Not to be confused withReggie White (NT · 1992–1995) or Reggie White (RB · 2001).

Reggie White ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places White in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns White a career score of 93, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Streaks9 straight · 10 sacks · 1985–93

DECAR#92ACT

Reggie White

"Minister of Defense"

Top 1% all-time pass rushersIron Legend📊 Undervalued by voters 📈 Late Developer · 1998

Career Value · VORP

469 career value over replacement — #26 all-time of 4,695. 31.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #4 (Rd 1) · PHI · 1984 · +29.7 vs expected KV-H

93actual

63.3 expected · Δ+29.7

💔+23.5 stolen VORP·0.75 szns lost

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All-Time Standing

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

Elite

of 100

Reached 100% of the all-time Sacks leader — a elite all-time profile at the position.

100% of the all-time Sacks leader100

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 87%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

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Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

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College Stats

TennesseeCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Tennessee), 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.

Top Teammates

Randall CunninghamQB8y Clyde SimmonsDE7y Keith ByarsFB7y Brett FavreQB6y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Reggie inherited the Philadelphia Eagles DL room from Ken Clarke (1981–1987), and handed it to Clyde Simmons (1986–1993).

Dennis Harrison 1978–1984Ken Clarke 1981–1987Reggie White 1985–1992Clyde Simmons 1986–1993Jerome Brown 1987–1991Andy Harmon

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

Movementderived from season history

2000team change
Joined CAR (from GB)
2000final season
Last recorded season with CAR
1993team change
Joined GB (from PHI)
1984draft
Drafted by PHI — Round 1, Pick 4

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 300 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 15-season peers. See all →

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
1985	13	1	7-6	0.4
1986	18	1.1	8-10	0.5
1987	21	1.8	13-8	0.8
1988	18	1.1	9-9	0.6
1989	11	0.7	6-5	0.4
1990	14	0.9	9-5	0.5
1991	15	0.9	10-5	0.6
1992	14	0.9	11-3	0.7
1993	13	0.8	11-2	0.7
1994	8	0.5	7-1	0.4
1995	12	0.8	11-1	0.7
1996	8.5	0.5	8-0.5	0.5
1997	11	0.7	10-1	0.6
1998	16	1	14-2	0.8
2000	5.5	0.5	7+1.5	0.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Canton Monitor · HOF

Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →

13%

Longshot

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 60.1%All-Time Ranks 22.2%League Leads 17.7%

Monitor score 67.7 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity93

Peak94

Accolades10

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Reggie White

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

1984 Draft Class· this player went #4

Career Geography