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

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Raylee Johnson

Top 14% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999 Team Carrier · #421

Height6'3"

Weight272 lb

BornJun 1, 1970

Age56

CollegeArkansas See College Stats

Rookie yr1993

Draft1993 · Rd 4, Pick 95 · LAC

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 124 · #833 · High-Value

Worth 124 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 19% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.5

Avg surplus

peak +32

8 seasons × ~15.5 surplus ≈ VORP 124

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
1993	—	LAC	9	—	2	2	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0	0	—	—	—
1994	—	LAC	15	—	6	4	—	—	—	1.5	1.5	—	0	0	—	—	—
1995	—	LAC	16	—	15	14	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	1	1	—	—	—
1996	—	LAC	16	—	19	15	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	2	0	—	—	—
1997	—	LAC	16	—	19	16	—	—	—	2.5	2.5	—	1	0	—	—	—
1998	—	LAC	16	—	29	23	—	—	—	5.5	5.5	—	1	1	—	—	—
1999	—	LAC	16	—	37	29	8	11	9	10.5	30.5	0	0	5	1	0	0
2001	—	LAC	15	—	34	24	10	11	9	9.5	29.5	0	1	2	2	1	0
2002	—	LAC	16	—	33	25	8	10	7	6.5	23.5	0	1	0	1	1	0
2003	—	LAC	5	—	11	10	1	0	0	4.0	4.0	0	0	2	—	0	0
2004	—	DEN	7	—	11	5	6	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	1	1	—	0	0
Career		—	147	—	216	167	33	32	25	47.0	104.0	0	8	12	4	2	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1993	23	LAC	9	—	2	2	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	0	0	—	—	—	2.1
1994	24	LAC	15	—	6	4	—	—	—	1.5	1.5	—	0	0	—	—	—	5
1995	25	LAC	16	—	15	14	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	1	1	—	—	—	7.4
1996	26	LAC	16	—	19	15	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	2	0	—	—	—	7.3
1997	27	LAC	16	—	19	16	—	—	—	2.5	2.5	—	1	0	—	—	—	6.6
1998	28	LAC	16	—	29	23	—	—	—	5.5	5.5	—	1	1	—	—	—	12.3
1999	29	LAC	16	—	37	29	8	11	9	10.5	30.5	0	0	5	1	0	0	17.7
2001	31	LAC	15	—	34	24	10	11	9	9.5	29.5	0	1	2	2	1	0	18
2002	32	LAC	16	—	33	25	8	10	7	6.5	23.5	0	1	0	1	1	0	14.3
2003	33	LAC	5	—	11	10	1	0	0	4.0	4.0	0	0	2	—	0	0	5.3
2004	34	DEN	7	—	11	5	6	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	4.3
Career			147		216	167	33	32	25	—	—	0	8	12	4	2	0	100.3

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 69 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 69 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 69.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 69· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 44.9

Availability 18.1

On-field production Staying available

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

1993bestavg 60elite 702004

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #421 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2001 LAC·5 team wins#18

Sacks · 10 · score 16

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 24% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

24% of the all-time Sacks leader24

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: 89%.

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

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

College Stats

ArkansasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Arkansas), 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.

1993 Draft Class· this player went #95

#81Earl DotsonOT #82John LynchFS #83Mike CaldwellLB #85Dean WellsLB #87Ronald MooreRB #89Lorenzo NealFB #91Rudy HarrisRB #94Derrick LassicRB #97Todd PerryG #98Jeff RobinsonLS #99Lewis BushOLB #102Travis HannahWR #104Horace CopelandWR #105Ronnie BradfordFS #108Kevin HenryDE #110Corwin BrownS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Raylee inherited the Los Angeles Chargers DL room from Chris Mims (1992–1999), and handed it to John Parrella (1994–2001).

Leslie O'Neal 1986–1995Joe Phillips 1987–1991Chris Mims 1992–1999Raylee Johnson 1993–2003John Parrella 1994–2001Marco Coleman

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2004team change
Joined DEN (from LAC)
2004final season
Last recorded season with DEN
1993draft
Drafted by LAC — Round 4, Pick 95

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 272 lb

Frame

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 79

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

C1993

C+1994

C+1995

C+1996

C+1997

B1998

A1999

A2001

B+2002

C+2003

C2004

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
1993	0	0	0	0
1994	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
1995	3	0.2	3	0.2
1996	3	0.2	3	0.2
1997	2.5	0.2	2-0.5	0.1
1998	5.5	0.3	5-0.5	0.3
1999	10.5	0.7	10-0.5	0.6
2001	9.5	0.6	10+0.5	0.6
2002	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2003	4	0.8	13+9	0.8
2004	1	0.1	2+1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

124 career value over replacement — #833 all-time of 4,642. 11.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #95 (Rd 4) · LAC · 1993 · +30.3 vs expected KV-H

69actual

38.7 expected · Δ+30.3

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1993 Draft Class· this player went #95

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator