Shawn Swayda
Role Player⭐ Shooting Star · 2000
A edge rusher who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 0 · #4572 · Role PlayerWorth 0 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 99% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 0 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +0 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
3 replaced
Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit
51
Replacement
the KC-H bar
→
0
Seasons over
cleared the bar
×
+0
Avg surplus
peak +0
0 seasons × ~0 surplus ≈ VORP 0
Combined Season Grid
The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1998 | — | ATL | 5 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | — | ATL | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | — | ATL | 13 | — | 19 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | — | ATL | 6 | — | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 27 | — | 31 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defense
KV-H Anatomy
KV-H 32 · Depth / RotationalA depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 32 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
39
Sustained
career value
×.6
33
Peak
best 3 seasons
×.4
×0.86
Longevity
career length
Blend 36.6 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 32· confidence 79%
What builds the career mark of 39
On-field 27.9
Availability 11.1
On-field production Staying available
Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)
1998bestavg 332001
All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position1
Depth
of 100
Reached 1% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
1% of the all-time Sacks leader1
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: 93%.
Career Aging Trajectory
vs. position group average · KV-H basisAmber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Arizona 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.
Top Teammates
Keith BrookingMLB4yTerance MathisWR4yChris ChandlerQB4yRay BuchananFS4yShane DronettDT4yTravis HallDT4yBob ChristianFB4yRonnie BradfordFS4yBrian KozlowskiTE4yHenri CrockettOLB4yJamal AndersonRB4yElijah WilliamsDB4yJessie TuggleMLB3yDan StryzinskiP3yMarty CarterS3yPatrick KerneyDE3yReggie KellyTE3yEd JasperDT3yTim DwightWR3yGerald McBurrowsS3yJohndale CartyDB3yEugene RobinsonFS2yAshley AmbroseCB2yTony MartinWR2y
1997 Draft Class· this player went #196
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Movementderived from season history
- 2001final season
Last recorded season with ATL
- 1998team change
Joined ATL (from CHI)
- 1997draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 6, Pick 196
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'5" / 294 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 3-season peers. See all →
32
peak 33
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
F1998
C+2000
F2001
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.
59%
1998
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2+0.5 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
Career Value · VORP
0 career value over replacement — #4572 all-time of 4,642. 0/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #196 (Rd 6) · CHI · 1997 · +6.1 vs expected KV-H
32actual
25.9 expected · Δ+6.1
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