LB Grades

53 qualified linebackers · composite of TFL rate, coverage damage (yds/tgt), tackle volume + technique, and coverage playmaking (PBU/INT) (data 2018+) (see methodology)

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						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Lorenzo Alexander	BUF	87.6	100	629	1.59	48.1	9.9	32.1	0.116	3.3	67	6.5	2	2
2	Luke Kuechly	CAR	85.0	98	928	2.05	80.7	7.1	11.1	0.140	1.0	124	2	1	2
3	Bobby Wagner	SEA	73.5	96	925	0.54	80.3	0.7	15.9	0.149	0.6	126	1	1	2
4	Shaquille Leonard	IND	71.6	94	956	0.94	94.7	6.9	8.3	0.171	0.9	145	7	2	4
5	Zach Brown	WAS	68.0	92	703	1.28	85.8	6.8	2.0	0.137	0.7	87	1	0	2
6	Jayon Brown	TEN	66.2	91	851	0.82	67.1	9.3	10.7	0.114	1.4	85	6	1	2
7	Cory Littleton	LA	65.7	89	964	0.93	94.3	7.4	20.3	0.130	0.8	109	4	3	0
8	A.J. Klein	NO	62.4	87	669	1.05	72.0	6.7	8.6	0.105	0.7	66	2	1	0
9	Wesley Woodyard	TEN	60.2	85	714	0.70	95.7	8.9	4.4	0.158	1.1	92	4.5	0	0
10	Demario Davis	NO	59.3	83	877	1.25	111.6	11.3	6.0	0.125	1.7	106	5	0	2
11	Roquan Smith	CHI	58.8	81	880	0.91	95.9	9.7	6.1	0.138	1.0	114	5	1	0
12	C.J. Mosley	BAL	56.5	79	875	0.69	88.8	6.3	8.5	0.120	0.7	100	0.5	1	0
13	Matt Milano	BUF	56.1	77	741	1.35	69.5	20.4	15.2	0.105	0.8	69	1	3	0
14	Lavonte David	TB	55.4	75	922	1.19	114.8	7.0	2.6	0.130	0.7	112	3.5	0	1
15	Blake Martinez	GB	54.8	74	1,049	0.95	118.3	7.7	4.8	0.137	1.0	131	5	0	0
16	Leighton Vander Esch	DAL	54.2	72	784	0.26	96.4	6.8	7.8	0.175	0.3	135	0	2	0
17	Jordan Hicks	PHI	53.7	70	705	0.71	110.4	5.2	11.1	0.129	0.7	86	3	0	0
18	Jarrad Davis	DET	52.0	68	976	1.02	95.6	15.3	9.6	0.102	1.7	95	6	0	1
19	Haason Reddick	ARI	51.5	66	846	0.95	87.2	12.1	10.4	0.095	1.1	76	4	0	1
20	Vince Williams	PIT	51.5	64	743	0.81	86.9	12.6	5.1	0.102	1.6	67	4.5	1	0
21	Eric Kendricks	MIN	50.7	62	875	0.34	90.7	6.9	10.6	0.123	0.8	103	1	2	1
22	Avery Williamson	NYJ	49.5	60	1,114	0.54	102.4	4.0	9.0	0.108	0.7	116	3	1	2
23	Todd Davis	DEN	49.3	58	842	0.71	102.3	12.3	12.1	0.135	0.8	109	0.5	1	0
24	Jaylon Smith	DAL	49.2	57	976	0.61	107.8	9.0	6.9	0.124	1.3	115	4	0	2
25	Danny Trevathan	CHI	49.2	55	986	0.71	95.1	8.9	9.4	0.103	0.9	93	2	2	1
26	Benardrick McKinney	HOU	48.3	53	919	0.54	86.2	11.0	15.9	0.114	0.7	102	1.5	1	1
27	Jamie Collins	CLE	47.9	51	1,067	1.22	96.7	14.8	5.3	0.097	0.9	101	4	1	1
28	Anthony Hitchens	KC	47.9	49	944	0.74	120.6	5.6	0.0	0.143	0.5	129	0	0	1
29	Alec Ogletree	NYG	47.7	47	885	0.56	74.5	14.7	12.7	0.105	0.9	79	1	5	0
30	Mason Foster	WAS	46.4	45	1,014	0.30	86.6	8.4	5.2	0.129	0.5	114	1	2	0
31	Nick Vigil	CIN	46.3	43	672	0.74	101.9	10.6	5.6	0.125	0.6	79	0	0	0
32	Jatavis Brown	LAC	45.3	42	637	0.63	99.9	14.2	7.2	0.152	0.5	93	1	0	1
33	Tremaine Edmunds	BUF	44.8	40	926	0.54	93.3	16.6	12.9	0.131	1.2	111	2	2	2
34	Kyle Van Noy	NE	44.5	38	946	0.53	83.6	14.8	4.9	0.097	1.9	90	3.5	1	1
35	Kiko Alonso	MIA	42.7	36	1,004	0.30	93.8	8.8	8.7	0.125	0.4	112	0	3	3
36	Darron Lee	NYJ	42.6	34	808	0.62	67.6	14.0	9.4	0.092	0.1	74	0	3	0
37	Adarius Taylor	TB	40.3	32	635	0.63	109.8	9.1	15.6	0.094	0.5	55	1	1	1
38	Jerome Baker	MIA	40.3	30	678	0.59	100.4	12.2	5.6	0.117	0.6	75	3	1	0
39	Tahir Whitehead	LV	40.1	28	1,025	0.68	119.2	8.0	7.0	0.123	0.3	114	0	1	1
40	Fred Warner	SF	39.9	26	1,060	0.28	91.8	9.5	8.0	0.117	0.4	109	0	0	1
41	Thomas Davis	CAR	39.7	25	650	0.31	111.5	8.1	13.3	0.122	0.5	73	0	0	0
42	Joe Schobert	CLE	39.0	23	897	0.33	87.5	19.5	12.8	0.115	1.9	101	3	1	2
43	Zach Cunningham	HOU	38.8	21	753	0.40	103.2	13.0	7.5	0.142	0.4	101	0	1	2
44	Anthony Walker	IND	38.8	19	694	0.86	108.1	14.9	7.8	0.124	0.1	89	1	1	0
45	Dont'a Hightower	NE	38.7	17	774	0.39	87.3	7.7	2.9	0.062	1.6	47	1	1	0
46	Nigel Bradham	PHI	38.6	15	919	0.44	100.1	9.3	5.8	0.106	0.7	89	2	0	0
47	Christian Jones	DET	38.0	13	643	0.47	132.5	5.6	10.0	0.104	0.8	63	1	0	1
48	Josh Bynes	ARI	37.2	11	725	0.69	122.6	9.6	10.9	0.103	0.6	68	2	0	0
49	De'Vondre Campbell	ATL	35.6	9	901	0.22	105.1	4.1	0.0	0.104	0.4	88	1.5	0	0
50	Anthony Barr	MIN	34.8	8	808	0.99	130.9	11.3	5.9	0.068	1.1	50	3	0	1
51	Raekwon McMillan	MIA	32.5	6	831	0.60	146.2	7.9	2.6	0.126	0.2	94	0	0	2
52	Telvin Smith	JAX	31.0	4	1,020	0.29	100.8	14.6	2.6	0.131	0.5	125	1	2	1
53	Myles Jack	JAX	30.9	2	1,024	0.10	95.6	10.1	2.0	0.104	0.6	101	2.5	1	1

Low-volume / rotational linebackers (39)

Fewer than 600 defensive snaps (LB threshold raised to suppress rotational specialists whose per-snap rates outpace every-down LBs). Grades still computed on the same 0-100 scale but treat them as noisy.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Patrick Onwuasor	BAL	74.8	96	434	1.84	97.5	13.2	10.7	0.136	2.5	59	5.5	1	2
2	Elandon Roberts	NE	68.9	92	430	1.40	99.7	6.0	15.4	0.147	0.7	65	1	0	0
3	Kenny Young	BAL	68.6	92	369	1.08	87.8	13.8	4.3	0.136	3.5	47	2.5	0	1
4	Marquel Lee	LV	59.3	81	448	0.67	82.1	8.8	12.0	0.138	1.1	64	0	0	0
5	Jon Bostic	PIT	58.8	81	560	0.71	115.7	2.7	7.5	0.130	1.6	67	2.5	0	0
6	Kamu Grugier-Hill	PHI	58.6	79	328	0.91	68.2	7.1	10.5	0.119	0.6	39	1	1	1
7	Alex Anzalone	NO	58.5	79	486	0.62	84.6	7.9	6.3	0.119	1.9	55	2	1	3
8	Shaq Thompson	CAR	58.1	79	598	0.67	91.9	11.1	2.1	0.134	2.2	77	3.5	0	1
9	Preston Brown	CIN	53.2	68	375	0.00	53.5	2.3	16.7	0.112	0.5	42	0	2	0
10	Kwon Alexander	TB	52.6	68	366	1.37	119.6	10.0	7.7	0.123	0.5	44	1	0	2
11	L.J. Fort	PIT	51.8	66	305	0.66	112.6	6.5	0.0	0.141	1.3	40	1	0	0
12	Eric Wilson	MIN	50.1	60	336	1.19	105.0	12.5	0.0	0.104	1.2	39	2	0	0
13	Deion Jones	ATL	49.6	60	384	0.26	75.9	11.7	19.4	0.138	0.3	51	1	2	1
14	Nicholas Morrow	LV	48.8	53	416	1.20	91.1	18.0	11.1	0.099	1.0	42	1	0	1
15	Josey Jewell	DEN	48.8	53	459	0.87	108.9	6.8	9.4	0.120	0.2	53	0	0	0
16	B.J. Goodson	NYG	48.3	53	513	0.58	78.5	9.8	13.3	0.090	1.0	49	0.5	2	0
17	Austin Calitro	SEA	46.8	45	282	1.06	129.2	9.5	4.5	0.135	0.4	42	0.5	0	0
18	Duke Riley	ATL	45.7	42	407	0.49	87.9	11.9	6.3	0.145	0.0	59	0	0	0
19	K.J. Wright	SEA	45.2	40	223	0.90	101.0	14.8	15.8	0.103	0.4	19	0	0	0
20	Elijah Lee	SF	44.5	36	476	0.42	99.7	6.5	5.3	0.122	0.4	54	1	0	1
21	Foye Oluokun	ATL	44.0	36	525	0.38	114.3	11.8	2.3	0.171	0.8	86	0	0	1
22	Gerald Hodges	ARI	43.8	36	356	0.56	94.4	11.8	0.0	0.126	0.6	51	0	0	0
23	Malcolm Smith	SF	43.4	36	336	0.89	105.8	13.5	5.9	0.095	0.9	31	0	0	0
24	Dorian O'Daniel	KC	41.9	32	302	0.66	89.4	17.1	5.0	0.113	0.7	33	0	0	0
25	Mark Barron	LA	40.6	32	570	0.53	84.7	10.4	2.7	0.105	0.2	53	1	0	1
26	Jordan Evans	CIN	39.9	26	510	0.20	113.2	4.8	12.0	0.116	0.4	60	1.5	1	0
27	Denzel Perryman	LAC	39.4	23	386	0.00	80.5	15.0	7.1	0.132	0.8	46	0	1	0
28	Neville Hewitt	NYJ	39.0	23	267	0.37	96.0	12.5	0.0	0.105	0.7	39	1.5	0	0
29	Rashaan Evans	TEN	38.0	11	494	0.20	89.0	10.2	5.0	0.107	0.6	47	0	0	0
30	Reggie Ragland	KC	36.9	9	582	0.17	101.4	14.0	4.3	0.148	0.5	82	0.5	1	0
31	Damien Wilson	DAL	35.7	9	286	0.70	131.1	19.5	0.0	0.115	1.4	32	1	0	1
32	Barkevious Mingo	SEA	35.5	8	517	0.58	95.1	15.1	4.2	0.087	0.8	44	1	0	2
33	Tae Davis	NYG	35.4	8	343	0.58	114.0	18.4	4.3	0.090	1.5	30	2	0	0
34	Christian Kirksey	CLE	32.9	6	474	0.21	91.6	15.7	11.9	0.091	0.6	39	0	2	0
35	Deone Bucannon	ARI	32.2	4	389	0.26	108.5	15.6	0.0	0.098	1.0	36	1	0	1
36	Brandon Marshall	DEN	30.7	0	468	0.00	78.9	10.6	3.6	0.090	0.0	42	0	0	0
37	Vontaze Burfict	CIN	28.1	0	298	0.34	112.5	23.3	15.0	0.111	0.0	33	0	0	0
38	Hardy Nickerson	CIN	26.2	0	538	0.19	120.7	8.6	2.8	0.099	0.0	54	0	0	1
39	Reuben Foster	WAS	25.0	0	337	0.30	102.4	25.6	4.2	0.086	0.6	26	0	0	0