Patrick Kerney ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Kerney in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Kerney a career score of 86, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Reached 41% 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
270 career value over replacement — #178 all-time of 4,649. 24.5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Career Profile
Pick #30 (Rd 1) · ATL · 1999 · +31.2 vs expected KV-H
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Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Patrick inherited the Atlanta Falcons DL room from Ed Jasper (1999–2004), and handed it to Brady Smith (2000–2005).
Patrick inherited the Seattle Seahawks DL room from Darryl Tapp (2006–2009), and handed it to Brandon Mebane (2007–2015).
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 SEA
Joined SEA (from ATL)
Drafted by ATL — Round 1, Pick 30
From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | SEA | 0 | W5Questionable· Groin |
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Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 11-season peers. See all →
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.
Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →
Calibrated Hall-of-Fame probability — fit against actual enshrinement. See all →
What carries the case
Monitor score 70.2 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).
Career Fingerprint
Statistical profile across 5 dimensions
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 2-0.5 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1-0.5 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | 12 | 0.8 | 11-1 | 0.7 |
| 2002 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 12+1.5 | 0.7 |
| 2003 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 6+0.5 | 0.3 |
| 2004 | 12 | 0.8 | 12 | 0.7 |
| 2005 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 7+0.5 | 0.4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 0.6 | 10+5 | 0.6 |
| 2007 | 14.5 | 0.9 | 15+0.5 | 0.9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 0.7 | 12+7 | 0.7 |
| 2009 | 6 | 0.4 | 7+1 | 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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