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

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Will Anderson Jr.

2× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 9% all-time pass rushersIron Man⭐ Shooting Star · 2024

Height6'4"

Weight243 lb

BornSep 2, 2001

Age24

CollegeAlabama See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2023

Draft2023 · Rd 1, Pick 3 · HOU

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

14thPlayoff Sacks·8

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end edge rusher defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 105 · #1052 · High-Value

Worth 105 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 24% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +35 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+35

Avg surplus

peak +42

3 seasons × ~35 surplus ≈ VORP 105

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%
2023	—	HOU	15	—	37	21	16	10	22	7.0	39.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	630	62.8%	55	16.3%	2	2	1.0	97.9	1.0	32	10	15	12	9	0.2
2024	—	HOU	13	—	33	23	10	16	19	11.0	46.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	561	63.6%	14	6.7%	3	2	0.7	82.6	0.3	29	9	8	1	4	0.1
2025	—	HOU	17	—	50	31	19	20	23	12.0	55.0	0	3	3	2	0	0	—	0.0%	694	66.7%	23	7.9%	5	3	0.6	64.6	-2.2	36	15	8	5	3	0.1
Career		—	45	—	120	75	45	46	64	30.0	140.0	0	6	4	3	0	0	—	0.0%	1,885	64.4%	92	10.3%	10	7	—	—	—	97	34	31	18	16	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2023	22	HOU	15	9*	37	21	16	10	22	7.0	39.0	1	0	—	14.3
2024	23	HOU	13	9*	33	23	10	16	19	11.0	46.0	2	1	1	18.1
2025	24	HOU	17	11*	50	31	19	20	23	12.0	55.0	3	3	2	23
Career			45	29*	120	75	45	46	64	—	—	6	4	3	55.4

* 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%
2023	22	HOU	15	9*	—	0.0%	630	62.8%	55	16.3%
2024	23	HOU	14	9*	—	0.0%	561	63.6%	14	6.7%
2025	24	HOU	17	11*	—	0.0%	694	66.7%	23	7.9%
Career			46	29*	—	—	1,885	—	92	—

* 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%
2023	22	HOU	15	9*	2	2	1.0	97.9	1.0	32	10	15	12	9	0.2
2024	23	HOU	14	9*	3	2	0.7	82.6	0.3	29	9	8	1	4	0.1
2025	24	HOU	17	11*	5	3	0.6	64.6	-2.2	36	15	8	5	3	0.1
Career			46	29*	10	7	—	—	—	97	34	31	18	16	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 74 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 74 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 86 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 74· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 86

On-field 68.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2023bestavg 86elite 702025

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:7.958See leaderboard →

Disruption/1007.958Snap share64.4%Def snaps1,885Elite · ConsistentCV 0.14

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 · 2023

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

EDGE · 2023 class

4.60s

40-Yard

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 58thClass Pos 75thClass All 46th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl16Solo11Ast5TFL8QBHits11Sk8.0Dis27.0PD2FF3

College Stats

AlabamaImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	TD	Sfty
2020	—	—	33	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	1	—	—
2021	—	—	58	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	0	—	—
2022	—	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	0	—	—
Career		0	115	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	5	0	1	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2023 Draft Class· this player went #3

#1Bryce YoungQB #2C.J. StroudQB #4Anthony RichardsonQB #5Devon WitherspoonCB #6Paris Johnson Jr.OT #7Tyree WilsonDE #8Bijan RobinsonRB #9Jalen CarterDT #10Darnell WrightOT #11Peter SkoronskiOT #12Jahmyr GibbsRB #13Lukas Van NessLB #14Broderick JonesOT #15Will McDonald IVDE #16Emmanuel ForbesCB #17Christian GonzalezCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Will inherited the Houston Texans DL room from Sheldon Rankins (2023–2025), and handed it to Danielle Hunter (2024–2025).

Anthony Cook 1995–1996Gary Walker 1995–2005Corey Sears 2002–2004Jerry DeLoach 2002–2005Seth Payne 2002–2006Robaire Smith

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2023draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 1, Pick 3

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 243 lb

Frame

253 lb at 4.60s

Size-speed

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	HOU	2	W10Out· AnkleW11Out· Ankle
2023	HOU	2	W11Questionable· KneeW15Out· AnkleW16Out· AnkleW17Questionable· AnkleW18Questionable· AnkleW19Questionable· 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 3-season peers. See all →

peak 86

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

B+2023

A+2024

A+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.

90%

20232025

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity.

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
2023	7	0.5	8+1	0.5
2024	11	0.8	14+3	0.8
2025	12	0.7	12	0.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

105 career value over replacement — #1052 all-time of 4,642. 35/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #3 (Rd 1) · HOU · 2023 · +12.2 vs expected KV-H

74actual

61.8 expected · Δ+12.2

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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 · 2023

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2023 Draft Class· this player went #3

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography