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

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Ray McDonald

Top 30% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter

Height6'3"

Weight290 lb

BornSep 2, 1984

Age41

CollegeFlorida See College Stats

Rookie yr2007

Draft2007 · Rd 3, Pick 97 · SF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

85thPlayoff Sacks·4

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 50 · #2050 · Above Average

Worth 50 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 45% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 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

+10

Avg surplus

peak +18

5 seasons × ~10 surplus ≈ VORP 50

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%
2007	—	SF	3	—	3	3	0	0	2	1.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	SF	14	—	26	19	7	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	SF	9	—	8	6	2	3	4	3.0	10.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	SF	14	—	17	11	6	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	2	0	—	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	SF	14	—	30	20	10	6	8	5.5	19.5	0	2	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	SF	14	—	35	25	10	5	4	2.5	11.5	0	1	1	—	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	SF	13	—	33	25	8	6	7	3.5	16.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	642	68.6%	11	13.0%
2014	—	SF	13	—	34	20	14	4	8	3.0	15.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	693	77.9%	31	14.9%
Career		—	94	—	186	129	57	28	35	19.5	82.5	1	10	4	3	2	1	—	0.0%	1,335	73.2%	42	13.9%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2007	23	SF	3	—	3	3	0	0	2	1.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
2008	24	SF	14	—	26	19	7	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	5.6
2009	25	SF	9	—	8	6	2	3	4	3.0	10.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	7
2010	26	SF	14	—	17	11	6	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	2	0	—	1	0	6.3
2011	27	SF	14	—	30	20	10	6	8	5.5	19.5	0	2	2	1	0	0	12.2
2012	28	SF	14	—	35	25	10	5	4	2.5	11.5	0	1	1	—	0	1	8.9
2013	29	SF	13	10*	33	25	8	6	7	3.5	16.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	8.7
2014	30	SF	13	11*	34	20	14	4	8	3.0	15.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	9
Career			94	21*	186	129	57	28	35	—	—	1	10	4	3	2	1	57.7

* 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%
2013	29	SF	14	10*	—	0.0%	642	68.6%	11	13.0%
2014	30	SF	14	11*	—	0.0%	693	77.9%	31	14.9%
Career			28	21*	—	—	1,335	—	42	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 59.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 59· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 57

On-field 40.6

Availability 16.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2008bestavg 572014

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Sacks leader10

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.509See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.509Snap share73.2%Def snaps1,335Emerging

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 · 2007

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

EDGE · 2007 class

4.88s

40-Yard

Below avg · 26th pct

Pos 26thAll 28thClass Pos 17thClass All 21th

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl28Solo14Ast14TFL2QBHits4Sk4.0Dis10.0FF1

College Stats

FloridaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida), 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.

2007 Draft Class· this player went #97

#87Stewart BradleyLB #89Aaron RouseFS #90Tony HuntRB #91Mario HendersonOT #92Trent EdwardsQB #93Garrett WolfeRB #95Dante HughesDB #96Anthony WatersLB #98Quinn PitcockDT #99Johnnie Lee HigginsWR #100Michael BushRB #101Adam PodleshP #102Brian RobisonDE #103Isaiah StanbackWR #106Tanard JacksonDB #107Antonio PittmanRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ray inherited the San Francisco 49ers DL room from Aubrayo Franklin (2007–2010), and handed it to Justin Smith (2008–2014).

Charles Haley 1986–1999Ted Washington 1991–1993Troy Wilson 1993–2001Dana Stubblefield 1993–2002Bryant Young 1994–2007Junior Bryant

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 SF
2007draft
Drafted by SF — Round 3, Pick 97

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 290 lb

Frame

276 lb at 4.88s

Size-speed

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2013	SF	1	W3Questionable· Ankle / AnkleW5Questionable· Ankle / AnkleW6Questionable· BicepsW7Questionable· BicepsW8Questionable· BicepsW10Questionable· BicepsW11Out· AnkleW12Questionable· AnkleW13Questionable· Ankle
2011	SF	0	W9Doubtful· HamstringW10Questionable· HamstringW11Questionable· HamstringW19Questionable· Hamstring
2009	SF	0	W8Questionable· Ankle

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 63

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

C+2008

B2009

C2010

B2011

C+2012

B2013

C+2014

Availability

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

83%

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
2008	1	0.1	1	0.1
2009	3	0.3	6+3	0.4
2010	0	0	0	0
2011	5.5	0.4	7+1.5	0.4
2012	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2013	3.5	0.3	5+1.5	0.3
2014	3	0.2	4+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

50 career value over replacement — #2050 all-time of 4,642. 7.1/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #97 (Rd 3) · SF · 2007 · +20.3 vs expected KV-H

59actual

38.7 expected · Δ+20.3

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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 · 2007

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2007 Draft Class· this player went #97

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography