Osi Umenyiora ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Umenyiora in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Umenyiora a career score of 89, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

DEATL#50ACT

Osi Umenyiora

2× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 3% all-time pass rushersIron Legend👑 #1 Edge Rusher · 2005 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2005

Height6'3"

Weight255 lb

BornNov 16, 1981

Age44

CollegeTroy See College Stats

Rookie yr2003

Draft2003 · Rd 2, Pick 56 · NYG

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

60thSacks·85

Postseason all-time ranks

43rdPlayoff Sacks·5.5

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 297 · #137 · All-Time

Worth 297 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 4% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +29.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+29.7

Avg surplus

peak +48

10 seasons × ~29.7 surplus ≈ VORP 297

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2003	—	NYG	9	—	15	8	7	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	—	NYG	14	—	44	28	16	0	0	7.0	7.0	0	3	3	4	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	—	NYG	16	—	59	37	22	0	0	14.5	14.5	0	3	4	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	NYG	10	—	25	18	7	0	7	6.0	13.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	NYG	15	—	45	33	12	0	20	14.0	34.0	0	0	5	2	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	NYG	15	—	23	13	10	3	15	6.0	24.0	0	1	4	4	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	NYG	15	—	42	27	15	4	19	11.5	34.5	0	2	10	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	NYG	9	—	23	14	9	8	11	9.0	28.0	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	NYG	16	—	36	21	15	7	11	6.0	24.0	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	ATL	16	—	43	27	16	6	10	7.5	23.5	1	3	3	—	1	0	—	0.0%	727	69.8%	6	4.4%
2014	—	ATL	10	—	12	9	3	2	9	2.5	13.5	0	1	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	339	30.9%	8	6.0%
Career		—	145	—	367	235	132	30	102	85.0	217.0	1	17	35	14	5	0	—	0.0%	1,066	50.3%	14	5.2%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2003	22	NYG	9	—	15	8	7	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	0	1	—	0	5.1
2004	23	NYG	14	—	44	28	16	0	0	7.0	7.0	0	3	3	4	1	14.2
2005	24	NYG	16	—	59	37	22	0	0	14.5	14.5	0	3	4	2	0	18.5
2006	25	NYG	10	—	25	18	7	0	7	6.0	13.0	0	2	1	—	0	9.5
2007	26	NYG	15	—	45	33	12	0	20	14.0	34.0	0	0	5	2	1	21.3
2009	28	NYG	15	—	23	13	10	3	15	6.0	24.0	0	1	4	4	1	15
2010	29	NYG	15	—	42	27	15	4	19	11.5	34.5	0	2	10	1	0	19.3
2011	30	NYG	9	—	23	14	9	8	11	9.0	28.0	0	1	2	—	0	13.3
2012	31	NYG	16	—	36	21	15	7	11	6.0	24.0	0	1	2	—	0	13.7
2013	32	ATL	16	11*	43	27	16	6	10	7.5	23.5	1	3	3	—	1	16
2014	33	ATL	10	0*	12	9	3	2	9	2.5	13.5	0	1	0	1	1	7.2
Career			145	11*	367	235	132	30	102	—	—	1	17	35	14	5	153.1

* 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	32	ATL	16	11*	—	0.0%	727	69.8%	6	4.4%
2014	33	ATL	16	0*	—	0.0%	339	30.9%	8	6.0%
Career			32	11*	—	—	1,066	—	14	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 89 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 89 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 11 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 86.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 89· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 79

On-field 61.8

Availability 17.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2003bestavg 78elite 702014

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 43% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

43% of the all-time Sacks leader43

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.221See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.221Snap share50.3%Def snaps1,066Emerging

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+).

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Defense

Tkl26Solo19Ast7TFL3QBHits18Sk5.5Dis26.5PD1FF2FR1

College Stats

TroyCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Troy), 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.

2003 Draft Class· this player went #56

#47Kawika MitchellOLB #48Chris KelsayDE #49Eddie MooreLB #51Terry PierceLB #52Chaun ThompsonLB #53Victor HobsonLB #54Anquan BoldinWR #55Bryan ScottLB #57Anthony AdamsDT #58Mike DossDB #59Alonzo JacksonLB #60Tyrone CalicoWR #61L.J. SmithTE #62Terrence KielS #63Teyo JohnsonTE #64Dewayne WhiteDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Osi inherited the New York Giants DL room from Kenny Holmes (2001–2003), and handed it to Fred Robbins (2004–2009).

Keith Hamilton 1992–2003Michael Strahan 1993–2007Chad Bratzke 1994–1998Robert Harris 1995–1999Cornelius Griffin 2000–2003Kenny Holmes

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2014final season
Last recorded season with ATL
2013team change
Joined ATL (from NYG)
2003draft
Drafted by NYG — Round 2, Pick 56

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 255 lb

Frame

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2013	ATL	0	W9Questionable· Knee
2011	NYG	7	W1Out· KneeW2Out· KneeW3Out· KneeW4Questionable· KneeW13Out· Ankle / KneeW14Out· Ankle / KneeW15Out· Ankle / KneeW16Out· Ankle / KneeW17Questionable· Ankle / Knee
2010	NYG	0	W2Questionable· KneeW4Questionable· Knee

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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 97

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

C2003

B+2004

A+2005

B+2006

A+2007

B+2009

A+2010

A+2011

B+2012

B+2013

C+2014

Availability

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

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
2003	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2004	7	0.5	8+1	0.5
2005	14.5	0.9	15+0.5	0.9
2006	6	0.6	10+4	0.6
2007	14	0.9	16+2	1
2009	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2010	11.5	0.8	14+2.5	0.8
2011	9	1	17+8	1
2012	6	0.4	6	0.4
2013	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2014	2.5	0.3	4+1.5	0.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

297 career value over replacement — #137 all-time of 4,642. 27/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #56 (Rd 2) · NYG · 2003 · +42.1 vs expected KV-H

89actual

46.9 expected · Δ+42.1

💔+41.6 stolen VORP·1.54 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2003 Draft Class· this player went #56

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator