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

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Malcom Brown

Top 34% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2015

Height6'2"

Weight330 lb

BornFeb 2, 1994

Age32

CollegeTexas See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 1, Pick 32 · NE

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 56 · #1911 · Above Average

Worth 56 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 42% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+9.3

Avg surplus

peak +13

6 seasons × ~9.3 surplus ≈ VORP 56

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

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%
2015	—	NE	16	—	42	25	17	6	5	3.0	14.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	508	46.7%	46	13.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	NE	16	—	47	21	26	4	5	3.0	12.0	0	0	1	—	0	1	—	0.0%	596	56.6%	65	14.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NE	13	—	39	19	20	4	5	2.5	11.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	537	61.4%	50	15.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NE	14	—	35	15	20	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	456	46.9%	51	13.4%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	4	0.1
2019	—	NO	15	—	31	15	16	6	5	2.0	13.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	487	46.1%	66	14.2%	2	1	0.5	60.4	-1.0	4	1	1	0	2	0.1
2020	—	NO	12	—	26	8	18	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	345	43.4%	45	13.0%	0	0	—	—	—	3	1	1	1	1	0.0
2021	—	JAX	17	—	51	24	27	4	3	2.0	9.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	8	2.4%	677	61.2%	88	20.1%	1	1	1.0	104.2	-5.0	8	5	1	0	5	0.1
Career		—	103	—	271	127	144	27	26	13.5	66.5	0	2	1	4	0	1	8	2.4%	3,606	51.7%	411	14.9%	3	2	—	—	—	16	7	4	1	12	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2015	21	NE	16	0*	42	25	17	6	5	3.0	14.0	0	0	2	0	9.5
2016	22	NE	16	9*	47	21	26	4	5	3.0	12.0	0	1	—	1	9.8
2017	23	NE	13	8*	39	19	20	4	5	2.5	11.5	0	0	—	0	7.6
2018	24	NE	14	0*	35	15	20	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	1	0	4.2
2019	25	NO	15	0*	31	15	16	6	5	2.0	13.0	1	0	1	0	7.6
2020	26	NO	12	0*	26	8	18	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	0	—	0	5.5
2021	27	JAX	17	10*	51	24	27	4	3	2.0	9.0	1	0	—	0	7.7
Career			103	27*	271	127	144	27	26	—	—	2	1	4	1	51.9

* 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%
2015	21	NE	16	0*	—	0.0%	508	46.7%	46	13.6%
2016	22	NE	16	9*	—	0.0%	596	56.6%	65	14.8%
2017	23	NE	13	8*	—	0.0%	537	61.4%	50	15.1%
2018	24	NE	15	0*	—	0.0%	456	46.9%	51	13.4%
2019	25	NO	16	0*	—	0.0%	487	46.1%	66	14.2%
2020	26	NO	13	0*	—	0.0%	345	43.4%	45	13.0%
2021	27	JAX	17	10*	8	2.4%	677	61.2%	88	20.1%
Career			106	27*	8	—	3,606	—	411	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	24	NE	15	0*	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	4	0.1
2019	25	NO	16	0*	2	1	0.5	60.4	-1.0	4	1	1	0	2	0.1
2020	26	NO	13	0*	0	0	—	—	—	3	1	1	1	1	0.0
2021	27	JAX	17	10*	1	1	1.0	104.2	-5.0	8	5	1	0	5	0.1
Career			61	10*	3	2	—	—	—	16	7	4	1	12	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 57 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 57 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 57· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 36.7

Availability 18.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 552021

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 7% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

7% of the all-time Sacks leader7

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

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.927See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.927Snap share51.7%Def snaps3,606VolatileCV 0.43

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within interior d-line, 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 defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2015

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

DL · 2015 class

5.05s

40-Yard

Above avg · 53th pct

Pos 53thAll 18thClass Pos 82thClass All 22th

29.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 53th pct

Pos 53thAll 19thClass Pos 38thClass All 15th

98"

Broad Jump

Low · 8th pct

Pos 8thAll 4thClass Pos 19thClass All 7th

26 reps

Bench

Below avg · 42th pct

Pos 42thAll 79thClass Pos 15thClass All 81th

7.84s

3-Cone

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 10thClass Pos 63thClass All 13th

4.59s

Shuttle

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 20thClass Pos 59thClass All 18th

Postseason Career

12 playoff games

Defense

Tkl35Solo13Ast22TFL2QBHits2Sk1.5Dis5.5

College Stats

TexasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas), 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.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #32

#24D.J. HumphriesOT #25Shaq ThompsonOLB #26Breshad PerrimanWR #27Byron JonesCB #28Laken TomlinsonG #29Phillip DorsettWR #30Damarious RandallS #31Stephone AnthonyLB #33Landon CollinsLB #34Donovan SmithOT #36T.J. YeldonRB #37Devin SmithWR #38Preston SmithDE #39Eddie GoldmanNT #40Dorial Green-BeckhamWR #41Devin FunchessWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Malcom inherited the New England Patriots DL room from Jabaal Sheard (2015–2016), and handed it to Adam Butler (2017–2020).

Chris Slade 1993–2000Mike D. Jones 1994–1997Ferric Collons 1995–1999Mark Wheeler 1996–1998Chris Sullivan 1996–1999Chad Eaton

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined JAX (from NO)
2021final season
Last recorded season with JAX
2019team change
Joined NO (from NE)
2015draft
Drafted by NE — Round 1, Pick 32

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 330 lb

Frame

319 lb at 5.05s

Size-speed

29.5" vert / 98" broad

Explosion

26 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	NO	2	W14Out· ShoulderW15Out· Shoulder / CalfW16Questionable· Calf
2018	NE	0	W6Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· Knee
2017	NE	2	W8Out· AnkleW10Out· AnkleW11Questionable· AnkleW12Questionable· 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 59

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

B2015

B2016

C+2017

C2018

C+2019

C2020

C+2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

94%

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
2015	3	0.2	3	0.2
2016	3	0.2	3	0.2
2017	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	2	0.1	2	0.1
2020	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2021	2	0.1	2	0.1

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

56 career value over replacement — #1911 all-time of 4,642. 8/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #32 (Rd 1) · NE · 2015 · +2.1 vs expected KV-H

57actual

54.9 expected · Δ+2.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2015

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #32

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography