Peter Sirmon is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Sirmon in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Sirmon's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | ||||||
| 2000 | 23 | TEN | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | TEN | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 25 | TEN | 16 | — | 3.9 | 82 | 61 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 26 | TEN | 14 | — | 0.0 | 73 | 50 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 28 | TEN | 14 | — | 0.0 | 50 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 29 | TEN | 15 | — | 0.0 | 64 | 36 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 61 | — | 3.9 | 269 | 175 | 94 | 6 | 3 | 5.0 | 14.0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
51 career value over replacement — #2065 all-time of 4,695. 12.8/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #128 (Rd 4) · TEN · 2000 · +25.4 vs expected KV-H
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4 seasons · peak 3.9 in 2002
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.3 career wins over 4 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2002 · +0.3 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#254 of 967 all-time linebackers by KV-H
A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 60.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 56· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative tackles/g)
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