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

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Rodney Gunter

Top 36% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2018

Height6'5"

Weight305 lb

BornJan 19, 1992

Age34

CollegeDelaware State See College Stats

ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 4, Pick 116 · ARI

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 22 · #3028 · Role Player

Worth 22 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 66% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 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

+11

Avg surplus

peak +14

2 seasons × ~11 surplus ≈ VORP 22

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2015	—	ARI	11	—	18	15	3	3	4	1.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	413	40.1%	56	12.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	ARI	10	—	15	7	8	1	3	1.5	5.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	243	22.6%	101	25.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	ARI	12	—	17	11	6	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	291	27.3%	132	27.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	ARI	14	—	39	27	12	11	9	4.5	24.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	641	57.6%	32	16.5%	0	0	—	—	—	16	7	4	0	4	0.1
2019	—	ARI	13	—	31	20	11	9	10	3.0	22.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	602	65.0%	66	19.4%	0	0	—	—	—	13	3	6	0	2	0.1
Career		—	60	—	120	80	40	26	29	11.0	66.0	0	1	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	2,190	42.5%	387	20.3%	0	0	—	—	—	29	10	10	0	6	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2015	23	ARI	11	0*	18	15	3	3	4	1.0	8.0	0	0	—	5.4
2016	24	ARI	10	0*	15	7	8	1	3	1.5	5.5	0	0	1	4.7
2017	25	ARI	12	0*	17	11	6	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	—	5
2018	26	ARI	14	9*	39	27	12	11	9	4.5	24.5	1	2	—	12.3
2019	27	ARI	13	8*	31	20	11	9	10	3.0	22.0	0	0	—	9.4
Career			60	17*	120	80	40	26	29	—	—	1	2	1	36.8

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2015	23	ARI	16	0*	—	0.0%	413	40.1%	56	12.7%
2016	24	ARI	16	0*	—	0.0%	243	22.6%	101	25.1%
2017	25	ARI	16	0*	—	0.0%	291	27.3%	132	27.6%
2018	26	ARI	16	9*	—	0.0%	641	57.6%	32	16.5%
2019	27	ARI	13	8*	—	0.0%	602	65.0%	66	19.4%
Career			77	17*	—	—	2,190	—	387	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	26	ARI	16	9*	—	—	—	16	7	4	4	0.1
2019	27	ARI	13	8*	—	—	—	13	3	6	2	0.1
Career			29	17*	—	—	—	29	10	10	6	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 39.8

Availability 15.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 542019

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Sacks leader6

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%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.151See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.151Snap share42.5%Def snaps2,190ReliableCV 0.34

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

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

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl3Solo1Ast2

College Stats

Delaware StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Delaware State), 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.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #116

#108Jalston FowlerRB #109Clayton GeathersS #110T.J. ClemmingsOT #111Tre JacksonG #112Arie KouandjioG #113Gabe WrightDT #114Jamil DouglasG #115Ibraheim CampbellDB #117Blake BellTE #118Ramik WilsonILB #119Andrew DonnalOT #121Doran GrantCB #122Za'Darius SmithDE #123Vince MayleTE #124Kwon AlexanderMLB #125Javorius AllenRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Rodney inherited the Arizona Cardinals DL room from Frostee Rucker (2013–2017), and handed it to Chandler Jones (2016–2021).

Eric Swann 1991–1999Michael Bankston 1992–1997Clyde Simmons 1994–1995Simeon Rice 1996–2000Mark Smith 1997–2000Russell Davis

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2019final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2015draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 4, Pick 116

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 305 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	ARI	0	W11Questionable· Not Injury RelatedW16Questionable· Foot

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 58

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

C2015

C+2016

C2017

B2018

C+2019

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

96%

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
2015	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2016	1.5	0.2	3+1.5	0.2
2017	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2018	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2019	3	0.2	4+1	0.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

22 career value over replacement — #3028 all-time of 4,642. 4.4/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #116 (Rd 4) · ARI · 2015 · +21.6 vs expected KV-H

56actual

34.4 expected · Δ+21.6

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #116

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography