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

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Michael Brockers

Top 24% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2013

Height6'5"

Weight297 lb

BornDec 21, 1990

Age35

CollegeLSU See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 1, Pick 14 · LA

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 122 · #855 · High-Value

Worth 122 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 19% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 9 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.6

Avg surplus

peak +22

9 seasons × ~13.6 surplus ≈ VORP 122

Combined Season Grid

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

3 grids split in one view

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%
2012	—	LA	10	—	29	18	11	7	6	4.0	17.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	LA	15	—	40	32	8	7	10	5.5	22.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	792	74.8%	78	18.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	LA	15	—	31	23	8	5	4	2.0	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	622	59.1%	38	16.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	LA	15	—	41	24	17	8	6	3.0	17.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	691	59.9%	75	16.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	LA	12	—	18	13	5	1	5	0.0	6.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	419	41.9%	58	14.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	LA	15	—	45	29	16	8	8	4.5	20.5	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	728	67.0%	81	16.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	LA	16	—	47	26	21	4	4	1.0	9.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	680	67.3%	81	17.8%	1	0	0.0	39.6	-2.0	9	6	2	0	3	0.1
2019	—	LA	16	—	57	28	29	3	9	3.0	15.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	766	68.6%	91	19.1%	2	0	0.0	39.6	-2.5	17	8	5	0	3	0.0
2020	—	LA	15	—	49	19	30	5	10	5.0	20.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	624	64.1%	63	15.1%	0	0	—	—	—	11	2	5	0	0	0.0
2021	—	DET	16	—	47	18	29	4	1	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	622	58.9%	2	4.0%	0	0	—	—	—	5	4	0	0	5	0.1
2022	—	DET	3	—	4	1	3	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	125	28.8%	7	37.0%	0	0	—	—	—	2	1	1	0	0	0.0
Career		—	196	—	408	231	177	52	64	29.0	145.0	0	10	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	6,069	59.1%	574	17.6%	3	0	—	—	—	44	21	13	0	11	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2012	22	LA	10	—	29	18	11	7	6	4.0	17.0	1	1	—	9.3
2013	23	LA	15	12*	40	32	8	7	10	5.5	22.5	0	1	—	11.9
2014	24	LA	15	9*	31	23	8	5	4	2.0	11.0	1	0	1	7.8
2015	25	LA	15	10*	41	24	17	8	6	3.0	17.0	0	0	—	9.9
2016	26	LA	12	0*	18	13	5	1	5	0.0	6.0	2	0	—	4.7
2017	27	LA	15	11*	45	29	16	8	8	4.5	20.5	4	0	—	11.1
2018	28	LA	16	11*	47	26	21	4	4	1.0	9.0	0	0	—	7.2
2019	29	LA	16	11*	57	28	29	3	9	3.0	15.0	1	0	—	9.5
2020	30	LA	15	10*	49	19	30	5	10	5.0	20.0	0	0	—	10.6
2021	31	DET	16	9*	47	18	29	4	1	1.0	6.0	0	0	—	6.4
2022	32	DET	3	0*	4	1	3	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	0	—	—
Career			148	83*	408	231	177	52	64	—	—	10	2	1	88.4

* 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	23	STL	16	12*	—	0.0%	792	74.8%	78	18.5%
2014	24	STL	16	9*	—	0.0%	622	59.1%	38	16.4%
2015	25	STL	16	10*	—	0.0%	691	59.9%	75	16.2%
2016	26	LA	14	0*	—	0.0%	419	41.9%	58	14.6%
2017	27	LA	16	11*	—	0.0%	728	67.0%	81	16.8%
2018	28	LA	16	11*	—	0.0%	680	67.3%	81	17.8%
2019	29	LA	16	11*	—	0.0%	766	68.6%	91	19.1%
2020	30	LA	15	10*	—	0.0%	624	64.1%	63	15.1%
2021	31	DET	16	9*	—	0.0%	622	58.9%	2	4.0%
2022	32	DET	6	0*	—	0.0%	125	28.8%	7	37.0%
Career			147	83*	—	—	6,069	—	574	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	28	LA	16	11*	1	0.0	39.6	-2.0	9	6	2	3	0.1
2019	29	LA	16	11*	2	0.0	39.6	-2.5	17	8	5	3	0.0
2020	30	LA	15	10*	0	—	—	—	11	2	5	0	0.0
2021	31	DET	16	9*	0	—	—	—	5	4	0	5	0.1
2022	32	DET	6	0*	0	—	—	—	2	1	1	0	0.0
Career			69	41*	3	—	—	—	44	21	13	11	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 62 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 62 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 40.7

Availability 18.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 592021

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 15% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

15% of the all-time Sacks leader15

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.274See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.274Snap share59.1%Def snaps6,069ReliableCV 0.35

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within interior d-line, 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 defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2012

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

DL · 2012 class

5.31s

40-Yard

Low · 7th pct

Pos 7thAll 5thClass Pos 8thClass All 7th

26.5"

Vertical

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 6thClass Pos 23thClass All 7th

105"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 14thClass Pos 43thClass All 19th

7.46s

3-Cone

Strong · 78th pct

Pos 78thAll 27thClass Pos 46thClass All 23th

4.81s

Shuttle

Low · 17th pct

Pos 17thAll 7thClass Pos 13thClass All 9th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl21Solo10Ast11QBHits1Sk0.5Dis1.5PD1

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.

2012 Draft Class· this player went #14

#6Morris ClaiborneCB #7Mark BarronILB #8Ryan TannehillQB #9Luke KuechlyILB #10Stephon GilmoreCB #11Dontari PoeDT #12Fletcher CoxDT #13Michael FloydWR #15Bruce IrvinLB #16Quinton CoplesOLB #17Dre KirkpatrickCB #18Melvin IngramLB #19Shea McClellinOLB #20Kendall WrightWR #21Chandler JonesDE #22Brandon WeedenQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Michael inherited the Los Angeles Rams DL room from William Hayes (2012–2016), and handed it to Ethan Westbrooks (2014–2018).

Sean Gilbert 1992–1995D'Marco Farr 1994–2000Kevin Carter 1995–2000Leslie O'Neal 1996–1997Jeff Zgonina 1997–2002Grant Wistrom

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2022final season
Last recorded season with DET
2021team change
Joined DET (from LA)
2012draft
Drafted by LA — Round 1, Pick 14

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 297 lb

Frame

322 lb at 5.31s

Size-speed

26.5" vert / 105" broad

Explosion

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	DET	0	W15Doubtful· IllnessW18Questionable· Ankle
2021	DET	0	W1Questionable· ShoulderW2Questionable· ShoulderW3Questionable· ShoulderW4Questionable· ShoulderW12Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· KneeW14Questionable· Knee / IllnessW15Questionable· KneeW16Questionable· KneeW18Questionable· Neck
2016	LA	1	W2Questionable· ThighW5Questionable· HipW6Questionable· HipW7Out· ThighW9Questionable· GroinW10Questionable· Groin
2012	STL	2	W1Out· AnkleW2Out· AnkleW3Doubtful· AnkleW4Questionable· Ankle

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

B2012

B2013

C+2014

C+2015

C2016

B2017

C+2018

B2019

B2020

C+2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

88%

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
2012	4	0.4	7+3	0.4
2013	5.5	0.4	6+0.5	0.4
2014	2	0.1	2	0.1
2015	3	0.2	3	0.2
2016	0	0	0	0
2017	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2018	1	0.1	1	0.1
2019	3	0.2	3	0.2
2020	5	0.3	6+1	0.3
2021	1	0.1	1	0.1

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

122 career value over replacement — #855 all-time of 4,642. 12.2/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #14 (Rd 1) · LA · 2012 · +3.1 vs expected KV-H

62actual

58.9 expected · Δ+3.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2012

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2012 Draft Class· this player went #14

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator