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

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Mathias Kiwanuka

Top 15% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2008

Height6'5"

Weight267 lb

BornMar 8, 1983

Age43

CollegeBoston College See College Stats

Rookie yr2006

Draft2006 · Rd 1, Pick 32 · NYG

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 114 · #935 · High-Value

Worth 114 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 21% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.3 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

+14.3

Avg surplus

peak +30

8 seasons × ~14.3 surplus ≈ VORP 114

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2006	—	NYG	16	—	31	22	9	0	9	4.0	13.0	2	4	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	NYG	10	—	39	29	10	0	6	5.0	11.0	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	NYG	15	—	40	24	16	13	14	8.5	35.5	0	1	2	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	NYG	16	—	45	30	15	10	17	3.0	30.0	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	NYG	3	—	9	7	2	4	4	4.0	12.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	NYG	16	—	62	42	20	14	9	3.5	26.5	1	2	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	NYG	14	—	23	14	9	5	5	3.0	13.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	NYG	16	—	35	19	16	8	20	6.0	34.0	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	869	76.8%	111	23.6%
2014	—	NYG	11	—	21	13	8	2	6	2.5	10.5	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	552	76.6%	45	18.0%
Career		—	117	—	305	200	105	56	90	39.5	185.5	3	14	13	3	0	0	—	0.0%	1,421	76.7%	156	20.8%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2006	23	NYG	16	—	31	22	9	0	9	4.0	13.0	2	4	2	—	11.7
2007	24	NYG	10	—	39	29	10	0	6	5.0	11.0	0	4	1	—	9.4
2008	25	NYG	15	—	40	24	16	13	14	8.5	35.5	0	1	2	2	18.3
2009	26	NYG	16	—	45	30	15	10	17	3.0	30.0	0	1	2	—	15.1
2010	27	NYG	3	—	9	7	2	4	4	4.0	12.0	0	0	1	—	—
2011	28	NYG	16	—	62	42	20	14	9	3.5	26.5	1	2	1	1	14.7
2012	29	NYG	14	—	23	14	9	5	5	3.0	13.0	0	0	0	—	8.3
2013	30	NYG	16	12*	35	19	16	8	20	6.0	34.0	0	2	2	—	15
2014	31	NYG	11	8*	21	13	8	2	6	2.5	10.5	0	0	2	—	7.6
Career			117	20*	305	200	105	56	90	—	—	3	14	13	3	100.1

* 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	30	NYG	16	12*	—	0.0%	869	76.8%	111	23.6%
2014	31	NYG	11	8*	—	0.0%	552	76.6%	45	18.0%
Career			27	20*	—	—	1,421	—	156	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 67.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 46.8

Availability 18.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2006bestavg 65elite 702014

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 20% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

20% of the all-time Sacks leader20

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: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.554See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.554Snap share76.7%Def snaps1,421Emerging

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 edge rushers 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

4.70s

40-Yard

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 44thClass Pos 72thClass All 46th

32"

Vertical

Below avg · 34th pct

Pos 34thAll 35thClass Pos 15thClass All 25th

120"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 64thClass Pos 74thClass All 67th

17 reps

Bench

Low · 6th pct

Pos 6thAll 27thClass Pos 10thClass All 19th

7.27s

3-Cone

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 39thClass Pos 50thClass All 39th

4.13s

Shuttle

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 84thClass Pos 94thClass All 78th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl11Solo7Ast4QBHits3Sk0.5Dis3.5

College Stats

Boston CollegeCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Boston College), 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 #32

#24Johnathan JosephCB #25Santonio HolmesWR #26John McCargoDT #27DeAngelo WilliamsRB #28Marcedes LewisTE #29Nick MangoldC #30Joseph AddaiRB #31Kelly JenningsDB #33DeMeco RyansILB #34D'Qwell JacksonILB #35Rocky McIntoshLB #36Chad JacksonWR #38Thomas HowardLB #39Winston JusticeOT #40Daniel BullocksS #41Deuce LutuiG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Mathias inherited the New York Giants DL room from Justin Tuck (2005–2013), and handed it to Barry Cofield (2006–2015).

Keith Hamilton 1992–2003Michael Strahan 1993–2007Chad Bratzke 1994–1998Robert Harris 1995–1999Cornelius Griffin 2000–2003Kenny Holmes

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2014final season
Last recorded season with NYG
2006draft
Drafted by NYG — Round 1, Pick 32

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 267 lb

Frame

266 lb at 4.70s

Size-speed

32" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

17 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2014	NYG	0	W10Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· Knee
2012	NYG	0	W1Questionable· Groin
2010	NYG	3	W5Out· NeckW6Out· NeckW7Out· Neck

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 71

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

B2006

B+2007

A2008

B2009

B2011

C+2012

B+2013

C+2014

Availability

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

81%

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	4	0.3	4	0.2
2007	5	0.5	9+4	0.5
2008	8.5	0.6	10+1.5	0.6
2009	3	0.2	3	0.2
2011	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	0.2
2012	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2013	6	0.4	6	0.4
2014	2.5	0.2	4+1.5	0.2

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

114 career value over replacement — #935 all-time of 4,642. 14.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #32 (Rd 1) · NYG · 2006 · +13.1 vs expected KV-H

68actual

54.9 expected · Δ+13.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

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 #32

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography