Christian Kirksey is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Kirksey in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Kirksey's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Christian Kirksey
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2014 | 22 | CLE | 16 | — | 72 | 38 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 681 | 58.1% | 257 | 55.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 23 | CLE | 15 | — | 53 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3.5 | 13.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 567 | 54.6% | 215 | 50.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 24 | CLE | 16 | — | 140 | 90 | 50 | 11 | 7 | 2.5 | 20.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,111 | 99.8% | 176 | 40.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 25 | CLE | 16 | — | 133 | 81 | 52 | 6 | 6 | 3.5 | 15.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,068 | 100.0% | 85 | 19.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 26 | CLE | 7 | — | 39 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 474 | 84.4% | 19 | 8.1% | 42 | 31 | 0.7 | 91.6 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 27 | CLE | 2 | — | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 112 | 91.5% | 8 | 12.5% | 9 | 7 | 0.8 | 155.8 | -0.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0.3 |
| 2020 | 28 | GB | 11 | — | 73 | 42 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 548 | 76.1% | 42 | 13.8% | 43 | 31 | 0.7 | 109.7 | 4.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 29 | HOU | 13 | — | 75 | 37 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 789 | 92.2% | 31 | 9.3% | 40 | 28 | 0.7 | 97.2 | 9.2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 30 | HOU | 17 | — | 108 | 66 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 3.0 | 17.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,141 | 97.3% | 4 | 0.8% | 60 | 45 | 0.8 | 90.1 | 5.3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 10 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 113 | — | 704 | 419 | 285 | 45 | 33 | 16.5 | 94.5 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 6,491 | 83.0% | 837 | 26.6% | 194 | 142 | — | — | — | 17 | 4 | 7 | 122 | 39 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
69 career value over replacement — #1635 all-time of 4,649. 8.6/season above a replacement-level LB.
Draft OutcomeValue ↑
Pick #71 (Rd 3) · CLE · 2014 · +15.1 vs expected KV-H
58actual
42.9 expected · Δ+15.1
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