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

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DaQuan Jones

Top 34% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2017

Height6'4"

Weight320 lb

BornDec 27, 1991

Age34

CollegePenn State See College Stats

Conference

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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%
2014	22–23	TEN	4	—	8	5	3	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	137	28.4%	19	9.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	23–24	TEN	16	—	43	23	20	3	3	0.0	6.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	671	63.9%	93	20.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	24–25	TEN	13	—	19	10	9	2	3	1.5	6.5	0	0	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	672	61.6%	137	29.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	25–26	TEN	11	—	31	19	12	4	6	3.5	13.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	436	53.4%	109	30.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	26–27	TEN	13	—	29	15	14	4	5	0.0	9.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	587	55.9%	70	16.3%	1	1	1.0	83.3	4.0	5	2	3	0	4	0.1
2019	27–28	TEN	16	—	41	20	21	0	2	1.0	3.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	678	61.3%	92	20.4%	3	2	0.7	79.9	6.3	9	6	2	0	6	0.1
2020	28–29	TEN	16	—	43	23	20	4	6	2.0	12.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	706	63.4%	134	29.7%	1	1	1.0	91.7	3.0	11	5	3	0	7	0.1
2021	29–30	CAR	15	—	30	11	19	1	6	1.0	8.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	641	58.5%	84	18.8%	1	1	1.0	95.8	4.0	13	7	5	0	3	0.1
2022	30–31	BUF	16	—	31	15	16	3	11	2.0	16.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	643	61.7%	56	13.9%	0	0	—	—	—	14	3	8	0	4	0.1
2023	31–32	BUF	6	—	14	6	8	4	5	2.5	11.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	174	46.1%	4	2.3%	0	0	—	—	—	9	4	2	0	3	0.2
2024	32–33	BUF	13	—	22	10	12	5	7	2.5	14.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	546	52.8%	42	9.6%	2	1	0.5	56.2	-4.5	8	1	4	0	2	0.1
2025	33–34	BUF	12	—	21	10	11	3	8	3.0	14.0	1	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	422	61.1%	55	16.9%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-4.0	13	4	6	0	1	0.0
Career		—	151	—	332	167	165	34	64	20.0	118.0	1	7	4	3	1	0	—	0.0%	6,313	57.6%	895	19.2%	9	7	—	—	—	82	32	33	0	30	—

Career Value · VORP

71 career value over replacement — #1597 all-time of 4,649. 5.9/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #112 (Rd 4) · TEN · 2014 · +20.3 vs expected KV-H

56actual

35.7 expected · Δ+20.3

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2014	22–23	TEN	4	0*	8	5	3	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	1	—	0	2.9
2015	23–24	TEN	16	10*	43	23	20	3	3	0.0	6.0	0	0	0	1	0	6.8
2016	24–25	TEN	13	10*	19	10	9	2	3	1.5	6.5	0	0	0	1	1	7.2
2017	25–26	TEN	11	6*	31	19	12	4	6	3.5	13.5	0	0	0	—	0	7.6
2018	26–27	TEN	13	9*	29	15	14	4	5	0.0	9.0	0	1	0	—	0	5.5
2019	27–28	TEN	16	10*	41	20	21	0	2	1.0	3.0	0	3	0	—	0	6.2
2020	28–29	TEN	16	10*	43	23	20	4	6	2.0	12.0	0	0	1	—	0	9.2
2021	29–30	CAR	15	10*	30	11	19	1	6	1.0	8.0	0	0	1	—	0	6.9
2022	30–31	BUF	16	10*	31	15	16	3	11	2.0	16.0	0	0	0	1	0	8.8
2023	31–32	BUF	6	0*	14	6	8	4	5	2.5	11.5	0	0	0	—	0	5
2024	32–33	BUF	13	8*	22	10	12	5	7	2.5	14.5	0	1	0	—	0	7.5
2025	33–34	BUF	12	7*	21	10	11	3	8	3.0	14.0	1	2	1	—	0	8
Career			151	90*	332	167	165	34	64	—	—	1	7	4	3	1	81.6

* 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%
2014	22–23	TEN	7	0*	—	0.0%	137	28.4%	19	9.3%
2015	23–24	TEN	16	10*	—	0.0%	671	63.9%	93	20.4%
2016	24–25	TEN	16	10*	—	0.0%	672	61.6%	137	29.4%
2017	25–26	TEN	12	6*	—	0.0%	436	53.4%	109	30.5%
2018	26–27	TEN	16	9*	—	0.0%	587	55.9%	70	16.3%
2019	27–28	TEN	16	10*	—	0.0%	678	61.3%	92	20.4%
2020	28–29	TEN	16	10*	—	0.0%	706	63.4%	134	29.7%
2021	29–30	CAR	17	10*	—	0.0%	641	58.5%	84	18.8%
2022	30–31	BUF	16	10*	—	0.0%	643	61.7%	56	13.9%
2023	31–32	BUF	7	0*	—	0.0%	174	46.1%	4	2.3%
2024	32–33	BUF	16	8*	—	0.0%	546	52.8%	42	9.6%
2025	33–34	BUF	12	7*	—	0.0%	422	61.1%	55	16.9%
Career			167	90*	—	—	6,313	—	895	—

* 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	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	26–27	TEN	16	9*	1	1	1.0	83.3	4.0	5	2	3	4	0.1
2019	27–28	TEN	16	10*	3	2	0.7	79.9	6.3	9	6	2	6	0.1
2020	28–29	TEN	16	10*	1	1	1.0	91.7	3.0	11	5	3	7	0.1
2021	29–30	CAR	17	10*	1	1	1.0	95.8	4.0	13	7	5	3	0.1
2022	30–31	BUF	16	10*	0	0	—	—	—	14	3	8	4	0.1
2023	31–32	BUF	7	0*	0	0	—	—	—	9	4	2	3	0.2
2024	32–33	BUF	16	8*	2	1	0.5	56.2	-4.5	8	1	4	2	0.1
2025	33–34	BUF	12	7*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-4.0	13	4	6	1	0.0
Career			116	64*	9	7	—	—	—	82	32	33	30	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 36.3

Availability 16.7

On-field production Staying available

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

Sacks career shape vs similar defensive tackles

2014-2025

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Sacks season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.