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.

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Streaks3 straight · 10 sacks · 1999–01

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Jevon Kearse

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 5% all-time pass rushersAll-Time Great🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999

Height6'4"

Weight265 lb

Career Value · VORP

213 career value over replacement — #339 all-time of 4,695. 23.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · TEN · 1999 · +25.8 vs expected KV-H

83actual

57.2 expected · Δ+25.8

💔+83.4 stolen VORP·3.52 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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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	22–23	TEN	16	—	55	46	9	15	9	14.5	38.5	0	9	7	1	1	0
2000	23–24	TEN	16	—	46	30	16	11	9	11.5	31.5	0	6	4	—	0	0
2001	24–25	TEN	16	—	32	21	11	9	7	10.0	26.0	0	2	3	—	0	0
2002	25–26	TEN	3	—	3	2	1	2	2	2.0	6.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2003	26–27	TEN	14	—	35	22	13	0	0	7.0	7.0	1	2	3	—	0	0
2004	27–28	PHI	13	—	30	26	4	0	0	7.5	7.5	0	6	2	1	0	0
2005	28–29	PHI	15	—	38	36	2	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	8	3	—	0	0
2006	29–30	PHI	2	—	4	3	1	0	2	3.5	5.5	0	1	1	—	0	0
2007	30–31	PHI	8	—	11	7	4	0	5	3.5	8.5	0	0	0	1	0	0
2008	31–32	TEN	13	—	27	20	7	10	10	3.5	23.5	0	3	3	—	0	0
2009	32–33	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

Career arc · VAL by season

9 seasons · peak 9.4 in 1999

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

3.3 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1999 · +0.7 wins

Defence+0.7

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
1999	22–23	TEN	16	—	55	46	9	15	9	14.5	38.5	0	9	7	1	1	9.4
2000	23–24	TEN	16	—	46	30	16	11	9	11.5	31.5	0	6	4	—	0	8.5
2001	24–25	TEN	16	—	32	21	11	9	7	10.0	26.0	0	2	3	—	0	5.4
2002	25–26	TEN	3	—	3	2	1	2	2	2.0	6.0	0	1	0	—	0	—
2003	26–27	TEN	14	—	35	22	13	0	0	7.0	7.0	1	2	3	—	0	4.8
2004	27–28	PHI	13	—	30	26	4	0	0	7.5	7.5	0	6	2	1	0	5.3
2005	28–29	PHI	15	—	38	36	2	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	8	3	—	0	4.9
2006	29–30	PHI	2	—	4	3	1	0	2	3.5	5.5	0	1	1	—	0	—
2007	30–31	PHI	8	—	11	7	4	0	5	3.5	8.5	0	0	0	1	0	2.1
2008	31–32	TEN	13	—	27	20	7	10	10	3.5	23.5	0	3	3	—	0	2.2
2009	32–33	TEN	4	—	4	1	3	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1
Career			120		285	214	71	48	46	72.0	166.0	1	38	26	4	1	42.7

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

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 59.6

Availability 17.4

On-field production