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 | |
6 seasons · peak 5.0 in 2006
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.
0.8 career wins over 6 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2006 · +0.4 wins
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.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 22 | SD | 16 | — | 33 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1.7 |
| 2006 | 23 | SD | 10 | — | 28 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 24 | SD | 9 | — | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| 2008 | 25 | SD | 14 | — | 30 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 26 | SD | 11 | — | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 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 | 0.5 |
| 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 | 9.8 |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 6 scored seasons.
Blend 58.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 100%
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#468 of 1,595 all-time pass rushers by KV-H
Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)