Tony Brackens ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Brackens in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Brackens a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Tony Brackens

1× Pro BowlTop 9% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2001 Team Carrier · #436

Height6'4"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

163 career value over replacement — #569 all-time of 4,695. 20.4/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #33 (Rd 2) · JAX · 1996 · +19.2 vs expected KV-H

74actual

54.8 expected · Δ+19.2

💔+29.4 stolen VORP·1.44 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1996	21–22	JAX	16	—	55	45	—	—	—	7.0	7.0	1	9	5	—	—	—
1997	22–23	JAX	15	—	41	38	—	—	—	7.0	7.0	—	7	5	—	—	—
1998	23–24	JAX	12	—	39	27	—	—	—	3.5	3.5	—	8	1	—	—	—
1999	24–25	JAX	16	—	63	49	14	13	7	12.0	32.0	1	7	8	2	1	0
2000	25–26	JAX	16	—	58	50	8	13	7	7.5	27.5	1	8	2	1	0	0
2001	26–27	JAX	11	—	36	33	3	11	6	11.0	28.0	0	6	5	—	0	1
2002	27–28	JAX	5	—	10	8	2	2	1	1.0	4.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2003	28–29	JAX	14	—	27	20	7	0	0	4.5	4.5	1	2	1	—	0	0
Career		—	105	—	329	270	34	39	21	53.5	113.5	4	48	27	3	1	1

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A top 10% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 163 · #569 · High-Value

Worth 163 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 13% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.3

Avg surplus

peak +42

7 seasons × ~23.3 surplus ≈