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Noah Spence

Role Player⭐ Shooting Star · 2016

Height6'2"

Weight251 lb

BornJan 8, 1994

Age32

CollegeEastern Kentucky; Ohio State See College Stats

ConferenceOhio Valley

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 2, Pick 39 · TB

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 19 · #3162 · Role Player

Worth 19 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 69% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 1 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

1 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

+19

Avg surplus

peak +19

1 seasons × ~19 surplus ≈ VORP 19

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%
2016	—	TB	12	—	22	16	6	2	12	5.5	19.5	0	2	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	572	53.9%	23	9.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	TB	5	—	9	5	4	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	247	57.8%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	TB	5	—	1	0	1	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	45	9.4%	83	27.4%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
2019	—	WAS	3	—	3	1	2	0	2	1.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	85	16.9%	11	8.6%	0	0	—	—	—	2	0	1	0	0	0.0
2021	—	CIN	2	—	5	3	2	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	56	44.0%	5	20.0%	1	1	1.0	87.5	3.0	2	0	2	2	0	0.0
Career		—	27	—	40	25	15	3	18	7.5	28.5	0	2	4	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,005	36.4%	122	16.4%	1	1	—	—	—	5	0	4	2	0	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2016	22	TB	12	9*	22	16	6	2	12	5.5	19.5	2	3	—	10.6
2017	23	TB	5	3*	9	5	4	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	1	—	3.2
2018	24	TB	5	0*	1	0	1	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	1.4
2019	25	WAS	3	0*	3	1	2	0	2	1.0	3.0	0	0	—	—
2021	27	CIN	2	—	5	3	2	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	0	—	—
Career			27	12*	40	25	15	3	18	—	—	2	4	—	15.2

* 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%
2016	22	TB	16	9*	—	0.0%	572	53.9%	23	9.8%
2017	23	TB	6	3*	—	0.0%	247	57.8%	—	0.0%
2018	24	TB	12	0*	—	0.0%	45	9.4%	83	27.4%
2019	25	WAS	7	0*	—	0.0%	85	16.9%	11	8.6%
2021	27	CIN	2	—	—	0.0%	56	44.0%	5	20.0%
Career			43	12*	—	—	1,005	—	122	—

* 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	QBKD	Bltz	Miss%
2018	24	TB	12	0*	0	0	—	—	—	1	1	0	0.0
2019	25	WAS	7	0*	0	0	—	—	—	2	1	0	0.0
2021	27	CIN	2	—	1	1	1.0	87.5	3.0	2	2	2	0.0
Career			21		1	1	—	—	—	5	4	2	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 40 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 40 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 46 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 40· confidence 75%

What builds the career mark of 50

On-field 40.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 40elite 702018

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Sacks leader4

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:3.433See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.433Snap share36.4%Def snaps1,005Emerging

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 · 2016

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

EDGE · 2016 class

4.80s

40-Yard

Below avg · 42th pct

Pos 42thAll 34thClass Pos 56thClass All 40th

35"

Vertical

Above avg · 68th pct

Pos 68thAll 64thClass Pos 81thClass All 73th

121"

Broad Jump

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 70thClass Pos 89thClass All 73th

25 reps

Bench

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 74thClass Pos 62thClass All 80th

7.21s

3-Cone

Above avg · 56th pct

Pos 56thAll 44thClass Pos 75thClass All 48th

4.35s

Shuttle

Above avg · 60th pct

Pos 60thAll 48thClass Pos 75thClass All 51th

College Stats

Eastern Kentucky; Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Eastern Kentucky; Ohio State), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #39

#31Germain IfediOT #32Emmanuel OgbahDE #33Kevin DoddOLB #34Jaylon SmithMLB #35Hunter HenryTE #36Myles JackMLB #37Chris JonesDL #38Xavien HowardCB #40Sterling ShepardWR #41Reggie RaglandILB #42Kamalei CorreaOLB #44Jihad WardLB #45Derrick HenryRB #46A'Shawn RobinsonDT #47Michael ThomasWR #48Jason SpriggsOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Noah inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers DL room from Robert Ayers (2016–2017), and handed it to Rakeem Nunez-Roches (2018–2022).

Mark Wheeler 1992–1995Santana Dotson 1992–1995Eric Curry 1993–1997Chidi Ahanotu 1993–2004Brad Culpepper 1994–1999Warren Sapp

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined CIN (from WAS)
2021final season
Last recorded season with CIN
2019team change
Joined WAS (from TB)
2016draft
Drafted by TB — Round 2, Pick 39

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 251 lb

Frame

251 lb at 4.80s

Size-speed

35" vert / 121" broad

Explosion

25 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	TB	0	W4Questionable· ShoulderW7Questionable· Shoulder
2016	TB	0	W5Questionable· 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 3-season peers. See all →

peak 40

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

B+2016

F2017

F2018

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

53%

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
2016	5.5	0.5	8+2.5	0.5
2017	1	0.2	3+2	0.2
2018	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

19 career value over replacement — #3162 all-time of 4,642. 6.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #39 (Rd 2) · TB · 2016 · -9.8 vs expected KV-H

40actual

49.8 expected · Δ−9.8

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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 · 2016

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #39

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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