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.

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Takk McKinley

Top 18% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2018

Height6'2"

Weight250 lb

BornNov 2, 1995

Age30

CollegeUCLA; Contra Costa See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2017

Draft2017 · Rd 1, Pick 26 · ATL

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 62 · #1791 · Above Average

Worth 62 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 40% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.5

Avg surplus

peak +26

4 seasons × ~15.5 surplus ≈ VORP 62

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%
2017	—	ATL	12	—	19	14	5	7	10	6.0	23.0	0	1	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	401	37.8%	2	4.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	ATL	12	—	22	15	7	7	15	7.0	29.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	618	60.7%	7	5.6%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-7.0	25	10	7	1	2	0.1
2019	—	ATL	13	—	28	17	11	7	13	3.5	23.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	546	59.1%	2	8.0%	2	2	1.0	118.7	3.5	20	11	5	1	4	0.1
2020	—	ATL	3	—	7	4	3	1	7	1.0	9.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	85	33.0%	1	4.0%	1	1	1.0	79.2	0.0	8	1	6	3	0	0.0
2021	—	CLE	9	—	17	9	8	3	8	2.5	13.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	319	43.5%	17	11.0%	1	1	1.0	95.8	7.0	14	7	4	5	1	0.1
2022	—	LA	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	18	10.3%	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	NYJ	6	—	7	2	5	1	2	0.5	3.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	130	29.1%	8	9.7%	0	0	—	—	—	2	0	1	0	1	0.1
Career		—	56	—	101	61	40	26	55	20.5	101.5	0	2	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	2,117	39.1%	42	8.9%	5	5	—	—	—	69	29	23	10	8	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2017	22	ATL	12	0*	19	14	5	7	10	6.0	23.0	1	2	1	11.9
2018	23	ATL	12	9*	22	15	7	7	15	7.0	29.0	0	0	—	11.6
2019	24	ATL	13	8*	28	17	11	7	13	3.5	23.5	0	0	—	9.9
2020	25	ATL	3	0*	7	4	3	1	7	1.0	9.0	1	0	—	—
2021	26	CLE	9	0*	17	9	8	3	8	2.5	13.5	0	1	—	7
2022	27	LA	1	0*	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—	—
2024	29	NYJ	6	0*	7	2	5	1	2	0.5	3.5	0	0	—	2.4
Career			56	17*	101	61	40	26	55	—	—	2	3	1	42.8

* 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%
2017	22	ATL	16	0*	—	0.0%	401	37.8%	2	4.0%
2018	23	ATL	15	9*	—	0.0%	618	60.7%	7	5.6%
2019	24	ATL	14	8*	—	0.0%	546	59.1%	2	8.0%
2020	25	ATL	4	0*	—	0.0%	85	33.0%	1	4.0%
2021	26	CLE	11	0*	—	0.0%	319	43.5%	17	11.0%
2022	27	LA	4	0*	—	0.0%	18	10.3%	5	20.0%
2024	29	NYJ	7	0*	—	0.0%	130	29.1%	8	9.7%
Career			71	17*	—	—	2,117	—	42	—

* 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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	23	ATL	15	9*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-7.0	25	10	7	1	2	0.1
2019	24	ATL	14	8*	2	2	1.0	118.7	3.5	20	11	5	1	4	0.1
2020	25	ATL	4	0*	1	1	1.0	79.2	0.0	8	1	6	3	0	0.0
2021	26	CLE	11	0*	1	1	1.0	95.8	7.0	14	7	4	5	1	0.1
2024	29	NYJ	7	0*	0	0	—	—	—	2	0	1	0	1	0.1
Career			51	17*	5	5	—	—	—	69	29	23	10	8	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 66 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 66 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 65.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 66· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 49.5

Availability 13.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 59elite 702024

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Sacks leader10

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.031See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.031Snap share39.1%Def snaps2,117ReliableCV 0.27

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

Combine · 2017

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

EDGE · 2017 class

4.59s

40-Yard

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 60thClass Pos 90thClass All 62th

33"

Vertical

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 44thClass Pos 48thClass All 56th

122"

Broad Jump

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 74thClass Pos 48thClass All 68th

24 reps

Bench

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 69thClass Pos 52thClass All 81th

7.48s

3-Cone

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 26thClass Pos 12thClass All 25th

4.62s

Shuttle

Low · 10th pct

Pos 10thAll 18thClass Pos 5thClass All 18th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl5Solo4Ast1TFL2QBHits2Sk2.0Dis6.0PD1

College Stats

UCLA; Contra CostaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (UCLA; Contra Costa), 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.

2017 Draft Class· this player went #26

#18Adoree' JacksonCB #19O.J. HowardTE #20Garett BollesOT #21Jarrad DavisMLB #22Charles HarrisLB #23Evan EngramTE #24Gareon ConleyCB #25Jabrill PeppersFS #27Tre'Davious WhiteCB #28Taco CharltonDE #29David NjokuTE #30T.J. WattOLB #31Reuben FosterOLB #32Ryan RamczykOT #33Kevin KingCB #34Cam RobinsonOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Takk inherited the Atlanta Falcons DL room from Jack Crawford (2017–2019), and handed it to Tyeler Davison (2019–2021).

Aundray Bruce 1988–1991Chuck Smith 1992–1999Lester Archambeau 1993–1999Chris Doleman 1994–1995John Burrough 1995–1998Travis Hall

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2024team change
Joined NYJ (from LA)
2024final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
2022team change
Joined LA (from CLE)
2021team change
Joined CLE (from ATL)
2017draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 1, Pick 26

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 250 lb

Frame

250 lb at 4.59s

Size-speed

33" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

24 reps

Bench power

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	CLE	1	W5Questionable· Ankle / KneeW6Questionable· Ankle / KneeW8Questionable· GroinW9Questionable· GroinW10Out· GroinW11Questionable· Groin
2020	ATL	4	W3Questionable· GroinW4Out· GroinW6Out· GroinW7Questionable· GroinW8Out· GroinW9Out· Groin / Illness
2019	ATL	0	W12Questionable· Shoulder
2018	ATL	1	W3Out· Groin

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 70

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

B+2017

B+2018

B2019

C+2021

D2024

Availability

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

62%

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
2017	6	0.5	8+2	0.5
2018	7	0.6	10+3	0.6
2019	3.5	0.3	5+1.5	0.3
2021	2.5	0.3	5+2.5	0.3
2024	0.5	0.1	2+1.5	0.1

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

62 career value over replacement — #1791 all-time of 4,642. 12.4/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #26 (Rd 1) · ATL · 2017 · +11.1 vs expected KV-H

66actual

54.9 expected · Δ+11.1

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Archetype Intelligence

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 · 2017

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2017 Draft Class· this player went #26

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography