Luis Castillo is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Castillo in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Castillo's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Career Value · VORP
61 career value over replacement — #1850 all-time of 4,695. 10.2/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Pick #28 (Rd 1) · LAC · 2005 · +4.2 vs expected KV-H
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2005 | 22 | SD | 16 | — | 33 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 23 | SD | 10 | — | 28 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 24 | SD | 9 | — | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 25 | SD | 14 | — | 30 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 26 | SD | 11 | — | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 27 | SD | 13 | — | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 28 | SD | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 74 | — | 154 | 96 | 58 | 12 | 20 | 19.0 | 51.0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
A quality edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Worth 61 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 40% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.2 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
5 seasons × ~12.2 surplus ≈
Henry Ford
DT
92% match
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