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

OLBTB#54ACT

Lavonte David

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 15% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2013 Team Carrier · #175

Height6'1"

Weight233 lb

BornJan 23, 1990

Age36

CollegeNebraska; Fort Scott CC See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 2, Pick 58 · TB

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 173 · #503 · High-Value

Worth 173 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 12% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 13 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.3

Avg surplus

peak +27

13 seasons × ~13.3 surplus ≈ VORP 173

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%
2012	—	TB	16	—	121	94	27	20	5	2.0	27.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	TB	16	—	129	91	38	21	13	7.0	41.0	5	10	2	1	0	1	—	0.0%	1,022	96.7%	162	36.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	TB	14	—	128	83	45	17	4	1.0	22.0	0	4	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	919	92.4%	75	19.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	TB	16	—	136	74	62	10	5	3.0	18.0	3	13	2	2	1	0	—	0.0%	1,087	99.1%	91	20.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	TB	16	—	79	59	20	17	8	5.0	30.0	1	4	4	2	1	0	—	0.0%	1,042	98.0%	70	15.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	TB	13	—	92	67	25	8	3	0.0	11.0	0	1	5	5	1	0	—	0.0%	813	97.5%	62	17.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	TB	14	—	112	86	26	13	7	3.5	23.5	0	2	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	922	99.1%	78	19.5%	77	62	0.8	114.8	3.9	6	0	2	54	9	0.1
2019	—	TB	16	—	119	78	41	10	7	1.0	18.0	1	7	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,124	99.3%	9	5.8%	90	57	0.6	73.0	4.0	12	4	6	70	10	0.1
2020	—	TB	16	—	113	78	35	12	3	1.5	16.5	1	6	3	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,056	99.2%	17	7.5%	92	69	0.8	93.4	3.1	3	0	1	65	10	0.1
2021	—	TB	12	—	89	55	34	5	4	2.0	11.0	0	3	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	787	95.1%	12	5.9%	67	54	0.8	106.5	2.7	5	1	2	41	9	0.1
2022	—	TB	17	—	116	72	44	10	3	3.0	16.0	0	5	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,075	96.0%	22	7.9%	73	55	0.8	90.9	3.7	3	0	0	24	9	0.1
2023	—	TB	15	—	117	69	48	17	5	4.5	26.5	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	957	97.3%	8	5.3%	85	67	0.8	102.4	4.6	9	4	0	51	9	0.1
2024	—	TB	17	—	112	66	46	9	6	5.5	20.5	1	6	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,078	96.0%	—	0.0%	78	66	0.8	102.4	4.5	13	6	1	80	14	0.1
2025	—	TB	17	—	112	59	53	8	6	3.5	17.5	1	3	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,023	98.2%	—	0.0%	67	49	0.7	120.1	6.0	11	5	2	55	13	0.1
Career		—	215	—	1,575	1,031	544	177	79	42.5	298.5	14	73	33	21	3	1	—	0.0%	12,905	97.2%	606	14.7%	629	479	—	—	—	62	20	14	440	83	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2012	22	TB	16	—	121	94	27	20	5	2.0	27.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	11.6
2013	23	TB	16	15*	129	91	38	21	13	7.0	41.0	5	10	2	1	0	1	17.2
2014	24	TB	14	13*	128	83	45	17	4	1.0	22.0	0	4	4	1	0	0	11.2
2015	25	TB	16	16*	136	74	62	10	5	3.0	18.0	3	13	2	2	1	0	15.5
2016	26	TB	16	16*	79	59	20	17	8	5.0	30.0	1	4	4	2	1	0	14.6
2017	27	TB	13	13*	92	67	25	8	3	0.0	11.0	0	1	5	5	1	0	8.6
2018	28	TB	14	14*	112	86	26	13	7	3.5	23.5	0	2	1	2	0	0	10
2019	29	TB	16	16*	119	78	41	10	7	1.0	18.0	1	7	3	1	0	0	12.2
2020	30	TB	16	16*	113	78	35	12	3	1.5	16.5	1	6	3	2	0	0	12.7
2021	31	TB	12	11*	89	55	34	5	4	2.0	11.0	0	3	2	1	0	0	7.9
2022	32	TB	17	16*	116	72	44	10	3	3.0	16.0	0	5	1	1	0	0	9.6
2023	33	TB	15	15*	117	69	48	17	5	4.5	26.5	0	5	1	—	0	0	10.6
2024	34	TB	17	16*	112	66	46	9	6	5.5	20.5	1	6	3	1	0	0	12.3
2025	35	TB	17	17*	112	59	53	8	6	3.5	17.5	1	3	2	2	0	0	12
Career			215	194*	1,575	1,031	544	177	79	—	—	14	73	33	21	3	1	166

* 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	23	TB	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,022	96.7%	162	36.3%
2014	24	TB	14	13*	—	0.0%	919	92.4%	75	19.6%
2015	25	TB	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,087	99.1%	91	20.4%
2016	26	TB	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,042	98.0%	70	15.8%
2017	27	TB	13	13*	—	0.0%	813	97.5%	62	17.8%
2018	28	TB	14	14*	—	0.0%	922	99.1%	78	19.5%
2019	29	TB	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,124	99.3%	9	5.8%
2020	30	TB	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,056	99.2%	17	7.5%
2021	31	TB	12	11*	—	0.0%	787	95.1%	12	5.9%
2022	32	TB	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,075	96.0%	22	7.9%
2023	33	TB	15	15*	—	0.0%	957	97.3%	8	5.3%
2024	34	TB	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,078	96.0%	—	0.0%
2025	35	TB	17	17*	—	0.0%	1,023	98.2%	—	0.0%
Career			199	194*	—	—	12,905	—	606	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	28	TB	14	14*	77	62	0.8	114.8	3.9	6	0	2	54	9	0.1
2019	29	TB	16	16*	90	57	0.6	73.0	4.0	12	4	6	70	10	0.1
2020	30	TB	16	16*	92	69	0.8	93.4	3.1	3	0	1	65	10	0.1
2021	31	TB	12	11*	67	54	0.8	106.5	2.7	5	1	2	41	9	0.1
2022	32	TB	17	16*	73	55	0.8	90.9	3.7	3	0	0	24	9	0.1
2023	33	TB	15	15*	85	67	0.8	102.4	4.6	9	4	0	51	9	0.1
2024	34	TB	17	16*	78	66	0.8	102.4	4.5	13	6	1	80	14	0.1
2025	35	TB	17	17*	67	49	0.7	120.1	6.0	11	5	2	55	13	0.1
Career			124	121*	629	479	—	—	—	62	20	14	440	83	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 40.9

Availability 19.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 59elite 702025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #175 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2013 TB·4 team wins#7

Interceptions · 5 · score 57

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 21% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

21% of the all-time Sacks leader21

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.995See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.995Snap share97.2%Def snaps12,905ReliableCV 0.32

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 · 2012

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

EDGE · 2012 class

4.57s

40-Yard

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 64thClass Pos 85thClass All 61th

36.5"

Vertical

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 77thClass Pos 83thClass All 83th

119"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 60thClass Pos 60thClass All 61th

19 reps

Bench

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 38thClass Pos 7thClass All 36th

7.28s

3-Cone

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 39thClass Pos 30thClass All 35th

4.22s

Shuttle

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 69thClass Pos 93thClass All 68th

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Defense

Tkl77Solo55Ast22TFL6QBHits3Sk3.0Dis12.0PD4FF1FR1

College Stats

Nebraska; Fort Scott CCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Nebraska; Fort Scott CC), 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.

2012 Draft Class· this player went #58

#49Kendall ReyesDT #50Isaiah PeadRB #51Jerel WorthyDT #52Zach BrownOLB #53Devon StillDT #54Ryan BroylesWR #55Peter KonzC #57Brock OsweilerQB #59Vinny CurryDE #60Kelechi OsemeleG #61LaMichael JamesRB #62Casey HaywardCB #63Rueben RandleWR #64Dwayne AllenTE #67Ronnie HillmanRB #68DeVier PoseyWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Lavonte inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers LB room from Mark Barron (2012–2013), and handed it to Danny Lansanah (2013–2015).

Hardy Nickerson 1993–1999Lonnie Marts 1994–1996Derrick Brooks 1995–2008Alshermond Singleton 1997–2002Shelton Quarles 1997–2006Jamie Duncan

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with TB
2012draft
Drafted by TB — Round 2, Pick 58

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 233 lb

Frame

233 lb at 4.57s

Size-speed

36.5" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

19 reps

Bench power

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	TB	2	W12Out· GroinW13Out· Groin
2021	TB	2	W6Out· AnkleW7Out· AnkleW8Questionable· AnkleW19Questionable· Foot
2018	TB	2	W11Out· KneeW12Out· KneeW13Questionable· Knee
2017	TB	1	W4Doubtful· AnkleW5Doubtful· AnkleW6Questionable· AnkleW7Questionable· AnkleW15Out· HamstringW16Questionable· Hamstring
2016	TB	0	W2Questionable· ShoulderW3Questionable· ShoulderW15Questionable· Hamstring
2015	TB	0	W14Questionable· Ankle
2014	TB	0	W10Questionable· KneeW12Questionable· HamstringW13Questionable· HamstringW14Questionable· 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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 71

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

C+2012

B+2013

C+2014

B2015

B2016

C2017

B2018

C+2019

C+2020

C+2021

B2022

B2023

B2024

B2025

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
2012	2	0.1	2	0.1
2013	7	0.4	7	0.4
2014	1	0.1	1	0.1
2015	3	0.2	3	0.2
2016	5	0.3	5	0.3
2017	0	0	0	0
2018	3.5	0.3	4+0.5	0.3
2019	1	0.1	1	0.1
2020	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2021	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2022	3	0.2	3	0.2
2023	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2024	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2025	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	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

173 career value over replacement — #503 all-time of 4,642. 12.4/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #58 (Rd 2) · TB · 2012 · +21.1 vs expected KV-H

68actual

46.9 expected · Δ+21.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2012

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2012 Draft Class· this player went #58

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

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Era Translator

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