Lawrence Jackson is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Jackson in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Jackson'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 | VAL | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | ||||||
| 2008 | 23 | SEA | 13 | — | 0.0 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 24 | SEA | 16 | — | 2.1 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4.5 | 21.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 25 | DET | 10 | — | 3.5 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 6.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 26 | DET | 10 | — | 2.1 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 4.5 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 27 | DET | 10 | — | 0.7 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2.5 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 59 | — | 8.4 | 127 | 84 | 43 | 18 | 41 | 19.5 | 78.5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
65 career value over replacement — #1756 all-time of 4,695. 13/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Pick #28 (Rd 1) · SEA · 2008 · +11.2 vs expected KV-H
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5 seasons · peak 3.5 in 2010
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.6 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2010 · +0.3 wins
0.3 of DET's 6 wins (5%)
Latest season · 2012 · +0.1 wins
0.1 of DET's 4 wins (1%)
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia. Team wins are the club's actual regular-season wins; a traded season, or one whose club record is missing, shows no share.
#276 of 1,594 all-time pass rushers by KV-H
A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 66 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
Blend 66.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 66· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)
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