Bryant Young is a Hall of Fame pass rusher whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 85 in the Knox value model. Young's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Bryant Young

★ HALL OF FAME4× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 3% all-time pass rushersIron Legend🌅 Early Bloomer · 1999 Team Carrier · #163

Height6'3"

Weight305 lb

BornJan 27, 1972

Age54

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #163 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

3 qualifying seasons

1999 SF·4 team wins#11

Sacks · 11 · score 45

2000 SF·6 team wins#17

Sacks · 10 · score 9

2005 SF

Career Value · VORP

335 career value over replacement — #88 all-time of 4,649. 23.9/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #7 (Rd 1) · SF · 1994 · +23.6 vs expected KV-H

85actual

61.4 expected · Δ+23.6

💔+37.1 stolen VORP·1.54 szns lost

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All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 45% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

45% of the all-time Sacks leader45

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 87%.

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.

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.

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

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

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 14-season peers. See all →

peak 88

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

B1994

B1995

A1996

B1997

A1998

A1999

A2000

C+2001

C+2002

B2003

B2004

A2005

B2006

B+2007

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 14 seasons.

89%

19942007

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Iron

Canton Monitor · HOF

Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →

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Enshrined

What carries the case

Era Quality (KV-H) 39.8%Longevity 27.5%All-Pro 15.7%Pro Bowls 15.7%All-Time Ranks 1.3%

Monitor score 76.4 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity89

Peak88

Accolades20

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

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
1994	6	0.4	5-1	0.3
1995	6	0.5	7+1	0.4
1996	11.5	0.7	10-1.5	0.6
1997	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
1998	9.5	0.8	11+1.5	0.7
1999	11	0.7	10-1	0.6
2000	9.5	0.7	10+0.5	0.6
2001	3.5	0.3	4+0.5	0.2
2002	2	0.1	2	0.1
2003	4	0.3	4	0.2
2004	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	0.2
2005	8	0.7	11+3	0.6
2006	5	0.3	5	0.3
2007	5.5	0.4	7+1.5	0.4

Bryant Young

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1994 Draft Class· this player went #7

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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