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

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Jerry Tillery

Top 33% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2021

Height6'6"

Weight295 lb

BornOct 8, 1996

Age29

CollegeNotre Dame See College Stats

ConferenceIndependent

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 1, Pick 28 · LAC

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 50 · #2044 · Above Average

Worth 50 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 45% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+8.3

Avg surplus

peak +17

6 seasons × ~8.3 surplus ≈ VORP 50

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%
2019	—	LAC	12	—	17	9	8	3	3	2.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	353	38.6%	83	21.3%	0	0	—	—	—	3	0	0	0	0	0.0
2020	—	LAC	16	—	29	18	11	3	14	3.0	20.0	0	2	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	747	72.2%	87	18.9%	2	1	0.5	110.4	-4.5	22	7	12	0	9	0.2
2021	—	LAC	16	—	46	19	27	6	14	4.5	24.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	860	78.8%	51	15.8%	1	0	0.0	39.6	-4.0	21	7	9	0	8	0.1
2022	—	LV	13	—	13	8	5	0	4	1.0	5.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	448	45.9%	70	19.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	2TM	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	6	2	3	0	3	0.1
2023	—	LV	15	—	29	9	20	2	6	2.0	10.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	504	44.2%	67	16.7%	0	0	—	—	—	9	3	4	0	2	0.1
2024	—	MIN	15	—	26	11	15	1	3	0.0	4.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	467	41.9%	82	18.1%	0	0	—	—	—	6	3	3	0	0	0.0
2025	—	KC	11	—	20	8	12	2	2	1.5	5.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	376	35.9%	74	17.1%	0	0	—	—	—	4	2	0	0	4	0.2
Career		—	113	—	180	82	98	17	46	14.0	77.0	0	4	4	3	0	0	—	0.0%	3,755	51.1%	514	18.2%	3	1	—	—	—	71	24	31	0	26	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2019	23	LAC	12	0*	17	9	8	3	3	2.0	8.0	0	0	—	5.6
2020	24	LAC	16	12*	29	18	11	3	14	3.0	20.0	2	2	1	11.4
2021	25	LAC	16	13*	46	19	27	6	14	4.5	24.5	0	0	—	11.5
2022	26	LV	13	0*	13	8	5	0	4	1.0	5.0	0	1	—	5.7
2023	27	LV	15	0*	29	9	20	2	6	2.0	10.0	0	0	1	7.1
2024	28	MIN	15	0*	26	11	15	1	3	0.0	4.0	2	1	—	5.6
2025	29	KC	11	0*	20	8	12	2	2	1.5	5.5	0	0	1	4.7
Career			98	25*	180	82	98	17	46	—	—	4	4	3	51.6

* 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%
2019	23	LAC	15	0*	—	0.0%	353	38.6%	83	21.3%
2020	24	LAC	16	12*	—	0.0%	747	72.2%	87	18.9%
2021	25	LAC	16	13*	—	0.0%	860	78.8%	51	15.8%
2022	26	LV	15	0*	—	0.0%	448	45.9%	70	19.1%
2023	27	LV	17	0*	—	0.0%	504	44.2%	67	16.7%
2024	28	MIN	17	0*	—	0.0%	467	41.9%	82	18.1%
2025	29	KC	17	0*	—	0.0%	376	35.9%	74	17.1%
Career			113	25*	—	—	3,755	—	514	—

* 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	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	23	LAC	15	0*	0	0	—	—	—	3	0	0	0	0.0
2020	24	LAC	16	12*	2	1	0.5	110.4	-4.5	22	7	12	9	0.2
2021	25	LAC	16	13*	1	0	0.0	39.6	-4.0	21	7	9	8	0.1
2022	26	2TM	15	0*	0	0	—	—	—	6	2	3	3	0.1
2023	27	LV	17	0*	0	0	—	—	—	9	3	4	2	0.1
2024	28	MIN	17	0*	0	0	—	—	—	6	3	3	0	0.0
2025	29	KC	17	0*	0	0	—	—	—	4	2	0	4	0.2
Career			113	25*	3	1	—	—	—	71	24	31	26	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 57 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 57 × longevity 1 = KV-H 57· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 37.8

Availability 17.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 542025

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.264See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.264Snap share51.1%Def snaps3,755ReliableCV 0.32

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+).

Combine · 2019

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

DL · 2019 class

4.93s

40-Yard

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 25thClass Pos 91thClass All 26th

32"

Vertical

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 35thClass Pos 79thClass All 37th

115"

Broad Jump

Elite · 91th pct

Pos 91thAll 42thClass Pos 75thClass All 32th

23 reps

Bench

Low · 21th pct

Pos 21thAll 63thClass Pos 17thClass All 67th

7.45s

3-Cone

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 28thClass Pos 95thClass All 28th

4.33s

Shuttle

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 51thClass Pos 95thClass All 47th

College Stats

Notre DameImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	TD	Sfty
2015	Notre Dame	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—
2016	Notre Dame	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	—
2017	Notre Dame	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
2018	Notre Dame	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
Career		0	70	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	3	—	—

Reference Graph

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

2019 Draft Class· this player went #28

#20Noah FantTE #21Darnell SavageDB #22Andre DillardOT #23Tytus HowardOT #24Josh JacobsRB #25Marquise BrownWR #26Montez SweatDE #27Johnathan AbramDB #29L.J. CollierDE #30Deandre BakerCB #31Kaleb McGaryOT #32N'Keal HarryTE #33Byron MurphyCB #34Rock Ya-SinCB #35Jawaan TaylorOT #36Deebo Samuel Sr.WR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jerry inherited the Los Angeles Chargers DL room from Justin Jones (2018–2021), and handed it to Sebastian Joseph-Day (2022–2023).

Leslie O'Neal 1986–1995Joe Phillips 1987–1991Chris Mims 1992–1999Raylee Johnson 1993–2003John Parrella 1994–2001Marco Coleman

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined KC (from MIN)
2025final season
Last recorded season with KC
2024team change
Joined MIN (from LV)
2022team change
Joined LV (from LAC)
2019draft
Drafted by LAC — Round 1, Pick 28

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 295 lb

Frame

295 lb at 4.93s

Size-speed

32" vert / 115" broad

Explosion

23 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	LAC	1	W9Out· Back

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 60

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

C+2019

B2020

B2021

C2022

C+2023

C2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

97%

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
2019	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2020	3	0.2	3	0.2
2021	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2022	1	0.1	1	0.1
2023	2	0.1	2	0.1
2024	0	0	0	0
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, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

50 career value over replacement — #2044 all-time of 4,642. 7.1/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #28 (Rd 1) · LAC · 2019 · +2.1 vs expected KV-H

57actual

54.9 expected · Δ+2.1

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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 · 2019

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #28

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography