Jerry Hughes ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Hughes in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Hughes a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DEHOU#52ACT

Jerry Hughes

Top 9% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2014 Team Carrier · #452

Height6'2"

Weight254 lb

BornAug 13, 1988

Age37

CollegeTCU See College Stats

ConferenceMountain West

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 1, Pick 31 · IND

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

98thSacks·70

Postseason all-time ranks

19thPlayoff Sacks·7

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 221 · #310 · Elite

Worth 221 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 8% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 12 of 15 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

12 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.4

Avg surplus

peak +35

12 seasons × ~18.4 surplus ≈ VORP 221

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%
2010	—	IND	4	—	3	3	0	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	IND	6	—	9	4	5	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	IND	13	—	34	23	11	7	10	4.0	21.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	BUF	16	—	36	24	12	9	18	10.0	37.0	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	603	52.3%	113	22.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	BUF	15	—	43	26	17	13	20	10.0	43.0	0	0	3	1	1	0	—	0.0%	782	72.0%	44	11.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	BUF	16	—	44	29	15	8	12	5.0	25.0	0	4	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,006	92.6%	18	6.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	BUF	16	—	39	22	17	8	11	6.0	25.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	856	80.0%	6	3.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	BUF	15	—	41	25	16	12	11	4.0	27.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	735	66.8%	8	5.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	BUF	15	—	29	22	7	13	18	7.0	38.0	0	1	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	668	66.1%	15	5.8%	3	1	0.3	47.9	4.7	39	21	10	3	10	0.2
2019	—	BUF	13	—	20	11	9	6	9	4.5	19.5	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	662	64.1%	8	4.8%	0	0	—	—	—	17	8	4	1	6	0.2
2020	—	BUF	14	—	26	16	10	4	11	4.5	19.5	1	3	2	2	1	0	—	0.0%	629	63.7%	7	4.3%	3	2	0.7	38.9	0.0	25	12	7	0	11	0.3
2021	—	BUF	14	—	17	7	10	1	7	2.0	10.0	0	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	558	51.8%	2	4.5%	2	1	0.5	56.2	3.5	26	19	4	2	7	0.3
2022	—	HOU	16	—	33	19	14	10	10	9.0	29.0	1	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	691	59.1%	—	0.0%	6	5	0.8	59.7	-4.0	19	7	3	1	6	0.1
2023	—	HOU	14	—	25	16	9	4	3	3.0	10.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	475	41.4%	7	15.0%	1	1	1.0	108.3	-3.0	9	6	0	5	5	0.1
2024	—	HOU	4	—	4	2	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	92	20.9%	1	4.0%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-7.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career		—	191	—	403	249	154	96	142	70.0	308.0	2	21	19	5	2	0	—	0.0%	7,757	60.9%	229	8.0%	16	11	—	—	—	135	73	28	12	45	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2010	22	IND	4	—	3	3	0	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	1.6
2011	23	IND	6	—	9	4	5	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	2.5
2012	24	IND	13	—	34	23	11	7	10	4.0	21.0	0	1	0	—	0	10.2
2013	25	BUF	16	8*	36	24	12	9	18	10.0	37.0	0	2	2	—	0	17
2014	26	BUF	15	12*	43	26	17	13	20	10.0	43.0	0	0	3	1	1	21.2
2015	27	BUF	16	15*	44	29	15	8	12	5.0	25.0	0	4	2	1	0	13.7
2016	28	BUF	16	13*	39	22	17	8	11	6.0	25.0	0	3	1	—	0	13.1
2017	29	BUF	15	11*	41	25	16	12	11	4.0	27.0	0	0	1	—	0	13
2018	30	BUF	15	11*	29	22	7	13	18	7.0	38.0	0	1	3	—	0	16.9
2019	31	BUF	13	10*	20	11	9	6	9	4.5	19.5	0	3	0	1	0	9.3
2020	32	BUF	14	10*	26	16	10	4	11	4.5	19.5	1	3	2	2	1	12.9
2021	33	BUF	14	9*	17	7	10	1	7	2.0	10.0	0	3	2	—	0	8.6
2022	34	HOU	16	10*	33	19	14	10	10	9.0	29.0	1	1	2	—	0	15.2
2023	35	HOU	14	0*	25	16	9	4	3	3.0	10.0	0	0	1	—	0	8
2024	36	HOU	4	0*	4	2	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	1
Career			191	109*	403	249	154	96	142	—	—	2	21	19	5	2	164.2

* 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%
2013	25	BUF	16	8*	—	0.0%	603	52.3%	113	22.4%
2014	26	BUF	16	12*	—	0.0%	782	72.0%	44	11.4%
2015	27	BUF	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,006	92.6%	18	6.5%
2016	28	BUF	16	13*	—	0.0%	856	80.0%	6	3.8%
2017	29	BUF	16	11*	—	0.0%	735	66.8%	8	5.3%
2018	30	BUF	16	11*	—	0.0%	668	66.1%	15	5.8%
2019	31	BUF	16	10*	—	0.0%	662	64.1%	8	4.8%
2020	32	BUF	15	10*	—	0.0%	629	63.7%	7	4.3%
2021	33	BUF	17	9*	—	0.0%	558	51.8%	2	4.5%
2022	34	HOU	17	10*	—	0.0%	691	59.1%	—	0.0%
2023	35	HOU	17	0*	—	0.0%	475	41.4%	7	15.0%
2024	36	HOU	7	0*	—	0.0%	92	20.9%	1	4.0%
Career			185	109*	—	—	7,757	—	229	—

* 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	30	BUF	16	11*	3	1	0.3	47.9	4.7	39	21	10	3	10	0.2
2019	31	BUF	16	10*	0	0	—	—	—	17	8	4	1	6	0.2
2020	32	BUF	15	10*	3	2	0.7	38.9	0.0	25	12	7	0	11	0.3
2021	33	BUF	17	9*	2	1	0.5	56.2	3.5	26	19	4	2	7	0.3
2022	34	HOU	17	10*	6	5	0.8	59.7	-4.0	19	7	3	1	6	0.1
2023	35	HOU	17	0*	1	1	1.0	108.3	-3.0	9	6	0	5	5	0.1
2024	36	HOU	7	0*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-7.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career			105	50*	16	11	—	—	—	135	73	28	12	45	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 74 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 74 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 15 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 73.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 74· confidence 92%

What builds the career mark of 67

On-field 49.7

Availability 17.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 60elite 702024

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #452 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2022 HOU·3 team wins#24

Sacks · 9 · score 8

2013 BUF·6 team wins#21

Sacks · 10 · score 5

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 35% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

35% of the all-time Sacks leader35

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.177See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.177Snap share60.9%Def snaps7,757ReliableCV 0.34

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 · 2010

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

EDGE · 2010 class

4.65s

40-Yard

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 50thClass Pos 78thClass All 55th

34.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 59thClass Pos 48thClass All 52th

118"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 55thClass Pos 75thClass All 69th

26 reps

Bench

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 79thClass Pos 67thClass All 77th

6.99s

3-Cone

Strong · 83th pct

Pos 83thAll 70thClass Pos 86thClass All 59th

4.15s

Shuttle

Elite · 91th pct

Pos 91thAll 81thClass Pos 97thClass All 88th

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl15Solo11Ast4TFL7QBHits10Sk7.0Dis24.0

College Stats

TCUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (TCU), 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.

2010 Draft Class· this player went #31

#22Demaryius ThomasWR #23Bryan BulagaOT #24Dez BryantWR #25Tim TebowQB #27Devin McCourtyFS #28Jared OdrickDE #29Kyle WilsonDB #30Jahvid BestRB #33Rodger SaffoldG #34Chris CookCB #35Brian PriceDT #36Dexter McClusterWR #37Nate AllenS #38T.J. WardDB #39Arrelious BennWR #40Koa MisiOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jerry inherited the Buffalo Bills DL room from Mario Williams (2012–2015), and handed it to Shaq Lawson (2016–2023).

Bruce Smith 1985–1999Mike Lodish 1990–1994Phil Hansen 1991–2001Ted Washington 1995–2000Gabe Northern 1996–1999Shawn Price

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2024final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2022team change
Joined HOU (from BUF)
2013team change
Joined BUF (from IND)
2010draft
Drafted by IND — Round 1, Pick 31

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 254 lb

Frame

255 lb at 4.65s

Size-speed

34.5" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

26 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	HOU	1	W5Out· HipW10Questionable· Hip
2023	HOU	0	W10Questionable· BackW19Out· Ankle
2020	BUF	0	W8Questionable· Foot
2019	BUF	0	W11Questionable· Groin
2017	BUF	0	W11Questionable· Shin / Calf
2016	BUF	0	W8Questionable· HandW9Questionable· HandW11Questionable· Hand

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 15-season peers. See all →

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
2010	0	0	0	0
2011	1	0.2	3+2	0.2
2012	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2013	10	0.6	11+1	0.6
2014	10	0.7	11+1	0.7
2015	5	0.3	5	0.3
2016	6	0.4	6	0.4
2017	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2018	7	0.5	8+1	0.5
2019	4.5	0.3	6+1.5	0.3
2020	4.5	0.3	6+1.5	0.3
2021	2	0.1	3+1	0.2
2022	9	0.6	10+1	0.6
2023	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2024	0	0	0	0

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

221 career value over replacement — #310 all-time of 4,642. 14.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #31 (Rd 1) · IND · 2010 · +19.1 vs expected KV-H

74actual

54.9 expected · Δ+19.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2010

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #31

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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