Shawne Merriman ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Merriman in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Merriman a career score of 83, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 6 boards

Streaks3 straight · 10 sacks · 2005–07

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Shawne Merriman

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 5% all-time pass rushersAll-Time Great⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2007

Height6'4"

Weight261 lb

Career Value · VORP

139 career value over replacement — #736 all-time of 4,695. 23.2/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

Led league 1×2 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #12 (Rd 1) · LAC · 2005 · +21.5 vs expected KV-H

83actual

61.5 expected · Δ+21.5

💔+83.5 stolen VORP·3.6 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

1 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2005	21	SD	14	—	49	36	13	0	0	10.0	10.0	0	5	2	—	0	0
2006	22	SD	12	—	55	42	13	0	17	16.5	33.5	1	8	4	1	0	0
2007	23	SD	15	—	55	41	14	0	17	12.5	29.5	0	5	2	2	0	0
2008	24	SD	1	—	2	1	1	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2009	25	SD	13	—	33	23	10	5	6	4.0	15.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2010	26	SD	3	—	5	4	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2011	27	BUF	5	—	6	4	2	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2012	28	BUF	8	—	16	10	6	4	3	1.0	8.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
Career		—	71	—	221	161	60	11	47	45.0	103.0	1	19	8	4	0	0

Career arc · VAL by season

6 seasons · peak 12.6 in 2006

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

2.3 career wins over 6 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2006 · +1.0 wins

Defence+1.0

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2005	21	SD	14	—	49	36	13	0	0	10.0	10.0	0	5	2	—	6.9
2006	22	SD	12	—	55	42	13	0	17	16.5	33.5	1	8	4	1	12.6
2007	23	SD	15	—	55	41	14	0	17	12.5	29.5	0	5	2	2	8.1
2008	24	SD	1	—	2	1	1	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	—
2009	25	SD	13	—	33	23	10	5	6	4.0	15.0	0	0	0	1	1.9
2010	26	SD	3	—	5	4	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	—
2011	27	BUF	5	—	6	4	2	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0
2012	28	BUF	8	—	16	10	6	4	3	1.0	8.0	0	1	0	—	0
Career			71		221	161	60	11	47	45.0	103.0	1	19	8	4	29.5

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 83 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 83 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 83.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 83· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 61.8

On-field production