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Shaq Thompson

Top 41% all-time pass rushersSolid Contributor🌅 Early Bloomer · 2018Two-Way Profile

Height6'0"

Weight230 lb

BornApr 21, 1994

Age32

CollegeWashington See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 1, Pick 25 · CAR

Archetype Intelligence

Solid ContributorExplore archetypes →

A edge rusher with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 51 · #2027 · Above Average

Worth 51 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 45% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+6.4

Avg surplus

peak +14

8 seasons × ~6.4 surplus ≈ VORP 51

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Receiving									Advanced (EPA)
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	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2015	—	CAR	13	—	43	25	18	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	365	38.6%	166	41.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	CAR	12	—	55	39	16	4	2	0.0	6.0	1	5	0	2	1	0	—	0.0%	534	57.4%	148	37.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CAR	13	—	57	37	20	6	6	2.0	14.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	640	75.3%	117	30.7%	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-3.0	0	6
2018	—	CAR	14	—	73	44	29	4	6	3.5	13.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	598	67.0%	188	50.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	CAR	14	—	107	73	34	11	4	3.0	18.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	961	98.9%	98	23.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	CAR	16	—	113	63	50	6	2	0.0	8.0	0	5	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,031	97.6%	90	21.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	CAR	14	—	97	58	39	9	6	2.0	17.0	2	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	798	92.2%	33	13.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	CAR	17	—	123	66	57	8	3	0.5	11.5	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,090	94.8%	87	18.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	CAR	2	—	7	5	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	69	61.0%	5	19.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	CAR	4	—	34	18	16	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	245	92.3%	23	20.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	BUF	12	—	56	33	23	6	2	1.0	9.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	417	65.5%	57	18.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	131	—	765	461	304	59	34	13.0	106.0	3	28	4	3	1	0	—	0.0%	6,748	76.4%	1,012	26.8%	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—	—	-3.0	0	6

Career EPA-3.0·-3 receiving·-3.0/season

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	VAL
2017	23	CAR	1	1*	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	—
Career			1	1*	1	0	0	0	0.0%	—	0.0	—	0	66.4

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

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD
2015	21	CAR	13	0*	43	25	18	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	2	0	—	0
2016	22	CAR	12	8*	55	39	16	4	2	0.0	6.0	1	5	0	2	1
2017	23	CAR	13	11*	57	37	20	6	6	2.0	14.0	0	1	0	—	0
2018	24	CAR	14	9*	73	44	29	4	6	3.5	13.5	0	1	1	—	0
2019	25	CAR	14	14*	107	73	34	11	4	3.0	18.0	0	3	0	—	0
2020	26	CAR	16	16*	113	63	50	6	2	0.0	8.0	0	5	2	1	0
2021	27	CAR	14	13*	97	58	39	9	6	2.0	17.0	2	5	0	—	0
2022	28	CAR	17	16*	123	66	57	8	3	0.5	11.5	0	4	0	—	0
2023	29	CAR	2	—	7	5	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0
2024	30	CAR	4	4*	34	18	16	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0
2025	31	BUF	12	8*	56	33	23	6	2	1.0	9.0	0	2	1	—	0
Career			131	99*	765	461	304	59	34	—	—	3	28	4	3	1

* 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	21	CAR	14	0*	—	0.0%	365	38.6%	166	41.4%
2016	22	CAR	14	8*	—	0.0%	534	57.4%	148	37.1%
2017	23	CAR	14	11*	—	0.0%	640	75.3%	117	30.7%
2018	24	CAR	14	9*	—	0.0%	598	67.0%	188	50.9%
2019	25	CAR	14	14*	—	0.0%	961	98.9%	98	23.2%
2020	26	CAR	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,031	97.6%	90	21.4%
2021	27	CAR	14	13*	—	0.0%	798	92.2%	33	13.2%
2022	28	CAR	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,090	94.8%	87	18.4%
2023	29	CAR	2	—	—	0.0%	69	61.0%	5	19.0%
2024	30	CAR	4	4*	—	0.0%	245	92.3%	23	20.5%
2025	31	BUF	12	8*	—	0.0%	417	65.5%	57	18.6%
Career			135	99*	—	—	6,748	—	1,012	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2017	23	—	—	11*	—	—	-3.0	0	6
Career				11*	—	—	—	0	6

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	24	CAR	14	9*	48	35	0.7	91.9	3.1	13	7	2	47	10	0.1
2019	25	CAR	14	14*	79	57	0.7	95.2	3.2	7	2	2	46	11	0.1
2020	26	CAR	16	16*	76	56	0.7	90.7	3.8	4	2	2	55	8	0.1
2021	27	CAR	14	13*	56	39	0.7	68.0	3.6	6	0	4	45	14	0.1
2022	28	CAR	17	16*	70	47	0.7	90.1	2.8	3	1	1	35	11	0.1
2023	29	CAR	2	—	5	4	0.8	93.3	3.6	1	1	0	3	2	0.2
2024	30	CAR	4	4*	10	9	0.9	86.2	1.1	2	1	1	9	8	0.2
2025	31	BUF	12	8*	25	22	0.9	105.2	3.1	3	0	2	16	4	0.1
Career			93	80*	369	269	—	—	—	39	14	14	256	68	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 54 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 53.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 51

On-field 34.4

Availability 16.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 492025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 7% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

7% of the all-time Sacks leader7

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-2.96 EPA/season over 1 season49

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.09See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.09Snap share76.4%Def snaps6,748ReliableCV 0.27

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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2015

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

EDGE · 2015 class

4.64s

40-Yard

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 52thClass Pos 73thClass All 55th

33.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 52th pct

Pos 52thAll 49thClass Pos 55thClass All 45th

117"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 50thClass Pos 57thClass All 49th

6.99s

3-Cone

Strong · 83th pct

Pos 83thAll 70thClass Pos 93thClass All 70th

4.08s

Shuttle

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 90thClass Pos 98thClass All 87th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl31Solo22Ast9TFL3Dis3.0Int1PD1

College Stats

WashingtonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Washington), 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 #25

#17Arik ArmsteadDE #18Marcus PetersCB #19Cameron ErvingG #20Nelson AgholorWR #21Cedric OgbuehiOT #22Bud DupreeOLB #23Shane RayLB #24D.J. HumphriesOT #26Breshad PerrimanWR #27Byron JonesCB #28Laken TomlinsonG #29Phillip DorsettWR #30Damarious RandallS #31Stephone AnthonyLB #32Malcom BrownDT #33Landon CollinsLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Shaq inherited the Carolina Panthers LB room from Adarius Taylor (2014–2020), and handed it to Jermaine Carter (2018–2021).

Andre Royal 1995–1997Micheal Barrow 1997–1999Jeff Brady 1998Lester Towns 2000–2003Dan Morgan 2001–2007Mark Fields

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined BUF (from CAR)
2025final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2015draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 1, Pick 25

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 230 lb

Frame

228 lb at 4.64s

Size-speed

33.5" vert / 117" broad

Explosion

Injury History

11 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	CAR	1	W5Out· Achilles
2021	CAR	3	W5Out· FootW6Out· FootW7Out· FootW8Questionable· Foot
2019	CAR	2	W6Questionable· AnkleW16Out· AnkleW17Out· Foot / Shoulder
2018	CAR	1	W16Out· Shoulder
2017	CAR	2	W13Questionable· FootW14Out· FootW15Out· FootW16Questionable· Foot
2016	CAR	1	W9Out· KneeW10Questionable· Knee
2015	CAR	1	W7Out· KneeW8Doubtful· Knee

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 58

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

C+2015

C2016

C+2017

B2018

C+2019

C+2020

C+2021

C+2022

F2024

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

75%

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	1	0.1
2016	0	0	0	0
2017	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2018	3.5	0.3	4+0.5	0.3
2019	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2020	0	0	0	0
2021	2	0.1	3+1	0.2
2022	0.5	0	1+0.5	0
2024	0	0	0	0
2025	1	0.1	1	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

51 career value over replacement — #2027 all-time of 4,642. 5.1/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #25 (Rd 1) · CAR · 2015 · -0.9 vs expected KV-H

54actual

54.9 expected · Δ−0.9

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Receiving

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2015

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #25

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator