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

DEINDCUT

Tanoh Kpassagnon

Top 39% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2021

Height6'7"

Weight289 lb

BornJun 14, 1994

Age32

CollegeVillanova See College Stats

ConferenceColonial Athletic Association

Rookie yr2017

Draft2017 · Rd 2, Pick 59 · KC

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 40 · #2340 · Above Average

Worth 40 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 51% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10

Avg surplus

peak +16

4 seasons × ~10 surplus ≈ VORP 40

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	—	KC	6	—	13	7	6	3	2	2.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	158	23.2%	105	22.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	KC	3	—	3	2	1	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	115	17.1%	111	28.4%	1	0	0.0	39.6	0.0	1	0	1	2	0	0.0
2019	—	KC	14	—	27	19	8	6	11	4.0	21.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	691	63.4%	84	19.4%	1	1	1.0	118.7	4.0	16	5	7	1	3	0.1
2020	—	KC	13	—	28	20	8	2	4	1.0	7.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	718	66.1%	88	19.6%	6	5	0.8	124.3	-1.0	5	1	3	1	10	0.3
2021	—	NO	8	—	17	13	4	3	8	4.0	15.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	220	42.8%	32	14.8%	3	3	1.0	97.2	-4.0	11	4	3	1	2	0.1
2022	—	NO	12	—	26	13	13	3	6	2.0	11.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	356	35.6%	58	15.6%	1	1	1.0	100.0	-6.0	8	2	3	0	1	0.0
2023	—	NO	11	—	17	10	7	4	9	3.5	16.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	405	36.8%	67	15.5%	0	0	—	—	—	13	4	5	0	1	0.1
2024	—	NO	2	—	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	73	34.7%	14	29.0%	1	1	1.0	112.5	-6.0	1	0	1	0	2	0.7
2025	—	CHI	4	—	5	4	1	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	89	36.3%	19	16.3%	0	0	—	—	—	2	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career		—	73	—	137	89	48	23	44	17.5	84.5	0	9	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	2,825	39.5%	578	20.2%	13	11	—	—	—	57	16	24	5	19	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2017	23	KC	6	0*	13	7	6	3	2	2.0	7.0	0	0	—	4.2
2018	24	KC	3	0*	3	2	1	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	0	—	—
2019	25	KC	14	10*	27	19	8	6	11	4.0	21.0	2	1	1	10.3
2020	26	KC	13	11*	28	20	8	2	4	1.0	7.0	3	0	—	5.8
2021	27	NO	8	0*	17	13	4	3	8	4.0	15.0	2	1	—	7.3
2022	28	NO	12	0*	26	13	13	3	6	2.0	11.0	0	0	—	6.6
2023	29	NO	11	0*	17	10	7	4	9	3.5	16.5	2	0	—	7.5
2024	30	NO	2	—	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	—
2025	31	CHI	4	0*	5	4	1	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	—	2.2
Career			73	21*	137	89	48	23	44	—	—	9	2	1	43.9

* 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	23	KC	16	0*	—	0.0%	158	23.2%	105	22.9%
2018	24	KC	13	0*	—	0.0%	115	17.1%	111	28.4%
2019	25	KC	16	10*	—	0.0%	691	63.4%	84	19.4%
2020	26	KC	16	11*	—	0.0%	718	66.1%	88	19.6%
2021	27	NO	8	0*	—	0.0%	220	42.8%	32	14.8%
2022	28	NO	15	0*	—	0.0%	356	35.6%	58	15.6%
2023	29	NO	17	0*	—	0.0%	405	36.8%	67	15.5%
2024	30	NO	3	—	—	0.0%	73	34.7%	14	29.0%
2025	31	CHI	4	0*	—	0.0%	89	36.3%	19	16.3%
Career			108	21*	—	—	2,825	—	578	—

* 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	24	KC	13	0*	1	0	0.0	39.6	0.0	1	0	1	2	0	0.0
2019	25	KC	16	10*	1	1	1.0	118.7	4.0	16	5	7	1	3	0.1
2020	26	KC	16	11*	6	5	0.8	124.3	-1.0	5	1	3	1	10	0.3
2021	27	NO	8	0*	3	3	1.0	97.2	-4.0	11	4	3	1	2	0.1
2022	28	NO	15	0*	1	1	1.0	100.0	-6.0	8	2	3	0	1	0.0
2023	29	NO	17	0*	0	0	—	—	—	13	4	5	0	1	0.1
2024	30	NO	3	—	1	1	1.0	112.5	-6.0	1	0	1	0	2	0.7
2025	31	CHI	4	0*	0	0	—	—	—	2	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career			92	21*	13	11	—	—	—	57	16	24	5	19	—

* 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 remarkably steady 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 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 89%

What builds the career mark of 55

On-field 41.9

Availability 13.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 512025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Sacks leader9

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+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.381See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.381Snap share39.5%Def snaps2,825VolatileCV 0.55

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

4.83s

40-Yard

Below avg · 37th pct

Pos 37thAll 32thClass Pos 30thClass All 27th

30"

Vertical

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 21thClass Pos 14thClass All 28th

128"

Broad Jump

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 93thClass Pos 88thClass All 89th

23 reps

Bench

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 63thClass Pos 39thClass All 75th

7.46s

3-Cone

Low · 24th pct

Pos 24thAll 27thClass Pos 19thClass All 27th

4.62s

Shuttle

Low · 10th pct

Pos 10thAll 18thClass Pos 5thClass All 18th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl9Solo6Ast3TFL3QBHits5Sk3.0Dis11.0PD2

College Stats

VillanovaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Villanova), 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 #59

#51DeMarcus WalkerDE #52DeShone KizerQB #53Teez TaborCB #54Raekwon McMillanMLB #55Dalvin TomlinsonDE #56Obi MelifonwuDB #57Zach CunninghamILB #58Ethan PocicC #60Chidobe AwuzieCB #61Josh JonesS #62JuJu Smith-SchusterWR #63Dion DawkinsOT #64Taylor MotonOT #65Larry OgunjobiDT #66Ahkello WitherspoonCB #67Alvin KamaraRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Tanoh inherited the Kansas City Chiefs DL room from Chris Jones (2016–2025), and handed it to Derrick Nnadi (2018–2025).

Neil Smith 1988–1996Joe Phillips 1992–1997Darren Mickell 1993–1995Pellom McDaniels 1993–1998Vaughn Booker 1994–1997John Browning

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined CHI (from NO)
2025final season
Last recorded season with CHI
2021team change
Joined NO (from KC)
2017draft
Drafted by KC — Round 2, Pick 59

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'7" / 289 lb

Frame

289 lb at 4.83s

Size-speed

30" vert / 128" broad

Explosion

23 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	NO	0	W13Questionable· AchillesW14Questionable· AchillesW15Questionable· Achilles
2022	NO	0	W10Questionable· Illness
2021	NO	3	W2Questionable· CalfW11Out· AnkleW12Out· AnkleW13Out· Ankle
2018	KC	0	W6Questionable· AnkleW7Questionable· Ankle

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 55

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

C2017

B2019

C+2020

B2021

C+2022

B2023

F2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

72%

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	2	0.3	6+4	0.3
2019	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2020	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2021	4	0.5	8+4	0.5
2022	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2023	3.5	0.3	6+2.5	0.3
2025	1	0.3	4+3	0.3

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

40 career value over replacement — #2340 all-time of 4,642. 5.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #59 (Rd 2) · KC · 2017 · +8.1 vs expected KV-H

55actual

46.9 expected · Δ+8.1

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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 · 2017

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2017 Draft Class· this player went #59

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography