Mark Smith is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Smith in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Smith's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Career Value · VORP
49 career value over replacement — #2086 all-time of 4,649. 12.3/season above a replacement-level DL.
Pick #212 (Rd 7) · ARI · 1997 · +39.2 vs expected KV-H
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1997 | 23 | ARI | 4 | — | 38 | 26 | — | — | — | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1998 | 24 | ARI | 13 | — | 72 | 52 | — | — | — | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 1999 | 25 | ARI | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | ARI | 12 | — | 20 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 27 | CLE | 15 | — | 27 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 28 | CLE | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 48 | — | 163 | 112 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 20.0 | 35.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 58 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 61.8 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 58· confidence 88%
Jarran Reed
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84% match
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Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)