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

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Karl Klug

Top 25% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2011Two-Way Profile

Height6'3"

Weight278 lb

BornMar 31, 1988

Age38

CollegeIowa See College Stats

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 5, Pick 142 · TEN

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 51 · #2020 · Above Average

Worth 51 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 44% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10.2

Avg surplus

peak +26

5 seasons × ~10.2 surplus ≈ VORP 51

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Receiving									Advanced (EPA)
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	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2011	—	TEN	13	—	20	18	2	7	9	7.0	23.0	0	4	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	TEN	7	—	7	4	3	3	6	3.5	12.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	TEN	9	—	14	8	6	1	3	2.0	6.0	0	2	2	1	1	0	—	0.0%	318	30.2%	130	27.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	TEN	15	—	22	17	5	8	2	2.0	12.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	14	3.1%	330	28.6%	159	33.6%	1	1	9	0	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4	0	3
2015	—	TEN	13	—	18	11	7	3	10	4.0	17.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	5	3.0%	328	31.0%	171	37.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	TEN	11	—	24	11	13	2	5	1.5	8.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	398	42.4%	154	37.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	TEN	11	—	18	13	5	3	3	1.5	7.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	325	31.4%	138	31.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	79	—	123	82	41	27	38	21.5	86.5	0	8	5	1	1	0	19	3.1%	1,699	32.7%	752	33.5%	1	1	9	0	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	1	—	—	2.4	0	3

Career EPA2.4·2 receiving·2.4/season

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2014	26	TEN	1	0*	1	1	9	0	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	1	—
Career			1		1	1	9	0	100.0%	9.0	9.0	—	1	45.7

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD
2011	23	TEN	13	—	20	18	2	7	9	7.0	23.0	4	2	—	0
2012	24	TEN	7	—	7	4	3	3	6	3.5	12.5	1	0	—	0
2013	25	TEN	9	0*	14	8	6	1	3	2.0	6.0	2	2	1	1
2014	26	TEN	15	0*	22	17	5	8	2	2.0	12.0	0	0	—	0
2015	27	TEN	13	0*	18	11	7	3	10	4.0	17.0	0	1	—	0
2016	28	TEN	11	0*	24	11	13	2	5	1.5	8.5	1	0	—	0
2017	29	TEN	11	0*	18	13	5	3	3	1.5	7.5	0	0	—	0
Career			79		123	82	41	27	38	—	—	8	5	1	1

* 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	TEN	16	0*	—	0.0%	318	30.2%	130	27.1%
2014	26	TEN	16	0*	14	3.1%	330	28.6%	159	33.6%
2015	27	TEN	16	0*	5	3.0%	328	31.0%	171	37.9%
2016	28	TEN	14	0*	—	0.0%	398	42.4%	154	37.4%
2017	29	TEN	15	0*	—	0.0%	325	31.4%	138	31.8%
Career			77		19	—	1,699	—	752	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2014	26	—	—	0*	—	—	2.4	0	3
Career					—	—	—	0	3

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 61 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 61 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 61.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 44.3

Availability 14.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 58elite 702017

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Sacks leader11

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

2.41 EPA/season over 1 season51

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: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.355See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.355Snap share32.7%Def snaps1,699ReliableCV 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 · 2011

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

EDGE · 2011 class

4.85s

40-Yard

Below avg · 33th pct

Pos 33thAll 30thClass Pos 31thClass All 31th

22 reps

Bench

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 56thClass Pos 34thClass All 52th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

QBHits1Dis1.0

College Stats

IowaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Iowa), 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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #142

#132Kealoha PilaresWR #133Johnny WhiteRB #136Anthony ShermanFB #137Buster SkrineCB #138Marcus CannonOT #139Brandon BurtonDB #140Gabe MillerLB #141D.J. WilliamsTE #144Shiloh KeoDB #145Jacquizz RodgersRB #146DeJon GomesDB #148Denarius MooreWR #149Dion LewisRB #150Jason PinkstonG #151Ahmad BlackFS #152T.J. YatesQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Karl inherited the Tennessee Titans DL room from Jason Babin (2010), and handed it to Jurrell Casey (2011–2019).

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

2017final season
Last recorded season with TEN
2011draft
Drafted by TEN — Round 5, Pick 142

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 278 lb

Frame

275 lb at 4.85s

Size-speed

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	TEN	0	W15Questionable· Achilles
2011	TEN	0	W12Questionable· Knee

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 65

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

B+2011

C+2012

C+2013

C+2014

B2015

C+2016

C+2017

Availability

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

87%

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
2011	7	0.5	9+2	0.5
2012	3.5	0.5	9+5.5	0.5
2013	2	0.2	4+2	0.2
2014	2	0.1	2	0.1
2015	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2016	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2017	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

51 career value over replacement — #2020 all-time of 4,642. 7.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #142 (Rd 5) · TEN · 2011 · +28 vs expected KV-H

61actual

33 expected · Δ+28

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2011

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2011 Draft Class· this player went #142

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography