Kyle Love is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Love in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Love's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2010 | 23–24 | NE | 4 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 24–25 | NE | 14 | — | 30 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 25–26 | NE | 12 | — | 25 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 26–27 | JAX / KC | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 28–29 | CAR | 15 | — | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 328 | 31.5% | 33 | 7.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 29–30 | CAR | 10 | — | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 224 | 31.8% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 30–31 | CAR | 16 | — | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3.5 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 377 | 37.9% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 31–32 | CAR | 16 | — | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 468 | 47.6% | 9 | 2.4% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 32–33 | CAR | 15 | — | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 412 | 39.9% | 37 | 8.1% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 104 | — | 138 | 72 | 66 | 18 | 28 | 15.0 | 61.0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
50 career value over replacement — #2085 all-time of 4,695. 6.3/season above a replacement-level DL.
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A quality edge rusher with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Worth 50 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 45% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.3 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
6 seasons × ~8.3 surplus ≈ VORP 50
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88% match