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Keyunta Dawson

Solid Contributor🌅 Early Bloomer · 2007

Height6'3"

Weight258 lb

BornSep 13, 1985

Age40

CollegeTexas Tech See College Stats

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 7, Pick 242 · IND

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a developmental — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 0 · #4442 · Role Player

Worth 0 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 97% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 0 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +0 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +0

0 seasons × ~0 surplus ≈ VORP 0

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%
2007	—	IND	12	—	14	9	5	0	3	1.0	4.0	0	0	1	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	IND	14	—	34	13	21	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	IND	8	—	12	5	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	IND	14	—	21	11	10	0	5	0.0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	DET	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	TEN	2	—	2	1	1	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	NO	4	—	3	2	1	0	3	0.5	3.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	76	14.6%	149	64.1%
Career		—	55	—	87	42	45	2	14	1.5	17.5	0	2	2	5	0	0	—	0.0%	76	14.6%	149	64.1%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2007	22	IND	12	—	14	9	5	0	3	1.0	4.0	0	1	2	6.2
2008	23	IND	14	—	34	13	21	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	0	1	4.8
2009	24	IND	8	—	12	5	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	0	1	2.9
2010	25	IND	14	—	21	11	10	0	5	0.0	5.0	1	0	1	5.3
2011	26	DET	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—	—
2012	27	TEN	2	—	2	1	1	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	—
2013	28	NO	4	0*	3	2	1	0	3	0.5	3.5	0	1	—	2.4
Career			55		87	42	45	2	14	—	—	2	2	5	21.6

* 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	28	NO	8	0*	—	0.0%	76	14.6%	149	64.1%
Career			8		—	—	76	—	149	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 45 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 45 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 45.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 45· confidence 90%

What builds the career mark of 44

On-field 29.4

Availability 14.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2007bestavg 402013

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 1% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

1% of the all-time Sacks leader1

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

—

below snap floor

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.921See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.921Snap share14.6%Def snaps76Emerging

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+).

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl7Solo3Ast4QBHits2Dis2.0

College Stats

Texas TechCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas Tech), 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.

2007 Draft Class· this player went #242

#228DeShawn WynnRB #229John BroussardWR #232Steve VallosC #234Syndric SteptoeWR #235Chansi StuckeyWR #237Alan BallCB #239C.J. Ah YouDT #240Brandon SilerILB #243Clark HarrisLS #244Jason SnellingFB #245Marcus HamiltonDB #246Kenneth DarbyRB #249Derek StanleyWR #250Ahmad BradshawRB #251Chad NkangDB #255Ramzee RobinsonCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Keyunta inherited the Indianapolis Colts DL room from Josh Thomas (2004–2009), and handed it to Eric Foster (2008–2011).

Tony Siragusa 1990–1996Tony McCoy 1992–1999Bernard Whittington 1994–2000Ellis Johnson 1995–2001Larry Chester 1998–2000Chad Bratzke

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2013team change
Joined NO (from TEN)
2013final season
Last recorded season with NO
2012team change
Joined TEN (from DET)
2011team change
Joined DET (from IND)
2007draft
Drafted by IND — Round 7, Pick 242

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 258 lb

Frame

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2013	NO	0	W13Questionable· CalfW14Questionable· CalfW15Questionable· CalfW16Questionable· CalfW18Questionable· Calf
2009	IND	3	W4Questionable· FootW12Out· KneeW13Out· KneeW14Questionable· KneeW16Out· KneeW17Questionable· 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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 47

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

C2007

C2008

D2009

C2010

F2013

Availability

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

53%

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
2007	1	0.1	1	0.1
2008	0	0	0	0
2009	0	0	0	0
2010	0	0	0	0
2013	0.5	0.1	2+1.5	0.1

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

Career Value · VORP

0 career value over replacement — #4442 all-time of 4,642. 0/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #242 (Rd 7) · IND · 2007 · +22.2 vs expected KV-H

45actual

22.8 expected · Δ+22.2

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2007 Draft Class· this player went #242

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography