Simeon Rice ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Rice in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Rice a career score of 96, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Simeon Rice

3× Pro Bowl1× All-Pro👑 Dynasty DNA · 6 seasons · 1 titles Top 1% all-time pass rushersIron Legend📊 Undervalued by voters 👑 2× #1 Edge Rusher · 1999–2003 ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2002 Team Carrier · #139

Height6'5"

Weight268 lb

BornFeb 24, 1974

Age52

CollegeIllinois See College Stats

Rookie yr1996

Draft1996 · Rd 1, Pick 3 · ARI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

23rdSacks·121.5

Postseason all-time ranks

22ndPlayoff Sacks·7

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL1999·Sacks16.5

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 376 · #55 · All-Time

Worth 376 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 2% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +34.2 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

+34.2

Avg surplus

peak +48

11 seasons × ~34.2 surplus ≈ VORP 376

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
1996	—	ARI	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.5	12.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	ARI	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.0	5.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	ARI	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	10.0	10.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	ARI	15	—	37	28	9	12	11	16.5	39.5	0	1	7	1	0	0
2000	—	ARI	15	—	27	25	2	12	5	7.0	24.0	0	3	1	1	0	0
2001	—	TB	16	—	38	33	5	16	9	11.0	36.0	0	8	2	—	0	0
2002	—	TB	16	—	43	34	9	12	10	15.5	37.5	1	11	6	—	0	0
2003	—	TB	16	—	43	37	6	0	0	14.5	14.5	2	8	6	1	0	0
2004	—	TB	14	—	37	32	5	0	0	12.5	12.5	0	5	1	—	0	0
2005	—	TB	14	—	33	26	7	0	0	14.0	14.0	1	4	6	—	0	0
2006	—	TB	8	—	15	11	4	0	5	2.0	7.0	0	1	4	—	0	0
2007	—	IND	6	—	8	5	3	0	2	1.0	3.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
Career		—	166	—	281	231	50	52	42	121.5	215.5	4	43	33	3	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1996	22	ARI	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.5	12.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	21.5
1997	23	ARI	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.0	5.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	10
1998	24	ARI	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	10.0	10.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	18.4
1999	25	ARI	15	—	37	28	9	12	11	16.5	39.5	0	1	7	1	0	0	23.8
2000	26	ARI	15	—	27	25	2	12	5	7.0	24.0	0	3	1	1	0	0	12.5
2001	27	TB	16	—	38	33	5	16	9	11.0	36.0	0	8	2	—	0	0	19
2002	28	TB	16	—	43	34	9	12	10	15.5	37.5	1	11	6	—	0	0	21
2003	29	TB	16	—	43	37	6	0	0	14.5	14.5	2	8	6	1	0	0	18
2004	30	TB	14	—	37	32	5	0	0	12.5	12.5	0	5	1	—	0	0	14.6
2005	31	TB	14	—	33	26	7	0	0	14.0	14.0	1	4	6	—	0	0	15.7
2006	32	TB	8	—	15	11	4	0	5	2.0	7.0	0	1	4	—	0	0	6.2
2007	33	IND	6	—	8	5	3	0	2	1.0	3.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	3.2
Career			166		281	231	50	52	42	—	—	4	43	33	3	0	0	183.9

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 96 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 96 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 89.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 96· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 85

On-field 66.8

Availability 18.2

On-field production Staying available

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

1996bestavg 81elite 702007

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #139 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

2 qualifying seasons

2004 TB·5 team wins#4

Sacks · 13 · score 44

1999 ARI·6 team wins#1

Sacks · 17 · score 25

All-Time Standing

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

Solid

of 100

Reached 61% of the all-time Sacks leader — a solid all-time profile at the position.

61% of the all-time Sacks leader61

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: 90%.

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

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl19Solo15Ast4TFL4QBHits3Sk7.0Dis14.0PD1FF3FR1

College Stats

IllinoisCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Illinois), 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.

1996 Draft Class· this player went #3

#1Keyshawn JohnsonWR #2Kevin HardyOLB #4Jonathan OgdenOT #6Lawrence PhillipsRB #7Terry GlennWR #8Tim BiakabutukaRB #9Rickey DudleyTE #10Willie AndersonOT #11Alex MoldenDB #12Regan UpshawDE #13Walt HarrisCB #14Eddie GeorgeRB #15John MobleyOLB #16Duane ClemonsDE #18Eddie KennisonWR #19Marvin HarrisonWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Simeon inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers DL room from Ellis Wyms (2001–2006), and handed it to Greg Spires (2002–2007).

Mark Wheeler 1992–1995Santana Dotson 1992–1995Eric Curry 1993–1997Chidi Ahanotu 1993–2004Brad Culpepper 1994–1999Warren Sapp

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2007team change
Joined IND (from TB)
2007final season
Last recorded season with IND
2001team change
Joined TB (from ARI)
1996draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 1, Pick 3

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 268 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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 97

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

A+1996

B1997

A1998

A+1999

B+2000

A2001

A+2002

A+2003

A+2004

A+2005

C+2006

D2007

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
1996	12.5	0.8	13+0.5	0.7
1997	5	0.3	5	0.3
1998	10	0.6	9-1	0.6
1999	16.5	1.1	17+0.5	1
2000	7	0.5	7	0.4
2001	11	0.7	11	0.6
2002	15.5	1	16+0.5	1
2003	14.5	0.9	15+0.5	0.9
2004	12.5	0.9	15+2.5	0.9
2005	14	1	17+3	1
2006	2	0.3	4+2	0.2
2007	1	0.2	3+2	0.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

376 career value over replacement — #55 all-time of 4,642. 31.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

Led league 1×5 top-10

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · ARI · 1996 · +34.2 vs expected KV-H

96actual

61.8 expected · Δ+34.2

💔+52.6 stolen VORP·1.68 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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1996 Draft Class· this player went #3

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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