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

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Kendall Langford

Top 25% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2015

Height6'6"

Weight299 lb

BornJan 27, 1986

Age40

CollegeHampton See College Stats

Rookie yr2008

Draft2008 · Rd 3, Pick 66 · MIA

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 65 · #1726 · Above Average

Worth 65 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 38% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10.8

Avg surplus

peak +23

6 seasons × ~10.8 surplus ≈ VORP 65

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%
2008	—	MIA	16	—	26	20	6	6	2	2.0	10.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	MIA	15	—	35	25	10	3	5	2.5	10.5	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	MIA	15	—	45	31	14	6	7	3.0	16.0	0	4	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	MIA	14	—	20	15	5	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	LA	15	—	27	18	9	4	6	2.0	12.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	LA	16	—	49	36	13	11	5	5.0	21.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	743	70.3%	76	18.1%
2014	—	LA	13	—	23	15	8	1	3	1.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	481	45.9%	5	7.5%
2015	—	IND	15	—	38	23	15	10	16	7.0	33.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	851	75.2%	78	16.4%
2016	—	IND	5	—	10	8	2	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	301	62.7%	12	13.3%
2017	—	HOU	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	1	3.0%
Career		—	157	—	273	191	82	43	47	22.5	112.5	0	22	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	2,376	63.5%	172	11.7%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2008	22	MIA	16	—	26	20	6	6	2	2.0	10.0	4	0	—	7.9
2009	23	MIA	15	—	35	25	10	3	5	2.5	10.5	2	1	—	9.2
2010	24	MIA	15	—	45	31	14	6	7	3.0	16.0	4	2	—	11.8
2011	25	MIA	14	—	20	15	5	0	2	0.0	2.0	1	1	—	5.3
2012	26	LA	15	—	27	18	9	4	6	2.0	12.0	2	0	—	8.1
2013	27	LA	16	11*	49	36	13	11	5	5.0	21.0	4	0	—	11.6
2014	28	LA	13	0*	23	15	8	1	3	1.0	5.0	0	0	—	5.2
2015	29	IND	15	12*	38	23	15	10	16	7.0	33.0	3	0	—	13.9
2016	30	IND	5	4*	10	8	2	2	1	0.0	3.0	2	0	1	2.3
Career			124	27*	273	191	82	43	47	—	—	22	4	1	75.3

* 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	27	STL	16	11*	—	0.0%	743	70.3%	76	18.1%
2014	28	STL	16	0*	—	0.0%	481	45.9%	5	7.5%
2015	29	IND	16	12*	—	0.0%	851	75.2%	78	16.4%
2016	30	IND	7	4*	—	0.0%	301	62.7%	12	13.3%
2017	31	HOU	1	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	1	3.0%
Career			56	27*	—	—	2,376	—	172	—

* 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 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 61 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 39

Availability 18

On-field production Staying available

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

2008bestavg 54elite 702016

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

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.988See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.988Snap share63.5%Def snaps2,376VolatileCV 0.50

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 · 2008

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

EDGE · 2008 class

4.95s

40-Yard

Low · 16th pct

Pos 16thAll 23thClass Pos 22thClass All 25th

27"

Vertical

Low · 3th pct

Pos 3thAll 8thClass Pos 21thClass All 22th

114"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 38thClass Pos 55thClass All 45th

24 reps

Bench

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 69thClass Pos 48thClass All 62th

7.72s

3-Cone

Low · 6th pct

Pos 6thAll 15thClass Pos 3thClass All 10th

4.69s

Shuttle

Low · 6th pct

Pos 6thAll 14thClass Pos 15thClass All 15th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

College Stats

HamptonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Hampton), 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.

2008 Draft Class· this player went #66

#56Brian BrohmQB #57Chad HenneQB #59Mike PollakG #60Pat LeeCB #61Martellus BennettTE #62Terrence WheatleyDB #63Terrell ThomasCB #65John GrecoC #67Charles GodfreyFS #68Chevis JacksonDB #69Jacob HesterRB #70Earl BennettWR #71Tavares GoodenLB #72Chris EllisOLB #73Jamaal CharlesRB #74Dan ConnorILB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kendall inherited the Miami Dolphins DL room from Paul Soliai (2007–2013), and handed it to Phillip Merling (2008–2011).

Marco Coleman 1992–1995Tim Bowens 1994–2004Trace Armstrong 1995–2000Shane Burton 1996–1998Daryl Gardener 1996–2001Kenny Mixon

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017team change
Joined HOU (from IND)
2017final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2015team change
Joined IND (from LA)
2012team change
Joined LA (from MIA)
2008draft
Drafted by MIA — Round 3, Pick 66

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 299 lb

Frame

287 lb at 4.95s

Size-speed

27" vert / 114" broad

Explosion

24 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	HOU	0	W8Questionable· Back
2016	IND	3	W2Questionable· KneeW8Out· KneeW9Out· KneeW11Out· Knee
2011	MIA	0	W8Questionable· Hip
2010	MIA	0	W14Questionable· Neck

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

C+2008

C+2009

B2010

C2011

C+2012

B2013

C+2014

B+2015

F2016

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

82%

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
2008	2	0.1	2	0.1
2009	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2010	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2011	0	0	0	0
2012	2	0.1	2	0.1
2013	5	0.3	5	0.3
2014	1	0.1	1	0.1
2015	7	0.5	8+1	0.5
2016	0	0	0	0

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

65 career value over replacement — #1726 all-time of 4,642. 7.2/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #66 (Rd 3) · MIA · 2008 · +15.6 vs expected KV-H

61actual

45.4 expected · Δ+15.6

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2008

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2008 Draft Class· this player went #66

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography