Not to be confused withMarcus Jones (CB · 2022–present).

Also in other sports:mlbMarcus Jones (P · 2000).

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

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Marcus Jones

Top 21% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter⭐ Shooting Star · 2000

Height6'6"

Weight278 lb

BornAug 15, 1973

Age

Career Value · VORP

68 career value over replacement — #1707 all-time of 4,695. 22.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #22 (Rd 1) · TB · 1996 · +7.7 vs expected KV-H

64actual

56.3 expected · Δ+7.7

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

1 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1999	26	TB	14	—	20	15	5	7	6	7.0	20.0	0	1	1	—	0	0
2000	27	TB / WAS	15	—	32	25	7	15	14	13.0	42.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2001	28	TB	13	—	23	12	11	3	2	3.0	8.0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Career		—	42	—	75	52	23	25	22	23.0	70.0	0	2	2	2	0	0

Known source gap1996–1998

1996–1998: these seasons predate StatVault's committed NFL season-grid source (1999+), so they are recorded as a known gap rather than shown as zero.

Career arc · VAL by season

3 seasons · peak 7.5 in 2000

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

0.9 career wins over 3 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2000 · +0.6 wins

Defence+0.6

Latest season · 2001 · +0.1 wins

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
1999	26	TB	14	—	20	15	5	7	6	7.0	20.0	1	1	—	3.8
2000	27	All teams	15	—	32	25	7	15	14	13.0	42.0	0	0	1	7.5
2001	28	TB	13	—	23	12	11	3	2	3.0	8.0	1	1	1	0.6
Career			42		75	52	23	25	22	23.0	70.0	2	2	2	11.9

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	SEA	—	—	—
W2	PIT	—	—	—
W3	JAX	—	—	—
W4	BUF	—	—	—
W5	LV	—	—	—

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 5 games

Splits

32 games · 2022–2026

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Home	18	1	5	3	3	66	1	31.1
Away	14	—	—	2	2

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 64 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 64 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 74.6 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 64· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 75

On-field 57.3

Availability 17.7

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.

Position percentile · EDGE

#328 of 1,595 all-time pass rushers by KV-H

079th percentile100

StatVault · statvault.org/players/nfl/marcus-jonesJSON

Wins / Losses2 rows

Wins / Losses	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Wins	22	—	—	1	1	12	—	19.2
Losses	10	1	5	4	4	84	1	14.9

Regular season / Postseason2 rows

Regular season / Postseason	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Regular season	28	1	5	5	5	96	1	34.1
Postseason	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

By opponent22 rows

By opponent	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
vs ARI	2	—	—	2	2	30	—	3
vs ATL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs BAL	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs BUF	4	—	—	2	2	51	1	11.1
vs CAR	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
vs CIN	2	—	—	1	1	15	—	1.5
vs CLE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs DEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs HOU	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs JAX	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs LA	1	1	5	—	—	—	—	0.5
vs LAC	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs LV	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs MIA	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
vs NO	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs NYG	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
vs NYJ	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs PIT	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs SEA	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs TB	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
vs TEN	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

By month6 rows

By month	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
January	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
February	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
September	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
October	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
November	6	1	5	—	—	—	—	6.5
December	8	—	—	5	5	96	1	21.6

Division games2 rows

Division games	G	Rush	Rush Yds	Tgt	Rec	Rec Yds	Rec TD	FPts
Division	9	—	—	2	2	51	1	17.1
Non-division	23	1	5	3	3	45	—	17

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

1999bestavg 74elite 702001

Sacks career shape vs similar edge/defensive ends

1999-2001

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Sacks season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	SEA	—	—	—
W2	PIT	—	—	—
W3	JAX	—	—	—
W4	BUF	—	—	—
W5	LV	—	—	—

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	SEA	—	—	—
W2	PIT	—	—	—
W3	JAX	—	—	—
W4	BUF	—	—	—
W5	LV	—	—	—

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	SEA	—	—	—
W2	PIT	—	—	—
W3	JAX	—	—	—
W4	BUF	—	—	—
W5	LV	—	—	—