Shaun Ellis ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Ellis in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Ellis a career score of 79, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Shaun Ellis

2× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 9 seasons · 2 titles Top 7% all-time pass rushersIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 2003 Team Carrier · #382

Height6'5"

Weight290 lb

BornJun 24, 1977

Age49

CollegeTennessee See College Stats

Rookie yr2000

Draft2000 · Rd 1, Pick 12 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

88thPlayoff Sacks·4

Pro Bowls

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end edge rusher defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 219 · #321 · Elite

Worth 219 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 8% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+19.9

Avg surplus

peak +42

11 seasons × ~19.9 surplus ≈ VORP 219

Combined Season Grid

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

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2000	—	NYJ	14	—	37	23	14	10	8	8.5	26.5	1	3	1	2	0	0
2001	—	NYJ	15	—	30	18	12	7	6	5.0	18.0	0	2	1	—	0	0
2002	—	NYJ	16	—	37	27	10	5	5	4.0	14.0	0	4	1	—	0	0
2003	—	NYJ	16	—	52	31	21	0	0	12.5	12.5	0	0	1	—	0	0
2004	—	NYJ	15	—	40	22	18	0	0	9.5	9.5	0	4	2	1	0	0
2005	—	NYJ	11	—	29	22	7	0	0	2.5	2.5	0	0	1	—	0	0
2006	—	NYJ	16	—	37	16	21	0	4	5.0	9.0	0	3	1	—	0	0
2007	—	NYJ	14	—	37	21	16	0	9	5.0	14.0	0	0	1	1	0	0
2008	—	NYJ	16	—	46	28	18	6	8	6.5	20.5	0	0	2	1	1	0
2009	—	NYJ	15	—	39	20	19	7	8	6.0	21.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2010	—	NYJ	13	—	25	14	11	6	9	4.0	19.0	0	1	1	—	0	0
2011	—	NE	8	—	12	5	7	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	169	—	421	247	174	43	60	69.5	172.5	1	17	13	5	1	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2000	23	NYJ	14	—	37	23	14	10	8	8.5	26.5	1	3	1	2	0	13.7
2001	24	NYJ	15	—	30	18	12	7	6	5.0	18.0	0	2	1	—	0	11.3
2002	25	NYJ	16	—	37	27	10	5	5	4.0	14.0	0	4	1	—	0	10.2
2003	26	NYJ	16	—	52	31	21	0	0	12.5	12.5	0	0	1	—	0	15.7
2004	27	NYJ	15	—	40	22	18	0	0	9.5	9.5	0	4	2	1	0	14.1
2005	28	NYJ	11	—	29	22	7	0	0	2.5	2.5	0	0	1	—	0	7.3
2006	29	NYJ	16	—	37	16	21	0	4	5.0	9.0	0	3	1	—	0	10.8
2007	30	NYJ	14	—	37	21	16	0	9	5.0	14.0	0	0	1	1	0	11.2
2008	31	NYJ	16	—	46	28	18	6	8	6.5	20.5	0	0	2	1	1	15.9
2009	32	NYJ	15	—	39	20	19	7	8	6.0	21.0	0	0	1	—	0	13
2010	33	NYJ	13	—	25	14	11	6	9	4.0	19.0	0	1	1	—	0	10.9
2011	34	NE	8	—	12	5	7	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	4.1
Career			169		421	247	174	43	60	—	—	1	17	13	5	1	138.2

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 79 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 79 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 76 × longevity 1 = KV-H 79· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 70

On-field 52

Availability 18

On-field production Staying available

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

2000bestavg 69elite 702011

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #382 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2003 NYJ·6 team wins#6

Sacks · 13 · score 20

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 35% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

35% of the all-time Sacks leader35

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 92%.

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+).

Combine · 2000

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

EDGE · 2000 class

4.85s

40-Yard

Below avg · 33th pct

Pos 33thAll 30thClass Pos 34thClass All 30th

Postseason Career

13 playoff games

Defense

Tkl31Solo23Ast8TFL6QBHits4Sk4.0Dis14.0PD1FF1FR1

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.

2000 Draft Class· this player went #12

#4Peter WarrickWR #5Jamal LewisRB #6Corey SimonDT #7Thomas JonesRB #8Plaxico BurressWR #9Brian UrlacherMLB #10Travis TaylorWR #11Ron DayneRB #13John AbrahamOLB #14Bubba FranksTE #15Deltha O'NealCB #16Julian PetersonOLB #17Sebastian JanikowskiK #18Chad PenningtonQB #19Shaun AlexanderRB #20Stockar McDougleOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Shaun inherited the New York Jets DL room from Anthony Pleasant (1998–1999), and handed it to James Reed (2001–2005).

Jeff Lageman 1989–1994Marvin Washington 1989–1996Hugh Douglas 1995–1997Bobby Hamilton 1996–2006Ernie Logan 1997–2000Rick Lyle

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2011team change
Joined NE (from NYJ)
2011final season
Last recorded season with NE
2000draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 1, Pick 12

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 290 lb

Frame

280 lb at 4.85s

Size-speed

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2011	NE	W4Questionable· KneeW9Questionable· RibW10Questionable· RibW11Questionable· Rib
2010	NYJ	W17Questionable· BackW20Questionable· Knee
2009	NYJ	W6Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· Knee / AnkleW17Questionable· Knee / Illness

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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 85

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

B+2000

B2001

B2002

A+2003

A2004

C+2005

B2006

B2007

B+2008

B+2009

B2010

C2011

Availability

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
2000	8.5	0.6	9+0.5	0.5
2001	5	0.3	5	0.3
2002	4	0.3	4	0.2
2003	12.5	0.8	13+0.5	0.8
2004	9.5	0.6	11+1.5	0.6
2005	2.5	0.2	4+1.5	0.2
2006	5	0.3	5	0.3
2007	5	0.4	6+1	0.4
2008	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
2009	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2010	4	0.3	6+2	0.3
2011	1	0.1	2+1	0.1

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

Career Value · VORP

219 career value over replacement — #321 all-time of 4,642. 18.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #12 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2000 · +18.7 vs expected KV-H

79actual

60.3 expected · Δ+18.7

💔+26.4 stolen VORP·1.44 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2000

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2000 Draft Class· this player went #12

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator