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

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Orpheus Roye

Top 35% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2005

Height6'4"

Weight330 lb

BornJan 21, 1973

Age53

CollegeFlorida State; Jones County JC See College Stats

Rookie yr

Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1999	26–27	PIT	16	—	50	34	16	10	4	4.5	18.5	1	7	1	1	0	0
2000	27–28	CLE	15	—	49	36	13	5	3	2.0	10.0	0	5	0	1	0	0
2001	28–29	CLE	9	—	19	12	7	7	0	0.0	7.0	1	4	0	—	0	1
2002	29–30	CLE	15	—	42	25	17	7	1	0.5	8.5	0	5	2	—	0	0
2003	30–31	CLE	16	—	40	25	15	0	0	1.5	1.5	0	8	0	1	0	0
2004	31–32	CLE	15	—	29	21	8	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	5	0	—	0	0
2005	32–33	CLE	15	—	62	39	23	0	0	5.0	5.0	0	4	0	1	0	0
2006	33–34	CLE	8	—	25	20	5	0	4	1.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2007	34–35	CLE	11	—	29	16	13	0	2	0.5	2.5	0	0	0	—	0	0
2008	35–36	PIT	4	—	5	2	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	0
Career		—	124	—	350	230	120	29	14	16.0	59.0	2	41	3	4	0	1

Career Value · VORP

34 career value over replacement — #2526 all-time of 4,649. 3.4/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #200 (Rd 6) · PIT · 1996 · +34.2 vs expected KV-H

56actual

21.8 expected · Δ+34.2

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Known source gap1996–1998

1996–1998: these seasons predate StatVault's committed NFL season-grid source (1999+), so they are recorded as a known gap rather than shown as zero.

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
1999	26–27	PIT	16	—	50	34	16	10	4	4.5	18.5	1	7	1	1	0	11.2
2000	27–28	CLE	15	—	49	36	13	5	3	2.0	10.0	0	5	0	1	0	7.7
2001	28–29	CLE	9	—	19	12	7	7	0	0.0	7.0	1	4	0	—	1	4.2
2002	29–30	CLE	15	—	42	25	17	7	1	0.5	8.5	0	5	2	—	0	8.3
2003	30–31	CLE	16	—	40	25	15	0	0	1.5	1.5	0	8	0	1	0	8.3
2004	31–32	CLE	15	—	29	21	8	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	5	0	—	0	7.2
2005	32–33	CLE	15	—	62	39	23	0	0	5.0	5.0	0	4	0	1	0	10.7
2006	33–34	CLE	8	—	25	20	5	0	4	1.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	0	4.7
2007	34–35	CLE	11	—	29	16	13	0	2	0.5	2.5	0	0	0	—	0	5.1
2008	35–36	PIT	4	—	5	2	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	—	0	1.1
Career			124		350	230	120	29	14	—	—	2	41	3	4	1	68.5

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 55.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 52

On-field 35

Availability 17

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 49

Sacks career shape

19992007peak

Actual season values; the gold dot marks the player's peak season.