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.

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Lavonte David

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 14% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2013 Team Carrier · #162

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Career Value · VORP

174 career value over replacement — #510 all-time of 4,695. 12.4/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #58 (Rd 2) · TB · 2012 · +21.9 vs expected KV-H

68actual

46.1 expected · Δ+21.9

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Combined Season Grid

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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	22–23	TB	16	—	121	94	27	20	5	2.0	27.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	23–24	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	24–25	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	25–26	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	26–27	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	27–28	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	28–29	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	29–30	TB	16	—	119	78	41	10	7	1.0	18.0	1	7	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,124	99.3%	9	1.8%	90	57	0.6	73.0	4.0	12	4	6	70	10	0.1
2020	30–31	TB	16	—	113	78	35	12	3	1.5	16.5	1	6	3	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,056	99.2%	17	3.8%	92	69	0.8	93.4	3.1	3	0	1	65	10	0.1
2021	31–32	TB	12	—	89	55	34	5	4	2.0	11.0	0	3	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	787	95.1%	12	3.4%	67	54	0.8	106.5	2.7	5	1	2	41	9	0.1
2022	32–33	TB	17	—	116	72	44	10	3	3.0	16.0	0	5	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,075	96.0%	22	5.1%	73	55	0.8	90.9	3.7	3	0	0	24	9	0.1
2023	33–34	TB	15	—	117	69	48	17	5	4.5	26.5	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	957	97.3%	8	2.1%	85	67	0.8	102.4	4.6	9	4	0	51	9	0.1
2024	34–35	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	35–36	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	629	479	—	—	—	62	20	14	440	83	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

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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 174 · #510 · High-Value

Worth 174 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 12% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 13 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 cleared

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.4

Avg surplus

peak +27

13 seasons × ~13.4 surplus ≈