Karlos Dansby ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Dansby in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Dansby a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

ILBARI#56ACT

Karlos Dansby

Top 4% all-time linebackersIron Legend🏅 Only Club ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2012 Team Carrier · #582

Height6'4"

Weight250 lb

BornNov 3, 1981

Age44

CollegeAuburn See College Stats

Rookie yr2004

Draft2004 · Rd 2, Pick 33 · ARI

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber linebacker (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 297 · #136 · All-Time

Worth 297 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 4% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 14 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +21.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

14 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+21.2

Avg surplus

peak +30

14 seasons × ~21.2 surplus ≈ VORP 297

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2004	—	ARI	15	—	48	32	16	0	0	5.0	5.0	1	5	1	3	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	ARI	15	—	78	60	18	0	0	4.0	4.0	3	5	2	2	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	ARI	14	—	73	60	13	0	9	8.0	17.0	0	3	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	ARI	14	—	88	68	20	0	4	3.5	7.5	3	8	4	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	ARI	16	—	105	80	25	11	3	3.5	17.5	2	5	2	3	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	ARI	15	—	91	72	19	7	6	1.5	14.5	1	4	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	MIA	14	—	86	69	17	7	4	3.0	14.0	0	4	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	MIA	16	—	99	84	15	10	8	2.0	20.0	1	4	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	MIA	16	—	126	93	33	9	2	1.0	12.0	0	9	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	ARI	16	—	117	109	8	12	12	6.5	30.5	4	19	1	1	2	0	—	0.0%	1,078	99.6%	84	17.7%
2014	—	CLE	12	—	93	47	46	10	3	3.0	16.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	814	94.3%	65	18.5%
2015	—	CLE	16	—	105	59	46	6	6	0.0	12.0	3	6	2	—	2	0	—	0.0%	1,031	98.4%	94	21.9%
2016	—	CIN	16	—	110	65	45	8	2	1.0	11.0	0	6	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	781	71.4%	64	14.4%
2017	—	ARI	16	—	90	69	21	7	5	1.0	13.0	1	4	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	921	86.0%	61	12.6%
Career		—	211	—	1,309	967	342	87	64	43.0	194.0	20	84	17	12	6	0	—	0.0%	4,625	90.0%	368	17.0%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2004	23	ARI	15	—	48	32	16	0	0	5.0	5.0	1	5	1	3	0	9.7
2005	24	ARI	15	—	78	60	18	0	0	4.0	4.0	3	5	2	2	2	12.4
2006	25	ARI	14	—	73	60	13	0	9	8.0	17.0	0	3	1	1	0	9.3
2007	26	ARI	14	—	88	68	20	0	4	3.5	7.5	3	8	4	—	0	12.4
2008	27	ARI	16	—	105	80	25	11	3	3.5	17.5	2	5	2	3	0	12.6
2009	28	ARI	15	—	91	72	19	7	6	1.5	14.5	1	4	1	—	0	9.7
2010	29	MIA	14	—	86	69	17	7	4	3.0	14.0	0	4	2	—	0	8.7
2011	30	MIA	16	—	99	84	15	10	8	2.0	20.0	1	4	1	—	0	11
2012	31	MIA	16	—	126	93	33	9	2	1.0	12.0	0	9	0	—	0	9.3
2013	32	ARI	16	16*	117	109	8	12	12	6.5	30.5	4	19	1	1	2	16.4
2014	33	CLE	12	11*	93	47	46	10	3	3.0	16.0	1	2	0	—	0	8.7
2015	34	CLE	16	16*	105	59	46	6	6	0.0	12.0	3	6	2	—	2	13
2016	35	CIN	16	11*	110	65	45	8	2	1.0	11.0	0	6	0	1	0	8.9
2017	36	ARI	16	14*	90	69	21	7	5	1.0	13.0	1	4	0	1	0	9.1
Career			211	68*	1,309	967	342	87	64	—	—	20	84	17	12	6	151.2

* 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	32	ARI	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,078	99.6%	84	17.7%
2014	33	CLE	12	11*	—	0.0%	814	94.3%	65	18.5%
2015	34	CLE	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,031	98.4%	94	21.9%
2016	35	CIN	16	11*	—	0.0%	781	71.4%	64	14.4%
2017	36	ARI	16	14*	—	0.0%	921	86.0%	61	12.6%
Career			76	68*	—	—	4,625	—	368	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 73 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 70.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 68

On-field 49.1

Availability 18.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2004bestavg 68elite 702017

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #582 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2006 ARI·5 team wins#25

Sacks · 8 · score 2

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 22% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

22% of the all-time Sacks leader22

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.843See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.843Snap share90%Def snaps4,625VolatileCV 0.42

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within linebackers, 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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2004

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

LB · 2004 class

4.58s

40-Yard

Strong · 78th pct

Pos 78thAll 62thClass Pos 72thClass All 64th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl38Solo29Ast9TFL8Dis8.0Int1PD4FF1FR1TD1

College Stats

AuburnCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Auburn), 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.

2004 Draft Class· this player went #33

#25Ahmad CarrollDB #26Chris PerryRB #27Jason BabinDE #28Chris GambleCB #29Michael JenkinsWR #30Kevin JonesRB #31Rashaun WoodsWR #32Benjamin WatsonTE #34Chris SneeG #35Igor OlshanskyDT #36Junior SiaviiDT #37Teddy LehmanLB #38Ricardo ColcloughDB #39Daryl SmithOLB #40Ben TroupeTE #41Tatum BellRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Karlos inherited the Arizona Cardinals LB room from Bertrand Berry (2004–2009), and handed it to Chike Okeafor (2005–2009).

Jamir Miller 1994–1998Ronald McKinnon 1996–2004Rob Fredrickson 1999–2002Raynoch Thompson 2000–2004James Darling 2003–2006Calvin Pace

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017team change
Joined ARI (from CIN)
2017final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2016team change
Joined CIN (from CLE)
2014team change
Joined CLE (from ARI)
2013team change
Joined ARI (from MIA)
2010team change
Joined MIA (from ARI)
2004draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 2, Pick 33

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 250 lb

Frame

251 lb at 4.58s

Size-speed

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	ARI	0	W6Questionable· HamstringW7Questionable· HamstringW9Questionable· Finger / HamstringW16Questionable· Knee
2015	CLE	0	W2Questionable· FootW5Questionable· AnkleW6Questionable· AnkleW17Questionable· Toe
2014	CLE	1	W12Doubtful· KneeW13Out· KneeW14Questionable· KneeW15Questionable· KneeW16Questionable· Knee
2010	MIA	1	W12Questionable· ToeW14Questionable· ToeW16Doubtful· ToeW17Out· Toe
2009	ARI	0	W11Questionable· ShoulderW13Questionable· Shoulder

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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 74

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

C+2004

B2005

B2006

B2007

B+2008

B2009

B2010

B+2011

B+2012

B+2013

B+2014

B+2015

B+2016

B2017

Era Translator

Tackles 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 Tackles	Tackles/G	→ 2025 Tackles	→ 2025 /G
2004	48	3.2	34-14	2
2005	78	5.2	79+1	4.7
2006	73	5.2	81+8	4.8
2007	88	6.3	103+15	6.1
2008	105	6.6	108+3	6.4
2009	91	6.1	96+5	5.6
2010	86	6.1	98+12	5.8
2011	99	6.2	97-2	5.7
2012	126	7.9	127+1	7.4
2013	117	7.3	111-6	6.5
2014	93	7.8	116+23	6.8
2015	105	6.6	96-9	5.7
2016	110	6.9	107-3	6.3
2017	90	5.6	84-6	4.9

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

Career Value · VORP

297 career value over replacement — #136 all-time of 4,642. 21.2/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #33 (Rd 2) · ARI · 2004 · +18.1 vs expected KV-H

73actual

54.9 expected · Δ+18.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2004

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2004 Draft Class· this player went #33

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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