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

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Vonnie Holliday

Top 12% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 1998

Height6'5"

Weight288 lb

BornDec 11, 1975

Age

Career Value · VORP

208 career value over replacement — #354 all-time of 4,695. 13.9/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #19 (Rd 1) · GB · 1998 · +14.3 vs expected KV-H

71actual

56.7 expected · Δ+14.3

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All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 33% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

33% of the all-time Sacks leader33

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 94%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl8Solo6Ast2PD2

College Stats

North CarolinaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (North Carolina), 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.

Top Teammates

Brett FavreQB5y Ryan LongwellK5y Darren SharperFS5y William HendersonFB5y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Vonnie inherited the Green Bay Packers DL room from Reggie White (1993–1998), and handed it to Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (2000–2008).

Ezra Johnson 1981–1987Reggie White 1993–1998Vonnie Holliday 1998–2002Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila 2000–2008Aaron Kampman 2002–2009Cullen Jenkins

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2012final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2011team change
Joined ARI (from WAS)
2010team change
Joined WAS (from DEN)
2009team change
Joined DEN (from MIA)
2005team change
Joined MIA (from KC)
2003team change
Joined KC (from GB)
1998draft
Drafted by GB — Round 1, Pick 19

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 288 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 15-season peers. See all →

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
1998	8	0.7	10+2	0.6
1999	6	0.4	5-1	0.3
2000	5	0.6	8+3	0.5
2001	7	0.4	7	0.4
2002	6	0.7	10+4	0.6
2003	5.5	0.3	5-0.5	0.3
2004	1	0.2	3+2	0.2
2005	6	0.4	6	0.4
2006	8	0.5	8	0.5
2007	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2008	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	0.2
2009	5	0.3	6+1	0.3
2010	2.5	0.2	4+1.5	0.2
2011	0	0	0	0
2012	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026