LaMarr Woodley ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Woodley in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Woodley a career score of 83, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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LaMarr Woodley

1× Pro BowlTop 5% all-time pass rushersAll-Time Great🌅 Early Bloomer · 2009

Height6'2"

Weight265 lb

BornNov 3, 1984

Age41

CollegeMichigan See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 2, Pick 46 · PIT

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

6thPlayoff Sacks·11

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

All-Time GreatExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time edge rusher — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their lower snap-level production underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 240 · #252 · Elite

Worth 240 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 6% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +34.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+34.3

Avg surplus

peak +51

7 seasons × ~34.3 surplus ≈ VORP 240

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	—	PIT	8	—	12	12	0	0	5	4.0	9.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	PIT	15	—	46	27	19	16	17	11.5	44.5	1	2	2	4	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	PIT	16	—	51	39	12	19	21	13.0	53.0	0	6	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	PIT	16	—	41	26	15	9	16	9.5	34.5	2	5	3	2	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	PIT	10	—	34	21	13	10	13	9.0	32.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	PIT	11	—	31	20	11	6	8	4.0	18.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	PIT	10	—	32	16	16	4	11	5.0	20.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	574	80.8%	23	14.8%
2014	—	LV	5	—	4	2	2	0	3	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	OAK	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	285	65.7%	15	11.2%
2015	—	ARI	8	—	10	9	1	5	2	1.0	8.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	278	42.9%	11	5.3%
Career		—	105	—	261	172	89	69	96	57.0	222.0	5	18	9	9	3	0	—	0.0%	1,137	63.1%	49	10.4%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2007	23	PIT	8	—	12	12	0	0	5	4.0	9.0	0	0	1	—	0	4.7
2008	24	PIT	15	—	46	27	19	16	17	11.5	44.5	1	2	2	4	1	14.7
2009	25	PIT	16	—	51	39	12	19	21	13.0	53.0	0	6	1	1	1	14.8
2010	26	PIT	16	—	41	26	15	9	16	9.5	34.5	2	5	3	2	1	15.2
2011	27	PIT	10	—	34	21	13	10	13	9.0	32.0	1	2	0	—	0	9.3
2012	28	PIT	11	—	31	20	11	6	8	4.0	18.0	1	1	1	1	0	7.9
2013	29	PIT	10	9*	32	16	16	4	11	5.0	20.0	0	1	1	1	0	6.5
2014	30	LV	5	4*	4	2	2	0	3	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	1.7
2015	31	ARI	8	0*	10	9	1	5	2	1.0	8.0	0	1	0	—	0	3.8
Career			99	13*	261	172	89	69	96	—	—	5	18	9	9	3	78.6

* 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	29	PIT	11	9*	—	0.0%	574	80.8%	23	14.8%
2014	30	OAK	6	4*	—	0.0%	285	65.7%	15	11.2%
2015	31	ARI	10	0*	—	0.0%	278	42.9%	11	5.3%
Career			27	13*	—	—	1,137	—	49	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 83 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 83 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 83 × longevity 1 = KV-H 83· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 61.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2007bestavg 71elite 702015

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 29% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

29% of the all-time Sacks leader29

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.99See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.99Snap share63.1%Def snaps1,137VolatileCV 0.44

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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2007

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

EDGE · 2007 class

4.74s

40-Yard

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 40thClass Pos 40thClass All 38th

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl26Solo19Ast7TFL10QBHits17Sk11.0Dis38.0PD3FF1FR2

College Stats

MichiganCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan), 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 #46

#36Kevin KolbQB #37Eric WeddleFS #39Justin BlalockG #40John BeckQB #41Chris HoustonCB #43Drew StantonQB #44Sidney RiceWR #45Dwayne JarrettWR #47David HarrisOLB #48Justin DurantOLB #50Chris HenryRB #51Steve SmithWR #52Brian LeonardRB #53Eric WrightDB #54Turk McBrideDE #55Josh WilsonDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

LaMarr inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers LB room from James Harrison (2004–2017), and handed it to Lawrence Timmons (2007–2016).

Hardy Nickerson 1987–1992Levon Kirkland 1992–2000Jason Gildon 1994–2003Carlos Emmons 1996–1999Earl Holmes 1996–2001Joey Porter

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2015team change
Joined ARI (from LV)
2015final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2014team change
Joined LV (from PIT)
2007draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 2, Pick 46

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 265 lb

Frame

266 lb at 4.74s

Size-speed

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2015	ARI	0	W6Questionable· Chest
2014	OAK	1	W8Out· Biceps
2013	PIT	0	W11Doubtful· CalfW12Questionable· CalfW13Doubtful· Calf
2012	PIT	3	W6Out· HamstringW13Out· AnkleW14Out· Ankle
2011	PIT	2	W9Out· HamstringW10Out· HamstringW12Questionable· HamstringW14Doubtful· HamstringW16Questionable· HamstringW17Doubtful· Hamstring

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 92

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

B2007

A+2008

A+2009

A2010

A+2011

B2012

B+2013

F2014

C2015

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

72%

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	4	0.5	9+5	0.5
2008	11.5	0.8	13+1.5	0.8
2009	13	0.8	15+2	0.9
2010	9.5	0.6	11+1.5	0.6
2011	9	0.9	15+6	0.9
2012	4	0.4	6+2	0.4
2013	5	0.5	8+3	0.5
2014	0	0	0	0
2015	1	0.1	2+1	0.1

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

240 career value over replacement — #252 all-time of 4,642. 26.7/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #46 (Rd 2) · PIT · 2007 · +33.2 vs expected KV-H

83actual

49.8 expected · Δ+33.2

💔+67.3 stolen VORP·2.52 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2007

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2007 Draft Class· this player went #46

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography