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

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Lawrence Timmons

1× Pro BowlTop 18% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2009

Height6'1"

Weight242 lb

BornMay 14, 1986

Age40

CollegeFlorida State See College Stats

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 1, Pick 15 · PIT

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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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 149 · #640 · High-Value

Worth 149 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 15% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.6

Avg surplus

peak +30

9 seasons × ~16.6 surplus ≈ VORP 149

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	3	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	PIT	16	—	53	31	22	7	11	5.0	23.0	1	3	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	PIT	14	—	67	46	21	7	7	7.0	21.0	0	4	4	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	PIT	16	—	105	68	37	10	7	3.0	20.0	2	10	2	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	PIT	15	—	80	55	25	5	6	2.0	13.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	PIT	16	—	95	64	31	10	17	6.0	33.0	3	5	2	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	PIT	16	—	114	74	40	7	6	3.0	16.0	2	5	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,070	100.0%	73	15.0%
2014	—	PIT	16	—	121	76	45	7	4	2.0	13.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	977	98.8%	68	14.9%
2015	—	PIT	16	—	105	63	42	6	10	5.0	21.0	1	6	1	—	0	0	8	3.0%	1,057	95.4%	63	14.1%
2016	—	PIT	16	—	102	66	36	5	11	2.5	18.5	2	5	1	—	0	0	2	1.0%	950	91.0%	60	13.4%
2017	—	MIA	14	—	79	53	26	5	3	0.0	8.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	792	86.1%	6	3.3%
Career		—	158	—	923	597	326	69	82	35.5	186.5	12	47	12	5	1	0	10	2.0%	4,846	94.3%	270	12.1%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2007	21	PIT	3	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	—
2008	22	PIT	16	—	53	31	22	7	11	5.0	23.0	1	3	1	—	0	10.9
2009	23	PIT	14	—	67	46	21	7	7	7.0	21.0	0	4	4	—	0	10.8
2010	24	PIT	16	—	105	68	37	10	7	3.0	20.0	2	10	2	2	0	13.7
2011	25	PIT	15	—	80	55	25	5	6	2.0	13.0	1	5	0	—	0	9.1
2012	26	PIT	16	—	95	64	31	10	17	6.0	33.0	3	5	2	1	1	15.5
2013	27	PIT	16	16*	114	74	40	7	6	3.0	16.0	2	5	1	1	0	11.3
2014	28	PIT	16	16*	121	76	45	7	4	2.0	13.0	0	1	0	—	0	8.4
2015	29	PIT	16	15*	105	63	42	6	10	5.0	21.0	1	6	1	—	0	11.6
2016	30	PIT	16	15*	102	66	36	5	11	2.5	18.5	2	5	1	—	0	12.2
2017	31	MIA	14	12*	79	53	26	5	3	0.0	8.0	0	3	0	—	0	6.5
Career			158	74*	923	597	326	69	82	—	—	12	47	12	5	1	110

* 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	27	PIT	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,070	100.0%	73	15.0%
2014	28	PIT	16	16*	—	0.0%	977	98.8%	68	14.9%
2015	29	PIT	16	15*	8	3.0%	1,057	95.4%	63	14.1%
2016	30	PIT	16	15*	2	1.0%	950	91.0%	60	13.4%
2017	31	MIA	14	12*	—	0.0%	792	86.1%	6	3.3%
Career			78	74*	10	—	4,846	—	270	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 66 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 66 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 66 × longevity 1 = KV-H 66· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 42.5

Availability 19.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2008bestavg 62elite 702017

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 18% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

18% of the all-time Sacks leader18

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+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.156See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.156Snap share94.3%Def snaps4,846ReliableCV 0.29

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

4.66s

40-Yard

Above avg · 73th pct

Pos 73thAll 49thClass Pos 69thClass All 49th

35"

Vertical

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 64thClass Pos 72thClass All 61th

123"

Broad Jump

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 78thClass Pos 91thClass All 83th

25 reps

Bench

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 74thClass Pos 50thClass All 67th

6.89s

3-Cone

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 82thClass Pos 79thClass All 78th

4.32s

Shuttle

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 53thClass Pos 50thClass All 56th

Postseason Career

13 playoff games

Defense

Tkl76Solo50Ast26TFL8QBHits2Sk2.0Dis12.0PD1FR1

College Stats

Florida StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida State), 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 #15

#7Adrian PetersonRB #8Jamaal AndersonDE #9Ted GinnWR #10Amobi OkoyeDT #11Patrick WillisILB #12Marshawn LynchRB #13Adam CarrikerDE #14Darrelle RevisDB #16Justin HarrellDT #17Jarvis MossDE #18Leon HallDB #19Michael GriffinFS #20Aaron RossDB #21Reggie NelsonFS #22Brady QuinnQB #23Dwayne BoweWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Lawrence inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers LB room from LaMarr Woodley (2007–2013), and handed it to Jason Worilds (2010–2014).

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

2017team change
Joined MIA (from PIT)
2017final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2007draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 1, Pick 15

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 242 lb

Frame

234 lb at 4.66s

Size-speed

35" vert / 123" broad

Explosion

25 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	PIT	0	W1Doubtful· AnkleW9Doubtful· Ankle

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 72

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

B2008

B+2009

B2010

C+2011

B+2012

B2013

C+2014

B2015

C+2016

C2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

97%

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
2008	5	0.3	5	0.3
2009	7	0.5	9+2	0.5
2010	3	0.2	3	0.2
2011	2	0.1	2	0.1
2012	6	0.4	6	0.4
2013	3	0.2	3	0.2
2014	2	0.1	2	0.1
2015	5	0.3	5	0.3
2016	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2017	0	0	0	0

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

149 career value over replacement — #640 all-time of 4,642. 14.9/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #15 (Rd 1) · PIT · 2007 · +8.5 vs expected KV-H

66actual

57.5 expected · Δ+8.5

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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 #15

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator