← 2002 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R2 · #35 OVERALL · DE

Kalimba Edwards

Drafted by DET · GM Matt Millen · South Carolina

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Kalimba Edwards across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played101
Games started33
Weighted career AV20
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons7

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2002 · Round 2 · #35

DET draft credit

GM Matt Millen

Team games87
Team starts22
On-team AV17
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Good+0.21 contribution17th of 62 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

A Good pick

Kalimba Edwards was Matt Millen's 17th-best of 62 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is +0.21. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Matt Millen's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
87
on drafting team · 101 full-career
Games started
22
on drafting team · 33 full-career
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
17
modeled; full weighted AV 20
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Matt Millen's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Matt Millen pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Kalimba Edwards totals +0.21. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-3-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+62. Johnson#2 · Calvin Johnson · aggregate +6.14Johnson +6.118. Backus#18 · Jeff Backus · aggregate +2.74Backus +2.730. Jones#30 · Kevin Jones · aggregate +1.2061. Rogers#61 · Shaun Rogers · aggregate +1.1464. Smith#64 · Kevin Smith · aggregate +1.01144. Davis#144 · James Davis · aggregate +0.99137. Holt#137 · Terrence Holt · aggregate +0.96175. Cash#175 · Chris Cash · aggregate +0.71149. McMahon#149 · Mike McMahon · aggregate +0.6934. Bailey#34 · Boss Bailey · aggregate +0.60148. Anderson#148 · Scotty Anderson · aggregate +0.60140. Lewis#140 · Alex Lewis · aggregate +0.5550. Raiola#50 · Dominic Raiola · aggregate +0.51247. Cannon#247 · Anthony Cannon · aggregate +0.30172. Butler#172 · Kelly Butler · aggregate +0.25255. Robinson#255 · Ramzee Robinson · aggregate +0.2535. Edwards#35 · Kalimba Edwards · aggregate +0.21Edwards +0.299. Pinner#99 · Artose Pinner · aggregate +0.1773. Smith#73 · Keith Smith · aggregate +0.123. Harrington#3 · Joey Harrington · aggregate +0.10260. Anglin#260 · Travis Anglin · aggregate +0.03175. Kircus#175 · David Kircus · aggregate +0.0172. Wilson#72 · Stanley Wilson · aggregate -0.01220. Adams#220 · Blue Adams · aggregate -0.03236. Drumm#236 · Brandon Drumm · aggregate -0.04184. Swancutt#184 · Bill Swancutt · aggregate -0.05206. Goddard#206 · Jonathan Goddard · aggregate -0.07214. Staley#214 · Luke Staley · aggregate -0.087. Williams#7 · Roy Williams · aggregate -0.10218. Campbell#218 · Caleb Campbell · aggregate -0.1192. Avril#92 · Cliff Avril · aggregate -0.11252. Murphy#252 · Matt Murphy · aggregate -0.1361. Alexander#61 · Gerald Alexander · aggregate -0.15259. Rogers#259 · Victor Rogers · aggregate -0.1540. Bullocks#40 · Daniel Bullocks · aggregate -0.16179. McCann#179 · Dee McCann · aggregate -0.2137. Lehman#37 · Teddy Lehman · aggregate -0.26216. Johnson#216 · Ben Johnson · aggregate -0.28217. Matua#217 · Fred Matua · aggregate -0.34136. Moore#136 · Kenny Moore · aggregate -0.45216. Cohen#216 · Landon Cohen · aggregate -0.46158. Baldwin#158 · Johnny Baldwin · aggregate -0.50134. Taylor#134 · John Taylor · aggregate -0.51138. Owens#138 · John Owens · aggregate -0.54105. Davis#105 · A.J. Davis · aggregate -0.5658. Alama-Francis#58 · Ikaika Alama-Francis · aggregate -0.6074. Calhoun#74 · Brian Calhoun · aggregate -0.6387. Fluellen#87 · Andre Fluellen · aggregate -0.6417. Cherilus#17 · Gosder Cherilus · aggregate -0.66173. Glenn#173 · Jason Glenn · aggregate -0.70117. Ramirez#117 · Manuel Ramirez · aggregate -0.7245. Dizon#45 · Jordon Dizon · aggregate -0.8966. Redding#66 · Cory Redding · aggregate -1.04146. Felton#146 · Jerome Felton · aggregate -1.2237. Cody#37 · Shaun Cody · aggregate -1.259. Sims#9 · Ernie Sims · aggregate -1.3368. Goodman#68 · Andre' Goodman · aggregate -1.63141. Scott#141 · Jonathan Scott · aggregate -1.63145. Orlovsky#145 · Dan Orlovsky · aggregate -1.682. Rogers#2 · Charles Rogers · aggregate -2.22Rogers -2.210. Williams#10 · Mike Williams · aggregate -2.35Williams -2.443. Stanton#43 · Drew Stanton · aggregate -3.02Stanton -3.0

Incremental contribution by season

-10-8-6-4-20+2+42001 · Scotty Anderson · incremental +0.252001 · Mike McMahon · incremental +0.422001 · Shaun Rogers · incremental -0.222001 · Jason Glenn · incremental -1.182001 · Jeff Backus · incremental -1.852001 · Dominic Raiola · incremental -4.472002 · Joey Harrington · incremental +0.012002 · Shaun Rogers · incremental +0.112002 · Scotty Anderson · incremental +0.402002 · Mike McMahon · incremental +0.542002 · Jeff Backus · incremental +0.552002 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.562002 · Chris Cash · incremental +0.722002 · Kalimba Edwards · incremental -0.022002 · Victor Rogers · incremental -0.102002 · Luke Staley · incremental -0.192002 · Matt Murphy · incremental -0.402002 · John Owens · incremental -0.582002 · John Taylor · incremental -0.872002 · Andre' Goodman · incremental -1.072003 · Mike McMahon · incremental +0.062003 · James Davis · incremental +0.132003 · Shaun Rogers · incremental +0.152003 · Kalimba Edwards · incremental +0.162003 · Joey Harrington · incremental +0.182003 · Boss Bailey · incremental +0.222003 · Terrence Holt · incremental +0.222003 · Scotty Anderson · incremental +0.232003 · Jeff Backus · incremental +0.532003 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.542003 · David Kircus · incremental -0.012003 · Artose Pinner · incremental -0.012003 · John Owens · incremental -0.022003 · Travis Anglin · incremental -0.032003 · Brandon Drumm · incremental -0.122003 · Blue Adams · incremental -0.172003 · Andre' Goodman · incremental -0.222003 · Ben Johnson · incremental -0.512003 · Cory Redding · incremental -1.022003 · Charles Rogers · incremental -1.632004 · Mike McMahon · incremental +0.022004 · Artose Pinner · incremental +0.082004 · Joey Harrington · incremental +0.142004 · Kalimba Edwards · incremental +0.162004 · Terrence Holt · incremental +0.222004 · Alex Lewis · incremental +0.242004 · Chris Cash · incremental +0.352004 · Kevin Jones · incremental +0.442004 · Jeff Backus · incremental +0.532004 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.542004 · James Davis · incremental +0.722004 · Shaun Rogers · incremental +0.952004 · David Kircus · incremental -0.012004 · Kelly Butler · incremental -0.022004 · Keith Smith · incremental -0.062004 · Cory Redding · incremental -0.122004 · Charles Rogers · incremental -0.152004 · Victor Rogers · incremental -0.202004 · Teddy Lehman · incremental -0.362004 · Roy Williams · incremental -0.382004 · Andre' Goodman · incremental -0.442005 · Alex Lewis · incremental +0.022005 · Keith Smith · incremental +0.022005 · Joey Harrington · incremental +0.122005 · Kalimba Edwards · incremental +0.132005 · Artose Pinner · incremental +0.142005 · Boss Bailey · incremental +0.232005 · Kelly Butler · incremental +0.372005 · Terrence Holt · incremental +0.422005 · Kevin Jones · incremental +0.432005 · Jeff Backus · incremental +0.532005 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.542005 · James Davis · incremental +0.702005 · Shaun Rogers · incremental +0.922005 · Teddy Lehman · incremental -0.012005 · Stanley Wilson · incremental -0.012005 · Roy Williams · incremental -0.072005 · Cory Redding · incremental -0.122005 · Bill Swancutt · incremental -0.142005 · Jonathan Goddard · incremental -0.232005 · Dan Orlovsky · incremental -0.532005 · Shaun Cody · incremental -0.612005 · Andre' Goodman · incremental -0.782005 · Charles Rogers · incremental -1.362005 · Mike Williams · incremental -2.602006 · Stanley Wilson · incremental +0.002006 · Teddy Lehman · incremental +0.012006 · Kalimba Edwards · incremental +0.032006 · Shaun Rogers · incremental +0.062006 · Anthony Cannon · incremental +0.152006 · Keith Smith · incremental +0.182006 · Alex Lewis · incremental +0.222006 · Boss Bailey · incremental +0.272006 · Kevin Jones · incremental +0.502006 · Roy Williams · incremental +0.512006 · Jeff Backus · incremental +0.552006 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.562006 · Terrence Holt · incremental +0.642006 · Cory Redding · incremental -0.122006 · Daniel Bullocks · incremental -0.132006 · Dee McCann · incremental -0.442006 · Shaun Cody · incremental -0.562006 · Fred Matua · incremental -0.602006 · Brian Calhoun · incremental -0.602006 · Mike Williams · incremental -0.982006 · Ernie Sims · incremental -1.152006 · Jonathan Scott · incremental -1.722007 · Kalimba Edwards · incremental +0.002007 · Teddy Lehman · incremental +0.022007 · Keith Smith · incremental +0.082007 · Ramzee Robinson · incremental +0.092007 · Shaun Rogers · incremental +0.152007 · Anthony Cannon · incremental +0.182007 · Alex Lewis · incremental +0.232007 · Boss Bailey · incremental +0.262007 · Kevin Jones · incremental +0.382007 · Jeff Backus · incremental +0.572007 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.582007 · Calvin Johnson · incremental +1.052007 · John Owens · incremental -0.002007 · Stanley Wilson · incremental -0.022007 · Roy Williams · incremental -0.072007 · Cory Redding · incremental -0.102007 · Ikaika Alama-Francis · incremental -0.132007 · Shaun Cody · incremental -0.132007 · Gerald Alexander · incremental -0.202007 · Manuel Ramirez · incremental -0.212007 · Ernie Sims · incremental -0.322007 · Brian Calhoun · incremental -0.402007 · Drew Stanton · incremental -0.582007 · Jonathan Scott · incremental -0.862007 · Johnny Baldwin · incremental -0.862007 · A.J. Davis · incremental -0.982008 · Caleb Campbell · incremental +0.022008 · Keith Smith · incremental +0.122008 · Anthony Cannon · incremental +0.152008 · Alex Lewis · incremental +0.232008 · Ramzee Robinson · incremental +0.272008 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.422008 · Kevin Smith · incremental +0.492008 · Jeff Backus · incremental +0.532008 · Calvin Johnson · incremental +0.582008 · Roy Williams · incremental -0.032008 · Gerald Alexander · incremental -0.052008 · Daniel Bullocks · incremental -0.072008 · Cory Redding · incremental -0.072008 · John Owens · incremental -0.102008 · Landon Cohen · incremental -0.102008 · Manuel Ramirez · incremental -0.192008 · Ernie Sims · incremental -0.282008 · Drew Stanton · incremental -0.362008 · Jerome Felton · incremental -0.482008 · Cliff Avril · incremental -0.512008 · Shaun Cody · incremental -0.512008 · Kenny Moore · incremental -0.782008 · Ikaika Alama-Francis · incremental -0.812008 · Jordon Dizon · incremental -1.002008 · Gosder Cherilus · incremental -1.072008 · Andre Fluellen · incremental -1.302008 · Dan Orlovsky · incremental -2.302009 · Cliff Avril · incremental +0.072009 · Calvin Johnson · incremental +0.462009 · Kevin Smith · incremental +0.472009 · Jeff Backus · incremental +0.532009 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.542009 · Gosder Cherilus · incremental -0.002009 · Ernie Sims · incremental -0.172009 · Andre Fluellen · incremental -0.222009 · Jordon Dizon · incremental -0.342009 · Landon Cohen · incremental -0.602009 · Jerome Felton · incremental -0.662009 · Manuel Ramirez · incremental -0.752009 · Drew Stanton · incremental -1.042010 · Cliff Avril · incremental +0.082010 · Andre Fluellen · incremental +0.102010 · Kevin Smith · incremental +0.112010 · Jeff Backus · incremental +0.552010 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.562010 · Calvin Johnson · incremental +1.262010 · Gosder Cherilus · incremental -0.002010 · Caleb Campbell · incremental -0.302010 · Jerome Felton · incremental -0.542010 · Drew Stanton · incremental -2.742011 · Andre Fluellen · incremental +0.072011 · Cliff Avril · incremental +0.092011 · Kevin Smith · incremental +0.242011 · Jeff Backus · incremental +0.582011 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.592011 · Calvin Johnson · incremental +3.242011 · Gosder Cherilus · incremental -0.022012 · Cliff Avril · incremental +0.092012 · Kevin Smith · incremental +0.182012 · Jeff Backus · incremental +0.522012 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.562012 · Calvin Johnson · incremental +3.222012 · Gosder Cherilus · incremental -0.012012 · Andre Fluellen · incremental -0.102013 · Andre Fluellen · incremental +0.072013 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.582013 · Calvin Johnson · incremental +2.422014 · Andre Fluellen · incremental +0.032014 · Calvin Johnson · incremental +0.462014 · Dominic Raiola · incremental +0.522015 · Calvin Johnson · incremental +0.562015 · Andre Fluellen · incremental -0.092015 · Dan Orlovsky · incremental -0.332015 · Manuel Ramirez · incremental -0.63Backus -1.9Raiola -4.5Edwards -0.0Edwards +0.2Rogers -1.6Edwards +0.2Edwards +0.1Williams -2.6Edwards +0.0Scott -1.7Edwards +0.0Orlovsky -2.3Stanton -2.7Johnson +3.2Johnson +3.2Johnson +2.420016 players200214 players200320 players200421 players200524 players200622 players200726 players200827 players200913 players201010 players20117 players20127 players20133 players20143 players20154 players
Above expectationBelow expectationKalimba EdwardsGM total -8.2Kalimba Edwards by season +0.5

How much retained production did Kalimba Edwards return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: DEs drafted within ±5 picks of Kalimba Edwards since 2010 (17 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-2.5-2-1.5-1-0.50+0.5+1+1.5+2Model value above slot31. HeywardCameron Heyward · model value +2.3+2.334. LawrenceDeMarcus Lawrence · model value +1.330. IIIGeorge Karlaftis III · model value +0.537. HallDerick Hall · model value +0.333. HallLogan Hall · model value +0.240. MafeBoye Mafe · model value +0.131. Anudike-UzomahFelix Anudike-Uzomah · model value 035. EdwardsKalimba Edwards · model value 0038. Gross-MatosYetur Gross-Matos · model value -0.131. OwehOdafe Oweh · model value -0.138. EbiketieArnold Ebiketie · model value -0.240. CarradineTank Carradine · model value -0.438. SmithPreston Smith · model value -0.433. DoddKevin Dodd · model value -0.639. SpenceNoah Spence · model value -0.737. SheardJabaal Sheard · model value -0.732. OgbahEmmanuel Ogbah · model value -0.831. HughesJerry Hughes · model value -2.6-2.6
Kalimba EdwardsSlot-similar peers (17)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'02'04'06'080817253301Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (7 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2002DET1643
2003DET1501
2004DET1602
2005DET1624
2006DET16105
2007DET862
2008LV14115

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