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

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Thomas Davis

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 21% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2015

Height6'1"

Weight235 lb

BornMar 22, 1983

Age43

CollegeGeorgia See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2005

Draft2005 · Rd 1, Pick 14 · CAR

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 114 · #937 · High-Value

Worth 114 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 21% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 12 of 14 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

12 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+9.5

Avg surplus

peak +22

12 seasons × ~9.5 surplus ≈ VORP 114

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%
2005	—	CAR	10	—	26	20	6	0	0	1.5	1.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	—	CAR	14	—	76	58	18	0	8	1.5	9.5	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	—	CAR	16	—	81	65	16	0	6	3.0	9.0	1	5	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	—	CAR	16	—	106	85	21	12	6	3.5	21.5	0	6	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	CAR	7	—	54	44	10	7	2	2.0	11.0	2	5	0	—	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	CAR	2	—	12	6	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	CAR	15	—	101	66	35	9	1	0.0	10.0	1	3	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	CAR	16	—	120	82	38	13	5	4.0	22.0	2	7	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	990	97.4%	10	3.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	CAR	15	—	97	63	34	8	4	2.5	14.5	0	3	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	923	95.7%	46	14.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	CAR	16	—	98	68	30	8	12	5.5	25.5	4	7	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,003	90.8%	68	14.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	CAR	16	—	104	71	33	5	5	2.5	12.5	3	4	1	2	1	0	—	0.0%	1,009	94.6%	77	16.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CAR	15	—	74	50	24	5	7	2.5	14.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	791	85.3%	49	12.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CAR	12	—	73	40	33	3	2	0.0	5.0	0	6	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	650	86.5%	49	17.0%	45	35	0.8	111.5	4.4	3	1	2	50	7	0.1
2019	—	LAC	16	—	104	57	47	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	805	83.2%	11	5.1%	66	43	0.7	87.9	4.7	2	0	0	16	14	0.1
2020	—	WAS	5	—	6	5	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	137	30.9%	—	0.0%	6	4	0.7	73.6	3.5	0	0	0	4	1	0.1
Career		—	191	—	1,132	780	352	73	60	29.5	162.5	13	54	16	11	1	1	—	0.0%	6,308	83.0%	310	11.9%	117	82	—	—	—	5	1	2	70	22	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2005	22	CAR	10	—	26	20	6	0	0	1.5	1.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	4.5
2006	23	CAR	14	—	76	58	18	0	8	1.5	9.5	0	5	1	—	0	0	7.7
2007	24	CAR	16	—	81	65	16	0	6	3.0	9.0	1	5	2	1	0	0	10.3
2008	25	CAR	16	—	106	85	21	12	6	3.5	21.5	0	6	2	1	0	0	11.4
2009	26	CAR	7	—	54	44	10	7	2	2.0	11.0	2	5	0	—	0	1	6.6
2011	28	CAR	2	—	12	6	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—
2012	29	CAR	15	—	101	66	35	9	1	0.0	10.0	1	3	2	1	0	0	9.5
2013	30	CAR	16	16*	120	82	38	13	5	4.0	22.0	2	7	1	—	0	0	12.6
2014	31	CAR	15	14*	97	63	34	8	4	2.5	14.5	0	3	2	1	0	0	9.6
2015	32	CAR	16	15*	98	68	30	8	12	5.5	25.5	4	7	4	1	0	0	15.5
2016	33	CAR	16	15*	104	71	33	5	5	2.5	12.5	3	4	1	2	1	0	13
2017	34	CAR	15	13*	74	50	24	5	7	2.5	14.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.4
2018	35	CAR	12	10*	73	40	33	3	2	0.0	5.0	0	6	0	2	0	0	6
2019	36	LAC	16	13*	104	57	47	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	7.1
2020	37	WAS	5	0*	6	5	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	1.7
Career			191	96*	1,132	780	352	73	60	—	—	13	54	16	11	1	1	122.9

* 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%
2013	30	CAR	16	16*	—	0.0%	990	97.4%	10	3.9%
2014	31	CAR	15	14*	—	0.0%	923	95.7%	46	14.6%
2015	32	CAR	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,003	90.8%	68	14.2%
2016	33	CAR	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,009	94.6%	77	16.1%
2017	34	CAR	15	13*	—	0.0%	791	85.3%	49	12.5%
2018	35	CAR	12	10*	—	0.0%	650	86.5%	49	17.0%
2019	36	LAC	16	13*	—	0.0%	805	83.2%	11	5.1%
2020	37	WAS	7	0*	—	0.0%	137	30.9%	—	0.0%
Career			113	96*	—	—	6,308	—	310	—

* 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	35	CAR	12	10*	45	35	0.8	111.5	4.4	3	1	2	50	7	0.1
2019	36	LAC	16	13*	66	43	0.7	87.9	4.7	2	0	0	16	14	0.1
2020	37	WAS	7	0*	6	4	0.7	73.6	3.5	0	0	0	4	1	0.1
Career			35	23*	117	82	—	—	—	5	1	2	70	22	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 64 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 64 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 14 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60 × longevity 1 = KV-H 64· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 56

On-field 37.9

Availability 18.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2005bestavg 532020

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 15% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

15% of the all-time Sacks leader15

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+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.33See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.33Snap share83%Def snaps6,308VolatileCV 0.49

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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2005

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

EDGE · 2005 class

4.60s

40-Yard

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 58thClass Pos 83thClass All 60th

36.5"

Vertical

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 77thClass Pos 74thClass All 69th

115"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 44th pct

Pos 44thAll 42thClass Pos 56thClass All 56th

7.09s

3-Cone

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 57thClass Pos 90thClass All 69th

3.97s

Shuttle

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 97thClass Pos 97thClass All 85th

Postseason Career

11 playoff games

Defense

Tkl60Solo41Ast19TFL8QBHits3Sk2.0Dis13.0

College Stats

GeorgiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Georgia), 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.

2005 Draft Class· this player went #14

#5Cadillac WilliamsRB #6Adam JonesDB #7Troy WilliamsonWR #8Antrel RolleS #9Carlos RogersCB #11DeMarcus WareOLB #12Shawne MerrimanDE #13Jammal BrownOT #15Derrick JohnsonLB #16Travis JohnsonDE #17David PollackLB #18Erasmus JamesDE #19Alex BarronOT #22Mark ClaytonWR #23Fabian WashingtonDB #24Aaron RodgersQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Thomas inherited the Carolina Panthers LB room from Chris Draft (2005–2006), and handed it to Na'il Diggs (2006–2009).

Andre Royal 1995–1997Micheal Barrow 1997–1999Jeff Brady 1998Lester Towns 2000–2003Dan Morgan 2001–2007Mark Fields

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2020team change
Joined WAS (from LAC)
2020final season
Last recorded season with WAS
2019team change
Joined LAC (from CAR)
2005draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 1, Pick 14

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 235 lb

Frame

230 lb at 4.60s

Size-speed

36.5" vert / 115" broad

Explosion

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	WAS	3	W1Out· CalfW2Questionable· CalfW16Out· Not Injury Related / KneeW17Out· KneeW18Out· Knee
2019	LAC	0	W5Questionable· Groin
2017	CAR	0	W13Questionable· Hamstring
2016	CAR	0	W5Questionable· Hamstring
2014	CAR	0	W4Questionable· Hip
2012	CAR	0	W3Questionable· HamstringW4Questionable· Calf
2009	CAR	0	W7Questionable· HamstringW8Questionable· Hamstring

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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 66

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

C+2005

C+2006

B2007

B2008

C2009

C2012

B2013

C+2014

B2015

C+2016

C+2017

C2018

C+2019

F2020

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
2005	1.5	0.2	2+0.5	0.1
2006	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2007	3	0.2	3	0.2
2008	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	0.2
2009	2	0.3	5+3	0.3
2012	0	0	0	0
2013	4	0.3	4	0.2
2014	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2015	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2016	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2017	2.5	0.2	3+0.5	0.2
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	1	0.1	1	0.1
2020	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

114 career value over replacement — #937 all-time of 4,642. 8.1/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #14 (Rd 1) · CAR · 2005 · +5.1 vs expected KV-H

64actual

58.9 expected · Δ+5.1

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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 · 2005

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2005 Draft Class· this player went #14

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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