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

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Manny Lawson

Top 26% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2009

Height6'5"

Weight240 lb

BornJul 3, 1984

Age42

CollegeN.C. State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2006

Draft2006 · Rd 1, Pick 22 · SF

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 104 · #1064 · High-Value

Worth 104 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 24% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.6 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

+11.6

Avg surplus

peak +27

9 seasons × ~11.6 surplus ≈ VORP 104

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 (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2006	—	SF	16	—	47	38	9	0	4	3.0	7.0	1	2	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	SF	2	—	10	7	3	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	SF	11	—	42	30	12	8	3	3.0	14.0	0	3	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	SF	16	—	57	40	17	9	16	6.5	31.5	0	2	3	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	SF	16	—	47	38	9	4	9	2.5	15.5	1	6	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CIN	15	—	47	26	21	6	4	1.5	11.5	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CIN	15	—	34	25	9	3	1	2.0	6.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	BUF	15	—	63	42	21	10	6	4.0	20.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	706	66.1%	111	22.6%	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	BUF	11	—	13	11	2	4	4	1.5	9.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	339	31.4%	189	39.9%	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0
2015	—	BUF	16	—	38	28	10	8	3	1.0	12.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	701	65.7%	183	39.1%	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	133	—	398	285	113	52	51	26.0	129.0	4	27	8	6	0	0	—	0.0%	1,746	54.4%	483	33.9%	—	—	—	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2006	22	SF	16	—	47	38	9	0	4	3.0	7.0	1	2	0	2	8
2007	23	SF	2	—	10	7	3	0	1	1.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	—
2008	24	SF	11	—	42	30	12	8	3	3.0	14.0	0	3	1	1	7
2009	25	SF	16	—	57	40	17	9	16	6.5	31.5	0	2	3	1	11.5
2010	26	SF	16	—	47	38	9	4	9	2.5	15.5	1	6	2	1	9.7
2011	27	CIN	15	—	47	26	21	6	4	1.5	11.5	0	4	0	—	7.1
2012	28	CIN	15	—	34	25	9	3	1	2.0	6.0	0	1	1	—	6.5
2013	29	BUF	15	10*	63	42	21	10	6	4.0	20.0	1	1	1	1	9.4
2014	30	BUF	11	0*	13	11	2	4	4	1.5	9.5	0	2	0	—	4.9
2015	31	BUF	16	11*	38	28	10	8	3	1.0	12.0	1	5	0	—	8.6
Career			133	21*	398	285	113	52	51	—	—	4	27	8	6	72.7

* 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	29	BUF	15	10*	—	0.0%	706	66.1%	111	22.6%
2014	30	BUF	16	0*	—	0.0%	339	31.4%	189	39.9%
2015	31	BUF	16	11*	—	0.0%	701	65.7%	183	39.1%
Career			47	21*	—	—	1,746	—	483	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2014	30	—	—	0*	—	—	—	0	0
Career					—	—	—	0	0

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 61 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 61 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 61.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 61· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 40.4

Availability 18.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2006bestavg 59elite 702015

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Sacks leader13

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: 88%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.007See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.007Snap share54.4%Def snaps1,746ConsistentCV 0.12

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 · 2006

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

EDGE · 2006 class

4.43s

40-Yard

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 89thClass Pos 98thClass All 85th

39.5"

Vertical

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 93thClass Pos 83thClass All 87th

124"

Broad Jump

Strong · 88th pct

Pos 88thAll 82thClass Pos 87thClass All 83th

23 reps

Bench

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 63thClass Pos 35thClass All 60th

6.90s

3-Cone

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 81thClass Pos 94thClass All 79th

4.18s

Shuttle

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 77thClass Pos 80thClass All 66th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl6Solo5Ast1

College Stats

N.C. StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (N.C. 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.

2006 Draft Class· this player went #22

#14Brodrick BunkleyNT #15Tye HillDB #16Jason AllenDB #17Chad GreenwayOLB #18Bobby CarpenterLB #19Antonio CromartieCB #20Tamba HaliOLB #21Laurence MaroneyRB #23Davin JosephG #24Johnathan JosephCB #25Santonio HolmesWR #26John McCargoDT #27DeAngelo WilliamsRB #28Marcedes LewisTE #29Nick MangoldC #30Joseph AddaiRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Manny inherited the San Francisco 49ers LB room from Brandon Moore (2002–2007), and handed it to Parys Haralson (2006–2011).

Bill Romanowski 1988–1993Kevin Mitchell 1994–1997Lee Woodall 1994–1999Tony Peterson 1994–1999Ken Norton 1994–2000Jeff Posey

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2015final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2013team change
Joined BUF (from CIN)
2011team change
Joined CIN (from SF)
2006draft
Drafted by SF — Round 1, Pick 22

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 240 lb

Frame

241 lb at 4.43s

Size-speed

39.5" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

23 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2013	BUF	0	W8Doubtful· HamstringW10Questionable· Not Injury Related

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 65

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

C+2006

C+2008

B+2009

C+2010

C+2011

C+2012

B2013

C+2014

C+2015

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

86%

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
2006	3	0.2	3	0.2
2008	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2009	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2010	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2011	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2012	2	0.1	2	0.1
2013	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2014	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2015	1	0.1	1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

104 career value over replacement — #1064 all-time of 4,642. 11.6/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #22 (Rd 1) · SF · 2006 · +4.5 vs expected KV-H

61actual

56.5 expected · Δ+4.5

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2006

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2006 Draft Class· this player went #22

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography