Josh Evans is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Evans in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Evans's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1999 | 26–27 | TEN | 11 | — | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 28–29 | TEN | 15 | — | 40 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5.5 | 23.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 29–30 | NYJ | 16 | — | 38 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 30–31 | NYJ | 6 | — | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 31–32 | NYJ | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | — | — | 108 | 79 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 21.5 | 63.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
55 career value over replacement — #1972 all-time of 4,695. 13.8/season above a replacement-level DL.
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1995–1998: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.
4 seasons · peak 2.9 in 2002
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.
0.5 career wins over 4 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2002 · +0.2 wins
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.
#464 of 1,595 all-time pass rushers by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 26–27 | TEN | 11 | — | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 |
| 2001 | 28–29 | TEN | 15 | — | 40 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5.5 | 23.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2.1 |
| 2002 | 29–30 | NYJ | 16 | — | 38 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 |
| 2003 | 30–31 | NYJ | 6 | — | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 2004 | 31–32 | NYJ | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 108 | 79 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 21.5 | 63.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.
A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 63.2 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 59· confidence 94%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)
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