Takk McKinley is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places McKinley in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and McKinley'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% | |||||
| 2017 | 21–22 | ATL | 16 | — | 19 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 401 | 37.8% | 2 | 0.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 22–23 | ATL | 15 | — | 22 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 618 | 60.7% | 7 | 1.9% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 118.7 | -7.0 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 23–24 | ATL | 14 | — | 28 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 3.5 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 546 | 59.1% | 2 | 0.6% | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 118.7 | 3.5 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 24–25 | ATL | 4 | — | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 85 | 33.0% | 1 | 1.0% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 79.2 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 25–26 | CLE | 11 | — | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2.5 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 319 | 43.5% | 17 | 6.0% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 95.8 | 7.0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 26–27 | LAR | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 18 | 7.8% | 5 | 5.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 28–29 | NYJ | 7 | — | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 130 | 29.1% | 8 | 4.1% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 71 | — | 101 | 61 | 40 | 26 | 55 | 20.5 | 101.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 2,117 | 44.9% | 42 | 2.3% | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | 69 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 8 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
62 career value over replacement — #1827 all-time of 4,695. 12.4/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Pick #26 (Rd 1) · ATL · 2017 · +11.2 vs expected KV-H
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