Jason Babin ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Babin in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Babin a career score of 80, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Ranked #383 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.
Reached 33% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
Career Value · VORP
198 career value over replacement — #383 all-time of 4,649. 19.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Career Profile
Pick #27 (Rd 1) · HOU · 2004 · +25.2 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 (Western Michigan), 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.
Jason inherited the Philadelphia Eagles DL room from Trevor Laws (2008–2011), and handed it to Darryl Tapp (2010–2012).
Jason inherited the Houston Texans DL room from Robaire Smith (2004–2005), and handed it to Travis Johnson (2005–2008).
Jason inherited the Jacksonville Jaguars DL room from Tyson Alualu (2010–2016), and handed it to Andre Branch (2012–2015).
Jason inherited the Tennessee Titans DL room from Sen'Derrick Marks (2009–2012), and handed it to Karl Klug (2011–2017).
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 BAL (from NYJ)
Last recorded season with BAL
Joined NYJ (from JAX)
Joined JAX (from PHI)
Joined PHI (from TEN)
Joined TEN (from PHI)
Joined PHI (from KC)
Joined KC (from HOU)
Drafted by HOU — Round 1, Pick 27
No game-status injuries on record since 2009 (nflverse weekly reports).
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Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 10-season peers. See all →
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.
Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →
Best single season, projected to Sacks in a modern 17-game schedule. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.2 |
| 2005 | 4 | 0.3 | 5+1 | 0.3 |
| 2006 | 5 | 0.4 | 7+2 | 0.4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0.2 | 4+2 | 0.2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0.4 | 6+3 | 0.4 |
| 2010 | 12.5 | 0.8 | 13+0.5 | 0.8 |
| 2011 | 18 | 1.1 | 17-1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0.5 | 7 | 0.4 |
| 2013 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 7-0.5 | 0.4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 |
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 9 distinct franchise crests across 12 seasons (2004–2015) — a true nomad. The crest trail: