024	28	SEA	10	8*	—	0.0%	566	83.4%	31	12.8%
2025	29	CLE	17	0*	—	0.0%	261	25.5%	205	43.5%
Career			121	87*	—	—	6,152	—	609	—

* 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%
2018	22	MIA	16	10*	54	40	0.7	100.4	5.1	4	0	1	34	11	0.1
2019	23	MIA	16	15*	49	37	0.8	97.5	6.1	8	3	3	75	6	0.0
2020	24	MIA	16	13*	57	40	0.7	86.1	5.5	15	4	3	99	10	0.1
2021	25	MIA	16	15*	69	48	0.7	88.1	4.8	18	3	9	91	7	0.1
2022	26	MIA	17	15*	68	54	0.8	98.8	3.0	9	1	3	47	10	0.1
2023	27	MIA	13	11*	46	39	0.8	86.1	2.9	6	2	2	41	11	0.1
2024	28	2TM	10	8*	30	21	0.7	94.3	3.1	6	3	1	19	7	0.1
2025	29	CLE	17	0*	6	6	1.0	106.2	3.5	2	0	0	10	4	0.1
Career			121	87*	379	285	—	—	—	68	16	22	416	66	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 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 63.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 41.6

Availability 18.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 60elite 702025

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.454See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.454Snap share77%Def snaps6,152ReliableCV 0.29

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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2018

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

EDGE · 2018 class

4.53s

40-Yard

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 71thClass Pos 89thClass All 68th

36.5"

Vertical

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 77thClass Pos 89thClass All 83th

126"

Broad Jump

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 88thClass Pos 98thClass All 88th

22 reps

Bench

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 56thClass Pos 33thClass All 69th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl7Solo4Ast3TFL1QBHits1Sk1.0Dis3.0

College Stats

Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ohio 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #73

#65Brandon ParkerOT #66Lorenzo CarterLB #67Chad ThomasDE #68Justin ReidS #69B.J. HillDE #70Fred WarnerMLB #71Royce FreemanRB #72Nathan ShepherdDE #74Geron ChristianOT #75Derrick NnadiNT #76Mason RudolphQB #77Sam HubbardDE #78Malik JeffersonLB #79Rasheem GreenDE #80Martinas RankinOT #81Michael GallupWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jerome inherited the Miami Dolphins LB room from Kiko Alonso (2016–2018), and handed it to Andrew Van Ginkel (2019–2023).

Bryan Cox 1991–1995Dwight Hollier 1992–1999Zach Thomas 1996–2007Derrick Rodgers 1997–2002Jason Taylor 1997–2011Robert Jones

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined CLE (from TEN)
2025final season
Last recorded season with CLE
2024team change
Joined TEN (from MIA)
2018draft
Drafted by MIA — Round 3, Pick 73

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 232 lb

Frame

229 lb at 4.53s

Size-speed

36.5" vert / 126" broad

Explosion

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2024	TEN	W2Questionable· HamstringW3Doubtful· HamstringW4Questionable· HamstringW8Questionable· Not injury related - resting playerW14Questionable· Neck
2023	MIA	W18Questionable· Knee
2021	MIA	W8Questionable· KneeW9Questionable· Knee
2020	MIA	W15Questionable· Knee

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 68

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

B2018

C+2019

B+2020

B2021

B2022

C+2023

C+2024

C+2025

Availability

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

91%

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
2018	3	0.2	3	0.2
2019	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2020	7	0.4	8+1	0.4
2021	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2022	4	0.2	4	0.2
2023	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2024	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2025	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1

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

100 career value over replacement — #1119 all-time of 4,642. 12.5/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #73 (Rd 3) · MIA · 2018 · +22.1 vs expected KV-H

63actual

40.9 expected · Δ+22.1

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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 · 2018

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2018 Draft Class· this player went #73

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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