Also in other sports:mlbWillie Young (1945).

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

OLBCHI#97RES

Willie Young

Top 12% all-time pass rushersElite PlaymakerTeam Carrier · #445

Height6'4"

Weight258 lb

BornSep 19, 1985

Age40

CollegeN.C. State See College Stats

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 7, Pick 213 · DET

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 119 · #888 · High-Value

Worth 119 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 20% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.8

Avg surplus

peak +39

5 seasons × ~23.8 surplus ≈ VORP 119

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2011	—	DET	11	—	14	9	5	3	5	3.0	11.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	DET	10	—	10	6	4	1	4	0.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	DET	16	—	44	26	18	7	10	3.0	20.0	0	5	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	773	74.9%	82	17.9%
2014	—	CHI	15	—	38	27	11	12	10	10.0	32.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	664	68.2%	75	19.4%
2015	—	CHI	14	—	27	21	6	11	15	6.5	32.5	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	523	52.9%	37	14.9%
2016	—	CHI	16	—	37	20	17	8	9	7.5	24.5	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	714	66.4%	32	14.6%
2017	—	CHI	4	—	7	4	3	2	4	2.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	119	48.0%	1	4.0%
Career		—	86	—	177	113	64	44	57	32.0	133.0	1	13	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	2,793	62.1%	227	14.2%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2011	26	DET	11	—	14	9	5	3	5	3.0	11.0	0	1	0	—	5.1
2012	27	DET	10	—	10	6	4	1	4	0.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	3.6
2013	28	DET	16	12*	44	26	18	7	10	3.0	20.0	0	5	0	2	8.2
2014	29	CHI	15	10*	38	27	11	12	10	10.0	32.0	0	2	1	—	11.3
2015	30	CHI	14	8*	27	21	6	11	15	6.5	32.5	1	2	0	—	10.5
2016	31	CHI	16	11*	37	20	17	8	9	7.5	24.5	0	2	1	—	10.1
2017	32	CHI	4	0*	7	4	3	2	4	2.0	8.0	0	0	0	—	2.5
Career			86	41*	177	113	64	44	57	—	—	1	13	2	2	51.3

* 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	28	DET	16	12*	—	0.0%	773	74.9%	82	17.9%
2014	29	CHI	15	10*	—	0.0%	664	68.2%	75	19.4%
2015	30	CHI	15	8*	—	0.0%	523	52.9%	37	14.9%
2016	31	CHI	16	11*	—	0.0%	714	66.4%	32	14.6%
2017	32	CHI	4	0*	—	0.0%	119	48.0%	1	4.0%
Career			66	41*	—	—	2,793	—	227	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 71 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 71 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 70.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 71· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 66

On-field 49.1

Availability 16.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 61elite 702017

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #445 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2014 CHI·5 team wins#19

Sacks · 10 · score 14

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Sacks leader16

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+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.69See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.69Snap share62.1%Def snaps2,793ReliableCV 0.28

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 · 2010

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

EDGE · 2010 class

4.88s

40-Yard

Below avg · 26th pct

Pos 26thAll 28thClass Pos 26thClass All 26th

38"

Vertical

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 87thClass Pos 93thClass All 86th

118"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 55thClass Pos 75thClass All 69th

25 reps

Bench

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 74thClass Pos 57thClass All 71th

7.24s

3-Cone

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 42thClass Pos 31thClass All 34th

4.56s

Shuttle

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 23thClass Pos 42thClass All 30th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl2Solo1Ast1Sk1.0Dis1.0FF1

College Stats

N.C. StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (N.C. State), 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.

2010 Draft Class· this player went #213

#199Joe WebbQB #202Jordan PughDB #204Tony PikeQB #205Ted LarsenG #208Thomas WelchOT #209Levi BrownQB #210Cody GrimmFS #211Marquis JohnsonDB #214Mickey ShulerTE #215Jeremy WareDB #217Dekoda WatsonLB #218J'Marcus WebbOT #219Terrence AustinWR #220Jamar ChaneyLB #221Matt DodgeP #222Marc MarianiWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Willie inherited the Chicago Bears LB room from Lamarr Houston (2014–2017), and handed it to Christian Jones (2014–2021).

Wilber Marshall 1984–1987Vinson Smith 1993–1996Barry Minter 1993–2000John Thierry 1994–1998Sean Harris 1995–2000Bryan Cox

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017final season
Last recorded season with CHI
2014team change
Joined CHI (from DET)
2010draft
Drafted by DET — Round 7, Pick 213

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 258 lb

Frame

251 lb at 4.88s

Size-speed

38" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

25 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2017	CHI	W5Doubtful· Tricep
2016	CHI	W3Questionable· KneeW4Questionable· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW6Questionable· Knee / ElbowW11Questionable· AnkleW13Questionable· KneeW16Questionable· KneeW17Questionable· Knee
2015	CHI	W17Questionable· Rib
2011	DET	W7Questionable· CalfW11Questionable· AnkleW12Questionable· AnkleW17Questionable· 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 78

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

C+2011

C2012

B2013

A2014

B+2015

B+2016

D2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

78%

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
2011	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2012	0	0	0	0
2013	3	0.2	3	0.2
2014	10	0.7	11+1	0.7
2015	6.5	0.5	8+1.5	0.5
2016	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2017	2	0.5	8+6	0.5

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, espn.com:stats-api (facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

119 career value over replacement — #888 all-time of 4,642. 17/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #213 (Rd 7) · DET · 2010 · +47.1 vs expected KV-H

71actual

23.9 expected · Δ+47.1

💔+26.2 stolen VORP·1.54 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2010

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #213

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator