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

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Stephen Paea

Top 39% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2014

Height6'1"

Weight295 lb

BornMay 11, 1988

Age38

CollegeOregon State; Snow See College Stats

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 2, Pick 53 · CHI

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality edge rusher with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 41 · #2311 · Above Average

Worth 41 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 51% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+8.2

Avg surplus

peak +24

5 seasons × ~8.2 surplus ≈ VORP 41

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2011	—	CHI	7	—	14	8	6	2	3	2.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CHI	14	—	23	12	11	4	6	2.5	12.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	CHI	9	—	23	11	12	2	2	1.5	5.5	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	474	55.6%	36	12.7%
2014	—	CHI	14	—	32	23	9	8	12	6.0	26.0	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	700	67.3%	79	18.1%
2015	—	WAS	9	—	17	9	8	4	5	1.5	10.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	214	29.6%	27	17.0%
2016	—	CLE	8	—	12	6	6	0	3	0.5	3.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	319	35.4%	24	12.6%
2017	—	DAL	4	—	4	3	1	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	145	52.0%	10	11.3%
Career		—	65	—	125	72	53	22	31	14.0	67.0	0	6	3	—	0	1	—	0.0%	1,852	48.0%	176	14.3%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2011	23	CHI	7	—	14	8	6	2	3	2.0	7.0	0	0	—	1	4.5
2012	24	CHI	14	—	23	12	11	4	6	2.5	12.5	1	0	—	0	7.9
2013	25	CHI	9	7*	23	11	12	2	2	1.5	5.5	3	0	—	0	4.6
2014	26	CHI	14	11*	32	23	9	8	12	6.0	26.0	2	2	—	0	13.4
2015	27	WAS	9	0*	17	9	8	4	5	1.5	10.5	0	1	—	0	6.3
2016	28	CLE	8	0*	12	6	6	0	3	0.5	3.5	0	0	—	0	3.2
2017	29	DAL	4	2*	4	3	1	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	—	0	1.7
Career			65	20*	125	72	53	22	31	—	—	6	3	—	1	41.6

* 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	25	CHI	13	7*	—	0.0%	474	55.6%	36	12.7%
2014	26	CHI	16	11*	—	0.0%	700	67.3%	79	18.1%
2015	27	WAS	11	0*	—	0.0%	214	29.6%	27	17.0%
2016	28	CLE	13	0*	—	0.0%	319	35.4%	24	12.6%
2017	29	DAL	4	2*	—	0.0%	145	52.0%	10	11.3%
Career			57	20*	—	—	1,852	—	176	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 55.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 91%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 40.1

Availability 12.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 48elite 702017

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 7% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

7% of the all-time Sacks leader7

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.997See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.997Snap share48%Def snaps1,852VolatileCV 0.62

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 · 2011

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

DL · 2011 class

4.98s

40-Yard

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 22thClass Pos 61thClass All 20th

49 reps

Bench

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 97thClass All 99th

College Stats

Oregon State; SnowCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oregon State; 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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #53

#45Rahim MooreFS #46Orlando FranklinOT #47Lance KendricksTE #48Stefen WisniewskiG #49Ben IjalanaOT #50Marcus GilchristS #51Da'Quan BowersDE #52Marvin AustinDT #54Jaiquawn JarrettFS #55Rodney HudsonC #56Shane VereenRB #57Mikel LeshoureRB #58Torrey SmithWR #59Greg LittleWR #60Brandon HarrisDB #63Marcus GilbertOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Stephen inherited the Chicago Bears DL room from Julius Peppers (2010–2013), and handed it to Jay Ratliff (2013–2015).

William Perry 1985–1993Trace Armstrong 1989–1994Alonzo Spellman 1992–1997Albert Fontenot 1993–1996Jim Flanigan 1994–2000Mike Wells

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017team change
Joined DAL (from CLE)
2017final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2016team change
Joined CLE (from WAS)
2015team change
Joined WAS (from CHI)
2011draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 2, Pick 53

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 295 lb

Frame

303 lb at 4.98s

Size-speed

49 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	DAL	0	W3Questionable· KneeW4Questionable· KneeW5Questionable· Knee
2015	WAS	0	W6Questionable· BackW7Questionable· Back
2013	CHI	1	W5Questionable· ToeW6Questionable· ToeW12Out· ToeW13Questionable· Toe
2012	CHI	0	W14Questionable· 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 59

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

C2011

C+2012

C+2013

B+2014

C+2015

C2016

F2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

74%

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
2011	2	0.3	5+3	0.3
2012	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2013	1.5	0.2	3+1.5	0.2
2014	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2015	1.5	0.2	3+1.5	0.2
2016	0.5	0.1	1+0.5	0.1
2017	0	0	0	0

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

41 career value over replacement — #2311 all-time of 4,642. 5.9/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #53 (Rd 2) · CHI · 2011 · +7 vs expected KV-H

55actual

48 expected · Δ+7

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2011

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2011 Draft Class· this player went #53

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography