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

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Paul Kruger

Top 12% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2014

Height6'4"

Weight270 lb

BornFeb 15, 1986

Age40

CollegeUtah See College Stats

ConferenceMountain West

Rookie yr2009

Draft2009 · Rd 2, Pick 57 · BAL

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

34thPlayoff Sacks·6

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 110 · #995 · High-Value

Worth 110 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 22% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 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

+18.3

Avg surplus

peak +38

6 seasons × ~18.3 surplus ≈ VORP 110

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%
2009	—	BAL	7	—	10	3	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	BAL	4	—	1	1	0	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	BAL	14	—	14	11	3	5	11	5.5	21.5	0	2	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	BAL	15	—	34	22	12	11	14	9.0	34.0	1	6	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	CLE	16	—	44	23	21	5	9	4.5	18.5	0	5	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	878	76.1%	92	19.3%
2014	—	CLE	16	—	49	32	17	13	17	11.0	41.0	0	4	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	898	77.1%	55	13.0%
2015	—	CLE	14	—	26	15	11	5	8	2.5	15.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	680	64.3%	9	4.7%
2016	—	NO	15	—	23	18	5	6	9	1.5	16.5	0	1	1	2	0	1	—	0.0%	569	58.1%	82	18.9%
Career		—	101	—	201	125	76	46	69	35.0	150.0	2	23	8	6	0	1	—	0.0%	3,025	68.9%	238	14.0%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2009	23	BAL	7	—	10	3	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	3	0	—	0	2.3
2010	24	BAL	4	—	1	1	0	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	2	0	—	0	2.2
2011	25	BAL	14	—	14	11	3	5	11	5.5	21.5	0	2	0	2	0	10.6
2012	26	BAL	15	—	34	22	12	11	14	9.0	34.0	1	6	1	1	0	15.8
2013	27	CLE	16	12*	44	23	21	5	9	4.5	18.5	0	5	2	—	0	12
2014	28	CLE	16	12*	49	32	17	13	17	11.0	41.0	0	4	4	1	0	20.4
2015	29	CLE	14	10*	26	15	11	5	8	2.5	15.5	0	0	0	—	0	8.4
2016	30	NO	15	9*	23	18	5	6	9	1.5	16.5	0	1	1	2	1	9.1
Career			101	43*	201	125	76	46	69	—	—	2	23	8	6	1	80.8

* 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	27	CLE	16	12*	—	0.0%	878	76.1%	92	19.3%
2014	28	CLE	16	12*	—	0.0%	898	77.1%	55	13.0%
2015	29	CLE	16	10*	—	0.0%	680	64.3%	9	4.7%
2016	30	NO	15	9*	—	0.0%	569	58.1%	82	18.9%
Career			63	43*	—	—	3,025	—	238	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 71 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 71 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 71 × longevity 1 = KV-H 71· confidence 92%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 47.7

Availability 17.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2009bestavg 59elite 702016

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 18% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

18% of the all-time Sacks leader18

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.587See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.587Snap share68.9%Def snaps3,025ReliableCV 0.34

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 · 2009

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

EDGE · 2009 class

4.79s

40-Yard

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 35thClass Pos 48thClass All 32th

32.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 39thClass Pos 53thClass All 33th

108"

Broad Jump

Low · 13th pct

Pos 13thAll 19thClass Pos 44thClass All 25th

24 reps

Bench

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 69thClass Pos 44thClass All 68th

7.52s

3-Cone

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 23thClass Pos 29thClass All 22th

4.47s

Shuttle

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 31thClass Pos 38thClass All 33th

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl18Solo11Ast7TFL4QBHits12Sk6.0Dis22.0PD1FF1FR1

College Stats

UtahCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Utah), 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.

2009 Draft Class· this player went #57

#48Darcel McBathDB #49Max UngerC #50Mohamed MassaquoiWR #51Andy LevitreG #53LeSean McCoyRB #54Phil LoadholtOT #55William MooreS #56Fili MoalaDE #58Sebastian VollmerOT #59Sherrod MartinDB #60William BeattyOT #61Sean SmithCB #62Sen'Derrick MarksDT #64Richard QuinnTE #65Shonn GreeneRB #66Bradley FletcherDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Paul inherited the Baltimore Ravens DL room from Haloti Ngata (2006–2014), and handed it to Cory Redding (2010–2011).

Rob Burnett 1996–2001Keith Washington 1997–2000Tony Siragusa 1997–2001Michael McCrary 1997–2002Marques Douglas 2001–2008Kelly Gregg

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2016team change
Joined NO (from CLE)
2016final season
Last recorded season with NO
2013team change
Joined CLE (from BAL)
2009draft
Drafted by BAL — Round 2, Pick 57

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 270 lb

Frame

263 lb at 4.79s

Size-speed

32.5" vert / 108" broad

Explosion

24 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	NO	0	W6Questionable· BackW7Questionable· Back
2014	CLE	0	W6Questionable· Back
2012	BAL	0	W2Questionable· Back
2010	BAL	1	W5Out· KneeW6Doubtful· 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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 80

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

D2009

F2010

B2011

A2012

B2013

A2014

C+2015

C+2016

Availability

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

86%

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
2009	0	0	0	0
2010	1	0.3	4+3	0.3
2011	5.5	0.4	7+1.5	0.4
2012	9	0.6	10+1	0.6
2013	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2014	11	0.7	12+1	0.7
2015	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2016	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1

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

110 career value over replacement — #995 all-time of 4,642. 13.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #57 (Rd 2) · BAL · 2009 · +24.1 vs expected KV-H

71actual

46.9 expected · Δ+24.1

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2009

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2009 Draft Class· this player went #57

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography