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

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Matt Milano

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 38% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2020

Height6'0"

Weight223 lb

Career Value · VORP

58 career value over replacement — #1916 all-time of 4,695. 6.4/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #163 (Rd 5) · BUF · 2017 · +30.9 vs expected KV-H

55actual

24.1 expected · Δ+30.9

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Combined Season Grid

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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%
2017	23	BUF	16	—	37	23	14	3	2	0.0	5.0	1	2	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	450	40.0%	226	51.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	24	BUF	13	—	69	43	26	12	3	1.0	16.0	3	7	0	3	0	0	—	0.0%	741	90.5%	142	39.5%	46	26	0.6	69.5	5.1	6	3	2	39	20	0.2
2019	25	BUF	15	—	91	55	36	7	7	1.5	15.5	0	9	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	894	92.6%	112	28.3%	52	35	0.7	94.5	2.3	9	3	4	62	16	0.1
2020	26	BUF	10	—	40	30	10	4	9	3.5	16.5	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	335	52.2%	15	5.6%	35	22	0.6	70.9	3.9	10	1	5	37	8	0.2
2021	27	BUF	16	—	74	45	29	15	6	3.0	24.0	0	5	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	916	91.6%	15	3.8%	58	32	0.6	71.9	4.3	10	4	3	58	11	0.1
2022	28	BUF	15	—	85	58	27	12	7	1.5	20.5	3	11	0	2	1	0	—	0.0%	947	95.7%	24	5.8%	68	45	0.7	62.6	3.7	10	3	5	36	13	0.1
2023	29	BUF	5	—	27	15	12	1	1	0.0	2.0	2	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	211	77.0%	1	0.8%	13	8	0.6	38.8	4.1	1	0	1	8	5	0.1
2024	30	BUF	4	—	14	5	9	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	183	68.8%	—	0.0%	8	5	0.6	85.4	0.5	2	0	2	4	8	0.3
2025	31	BUF	12	—	65	34	31	7	6	3.5	16.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	492	73.1%	6	1.8%	38	25	0.7	77.4	1.4	8	2	2	20	4	0.1
Career		—	106	—	502	308	194	62	43	14.0	119.0	10	39	3	11	2	0	—	0.0%	5,169	77.0%	541	18.8%	318	198	—	—	—	56	16	24	264	85	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

54thPlayoff Sacks·5

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

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A quality edge rusher with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 58 · #1916 · Above Average

Worth 58 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 42% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

3 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+9.7

Avg surplus

peak +16

6 seasons × ~9.7 surplus ≈