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.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 21 | BUF | 16 | — | 2.2 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 5.5 | 24.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 22 | BUF | 16 | — | 2.7 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 5.5 | 20.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 23 | BUF | 16 | — | 4.3 | 54 | 29 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 7.5 | 27.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 824 | 72.3% | 79 | 15.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 24 | BUF | 15 | — | 7.0 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 10.0 | 36.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 677 | 67.2% | 57 | 13.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 25 | BUF | 15 | — | 1.0 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 755 | 74.2% | 43 | 9.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 26 | BUF | 8 | — | 2.0 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 417 | 76.3% | 37 | 15.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 27 | BUF / JAX | 14 | — | 0.0 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 416 | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 28 | JAX | 15 | — | 0.5 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 0.0% | 563 | 58.2% | 8 | 1.9% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 118.7 | -9.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 29 | JAX | 6 | — | 0.0 | 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 | — | 121 | — | 19.7 | 300 | 190 | 110 | 50 | 61 | 37.5 | 148.5 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
144 career value over replacement — #698 all-time of 4,695. 16/season above a replacement-level DL.
Pick #3 (Rd 1) · BUF · 2011 · +6.7 vs expected KV-H
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