Muhammad Wilkerson ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Wilkerson in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Wilkerson a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Muhammad Wilkerson

1× Pro BowlTop 8% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2015

Height6'4"

Weight315 lb

BornOct 22, 1989

Age36

CollegeTemple See College Stats

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 1, Pick 30 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 10% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 146 · #666 · High-Value

Worth 146 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 15% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+20.9

Avg surplus

peak +40

7 seasons × ~20.9 surplus ≈ VORP 146

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%
2011	—	NYJ	16	—	45	31	14	13	6	3.0	22.0	0	2	1	—	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	NYJ	16	—	68	35	33	7	12	5.0	24.0	0	5	3	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	NYJ	16	—	54	34	20	13	18	10.5	41.5	1	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,041	94.5%	75	15.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	NYJ	13	—	47	22	25	13	21	6.0	40.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	718	86.6%	56	16.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	NYJ	16	—	60	35	25	11	28	12.0	51.0	0	7	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	937	89.5%	73	15.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	NYJ	15	—	56	31	25	10	12	4.5	26.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	846	86.4%	68	18.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NYJ	13	—	43	23	20	4	6	3.5	13.5	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	698	78.3%	48	14.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	GB	3	—	5	2	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	115	55.3%	14	14.7%	0	0	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0
Career		—	108	—	378	213	165	71	103	44.5	218.5	2	29	10	1	1	1	—	0.0%	4,355	81.8%	334	15.7%	0	0	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2011	22	NYJ	16	—	45	31	14	13	6	3.0	22.0	0	2	1	—	0	1	13
2012	23	NYJ	16	—	68	35	33	7	12	5.0	24.0	0	5	3	1	1	0	16.5
2013	24	NYJ	16	15*	54	34	20	13	18	10.5	41.5	1	3	2	—	0	0	18.7
2014	25	NYJ	13	11*	47	22	25	13	21	6.0	40.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	15.5
2015	26	NYJ	16	14*	60	35	25	11	28	12.0	51.0	0	7	2	—	0	0	20.9
2016	27	NYJ	15	13*	56	31	25	10	12	4.5	26.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	13.2
2017	28	NYJ	13	10*	43	23	20	4	6	3.5	13.5	1	4	0	—	0	0	8.4
2018	29	GB	3	—	5	2	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
Career			108	63*	378	213	165	71	103	—	—	2	29	10	1	1	1	106.2

* 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	NYJ	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,041	94.5%	75	15.7%
2014	25	NYJ	13	11*	—	0.0%	718	86.6%	56	16.2%
2015	26	NYJ	16	14*	—	0.0%	937	89.5%	73	15.1%
2016	27	NYJ	15	13*	—	0.0%	846	86.4%	68	18.1%
2017	28	NYJ	13	10*	—	0.0%	698	78.3%	48	14.6%
2018	29	GB	3	—	—	0.0%	115	55.3%	14	14.7%
Career			76	63*	—	—	4,355	—	334	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	29	GB	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	0.0
Career			3		0	0	—	—	—	5	5	0	0	0	—

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 77 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 77 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 76.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 77· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 72

On-field 53.2

Availability 18.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 72elite 702017

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 22% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

22% of the all-time Sacks leader22

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.65See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.65Snap share81.8%Def snaps4,355VolatileCV 0.57

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 · 2011

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

EDGE · 2011 class

4.96s

40-Yard

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 23thClass Pos 6thClass All 22th

26"

Vertical

Low · 1th pct

Pos 1thAll 5thClass Pos 2thClass All 5th

106"

Broad Jump

Low · 8th pct

Pos 8thAll 16thClass Pos 7thClass All 18th

27 reps

Bench

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 83thClass Pos 74thClass All 79th

7.31s

3-Cone

Below avg · 38th pct

Pos 38thAll 37thClass Pos 24thClass All 25th

4.59s

Shuttle

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 20thClass Pos 8thClass All 17th

College Stats

TempleCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Temple), 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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #30

#21Phillip TaylorDT #22Anthony CastonzoOT #23Danny WatkinsG #24Cameron JordanDE #25James CarpenterG #26Jon BaldwinWR #28Mark IngramRB #29Gabe CarimiOT #31Cameron HeywardDE #32Derek SherrodOT #33Ras-I DowlingDB #34Aaron WilliamsS #35Andy DaltonQB #36Colin KaepernickQB #37Jabaal SheardDE #38Ryan WilliamsRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Muhammad inherited the New York Jets DL room from Kris Jenkins (2008–2010), and handed it to Damon Harrison (2013–2015).

Jeff Lageman 1989–1994Marvin Washington 1989–1996Hugh Douglas 1995–1997Bobby Hamilton 1996–2006Ernie Logan 1997–2000Rick Lyle

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2018team change
Joined GB (from NYJ)
2018final season
Last recorded season with GB
2011draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 1, Pick 30

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 315 lb

Frame

315 lb at 4.96s

Size-speed

26" vert / 106" broad

Explosion

27 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	GB	1	W4Out· Ankle
2017	NYJ	1	W3Questionable· ShoulderW4Questionable· ShoulderW5Questionable· ShoulderW6Questionable· Shoulder / ToeW7Questionable· Shoulder / FootW8Questionable· Shoulder / FootW9Questionable· Shoulder / FootW10Questionable· Shoulder / FootW12Questionable· FootW15Out· Not Injury Related
2016	NYJ	0	W2Questionable· Ankle / ToeW7Questionable· AnkleW8Questionable· AnkleW9Questionable· AnkleW13Questionable· AnkleW14Questionable· AnkleW15Questionable· AnkleW16Questionable· AnkleW17Questionable· Ankle / Knee
2014	NYJ	2	W13Out· ToeW14Out· ToeW15Doubtful· ToeW16Questionable· ToeW17Questionable· Toe / Illness
2011	NYJ	0	W3Questionable· Shoulder

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 83

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

B2011

B2012

A2013

B+2014

A+2015

B2016

B2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

84%

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
2011	3	0.2	3	0.2
2012	5	0.3	5	0.3
2013	10.5	0.7	11+0.5	0.7
2014	6	0.5	8+2	0.5
2015	12	0.8	12	0.7
2016	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2017	3.5	0.3	5+1.5	0.3

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

146 career value over replacement — #666 all-time of 4,642. 20.9/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #30 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2011 · +22.1 vs expected KV-H

77actual

54.9 expected · Δ+22.1

💔+26.8 stolen VORP·1.28 szns lost

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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 · 2011

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2011 Draft Class· this player went #30

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator