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

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Regan Upshaw

Top 16% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 1997

Height6'4"

Weight265 lb

BornAug 12, 1975

Age

Career Value · VORP

94 career value over replacement — #1255 all-time of 4,695. 11.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #12 (Rd 1) · TB · 1996 · +5.5 vs expected KV-H

67actual

61.5 expected · Δ+5.5

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1996	21	TB	16	—	25	20	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	1	1	—	—	—
1997	22	TB	15	—	28	23	—	—	—	7.5	7.5	—	2	1	—	—	—
1998	23	TB	16	—	29	23	—	—	—	7.0	7.0	1	3	1	—	—	—
1999	24	JAX / TB	4	—	6	5	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	25	OAK	13	—	19	14	5	7	5	6.0	18.0	0	0	1	2	0	0
2001	26	OAK	15	—	24	16	8	6	8	7.0	21.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	27	OAK	4	—	3	2	1	2	2	2.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2003	28	WAS	11	—	18	13	5	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	2	2	—	0	0
2004	29	NYG	1	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	95	—	152	116	20	15	15	34.5	64.5	1	8	6	2	0	0

Career arc · VAL by season

8 seasons · peak 5.4 in 1998

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

1.5 career wins over 8 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 1998 · +0.4 wins

Estimated from the season line (early era)+0.4

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.

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1996	21	TB	16	—	25	20	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	1	1	—	—	—	2.2
1997	22	TB	15	—	28	23	—	—	—	7.5	7.5	—	2	1	—	—	—	4.4
1998	23	TB	16	—	29	23	—	—	—	7.0	7.0	1	3	1	—	—	—	5.4
1999	24	All teams	4	—	6	5	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	0
2000	25	OAK	13	—	19	14	5	7	5	6.0	18.0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.9
2001	26	OAK	15	—	24	16	8	6	8	7.0	21.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	3.3
2002	27	OAK	4	—	3	2	1	2	2	2.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1
2003	28	WAS	11	—	18	13	5	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	2	2	—	0	0	0
2004	29	NYG	1	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
Career			95		152	116	20	15	15	34.5	64.5	1	8	6	2	0	0	19.2

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 67 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 67 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 66.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 67· confidence 88%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 46.2

Availability 16.8

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Regan Upshaw

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · EDGE