Patrick Kerney ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Kerney in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Kerney a career score of 86, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Patrick Kerney

2× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 3% all-time pass rushersIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2007

Height6'5"

Weight272 lb

BornDec 30, 1976

Age49

CollegeVirginia See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 1, Pick 30 · ATL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

67thSacks·81

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

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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 273 · #177 · Elite

Worth 273 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 5% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+24.8

Avg surplus

peak +48

11 seasons × ~24.8 surplus ≈ VORP 273

Combined Season Grid

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

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1999	—	ATL	14	—	20	13	7	3	3	2.5	8.5	0	1	0	—	0	0
2000	—	ATL	16	—	40	27	13	5	2	1.5	8.5	1	4	0	—	0	0
2001	—	ATL	16	—	40	29	11	11	12	12.0	35.0	0	0	2	1	0	0
2002	—	ATL	14	—	46	33	13	13	11	10.5	34.5	0	1	0	2	1	0
2003	—	ATL	15	—	39	29	10	0	0	5.5	5.5	0	1	2	3	0	0
2004	—	ATL	16	—	58	47	11	0	0	12.0	12.0	1	9	1	1	0	0
2005	—	ATL	16	—	50	35	15	0	0	6.5	6.5	0	2	2	3	0	0
2006	—	ATL	8	—	15	14	1	0	4	5.0	9.0	0	2	2	—	0	0
2007	—	SEA	16	—	53	42	11	0	25	14.5	39.5	1	2	5	—	0	0
2008	—	SEA	7	—	19	13	6	7	6	5.0	18.0	0	3	2	1	0	0
2009	—	SEA	14	—	31	20	11	6	9	6.0	21.0	0	0	3	—	0	0
Career		—	152	—	411	302	109	45	72	81.0	198.0	3	25	19	11	1	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
1999	23	ATL	14	—	20	13	7	3	3	2.5	8.5	0	1	0	—	0	6.3
2000	24	ATL	16	—	40	27	13	5	2	1.5	8.5	1	4	0	—	0	7.1
2001	25	ATL	16	—	40	29	11	11	12	12.0	35.0	0	0	2	1	0	19.4
2002	26	ATL	14	—	46	33	13	13	11	10.5	34.5	0	1	0	2	1	17.8
2003	27	ATL	15	—	39	29	10	0	0	5.5	5.5	0	1	2	3	0	11.3
2004	28	ATL	16	—	58	47	11	0	0	12.0	12.0	1	9	1	1	0	15.9
2005	29	ATL	16	—	50	35	15	0	0	6.5	6.5	0	2	2	3	0	12.9
2006	30	ATL	8	—	15	14	1	0	4	5.0	9.0	0	2	2	—	0	7.8
2007	31	SEA	16	—	53	42	11	0	25	14.5	39.5	1	2	5	—	0	21.8
2008	32	SEA	7	—	19	13	6	7	6	5.0	18.0	0	3	2	1	0	9.7
2009	33	SEA	14	—	31	20	11	6	9	6.0	21.0	0	0	3	—	0	13.4
Career			152		411	302	109	45	72	—	—	3	25	19	11	1	143.4

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 86 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 86 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 83.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 86· confidence 99%

What builds the career mark of 76

On-field 58

Availability 18

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 76elite 702009

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 41% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

41% of the all-time Sacks leader41

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: 94%.

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

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl16Solo10Ast6QBHits4Sk3.0Dis7.0PD1FF2FR1

College Stats

VirginiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Virginia), 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.

1999 Draft Class· this player went #30

#21L.J. SheltonOT #22Lamar KingDE #23Antoine WinfieldCB #24Reggie McGrewDT #25Antuan EdwardsDB #26Fernando BryantDB #28Andy KatzenmoyerLB #29Dimitrius UnderwoodDE #31Al WilsonMLB #32Kevin JohnsonWR #33Charles FisherCB #34Chris TerryOT #35Barry GardnerLB #36Mike PetersonOLB #37Jon JansenOT #38Mike RuckerDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Patrick inherited the Atlanta Falcons DL room from Ed Jasper (1999–2004), and handed it to Brady Smith (2000–2005).

Aundray Bruce 1988–1991Chuck Smith 1992–1999Lester Archambeau 1993–1999Chris Doleman 1994–1995John Burrough 1995–1998Travis Hall

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2009final season
Last recorded season with SEA
2007team change
Joined SEA (from ATL)
1999draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 1, Pick 30

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 272 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2009	SEA	0	W5Questionable· 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 11-season peers. See all →

peak 94

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

C+1999

C+2000

A+2001

A2002

B2003

A+2004

B+2005

B+2006

A+2007

B2008

B+2009

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
1999	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2000	1.5	0.1	1-0.5	0.1
2001	12	0.8	12	0.7
2002	10.5	0.8	12+1.5	0.7
2003	5.5	0.4	6+0.5	0.4
2004	12	0.8	12	0.7
2005	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2006	5	0.6	11+6	0.6
2007	14.5	0.9	16+1.5	0.9
2008	5	0.7	12+7	0.7
2009	6	0.4	8+2	0.5

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

Career Value · VORP

273 career value over replacement — #177 all-time of 4,642. 24.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

3 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #30 (Rd 1) · ATL · 1999 · +31.1 vs expected KV-H

86actual

54.9 expected · Δ+31.1

💔+38.2 stolen VORP·1.54 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1999 Draft Class· this player went #30

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator