Kawann Short ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Short in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Short a career score of 72, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Kawann Short

2× Pro BowlTop 10% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone

Height6'3"

Weight315 lb

BornFeb 2, 1989

Age37

CollegePurdue See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 2, Pick 44 · CAR

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

79thPlayoff Sacks·4

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Franchise CornerstoneExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time edge rusher with reliable availability and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 124 · #829 · High-Value

Worth 124 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 19% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+20.7

Avg surplus

peak +41

6 seasons × ~20.7 surplus ≈ VORP 124

Combined Season Grid

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

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
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	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2013	—	CAR	13	—	29	17	12	4	11	1.5	16.5	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	518	50.8%	59	13.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	CAR	14	—	37	18	19	4	11	3.5	18.5	0	2	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	586	57.3%	73	16.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	CAR	16	—	54	35	19	16	18	11.0	45.0	0	4	3	2	0	0	—	0.0%	759	69.1%	64	13.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	CAR	16	—	53	28	25	12	17	6.0	35.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	780	73.2%	89	18.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CAR	16	—	46	24	22	7	17	7.5	31.5	0	1	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	701	70.6%	82	18.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CAR	14	—	38	25	13	12	7	3.0	22.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	584	65.3%	69	18.4%	0	0	—	—	—	16	9	3	0	5	0.1
2019	—	CAR	2	—	3	3	0	1	3	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	76	57.0%	15	23.0%	0	0	—	—	—	4	1	3	0	1	0.2
2020	—	CAR	3	—	6	3	3	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	123	66.7%	10	18.5%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career		—	94	—	266	153	113	56	85	32.5	173.5	0	12	9	6	0	0	—	0.0%	4,127	63.7%	461	17.5%	0	0	—	—	—	21	10	7	0	6	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2013	24	CAR	13	8*	29	17	12	4	11	1.5	16.5	1	1	1	8.5
2014	25	CAR	14	9*	37	18	19	4	11	3.5	18.5	2	1	2	10
2015	26	CAR	16	11*	54	35	19	16	18	11.0	45.0	4	3	2	20.9
2016	27	CAR	16	12*	53	28	25	12	17	6.0	35.0	3	1	—	15.4
2017	28	CAR	16	11*	46	24	22	7	17	7.5	31.5	1	2	1	15.4
2018	29	CAR	14	9*	38	25	13	12	7	3.0	22.0	1	1	—	10.9
2019	30	CAR	2	—	3	3	0	1	3	0.0	4.0	0	0	—	—
2020	31	CAR	3	—	6	3	3	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	—
Career			94	60*	266	153	113	56	85	—	—	12	9	6	81.1

* 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	24	CAR	16	8*	—	0.0%	518	50.8%	59	13.9%
2014	25	CAR	16	9*	—	0.0%	586	57.3%	73	16.0%
2015	26	CAR	16	11*	—	0.0%	759	69.1%	64	13.3%
2016	27	CAR	16	12*	—	0.0%	780	73.2%	89	18.7%
2017	28	CAR	16	11*	—	0.0%	701	70.6%	82	18.3%
2018	29	CAR	14	9*	—	0.0%	584	65.3%	69	18.4%
2019	30	CAR	2	—	—	0.0%	76	57.0%	15	23.0%
2020	31	CAR	3	—	—	0.0%	123	66.7%	10	18.5%
Career			99	60*	—	—	4,127	—	461	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	29	CAR	14	9*	—	—	—	16	9	3	5	0.1
2019	30	CAR	2	—	—	—	—	4	1	3	1	0.2
2020	31	CAR	3	—	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0.0
Career			19	9*	—	—	—	21	10	7	6	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 72 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 72 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 72.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 72· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 69

On-field 50.2

Availability 18.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 68elite 702018

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Sacks leader16

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.713See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.713Snap share63.7%Def snaps4,127ReliableCV 0.41

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

Combine · 2013

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

DL · 2013 class

5.08s

40-Yard

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 16thClass Pos 60thClass All 18th

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl18Solo8Ast10TFL3QBHits7Sk4.0Dis14.0FF1

College Stats

PurdueCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Purdue), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #44

#36Darius SlayCB #37Giovani BernardRB #38Manti Te'oMLB #39Geno SmithQB #40Tank CarradineDE #41Robert WoodsWR #42Menelik WatsonOT #43Johnthan BanksDB #45Kevin MinterILB #46Kiko AlonsoOLB #47Gavin EscobarTE #48Le'Veon BellRB #49Johnathan HankinsDT #50Jon BosticILB #51David AmersonDB #52Jamie CollinsOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kawann inherited the Carolina Panthers DL room from Wes Horton (2013–2019), and handed it to Kony Ealy (2014–2016).

Sean Gilbert 1998–2002Mike Rucker 1999–2007Brentson Buckner 2001–2005Kris Jenkins 2001–2007Al Wallace 2002–2006Julius Peppers

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2020final season
Last recorded season with CAR
2013draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 2, Pick 44

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 315 lb

Frame

299 lb at 5.08s

Size-speed

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	CAR	1	W2Out· FootW3Doubtful· Foot
2019	CAR	0	W3Questionable· ShoulderW4Questionable· Shoulder
2018	CAR	1	W15Doubtful· CalfW16Questionable· Not Injury Related / CalfW17Out· Calf
2016	CAR	0	W3Questionable· Shoulder
2014	CAR	0	W9Questionable· Ankle

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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 78

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

C+2013

B2014

A2015

B+2016

B+2017

C+2018

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

77%

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
2013	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2014	3.5	0.3	4+0.5	0.2
2015	11	0.7	11	0.7
2016	6	0.4	6	0.4
2017	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2018	3	0.2	4+1	0.2

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

124 career value over replacement — #829 all-time of 4,642. 20.7/season above a replacement-level DL.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #44 (Rd 2) · CAR · 2013 · +22.2 vs expected KV-H

72actual

49.8 expected · Δ+22.2

💔+38.1 stolen VORP·1.84 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2013

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #44

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography