Robert Mathis ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Mathis in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Mathis a career score of 97, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Robert Mathis

5× Pro Bowl1× All-Pro👑 Dynasty DNA · 11 seasons · 1 titles Top 1% all-time pass rushersIron Legend👑 #1 Edge Rusher · 2013

Career Value · VORP

481 career value over replacement — #24 all-time of 4,695. 37/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

Led league 1×3 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #138 (Rd 5) · IND · 2003 · +66.5 vs expected KV-H

97actual

30.5 expected · Δ+66.5

💔+77 stolen VORP·2.08 szns lost

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📈 Late Developer · 2013

Height6'2"

Weight245 lb

BornFeb 26, 1981

Age45

CollegeAlabama A&M See College Stats

ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic

Rookie yr2003

Draft2003 · Rd 5, Pick 138 · IND

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #287 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2011 IND·2 team wins#20

Sacks · 10 · score 30

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 62% of the all-time Sacks leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

62% of the all-time Sacks leader62

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: 89%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 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)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

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.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
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

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.807See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.807Snap share62.2%Def snaps1,920ReliableCV 0.32

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

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.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Postseason Career

16 playoff games

Defense

Tkl37Solo24Ast13TFL3QBHits11Sk6.5Dis20.5PD2

College Stats

Alabama A&MCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Alabama A&M), 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

Reggie WayneWR11y Adam VinatieriK10y Dwight FreeneyDE10y Dallas ClarkTE9y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Robert inherited the Indianapolis Colts LB room from Chip Banks (1989–1992), and handed it to Shaquille Leonard (2018–2023).

Johnie Cooks 1982–1988Duane Bickett 1985–1993Jeff Herrod 1988–1998Chip Banks 1989–1992Robert Mathis 2003–2016Shaquille Leonard

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2016final season
Last recorded season with IND
2003draft
Drafted by IND — Round 5, Pick 138

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 245 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 13-season peers. See all →

peak 97

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

B2003

A+2004

A+2005

A2006

B+2007

A+2008

A2009

A+2010

A2011

A2012

A+2013

B+2015

B+2016

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
2003	3.5	0.4	7+3.5	0.4
2004	11	0.9	14+3	0.8
2005	11	0.9	15+4	0.9
2006	9	0.6	9	0.5
2007	7	0.6	10+3	0.6
2008	11	0.8	14+3	0.8
2009	9.5	0.7	12+2.5	0.7
2010	11	0.7	11	0.7
2011	9.5	0.6	9-0.5	0.6
2012	8	0.7	10+2	0.6
2013	19.5	1.2	19-0.5	1.1
2015	7	0.5	7	0.4
2016	5	0.5	8+3	0.5

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

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.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 32. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.

Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.

ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

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.

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 13 seasons.

20032016

2003 · cause not documented · 50%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Iron

Canton Monitor · HOF

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

27%

Building a Case

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 49%Pro Bowls 16.5%Longevity 14.8%All-Pro 13.2%League Leads 4.4%All-Time Ranks 2.2%

Monitor score 91.1 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

What Would It Take?

To reach 50% HOF probability (score target: 109.1 · current: 91.1 · gap: +18)

2 more selections(First-Team All-Pro · 12 pts each · +24 pts total)

5 more seasons leading the NFL(League Lead · 4 pts each · +20 pts total)

6 more appearances(Pro Bowl · 3 pts each · +18 pts total)

Paths ranked cheapest first · accolade-based, data-calibrated vs actual enshrinement

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity85

Peak97

Accolades26

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

Historical Rank · Era-Adjusted

Best single season, projected to Sacks in a modern 17-game schedule. See all →

#15

2013 · EDGE · all-time

Career Geography

One-Club ManLeague board →

Gave the Indianapolis Colts an entire corpus-attributed career — 14 seasons (2003–2016), one crest. The rarest loyalty in the sport.

On the boards· Appears on 8 boards

Robert Mathis

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

2003 Draft Class· this player went #138

Career Geography