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

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#7Per-snap impactof 300

Streaks5 straight · 10 sacks · 2021–25

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Micah Parsons

5× Pro Bowl3× All-ProTop 22% all-time linebackersPer-Snap Specialist📊 Overvalued by voters 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2021

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Career Value · VORP

56 career value over replacement — #1956 all-time of 4,695. 11.2/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

5 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #12 (Rd 1) · DAL · 2021 · -2.5 vs expected KV-H

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61.5 expected · Δ−2.5

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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%
2021	22	DAL	16	—	79	59	20	20	30	13.0	63.0	0	3	3	—	0	0	1	0.1%	904	83.6%	14	3.1%	36	22	0.6	71.5	3.1	47	16	17	114	10	0.1
2022	23	DAL	17	—	59	36	23	14	27	13.5	54.5	0	3	3	3	1	0	—	0.0%	919	79.9%	—	0.0%	11	9	0.8	128.0	0.5	41	13	14	68	5	0.1
2023	24	DAL	17	—	56	28	28	18	33	14.0	65.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	864	80.2%	1	0.2%	5	3	0.6	64.6	2.2	43	11	16	47	3	0.0
2024	25	DAL	13	—	40	27	13	12	23	12.0	47.0	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	696	81.7%	37	9.9%	4	4	1.0	97.9	-2.8	46	21	12	32	6	0.1
2025	26	GB	14	—	39	17	22	12	27	12.5	51.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	707	78.0%	—	0.0%	3	1	0.3	42.4	-1.3	48	22	12	3	3	0.1
Career		—	77	—	273	167	106	76	140	65.0	281.0	0	10	11	4	1	0	1	0.0%	4,090	80.7%	52	2.4%	59	39	—	—	—	225	83	71	264	27	—

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Per-Snap SpecialistExplore archetypes →

A linebacker whose elite per-snap production (top 5% in their position group) stands out despite limited volume (top 30% among starters overall). When on the field, they made it count — a specialist's profile.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 56 · #1956 · Above Average

Worth 56 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 43% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.2

Avg surplus

peak +18

5 seasons × ~11.2 surplus ≈ VORP 56