LB Grades

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

QB RB WR TE OL CB S EDGE iDL LB K P

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						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Demario Davis	NO	81.5	100	984	1.02	75.8	4.3	16.7	0.113	1.5	108	4	1	0
2	Shaquille Leonard	IND	78.8	98	828	0.60	63.2	4.0	11.1	0.146	1.3	99	5	5	2
3	Dont'a Hightower	NE	77.0	96	723	1.11	111.5	4.1	14.3	0.098	2.6	60	5.5	0	0
4	Jamie Collins	NE	73.0	95	813	0.86	46.0	13.0	21.2	0.098	2.0	63	7	3	3
5	Lavonte David	TB	70.4	93	1,124	0.89	73.0	7.6	7.8	0.109	1.1	120	1	1	3
6	Roquan Smith	CHI	65.4	91	719	0.70	75.9	4.1	3.4	0.129	0.6	100	2	1	0
7	Shaq Thompson	CAR	64.6	89	961	1.14	95.2	9.2	3.8	0.113	0.7	107	3	0	0
8	Cory Littleton	LA	62.1	88	1,039	0.58	94.0	3.6	10.6	0.129	0.7	124	3.5	2	2
9	Alexander Johnson	DEN	61.5	86	730	0.68	80.2	7.9	7.1	0.127	0.8	88	1.5	1	2
10	James Burgess	NYJ	60.0	84	662	1.06	97.4	10.1	7.7	0.121	0.5	77	0.5	1	1
11	De'Vondre Campbell	ATL	59.3	82	924	0.65	101.0	5.1	8.2	0.140	0.4	122	2	2	3
12	Anthony Walker	IND	58.8	80	811	0.74	102.0	8.2	3.3	0.152	0.5	112	2.5	1	1
13	Zach Cunningham	HOU	58.0	79	942	0.74	108.4	7.4	4.3	0.145	0.5	128	2	0	0
14	Luke Kuechly	CAR	57.4	77	1,063	0.28	75.3	6.5	17.6	0.135	0.5	138	0	2	0
15	Tremaine Edmunds	BUF	56.6	75	981	0.61	76.3	9.6	17.3	0.115	0.5	96	1.5	1	0
16	Joe Schobert	CLE	56.3	73	1,058	0.57	74.6	10.7	16.4	0.126	0.5	128	2	4	2
17	Cole Holcomb	WAS	56.3	71	718	0.84	116.6	10.4	2.4	0.143	1.0	99	1	0	3
18	Jaylon Smith	DAL	56.2	70	991	0.61	102.1	7.8	12.9	0.143	0.4	139	2.5	1	2
19	Jayon Brown	TEN	56.2	68	830	0.36	77.7	5.5	11.9	0.124	0.6	93	1	1	0
20	Jordan Hicks	ARI	55.9	66	1,133	0.79	100.0	10.7	8.7	0.132	0.6	140	1.5	3	2
21	Todd Davis	DEN	53.8	64	900	0.56	107.6	4.3	1.3	0.149	0.3	126	0	0	0
22	K.J. Wright	SEA	52.7	63	997	0.50	87.5	7.7	12.2	0.132	0.1	126	0	3	0
23	Bobby Wagner	SEA	51.4	61	1,054	0.38	108.2	5.9	8.3	0.151	0.6	144	3	1	1
24	Nate Gerry	PHI	51.4	59	620	0.65	70.2	16.3	11.6	0.116	0.8	75	2.5	2	0
25	Deion Jones	ATL	51.3	57	949	0.74	92.3	10.6	7.7	0.116	0.5	101	0	1	0
26	Fred Warner	SF	50.8	55	985	0.61	86.2	12.6	12.2	0.120	0.7	107	3	1	3
27	Matt Milano	BUF	50.4	54	894	0.67	94.5	13.8	17.3	0.112	1.0	92	1.5	0	1
28	Dre Greenlaw	SF	50.1	52	725	0.28	83.0	2.3	4.8	0.119	0.6	85	1	1	0
29	Eric Kendricks	MIN	49.8	50	947	0.32	82.8	8.3	20.0	0.116	0.6	104	0.5	0	2
30	Anthony Barr	MIN	48.7	48	929	0.54	100.0	2.5	7.3	0.085	1.1	77	1.5	1	1
31	Neville Hewitt	NYJ	48.6	46	765	0.65	76.9	14.3	9.8	0.094	1.0	73	3	2	0
32	Mark Barron	PIT	47.9	45	750	0.53	96.1	5.7	4.2	0.109	0.7	74	3	1	0
33	Devin Bush	PIT	46.7	43	889	0.67	97.4	11.4	5.9	0.123	0.4	89	1	2	1
34	Blake Martinez	GB	46.7	41	1,024	0.49	102.6	10.4	2.7	0.151	0.5	149	3	1	1
35	Haason Reddick	ARI	45.6	39	688	0.87	126.0	12.6	10.7	0.110	1.0	73	1	0	0
36	Mychal Kendricks	SEA	45.2	38	649	1.08	105.3	21.1	9.8	0.109	0.8	69	3	1	1
37	Rashaan Evans	TEN	44.0	36	951	0.84	112.5	13.3	0.0	0.117	0.7	101	2.5	0	0
38	Damien Wilson	KC	44.0	34	709	0.42	96.3	7.0	2.3	0.113	0.7	79	1.5	0	1
39	Sean Lee	DAL	43.6	32	637	0.63	94.5	14.3	8.5	0.132	0.2	84	1	1	0
40	David Mayo	NYG	43.4	30	631	0.48	82.6	12.3	7.1	0.113	0.6	72	2	0	0
41	Thomas Davis	LAC	42.5	29	805	0.37	87.9	11.1	3.0	0.139	0.2	104	1	0	0
42	Jerome Baker	MIA	42.0	27	1,079	0.19	97.5	4.6	8.2	0.115	0.7	122	1.5	1	2
43	Devin White	TB	41.4	25	826	0.48	89.0	11.7	5.4	0.110	0.6	88	2.5	1	3
44	A.J. Klein	NO	41.4	23	753	0.66	107.5	9.3	3.8	0.090	0.9	65	2.5	1	1
45	Anthony Hitchens	KC	41.2	21	700	0.57	110.4	12.1	2.5	0.124	0.7	86	2	0	1
46	Christian Jones	DET	37.1	20	609	0.33	98.7	9.1	14.8	0.082	1.0	48	2	0	0
47	Jarrad Davis	DET	36.6	18	654	0.46	116.6	13.7	2.7	0.096	1.7	56	2	0	3
48	Nick Vigil	CIN	36.0	16	986	0.30	72.9	15.9	8.9	0.113	0.6	108	1	1	1
49	Benardrick McKinney	HOU	34.4	14	846	0.35	143.6	5.6	7.7	0.121	0.6	96	1	0	1
50	Jon Bostic	WAS	32.8	13	1,031	0.29	101.0	8.7	3.1	0.102	0.7	99	1	1	0
51	Nigel Bradham	PHI	32.8	11	717	0.28	82.8	11.6	14.3	0.085	0.4	60	0	1	0
52	Tahir Whitehead	LV	31.6	9	941	0.53	141.5	4.4	1.5	0.115	0.2	100	0	0	0
53	Mack Wilson	CLE	30.9	7	943	0.42	93.3	13.8	10.1	0.086	0.5	77	1	1	1
54	Nicholas Morrow	LV	30.4	5	728	0.27	97.3	13.0	7.1	0.092	0.8	67	0	1	0
55	Alec Ogletree	NYG	26.2	4	850	0.35	106.3	15.8	11.1	0.094	0.6	77	1	1	0
56	Myles Jack	JAX	24.8	2	613	0.33	123.5	15.4	10.0	0.108	0.3	61	0.5	1	0

Low-volume / rotational linebackers (33)

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	Nick Kwiatkoski	CHI	81.6	100	512	1.56	66.0	12.8	10.8	0.133	1.2	74	3	1	1
2	Eric Wilson	MIN	78.1	96	379	1.58	97.4	4.0	0.0	0.127	1.3	59	3	0	0
3	Josh Bynes	BAL	73.7	95	392	1.28	47.4	11.8	25.0	0.115	1.0	44	1	2	0
4	Vince Williams	PIT	73.5	95	396	1.01	121.4	7.1	6.7	0.131	2.8	52	2.5	0	0
5	Kevin Pierre-Louis	CHI	73.4	95	213	0.94	55.1	11.1	14.3	0.150	1.9	36	0	1	0
6	Austin Calitro	JAX	71.3	93	234	1.71	113.4	15.6	4.8	0.162	1.3	39	1	0	0
7	Shaun Dion Hamilton	WAS	69.4	91	387	1.03	52.8	8.5	8.3	0.111	1.0	46	1	1	1
8	Denzel Perryman	LAC	65.6	91	358	1.12	71.7	15.1	3.7	0.173	0.0	63	0	1	1
9	Patrick Onwuasor	BAL	64.7	89	473	1.06	118.6	9.2	2.9	0.125	1.9	58	3	0	1
10	L.J. Fort	BAL	64.1	88	254	1.18	84.1	14.8	6.3	0.091	2.4	34	2	0	0
11	Kiko Alonso	NO	59.2	80	285	1.05	109.5	7.1	5.6	0.091	1.8	29	0	0	0
12	Drue Tranquill	LAC	59.2	80	380	1.05	109.2	11.1	2.7	0.168	0.0	70	0	0	0
13	Germaine Pratt	CIN	59.1	80	436	0.92	120.1	9.1	0.0	0.161	0.5	74	0	0	0
14	Foye Oluokun	ATL	54.9	64	311	0.64	101.7	7.1	0.0	0.167	0.0	61	0	0	1
15	Wesley Woodyard	TEN	53.6	63	324	0.93	119.9	10.9	4.5	0.127	0.9	37	1	0	1
16	Brandon Copeland	NYJ	53.2	63	335	1.49	104.9	22.5	11.1	0.093	0.6	42	1.5	0	1
17	Blake Cashman	NYJ	52.3	61	427	0.70	90.4	7.0	3.8	0.094	1.2	38	0.5	0	0
18	Donald Payne	JAX	51.9	61	348	0.86	143.4	9.4	3.8	0.167	0.3	59	1	0	0
19	Kwon Alexander	SF	49.7	48	357	0.56	50.9	17.1	19.0	0.095	0.8	32	0.5	1	1
20	Bobby Okereke	IND	49.1	48	472	0.42	97.3	3.3	5.7	0.123	0.4	55	1	0	2
21	Danny Trevathan	CHI	46.5	39	559	0.36	113.5	4.1	3.1	0.125	0.9	70	1	0	1
22	Will Compton	LV	43.5	30	245	0.00	100.8	5.1	0.0	0.151	0.4	38	0	0	0
23	Joe Walker	ARI	42.9	29	537	0.93	102.3	15.9	0.0	0.108	0.4	60	0	0	1
24	Ben Niemann	KC	41.5	25	401	0.25	103.4	5.7	3.1	0.125	0.5	54	0	0	0
25	Kevin Minter	TB	39.5	20	275	0.36	121.6	17.1	8.7	0.105	1.8	32	0	0	0
26	Jahlani Tavai	DET	39.5	20	597	0.50	78.4	13.1	8.7	0.089	0.7	54	2	1	1
27	Kyzir White	LAC	34.1	13	372	0.27	83.3	8.6	12.5	0.086	0.0	36	0	1	0
28	Preston Brown	JAX	33.4	13	429	0.00	117.1	1.9	0.0	0.124	0.0	51	0	0	1
29	Troy Reeder	LA	30.3	4	298	0.00	138.4	15.0	0.0	0.171	0.0	52	0	0	2
30	Leighton Vander Esch	DAL	30.2	4	510	0.20	113.0	15.3	6.5	0.141	0.4	70	0.5	0	1
31	Najee Goode	JAX	30.0	4	295	0.34	107.0	20.0	9.5	0.081	0.7	25	1	0	0
32	Jalen Reeves-Maybin	DET	23.5	0	297	0.34	148.0	14.8	0.0	0.077	0.3	35	0	0	1
33	Quincy Williams	JAX	22.5	0	493	0.41	102.0	21.3	0.0	0.097	0.0	47	0	0	0