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

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Yetur Gross-Matos

Top 33% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2023

Height6'5"

Weight265 lb

BornFeb 26, 1998

Age28

CollegePenn State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2020

Draft2020 · Rd 2, Pick 38 · CAR

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A quality edge rusher with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 51 · #2032 · Above Average

Worth 51 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 45% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10.2

Avg surplus

peak +15

5 seasons × ~10.2 surplus ≈ VORP 51

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%
2020	—	CAR	12	—	23	8	15	2	6	2.5	10.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	377	47.6%	40	16.7%	0	0	—	—	—	12	5	4	0	1	0.0
2021	—	CAR	12	—	25	15	10	5	4	3.5	12.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	350	38.6%	10	4.6%	0	0	—	—	—	7	3	0	0	0	0.0
2022	—	CAR	17	—	51	15	36	5	10	2.5	17.5	0	0	0	4	0	0	—	0.0%	846	73.5%	80	16.9%	1	0	0.0	39.6	-3.0	11	1	7	0	0	0.0
2023	—	CAR	11	—	31	14	17	7	10	4.5	21.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	466	63.1%	77	23.5%	2	2	1.0	102.1	1.5	11	1	5	10	1	0.0
2024	—	SF	9	—	17	12	5	6	7	4.0	17.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	368	53.3%	53	18.0%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-7.0	10	3	3	0	5	0.2
2025	—	SF	6	—	8	3	5	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	158	30.4%	4	5.0%	3	2	0.7	82.6	3.7	4	2	2	0	3	0.3
Career		—	67	—	155	67	88	25	39	17.0	81.0	0	2	2	4	0	0	—	0.0%	2,565	51.1%	264	14.1%	7	5	—	—	—	55	15	21	10	10	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2020	22	CAR	12	0*	23	8	15	2	6	2.5	10.5	0	1	—	7.5
2021	23	CAR	12	0*	25	15	10	5	4	3.5	12.5	1	1	—	7.8
2022	24	CAR	17	12*	51	15	36	5	10	2.5	17.5	0	0	4	9.8
2023	25	CAR	11	8*	31	14	17	7	10	4.5	21.5	0	0	—	8.8
2024	26	SF	9	6*	17	12	5	6	7	4.0	17.0	0	0	—	7.7
2025	27	SF	6	0*	8	3	5	0	2	0.0	2.0	1	0	—	2.1
Career			67	26*	155	67	88	25	39	—	—	2	2	4	43.7

* 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%
2020	22	CAR	12	0*	—	0.0%	377	47.6%	40	16.7%
2021	23	CAR	14	0*	—	0.0%	350	38.6%	10	4.6%
2022	24	CAR	17	12*	—	0.0%	846	73.5%	80	16.9%
2023	25	CAR	12	8*	—	0.0%	466	63.1%	77	23.5%
2024	26	SF	11	6*	—	0.0%	368	53.3%	53	18.0%
2025	27	SF	8	0*	—	0.0%	158	30.4%	4	5.0%
Career			74	26*	—	—	2,565	—	264	—

* 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%
2020	22	CAR	12	0*	0	0	—	—	—	12	5	4	0	1	0.0
2021	23	CAR	14	0*	0	0	—	—	—	7	3	0	0	0	0.0
2022	24	CAR	17	12*	1	0	0.0	39.6	-3.0	11	1	7	0	0	0.0
2023	25	CAR	12	8*	2	2	1.0	102.1	1.5	11	1	5	10	1	0.0
2024	26	SF	11	6*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-7.0	10	3	3	0	5	0.2
2025	27	SF	8	0*	3	2	0.7	82.6	3.7	4	2	2	0	3	0.3
Career			74	26*	7	5	—	—	—	55	15	21	10	10	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 58 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 58 × longevity 1 = KV-H 58· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 43.6

Availability 14.4

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 562025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Sacks leader9

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+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.314See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.314Snap share51.1%Def snaps2,565ReliableCV 0.33

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 · 2020

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

EDGE · 2020 class

34"

Vertical

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 54thClass Pos 79thClass All 48th

120"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 64thClass Pos 54thClass All 47th

20 reps

Bench

Low · 18th pct

Pos 18thAll 44thClass Pos 27thClass All 43th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl2Ast2

College Stats

Penn StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Penn 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.

2020 Draft Class· this player went #38

#30Noah IgbinogheneCB #31Jeff GladneyCB #32Clyde Edwards-HelaireRB #33Tee HigginsWR #34Michael PittmanWR #35D'Andre SwiftRB #36Xavier McKinneySAF #37Kyle DuggerSAF #39Robert HuntOT #40Ross BlacklockDT #41Jonathan TaylorRB #42Laviska Shenault Jr.WR #43Cole KmetTE #44Grant DelpitSAF #45Antoine Winfield Jr.SAF #46KJ HamlerWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Yetur inherited the Carolina Panthers DL room from Kyle Love (2014–2019), and handed it to Derrick Brown (2020–2025).

Sean Gilbert 1998–2002Mike Rucker 1999–2007Brentson Buckner 2001–2005Kris Jenkins 2001–2007Al Wallace 2002–2006Julius Peppers

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 SF
2024team change
Joined SF (from CAR)
2020draft
Drafted by CAR — Round 2, Pick 38

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 265 lb

Frame

34" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

20 reps

Bench power

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	SF	3	W1Out· KneeW5Out· KneeW10Out· KneeW11Questionable· Knee
2023	CAR	1	W12Out· HamstringW13Questionable· HamstringW14Questionable· HamstringW15Questionable· Knee
2022	CAR	0	W18Questionable· Hamstring
2021	CAR	1	W3Out· AnkleW4Doubtful· AnkleW5Questionable· Ankle
2020	CAR	1	W2Out· ConcussionW10Questionable· AnkleW11Questionable· ShoulderW14Questionable· Not Injury RelatedW17Questionable· Shoulder

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 6-season peers. See all →

peak 58

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

C+2020

B2021

C+2022

B2023

B2024

F2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

73%

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
2020	2.5	0.2	4+1.5	0.2
2021	3.5	0.3	5+1.5	0.3
2022	2.5	0.1	3+0.5	0.2
2023	4.5	0.4	7+2.5	0.4
2024	4	0.4	8+4	0.4
2025	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

51 career value over replacement — #2032 all-time of 4,642. 8.5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #38 (Rd 2) · CAR · 2020 · +8.2 vs expected KV-H

58actual

49.8 expected · Δ+8.2

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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 · 2020

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2020 Draft Class· this player went #38

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

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