Richard Seymour is a Hall of Fame pass rusher whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 80 in the Knox value model. Seymour's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
Richard Seymour
Height6'6"
Weight317 lb
BornOct 6, 1979
Age47
CollegeGeorgiaSee College Stats
Rookie yr2001
Draft2001 · Rd 1, Pick 6 · NE
Combined Season Grid
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
1 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2001 | 21–22 | NE | 13 | — | 35 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 22–23 | NE | 15 | — | 41 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5.5 | 23.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 23–24 | NE | 15 | — | 42 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 24–25 | NE | 14 | — | 31 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 25–26 | NE | 12 | — | 30 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 26–27 | NE | 15 | — | 31 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 4.0 | 16.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 27–28 | NE | 7 | — | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 28–29 | NE | 14 | — | 37 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 7.5 | 34.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 29–30 | OAK | 15 | — | 36 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 30–31 | OAK | 13 | — | 40 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 5.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 31–32 | OAK | 13 | — | 25 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 6.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 32–33 | OAK | 8 | — | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 154 | — | 379 | 213 | 166 | 53 | 79 | 54.5 | 186.5 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
211 career value over replacement — #345 all-time of 4,695. 17.6/season above a replacement-level DL.
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #6 (Rd 1) · NE · 2001 · +16.7 vs expected KV-H
80actual
63.3 expected · Δ+16.7
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