Andre Carter ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Carter in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Carter a career score of 81, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Ranked #182 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.
Reached 40% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
Career Value · VORP
256 career value over replacement — #204 all-time of 4,649. 19.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Career Profile
Pick #7 (Rd 1) · SF · 2001 · +19.6 vs expected KV-H
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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%.
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Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.
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+).
Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.
Defense
Snap Counts (2012–present)
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College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (California), 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.
Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Andre inherited the San Francisco 49ers DL room from John Engelberger (2000–2004), and handed it to Anthony Adams (2003–2006).
Andre inherited the Washington Commanders DL room from Phillip Daniels (2004–2010), and handed it to Kedric Golston (2006–2016).
Andre inherited the New England Patriots DL room from Mark Anderson (2011), and handed it to Chandler Jones (2012–2015).
The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Joined NE (from OAK)
Last recorded season with NE
Joined OAK (from NE)
Joined NE (from WAS)
Joined WAS (from SF)
Drafted by SF — Round 1, Pick 7
From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | WAS | 0 | W1Questionable· Illness |
| 2009 | WAS | 0 | W16Questionable· Biceps |
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Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 13-season peers. See all →
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 13 seasons.
Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 7+0.5 | 0.4 |
| 2002 | 12.5 | 0.8 | 13+0.5 | 0.8 |
| 2003 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 7+0.5 | 0.4 |
| 2004 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 4+2.5 | 0.2 |
| 2005 | 4.5 | 0.3 | 5+0.5 | 0.3 |
| 2006 | 6 | 0.4 | 6 | 0.4 |
| 2007 | 10.5 | 0.7 | 11+0.5 | 0.6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.2 |
| 2009 | 11 | 0.7 | 12+1 | 0.7 |
| 2010 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 3+0.5 | 0.2 |
| 2011 | 10 | 0.8 | 12+2 | 0.7 |
| 2012 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 4+1.5 | 0.2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0.4 | 6+4 | 0.4 |
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 7/31/2026
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Wore 4 distinct franchise crests across 13 seasons (2001–2013) — a true nomad. The crest trail: