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

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Mike Daniels

1× Pro BowlTop 21% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2013

Height6'0"

Weight310 lb

BornMay 5, 1989

Age37

CollegeIowa See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 4, Pick 132 · GB

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 85 · #1362 · High-Value

Worth 85 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 30% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12.1

Avg surplus

peak +22

7 seasons × ~12.1 surplus ≈ VORP 85

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	—	GB	9	—	9	9	0	4	2	2.0	8.0	0	1	0	2	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	GB	15	—	20	14	6	9	10	6.5	25.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	2	1.0%	506	48.9%	158	32.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	GB	14	—	36	24	12	7	15	5.5	27.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	2	1.5%	684	63.4%	72	16.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	GB	14	—	47	25	22	7	9	4.0	20.0	1	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	703	66.9%	63	13.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	GB	15	—	30	22	8	8	11	4.0	23.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	663	64.0%	69	15.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	GB	12	—	43	28	15	8	12	5.0	25.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	629	67.9%	59	17.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	GB	9	—	17	9	8	1	5	2.0	8.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	419	63.2%	44	14.8%	0	0	—	—	—	14	11	1	0	2	0.1
2019	—	DET	5	—	9	5	4	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	203	32.3%	26	12.9%	0	0	—	—	—	3	1	1	0	0	0.0
2020	—	CIN	9	—	15	5	10	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	355	49.0%	47	18.8%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
2021	—	CIN	1	—	4	4	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	64	50.0%	6	12.0%	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.2
Career		—	103	—	230	145	85	48	67	30.0	145.0	1	5	2	3	1	0	4	1.3%	4,226	56.2%	544	17.1%	0	0	—	—	—	18	12	3	0	3	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2012	23	GB	9	—	9	9	0	4	2	2.0	8.0	0	1	0	2	1	6.2
2013	24	GB	15	0*	20	14	6	9	10	6.5	25.5	0	0	0	—	0	11.7
2014	25	GB	14	10*	36	24	12	7	15	5.5	27.5	0	0	0	—	0	12
2015	26	GB	14	11*	47	25	22	7	9	4.0	20.0	1	2	1	—	0	11.2
2016	27	GB	15	10*	30	22	8	8	11	4.0	23.0	0	1	0	1	0	10.8
2017	28	GB	12	10*	43	28	15	8	12	5.0	25.0	0	0	1	—	0	11.8
2018	29	GB	9	6*	17	9	8	1	5	2.0	8.0	0	1	0	—	0	5.1
2019	30	DET	5	0*	9	5	4	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	0	2.8
2020	31	CIN	9	0*	15	5	10	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	3.1
2021	32	CIN	1	—	4	4	0	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			103	47*	230	145	85	48	67	—	—	1	5	2	3	1	74.7

* 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	24	GB	16	0*	2	1.0%	506	48.9%	158	32.6%
2014	25	GB	16	10*	2	1.5%	684	63.4%	72	16.1%
2015	26	GB	16	11*	—	0.0%	703	66.9%	63	13.8%
2016	27	GB	16	10*	—	0.0%	663	64.0%	69	15.3%
2017	28	GB	14	10*	—	0.0%	629	67.9%	59	17.6%
2018	29	GB	10	6*	—	0.0%	419	63.2%	44	14.8%
2019	30	DET	9	0*	—	0.0%	203	32.3%	26	12.9%
2020	31	CIN	11	0*	—	0.0%	355	49.0%	47	18.8%
2021	32	CIN	2	—	—	0.0%	64	50.0%	6	12.0%
Career			110	47*	4	—	4,226	—	544	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	29	GB	10	6*	—	—	—	14	11	1	2	0.1
2019	30	DET	9	0*	—	—	—	3	1	1	0	0.0
2020	31	CIN	11	0*	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0.0
2021	32	CIN	2	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	1	0.2
Career			32	6*	—	—	—	18	12	3	3	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 64 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 64 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 64· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 45.6

Availability 15.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 57elite 702020

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.407See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.407Snap share56.2%Def snaps4,226ReliableCV 0.41

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 · 2012

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

EDGE · 2012 class

4.84s

40-Yard

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 31thClass Pos 27thClass All 30th

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Defense

Tkl24Solo14Ast10TFL2QBHits6Sk2.5Dis10.5

College Stats

IowaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Iowa), 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 #132

#122Nick ToonWR #123Brandon BoykinDB #124Ron BrooksCB #126Jared CrickDE #127Adrien RobinsonTE #128Rhett EllisonTE #129Miles BurrisMLB #131Brandon MosleyG #133Jerron McMillianS #136Josh ChapmanNT #137Malik JacksonDT #138Tahir WhiteheadOLB #139Robert BlantonDB #140Najee GoodeLB #141Adam GettisG #145Taylor ThompsonTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Mike inherited the Green Bay Packers DL room from B.J. Raji (2009–2015), and handed it to Datone Jones (2013–2016).

Lester Archambeau 1991–1992John Jurkovic 1992–1995Reggie White 1993–1998Gilbert Brown 1993–2003Gabe Wilkins 1994–1997Santana Dotson

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2021final season
Last recorded season with CIN
2020team change
Joined CIN (from DET)
2019team change
Joined DET (from GB)
2012draft
Drafted by GB — Round 4, Pick 132

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 310 lb

Frame

291 lb at 4.84s

Size-speed

Injury History

8 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	CIN	2	W2Out· GroinW3Questionable· Groin / Not Injury RelatedW4Out· Elbow
2019	DET	4	W4Out· FootW6Out· FootW7Out· FootW8Out· FootW9Doubtful· FootW10Questionable· Foot
2018	GB	2	W12Out· FootW13Out· Foot
2017	GB	0	W2Questionable· HipW3Doubtful· HipW4Questionable· HipW5Questionable· Hip
2015	GB	0	W15Questionable· HamstringW17Questionable· Groin

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 70

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

C+2012

B+2013

B2014

B2015

B2016

B2017

C+2018

F2019

C2020

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

74%

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	2	0.2	4+2	0.2
2013	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2014	5.5	0.4	7+1.5	0.4
2015	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2016	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2017	5	0.4	7+2	0.4
2018	2	0.2	4+2	0.2
2019	1	0.2	4+3	0.2
2020	0	0	0	0

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

85 career value over replacement — #1362 all-time of 4,642. 9.4/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #132 (Rd 4) · GB · 2012 · +30.5 vs expected KV-H

64actual

33.5 expected · Δ+30.5

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Archetype Intelligence

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 #132

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography