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.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 23–24 | CAR | 16 | — | 41 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 604 | 59.5% | 59 | 13.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 24–25 | CAR | 14 | — | 25 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 478 | 52.9% | 61 | 15.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 25–26 | CAR | 14 | — | 20 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 533 | 56.0% | 52 | 12.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 26–27 | CAR | 16 | — | 26 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 703 | 65.8% | 80 | 16.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 27–28 | CAR | 16 | — | 25 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 586 | 58.6% | 82 | 18.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 28–29 | BUF | 16 | — | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 475 | 46.9% | 75 | 17.1% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 29–30 | BUF | 16 | — | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 482 | 46.7% | 46 | 11.0% | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 30.6 | -4.7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 31–32 | BUF | 11 | — | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 317 | 47.3% | 26 | 9.7% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 119 | — | 185 | 107 | 78 | 35 | 28 | 16.5 | 79.5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
64 career value over replacement — #1783 all-time of 4,695. 8/season above a replacement-level DL.
Pick #14 (Rd 1) · CAR · 2013 · -1.7 vs expected KV-H
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