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

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Marcell Dareus

2× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 11% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2014

Height6'3"

Weight331 lb

BornMar 13, 1990

Age36

CollegeAlabama See College Stats

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 1, Pick 3 · BUF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 146 · #665 · High-Value

Worth 146 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 15% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.3

Avg surplus

peak +39

8 seasons × ~18.3 surplus ≈ VORP 146

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%
2011	—	BUF	16	—	32	21	11	9	10	5.5	24.5	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	BUF	16	—	34	21	13	5	10	5.5	20.5	0	6	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	BUF	16	—	54	29	25	8	12	7.5	27.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	824	72.3%	79	15.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	BUF	15	—	41	28	13	12	14	10.0	36.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	677	67.2%	57	13.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	BUF	15	—	41	28	13	5	5	2.0	12.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	755	74.2%	43	11.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	BUF	8	—	30	15	15	5	4	3.5	12.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	417	76.3%	37	15.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	JAX	11	—	25	19	6	3	3	2.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	416	46.5%	58	14.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	JAX	12	—	30	21	9	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	1	1	—	0	1	—	0.0%	563	58.2%	8	7.0%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-9.0	6	4	1	0	5	0.1
2019	—	JAX	5	—	13	8	5	1	1	0.5	2.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	206	52.3%	—	0.0%	0	0	—	—	—	2	1	0	0	1	0.1
Career		—	114	—	300	190	110	50	61	37.5	148.5	0	15	3	2	0	1	—	0.0%	3,858	63.9%	282	12.9%	1	1	—	—	—	8	5	1	0	6	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2011	21	BUF	16	—	32	21	11	9	10	5.5	24.5	2	0	1	0	12.7
2012	22	BUF	16	—	34	21	13	5	10	5.5	20.5	6	0	1	0	11.3
2013	23	BUF	16	12*	54	29	25	8	12	7.5	27.5	3	1	—	0	14.1
2014	24	BUF	15	10*	41	28	13	12	14	10.0	36.0	1	1	—	0	17.2
2015	25	BUF	15	11*	41	28	13	5	5	2.0	12.0	0	0	—	0	8.4
2016	26	BUF	8	6*	30	15	15	5	4	3.5	12.5	1	0	—	0	6.8
2017	27	JAX	11	0*	25	19	6	3	3	2.0	8.0	0	0	—	0	5.9
2018	28	JAX	12	9*	30	21	9	2	2	1.0	5.0	1	1	—	1	5.6
2019	29	JAX	5	3*	13	8	5	1	1	0.5	2.5	1	0	—	0	2.3
Career			114	51*	300	190	110	50	61	—	—	15	3	2	1	84.3

* 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	23	BUF	16	12*	—	0.0%	824	72.3%	79	15.5%
2014	24	BUF	15	10*	—	0.0%	677	67.2%	57	13.3%
2015	25	BUF	15	11*	—	0.0%	755	74.2%	43	11.3%
2016	26	BUF	8	6*	—	0.0%	417	76.3%	37	15.5%
2017	27	JAX	14	0*	—	0.0%	416	46.5%	58	14.8%
2018	28	JAX	15	9*	—	0.0%	563	58.2%	8	7.0%
2019	29	JAX	6	3*	—	0.0%	206	52.3%	—	0.0%
Career			89	51*	—	—	3,858	—	282	—

* 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	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	28	JAX	15	9*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-9.0	6	4	1	5	0.1
2019	29	JAX	6	3*	0	0	—	—	—	2	1	0	1	0.1
Career			21	12*	1	1	—	—	—	8	5	1	6	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 71 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 71 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 70.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 71· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 47.8

Availability 17.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 61elite 702019

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 19% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

19% of the all-time Sacks leader19

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.942See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.942Snap share63.8%Def snaps3,858VolatileCV 0.54

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 · 2011

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

DL · 2011 class

4.93s

40-Yard

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 25thClass Pos 81thClass All 24th

27"

Vertical

Low · 20th pct

Pos 20thAll 8thClass Pos 25thClass All 7th

24 reps

Bench

Below avg · 27th pct

Pos 27thAll 69thClass Pos 21thClass All 66th

7.83s

3-Cone

Below avg · 31th pct

Pos 31thAll 11thClass Pos 11thClass All 5th

4.62s

Shuttle

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 18thClass Pos 57thClass All 15th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl8Solo6Ast2TFL4QBHits2Sk2.0Dis8.0

College Stats

AlabamaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Alabama), 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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #3

#1Cam NewtonQB #1Terrelle PryorWR #2Von MillerOLB #4A.J. GreenWR #5Patrick PetersonCB #6Julio JonesWR #7Aldon SmithDE #8Jake LockerQB #9Tyron SmithOT #10Blaine GabbertQB #11J.J. WattDE #12Christian PonderQB #13Nick FairleyDT #14Robert QuinnDE #15Mike PounceyC #16Ryan KerriganDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Marcell inherited the Buffalo Bills DL room from Spencer Johnson (2008–2012), and handed it to Mario Williams (2012–2015).

Bruce Smith 1985–1999Mike Lodish 1990–1994Phil Hansen 1991–2001Ted Washington 1995–2000Gabe Northern 1996–1999Shawn Price

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2019final season
Last recorded season with JAX
2017team change
Joined JAX (from BUF)
2011draft
Drafted by BUF — Round 1, Pick 3

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 331 lb

Frame

319 lb at 4.93s

Size-speed

24 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	JAX	0	W1Questionable· Elbow
2018	JAX	0	W11Questionable· Triceps / BackW12Questionable· Back
2017	JAX	1	W3Out· Ankle
2016	BUF	1	W5Questionable· HamstringW6Doubtful· HamstringW7Doubtful· HamstringW8Questionable· HamstringW9Out· GroinW11Questionable· GroinW13Questionable· Abdomen
2014	BUF	0	W17Doubtful· Knee
2012	BUF	0	W15Questionable· Shoulder

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 78

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

B2011

B2012

B+2013

A2014

C+2015

B2016

C+2017

C2018

F2019

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

84%

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
2011	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2012	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2013	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2014	10	0.7	11+1	0.7
2015	2	0.1	2	0.1
2016	3.5	0.4	7+3.5	0.4
2017	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2018	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2019	0.5	0.1	2+1.5	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

146 career value over replacement — #665 all-time of 4,642. 16.2/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · BUF · 2011 · +9.2 vs expected KV-H

71actual

61.8 expected · Δ+9.2

💔+23.3 stolen VORP·1.44 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

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 · 2011

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2011 Draft Class· this player went #3

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator