Jevon Kearse ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Kearse in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Kearse a career score of 83, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Jevon Kearse

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 4% all-time pass rushersAll-Time Great🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999

Height6'4"

Weight265 lb

BornSep 3, 1976

Age49

CollegeFlorida See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 1, Pick 16 · TEN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

83rdSacks·72

Postseason all-time ranks

77thPlayoff Sacks·4

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

All-Time GreatExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time edge rusher — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 213 · #335 · Elite

Worth 213 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 8% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26.6 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

+26.6

Avg surplus

peak +44

8 seasons × ~26.6 surplus ≈ VORP 213

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1999	—	TEN	16	—	55	46	9	15	9	14.5	38.5	0	9	7	1	1	0
2000	—	TEN	16	—	46	30	16	11	9	11.5	31.5	0	6	4	—	0	0
2001	—	TEN	16	—	32	21	11	9	7	10.0	26.0	0	2	3	—	0	0
2002	—	TEN	3	—	3	2	1	2	2	2.0	6.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2003	—	TEN	14	—	35	22	13	0	0	7.0	7.0	1	2	3	—	0	0
2004	—	PHI	13	—	30	26	4	0	0	7.5	7.5	0	6	2	1	0	0
2005	—	PHI	15	—	38	36	2	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	8	3	—	0	0
2006	—	PHI	2	—	4	3	1	0	2	3.5	5.5	0	1	1	—	0	0
2007	—	PHI	8	—	11	7	4	0	5	3.5	8.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
2008	—	TEN	13	—	27	20	7	10	10	3.5	23.5	0	3	3	—	0	0
2009	—	TEN	4	—	4	1	3	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Career		—	120	—	285	214	71	48	46	72.0	166.0	1	38	26	4	1	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
1999	23	TEN	16	—	55	46	9	15	9	14.5	38.5	0	9	7	1	1	22.6
2000	24	TEN	16	—	46	30	16	11	9	11.5	31.5	0	6	4	—	0	17.9
2001	25	TEN	16	—	32	21	11	9	7	10.0	26.0	0	2	3	—	0	16.6
2002	26	TEN	3	—	3	2	1	2	2	2.0	6.0	0	1	0	—	0	—
2003	27	TEN	14	—	35	22	13	0	0	7.0	7.0	1	2	3	—	0	12.2
2004	28	PHI	13	—	30	26	4	0	0	7.5	7.5	0	6	2	1	0	11.8
2005	29	PHI	15	—	38	36	2	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	8	3	—	0	13.7
2006	30	PHI	2	—	4	3	1	0	2	3.5	5.5	0	1	1	—	0	—
2007	31	PHI	8	—	11	7	4	0	5	3.5	8.5	0	0	0	1	0	6.1
2008	32	TEN	13	—	27	20	7	10	10	3.5	23.5	0	3	3	—	0	12.5
2009	33	TEN	4	—	4	1	3	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	1	0	2.5
Career			120		285	214	71	48	46	—	—	1	38	26	4	1	115.9

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 83 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 83 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 81.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 83· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 59.6

Availability 17.4

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 72elite 702009

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 36% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

36% of the all-time Sacks leader36

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%.

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+).

Postseason Career

13 playoff games

Defense

Tkl28Solo16Ast12TFL5Sk4.0Dis9.0PD8FF2FR2

College Stats

FloridaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida), 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.

1999 Draft Class· this player went #16

#7Champ BaileyCB #8David BostonWR #9Chris ClaiborneLB #10Chris McAlisterDB #11Daunte CulpepperQB #12Cade McNownQB #13Troy EdwardsWR #14John TaitOT #17Damien WoodyOT #18Matt StinchcombG #19Luke PetitgoutOT #20Ebenezer EkubanDE #21L.J. SheltonOT #22Lamar KingDE #23Antoine WinfieldCB #24Reggie McGrewDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jevon inherited the Tennessee Titans DL room from John Thornton (1999–2002), and handed it to Robaire Smith (2000–2006).

Henry Ford 1994–2002James Roberson 1996–1998Gary Walker 1997–1998Kenny Holmes 1997–2000Joe Salave'a 1998–2001Jason Fisk

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2009final season
Last recorded season with TEN
2008team change
Joined TEN (from PHI)
2004team change
Joined PHI (from TEN)
1999draft
Drafted by TEN — Round 1, Pick 16

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 265 lb

Frame

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	TEN	1	W6Questionable· FootW9Questionable· KneeW10Questionable· KneeW17Out· Not Injury Related

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 89

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

A+1999

A2000

A2001

B+2003

B+2004

B+2005

B2007

B2008

F2009

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

68%

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
1999	14.5	0.9	14-0.5	0.8
2000	11.5	0.7	11-0.5	0.6
2001	10	0.6	10	0.6
2003	7	0.5	8+1	0.5
2004	7.5	0.6	10+2.5	0.6
2005	8	0.5	9+1	0.5
2007	3.5	0.4	8+4.5	0.4
2008	3.5	0.3	5+1.5	0.3
2009	1	0.3	4+3	0.3

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

Career Value · VORP

213 career value over replacement — #335 all-time of 4,642. 23.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · TEN · 1999 · +25.5 vs expected KV-H

83actual

57.5 expected · Δ+25.5

💔+83.4 stolen VORP·3.52 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1999 Draft Class· this player went #16

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator