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

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Quinton Jefferson

Top 21% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2023

Height6'4"

Weight291 lb

BornMar 31, 1993

Age33

CollegeMaryland See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 5, Pick 147 · SEA

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 81 · #1420 · Above Average

Worth 81 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 32% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.6

Avg surplus

peak +21

7 seasons × ~11.6 surplus ≈ VORP 81

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	—	SEA	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	20	11.0%	9	12.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	SEA	6	—	6	5	1	1	4	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	129	31.8%	6	6.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	SEA	16	—	24	14	10	5	15	3.0	23.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	558	56.0%	68	14.6%	0	0	—	—	—	23	9	10	0	4	0.1
2019	—	SEA	12	—	25	13	12	4	10	3.5	17.5	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	589	64.4%	66	16.2%	0	0	—	—	—	16	5	7	0	5	0.2
2020	—	BUF	13	—	21	12	9	3	6	3.0	12.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	534	49.9%	67	15.3%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	9	2	4	0	3	0.1
2021	—	LV	17	—	43	13	30	5	16	4.5	25.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	685	59.8%	90	19.0%	1	1	1.0	83.3	-4.0	25	10	9	0	1	0.0
2022	—	SEA	16	—	26	14	12	6	13	5.5	24.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	565	48.7%	70	17.1%	0	0	—	—	—	18	5	7	1	2	0.1
2023	—	NYJ	13	—	34	13	21	4	13	6.0	23.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	469	49.1%	38	12.9%	2	2	1.0	87.5	-3.5	18	5	5	0	1	0.0
2024	—	BUF	10	—	12	3	9	3	4	2.0	9.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	254	33.1%	7	5.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	2TM	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	7	3	2	0	2	0.1
2025	—	DET	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	14	22.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	117	—	192	87	105	31	81	28.5	140.5	0	9	4	4	0	0	—	0.0%	3,817	42.6%	421	13.3%	4	4	—	—	—	116	39	44	1	18	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2016	23	SEA	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—	—
2017	24	SEA	6	0*	6	5	1	1	4	1.0	6.0	0	0	—	3.1
2018	25	SEA	16	9*	24	14	10	5	15	3.0	23.0	2	0	1	10
2019	26	SEA	12	9*	25	13	12	4	10	3.5	17.5	3	0	1	8.3
2020	27	BUF	13	0*	21	12	9	3	6	3.0	12.0	1	1	1	8.1
2021	28	LV	17	10*	43	13	30	5	16	4.5	25.5	1	2	—	13.1
2022	29	SEA	16	0*	26	14	12	6	13	5.5	24.5	2	0	—	11.5
2023	30	NYJ	13	0*	34	13	21	4	13	6.0	23.0	0	1	1	10.8
2024	31	BUF	10	0*	12	3	9	3	4	2.0	9.0	0	0	—	5.8
Career			104	28*	192	87	105	31	81	—	—	9	4	4	70.7

* 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	23	SEA	3	—	—	0.0%	20	11.0%	9	12.0%
2017	24	SEA	6	0*	—	0.0%	129	31.8%	6	6.3%
2018	25	SEA	16	9*	—	0.0%	558	56.0%	68	14.6%
2019	26	SEA	14	9*	—	0.0%	589	64.4%	66	16.2%
2020	27	BUF	16	0*	—	0.0%	534	49.9%	67	15.3%
2021	28	LV	17	10*	—	0.0%	685	59.8%	90	19.0%
2022	29	SEA	17	0*	—	0.0%	565	48.7%	70	17.1%
2023	30	NYJ	14	0*	—	0.0%	469	49.1%	38	12.9%
2024	31	BUF	12	0*	—	0.0%	254	33.1%	7	5.8%
2025	32	DET	1	—	—	0.0%	14	22.0%	—	0.0%
Career			116	28*	—	—	3,817	—	421	—

* 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	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	25	SEA	16	9*	0	0	—	—	—	23	9	10	0	4	0.1
2019	26	SEA	14	9*	0	0	—	—	—	16	5	7	0	5	0.2
2020	27	BUF	16	0*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	9	2	4	0	3	0.1
2021	28	LV	17	10*	1	1	1.0	83.3	-4.0	25	10	9	0	1	0.0
2022	29	SEA	17	0*	0	0	—	—	—	18	5	7	1	2	0.1
2023	30	NYJ	14	0*	2	2	1.0	87.5	-3.5	18	5	5	0	1	0.0
2024	31	2TM	12	0*	0	0	—	—	—	7	3	2	0	2	0.1
Career			106	28*	4	4	—	—	—	116	39	44	1	18	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 64 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 64 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 64.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 64· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 44.6

Availability 16.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 59elite 702024

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 14% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

14% of the all-time Sacks leader14

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+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.036See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.036Snap share44.9%Def snaps3,803ConsistentCV 0.19

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

4.95s

40-Yard

Low · 16th pct

Pos 16thAll 23thClass Pos 20thClass All 28th

29"

Vertical

Low · 9th pct

Pos 9thAll 16thClass Pos 6thClass All 21th

24 reps

Bench

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 69thClass Pos 52thClass All 76th

7.95s

3-Cone

Low · 2th pct

Pos 2thAll 6thClass Pos 6thClass All 9th

4.37s

Shuttle

Above avg · 54th pct

Pos 54thAll 45thClass Pos 69thClass All 49th

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl11Solo4Ast7TFL4QBHits5Sk3.0Dis12.0

College Stats

MarylandCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Maryland), 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 #147

#139Cardale JonesQB #140Tajae SharpeWR #141Zack SanchezCB #142Ronald BlairDE #143DeAndre WashingtonRB #144Connor McGovernG #145John TheusOT #146Matthew JudonOLB #148Caleb BenenochG #149Paul PerkinsRB #150Jordan HowardRB #151Joe DahlC #152Matthew IoannidisDT #153Wendell SmallwoodRB #154Jordan PaytonWR #155Joe HaegOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Quinton inherited the Seattle Seahawks DL room from Ahtyba Rubin (2015–2016), and handed it to Jarran Reed (2016–2025).

Cortez Kennedy 1990–2000Michael Sinclair 1992–2001Michael McCrary 1993–1996Antonio Edwards 1993–1997Sam Adams 1994–1999Phillip Daniels

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined DET (from BUF)
2025final season
Last recorded season with DET
2024team change
Joined BUF (from NYJ)
2023team change
Joined NYJ (from SEA)
2022team change
Joined SEA (from LV)
2021team change
Joined LV (from BUF)
2020team change
Joined BUF (from SEA)
2016draft
Drafted by SEA — Round 5, Pick 147

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 291 lb

Frame

291 lb at 4.95s

Size-speed

24 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	SEA	0	W18Questionable· Illness
2021	LV	0	W6Questionable· BackW7Questionable· Not injury related - personal matter
2020	BUF	0	W8Questionable· Knee
2019	SEA	1	W4Questionable· HipW7Questionable· ObliqueW8Out· ObliqueW9Doubtful· ObliqueW19Questionable· Ankle
2017	SEA	1	W5Out· Hand
2016	SEA	2	W6Out· ThumbW7Out· 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 69

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

D2017

B2018

B2019

C+2020

B2021

B2022

B+2023

C+2024

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

70%

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
2017	1	0.2	3+2	0.2
2018	3	0.2	3	0.2
2019	3.5	0.3	5+1.5	0.3
2020	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2021	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2022	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.4
2023	6	0.5	8+2	0.5
2024	2	0.2	3+1	0.2

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

81 career value over replacement — #1420 all-time of 4,642. 10.1/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #147 (Rd 5) · SEA · 2016 · +31 vs expected KV-H

64actual

33 expected · Δ+31

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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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #147

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography