Kimo von Oelhoffen is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places von in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and von's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Ranked #561 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.
Reached 13% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
Career Value · VORP
94 career value over replacement — #1215 all-time of 4,649. 7.2/season above a replacement-level DL.
Pick #162 (Rd 6) · CIN · 1994 · +36.9 vs expected KV-H
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Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
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StatVault has the verified college attribution (Boise State; Hawaii; Walla Walla Community College), 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.
Kimo inherited the Cincinnati Bengals DL room from Dan Wilkinson (1994–1997), and handed it to Jevon Langford (1996–2001).
Kimo inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers DL room from Orpheus Roye (1999–2008), and handed it to Rodney Bailey (2001–2006).
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 PHI (from NYJ)
Last recorded season with PHI
Joined NYJ (from PIT)
Joined PIT (from CIN)
Drafted by CIN — Round 6, Pick 162
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Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 13-season peers. See all →
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.3 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0.3 | 4+1 | 0.2 |
| 2003 | 8 | 0.5 | 8 | 0.5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), espn.com:stats-api (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026
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Wore 4 distinct franchise crests across 14 seasons (1994–2007) — a true nomad. The crest trail: