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.
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 | 23 | KC | 16 | — | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 158 | 14.5% | 105 | 22.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 24 | KC | 13 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 115 | 11.8% | 111 | 28.4% | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 25 | KC | 16 | — | 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 | 26 | KC | 16 | — | 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 | 27 | 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 | 28 | NO | 15 | — | 26 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 356 | 35.6% | 58 | 14.5% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 100.0 | -6.0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 29 | NO | 17 | — | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3.5 | 16.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 405 | 36.8% | 67 | 14.6% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 30 | NO | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 73 | 34.7% | 14 | 19.3% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 112.5 | -6.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 |
| 2025 | 31 | 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 | — | 108 | — | 137 | 89 | 48 | 23 | 44 | 17.5 | 84.5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 2,825 | 39.0% | 578 | 19.1% | 13 | 11 | — | — | — | 57 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 19 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
43 career value over replacement — #2304 all-time of 4,695. 6.1/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Pick #59 (Rd 2) · KC · 2017 · +8.9 vs expected KV-H
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