Star Lotulelei is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Lotulelei in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Lotulelei's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Star Lotulelei

Top 36% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter

Height6'2"

Weight315 lb

BornDec 20, 1989

Age36

CollegeUtah; Snow See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 1, Pick 14 · CAR

Archetype Intelligence

Reliable StarterExplore archetypes →

A edge rusher with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 63 · #1767 · Above Average

Worth 63 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 39% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +16

7 seasons × ~9 surplus ≈ VORP 63

Combined Season Grid

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

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
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	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2013	—	CAR	15	—	41	30	11	9	4	3.0	16.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	604	59.5%	59	13.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	CAR	12	—	25	18	7	7	4	2.0	13.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	478	52.9%	61	15.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	CAR	12	—	20	11	9	3	3	1.0	7.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	533	56.0%	52	13.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	CAR	14	—	26	14	12	5	6	4.0	15.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	703	65.8%	80	16.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CAR	13	—	25	6	19	3	5	1.5	9.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	586	58.6%	82	18.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	BUF	10	—	15	8	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	475	46.9%	75	18.3%	0	0	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0	0.0
2019	—	BUF	13	—	17	10	7	3	3	2.0	8.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	482	46.7%	46	12.6%	3	2	0.7	30.6	-4.7	4	1	1	0	3	0.1
2021	—	BUF	8	—	16	10	6	4	3	3.0	10.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	317	47.3%	26	13.4%	0	0	—	—	—	4	0	1	0	1	0.1
Career		—	97	—	185	107	78	35	28	16.5	79.5	1	7	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	4,178	54.2%	481	15.2%	3	2	—	—	—	11	4	2	0	4	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2013	24	CAR	15	10*	41	30	11	9	4	3.0	16.0	0	0	0	—	9.4
2014	25	CAR	12	7*	25	18	7	7	4	2.0	13.0	0	1	0	—	7.5
2015	26	CAR	12	8*	20	11	9	3	3	1.0	7.0	0	2	1	1	6.4
2016	27	CAR	14	11*	26	14	12	5	6	4.0	15.0	0	1	1	—	9.6
2017	28	CAR	13	9*	25	6	19	3	5	1.5	9.5	0	1	0	1	6.3
2018	29	BUF	10	0*	15	8	7	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	3.1
2019	30	BUF	13	0*	17	10	7	3	3	2.0	8.0	1	1	0	—	5.9
2021	32	BUF	8	0*	16	10	6	4	3	3.0	10.0	0	0	0	—	5.3
Career			97	45*	185	107	78	35	28	—	—	1	7	2	2	53.5

* 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%
2013	24	CAR	16	10*	—	0.0%	604	59.5%	59	13.9%
2014	25	CAR	14	7*	—	0.0%	478	52.9%	61	15.6%
2015	26	CAR	14	8*	—	0.0%	533	56.0%	52	13.1%
2016	27	CAR	16	11*	—	0.0%	703	65.8%	80	16.6%
2017	28	CAR	16	9*	—	0.0%	586	58.6%	82	18.3%
2018	29	BUF	16	0*	—	0.0%	475	46.9%	75	18.3%
2019	30	BUF	16	0*	—	0.0%	482	46.7%	46	12.6%
2021	32	BUF	11	0*	—	0.0%	317	47.3%	26	13.4%
Career			119	45*	—	—	4,178	—	481	—

* 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	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	29	BUF	16	0*	0	0	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	0.0
2019	30	BUF	16	0*	3	2	0.7	30.6	-4.7	4	1	1	3	0.1
2021	32	BUF	11	0*	0	0	—	—	—	4	0	1	1	0.1
Career			43		3	2	—	—	—	11	4	2	4	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 39.3

Availability 15.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 542021

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Sacks leader8

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.142See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.142Snap share54.2%Def snaps4,178ReliableCV 0.37

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within interior d-line, 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 defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2013

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

DL · 2013 class

5.14s

40-Yard

Below avg · 31th pct

Pos 31thAll 13thClass Pos 53thClass All 15th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl23Solo15Ast8TFL4QBHits2Sk1.0Dis7.0PD1

College Stats

Utah; SnowCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Utah; Snow), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #14

#6Barkevious MingoOLB #7Jonathan CooperG #8Tavon AustinWR #9Dee MillinerCB #10Chance WarmackG #11D.J. FlukerG #12D.J. HaydenDB #13Sheldon RichardsonDT #15Kenny VaccaroS #16EJ ManuelQB #17Jarvis JonesOLB #18Eric ReidS #19Justin PughG #20Kyle LongG #21Tyler EifertTE #22Desmond TrufantCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Star inherited the Carolina Panthers DL room from Mario Addison (2012–2019), and handed it to Wes Horton (2013–2019).

Sean Gilbert 1998–2002Mike Rucker 1999–2007Brentson Buckner 2001–2005Kris Jenkins 2001–2007Al Wallace 2002–2006Julius Peppers

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2021final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2018team change
Joined BUF (from CAR)
2013draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 1, Pick 14

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 315 lb

Frame

311 lb at 5.14s

Size-speed

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	BUF	2	W1Out· CalfW2Questionable· CalfW14Out· ToeW15Questionable· ToeW16Questionable· Not injury related - personal matter
2015	CAR	1	W1Out· FootW2Questionable· Foot
2014	CAR	1	W11Out· AnkleW13Doubtful· AnkleW19Out· Foot

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 59

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

C+2013

C+2014

C2015

B2016

C+2017

C2018

C+2019

B2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

92%

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
2013	3	0.2	3	0.2
2014	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2015	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2016	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2017	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2021	3	0.4	6+3	0.4

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

Career Value · VORP

63 career value over replacement — #1767 all-time of 4,642. 7.9/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #14 (Rd 1) · CAR · 2013 · -2.9 vs expected KV-H

56actual

58.9 expected · Δ−2.9

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2013

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #14

Franchise Succession

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