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

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Will McDonald IV

Top 16% all-time pass rushersIron Man⭐ Shooting Star · 2024 Team Carrier · #361

Height6'4"

Weight245 lb

BornJun 4, 1999

Age27

CollegeIowa State

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #361 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

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Total Score

1 qualifying season

2024 NYJ·5 team wins#15

Sacks · 11 · score 22

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Sacks leader

Career Value · VORP

78 career value over replacement — #1469 all-time of 4,649. 26/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #15 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2023 · +10.1 vs expected KV-H

67actual

56.9 expected · Δ+10.1

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0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

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: 90%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:6.317See leaderboard →

Disruption/1006.317Snap share50%Def snaps1,591ConsistentCV 0.09

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Snap Counts (2012–present)

Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.

Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.

ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

College Stats

Iowa StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Iowa State), 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.

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
2023draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 1, Pick 15

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 245 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	NYJ	0	W8Questionable· BackW10Questionable· AnkleW11Questionable· AnkleW15Questionable· Knee

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →

peak 77

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C+2023

A2024

A2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.

92%

20232025

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Iron

Era Translator

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
2023	3	0.3	5+2	0.3
2024	10.5	0.7	11+0.5	0.7
2025	8	0.7	11+3	0.7

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 7/31/2026

Career Geography

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Gave the New York Jets an entire corpus-attributed career — 3 seasons (2023–2025), one crest. The rarest loyalty in the sport.