Jonathan Fanene is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Fanene in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Fanene's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Reached 7% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
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%.
Career Value · VORP
42 career value over replacement — #2277 all-time of 4,649. 10.5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Pick #233 (Rd 7) · CIN · 2005 · +38.2 vs expected KV-H
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Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Jonathan inherited the Cincinnati Bengals DL room from Bryan Robinson (2005–2007), and handed it to Domata Peko Sr. (2006–2016).
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%).
Last recorded season with CIN
Drafted by CIN — Round 7, Pick 233
From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | CIN | 7 | W2Out· HamstringW3Out· HamstringW4Out· HamstringW5Out· HamstringW7Questionable· HamstringW8Out· HamstringW10Out· HamstringW11Out· Hamstring |
| 2009 | CIN | 0 | W3Questionable· IllnessW7Questionable· Illness |
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Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 4-season peers. See all →
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | 0.2 | 3+2 | 0.2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 7+1.5 | 0.4 |
| 2011 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 7+0.5 | 0.4 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026
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Gave the Cincinnati Bengals an entire corpus-attributed career — 7 seasons (2005–2011), one crest. The rarest loyalty in the sport.