LB Grades

50 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	Roquan Smith	CHI	88.6	100	1,016	1.67	59.6	6.7	8.9	0.137	1.1	137	4	2	1
2	Devin White	TB	70.9	98	991	1.31	109.1	9.7	4.7	0.141	2.0	133	9	0	1
3	Fred Warner	SF	68.7	96	971	0.31	69.7	5.3	9.8	0.129	1.6	118	1	2	1
4	Eric Kendricks	MIN	66.8	94	754	0.40	59.4	7.0	14.3	0.142	0.7	97	0	3	0
5	Shaquille Leonard	IND	66.3	92	825	0.73	109.2	5.0	10.0	0.160	1.0	122	3	0	3
6	Jerome Baker	MIA	64.4	90	868	0.69	86.1	8.2	5.3	0.129	1.7	106	7	0	2
7	Demario Davis	NO	62.9	88	1,032	0.97	106.3	7.0	9.3	0.115	1.6	119	4	0	0
8	Blake Martinez	NYG	62.2	86	1,063	0.66	91.2	6.2	6.7	0.142	0.7	140	3	1	2
9	Nicholas Morrow	LV	59.4	84	723	0.69	84.8	8.2	13.6	0.108	1.1	73	3	1	1
10	Jordan Hicks	ARI	58.6	82	1,024	0.98	85.4	8.5	6.5	0.115	0.5	110	0	1	0
11	Bobby Wagner	SEA	58.6	80	1,142	0.53	88.9	6.8	9.9	0.121	1.1	136	3	0	0
12	Eric Wilson	MIN	57.4	78	1,034	0.68	74.3	12.2	12.3	0.118	1.0	118	3	3	1
13	Dre Greenlaw	SF	57.0	76	699	0.86	92.2	4.4	2.0	0.123	0.3	81	1	0	0
14	Vince Williams	PIT	56.8	74	671	1.64	90.9	15.0	0.0	0.101	0.9	61	3	0	0
15	Lavonte David	TB	53.6	72	1,056	0.95	93.4	7.9	6.5	0.111	0.3	113	1.5	1	3
16	Josey Jewell	DEN	53.6	70	1,011	0.49	93.4	3.4	6.1	0.112	0.7	110	2	0	0
17	Alex Singleton	PHI	53.4	68	748	0.53	102.8	9.9	2.5	0.158	1.1	114	2	1	0
18	Foye Oluokun	ATL	53.4	66	896	0.45	87.8	10.7	6.1	0.131	1.5	116	3	2	4
19	Avery Williamson	PIT	52.5	64	664	0.30	106.2	5.2	5.6	0.166	0.3	103	1	1	0
20	Jon Bostic	WAS	52.1	62	966	0.62	94.3	7.8	4.9	0.122	0.8	116	3	1	0
21	Ja'Whaun Bentley	NE	51.7	60	608	0.33	96.3	9.0	6.5	0.150	1.0	81	1.5	0	0
22	Myles Jack	JAX	51.5	58	931	0.54	95.6	6.3	8.9	0.127	0.3	115	1	1	1
23	Jaylon Smith	DAL	51.1	56	1,084	0.46	102.2	6.0	8.5	0.131	0.6	152	1.5	1	0
24	Alexander Johnson	DEN	50.7	54	1,063	0.38	88.7	5.3	3.0	0.117	0.8	120	1	0	2
25	Nick Kwiatkoski	LV	50.1	52	651	0.46	77.3	11.0	8.5	0.124	0.6	77	1	1	1
26	Zach Cunningham	HOU	49.6	50	945	0.53	126.0	9.4	4.7	0.174	0.7	151	3	0	1
27	Bobby Okereke	IND	49.3	48	685	0.58	89.7	5.3	9.8	0.105	0.1	69	0	1	0
28	Shaq Thompson	CAR	49.2	46	1,031	0.58	90.7	6.6	6.6	0.111	0.4	113	0	0	2
29	Anthony Hitchens	KC	48.9	44	601	0.33	106.7	4.9	3.2	0.130	1.0	76	0	0	0
30	K.J. Wright	SEA	48.7	42	991	1.11	106.6	10.4	15.2	0.087	0.6	82	2	1	1
31	Jamie Collins	DET	47.5	40	829	0.72	106.2	10.8	12.8	0.119	0.7	99	1	1	3
32	Tyrell Adams	HOU	46.4	38	812	0.62	120.0	8.8	6.6	0.153	0.5	114	2	0	2
33	Rashaan Evans	TEN	46.3	36	893	0.00	87.1	3.0	14.7	0.108	0.7	87	0.5	0	0
34	Patrick Queen	BAL	45.2	34	858	0.93	104.4	16.5	3.7	0.124	1.5	102	3	1	2
35	Deion Jones	ATL	44.5	32	1,042	0.58	114.0	9.4	11.1	0.102	1.5	100	4.5	2	1
36	Jayon Brown	TEN	44.3	30	653	0.61	115.3	8.4	13.8	0.116	0.6	72	1	1	2
37	Anthony Walker	IND	44.1	28	697	0.14	101.0	6.1	10.0	0.132	0.4	80	0	1	0
38	Danny Trevathan	CHI	43.7	26	832	0.36	118.4	5.0	8.5	0.136	0.4	109	1	0	1
39	Josh Bynes	CIN	42.9	24	760	0.66	86.7	13.9	5.6	0.130	0.3	94	1	0	0
40	Joe Schobert	JAX	41.8	22	1,109	0.45	110.0	9.0	6.1	0.127	0.8	132	2.5	3	2
41	A.J. Klein	BUF	40.8	20	652	0.61	101.0	18.5	8.3	0.115	1.8	65	5	0	2
42	Germaine Pratt	CIN	40.4	18	686	0.73	111.1	10.1	4.3	0.130	0.0	86	0	0	0
43	Neville Hewitt	NYJ	38.2	16	1,130	0.35	93.4	10.7	5.1	0.119	0.5	120	2	0	1
44	De'Vondre Campbell	ARI	37.0	14	880	0.57	103.9	11.6	5.3	0.113	0.6	91	2	0	1
45	B.J. Goodson	CLE	36.8	12	848	0.12	105.8	5.2	10.0	0.107	0.5	87	0.5	2	0
46	Tremaine Edmunds	BUF	36.5	10	911	0.44	114.3	9.2	4.7	0.131	0.3	115	2	0	0
47	Kenneth Murray, Jr.	LAC	34.6	8	959	0.42	112.9	7.0	5.7	0.112	0.1	101	1	0	0
48	Kwon Alexander	NO	30.6	6	667	0.30	96.2	12.3	10.8	0.085	0.4	55	1	0	2
49	Cory Littleton	LV	19.2	4	848	0.24	97.7	17.2	0.0	0.097	0.2	75	0	0	0
50	Jahlani Tavai	DET	18.0	2	624	0.16	143.1	12.3	0.0	0.091	0.5	54	0	0	2

Low-volume / rotational linebackers (41)

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	Matt Milano	BUF	73.4	98	335	1.19	70.9	15.1	8.6	0.134	3.0	40	3.5	1	0
2	Troy Reeder	LA	70.3	96	423	1.18	90.8	9.8	5.1	0.175	0.9	76	3	0	0
3	Robert Spillane	PIT	68.1	94	377	0.80	51.4	12.0	13.3	0.117	1.9	40	2	1	0
4	Krys Barnes	GB	64.4	88	421	1.19	118.4	8.0	0.0	0.190	0.5	78	1	0	1
5	Denzel Perryman	LAC	63.1	88	318	0.94	94.7	2.2	4.3	0.142	0.6	47	1	0	1
6	Elandon Roberts	MIA	62.7	86	402	1.99	135.5	15.3	0.0	0.152	1.2	59	1.5	0	1
7	Cole Holcomb	WAS	61.2	84	555	0.90	64.7	11.3	2.9	0.128	0.9	70	2.5	1	0
8	Sione Takitaki	CLE	59.6	84	434	0.46	75.6	5.6	4.0	0.154	0.5	65	1	1	0
9	Willie Gay Jr.	KC	58.5	78	267	1.12	90.0	14.0	20.0	0.139	0.7	39	1	0	1
10	Isaiah Simmons	ARI	58.3	78	376	0.80	102.0	8.8	8.0	0.138	1.3	50	2	1	1
11	Nick Vigil	LAC	56.9	74	312	0.96	104.8	6.5	5.0	0.138	0.6	48	2	0	1
12	Jordyn Brooks	SEA	52.7	64	367	0.27	95.3	5.0	8.0	0.155	0.3	53	0	0	0
13	Akeem Davis-Gaither	CIN	51.4	56	314	0.00	65.7	9.1	16.7	0.096	2.2	31	0.5	1	0
14	Kenny Young	LA	51.3	56	471	0.64	81.4	5.7	7.1	0.106	0.4	49	1	1	0
15	Joe Thomas	DAL	51.2	56	409	0.73	99.8	10.0	11.8	0.110	1.2	48	0	0	0
16	Malik Harrison	BAL	50.8	54	264	0.38	110.9	4.7	5.6	0.155	0.4	42	0	0	0
17	Tae Crowder	NYG	49.9	50	403	0.25	96.0	6.7	4.2	0.139	1.0	52	1	0	0
18	Azeez Al-Shaair	SF	49.4	48	305	0.33	69.8	8.1	8.7	0.111	0.7	34	0	1	1
19	Terez Hall	NE	49.0	44	258	0.00	92.2	10.7	8.3	0.194	0.0	40	0	0	0
20	Devante Downs	NYG	46.8	38	232	0.00	97.5	2.9	4.8	0.142	0.4	32	0	0	0
21	Chris Board	BAL	46.5	38	264	0.76	108.4	23.1	4.8	0.114	3.0	28	2.5	0	1
22	Jermaine Carter	CAR	46.2	34	284	0.35	93.8	10.2	5.9	0.155	0.0	45	0	0	0
23	Malcolm Smith	CLE	46.1	34	559	0.18	83.9	6.5	4.4	0.129	0.4	67	1	1	1
24	Kyzir White	LAC	46.0	34	539	0.74	108.3	11.8	6.1	0.139	0.6	72	0.5	0	0
25	L.J. Fort	BAL	43.5	24	381	0.26	106.9	9.1	8.3	0.131	0.8	51	0	0	1
26	Damien Wilson	KC	42.4	22	528	0.57	110.3	8.8	3.3	0.138	0.0	69	0	0	1
27	Jarrad Davis	DET	41.9	22	330	0.30	144.6	14.8	0.0	0.139	2.4	45	0.5	0	2
28	Todd Davis	MIN	41.0	20	281	0.71	122.2	12.5	9.1	0.125	0.4	35	1	0	0
29	Christian Kirksey	GB	39.3	16	548	0.36	109.7	10.8	9.3	0.135	0.4	73	2	2	0
30	David Long Jr.	TEN	36.3	8	378	0.53	110.5	15.9	5.9	0.140	0.3	47	0	0	1
31	Nate Gerry	PHI	36.0	8	479	0.63	139.8	8.1	6.3	0.119	0.4	53	1	0	0
32	Devin Bush	PIT	35.8	8	278	0.00	98.9	13.3	13.6	0.094	1.1	24	1	0	0
33	Micah Kiser	LA	34.7	8	558	0.00	97.4	11.5	6.0	0.138	0.4	77	0	0	1
34	Ben Niemann	KC	34.4	6	466	0.43	118.2	10.2	0.0	0.094	1.1	43	1	0	1
35	Tahir Whitehead	CAR	33.0	6	398	0.00	99.6	12.3	3.4	0.126	0.5	51	0	1	0
36	Leighton Vander Esch	DAL	30.3	4	460	0.22	99.2	16.7	0.0	0.130	0.4	57	1	0	1
37	Mack Wilson	CLE	30.3	4	372	0.27	81.8	20.4	7.1	0.105	0.3	36	0	0	0
38	Kevin Pierre-Louis	WAS	26.9	4	506	0.59	132.4	17.6	5.7	0.111	0.8	54	1	0	1
39	Duke Riley	PHI	26.8	4	569	0.18	85.6	14.5	3.3	0.093	0.2	49	0.5	1	1
40	Harvey Langi	NYJ	26.1	4	513	0.00	100.5	14.9	2.9	0.111	0.6	57	0	0	0
41	Alex Anzalone	NO	23.3	4	525	0.57	118.8	13.3	0.0	0.074	0.0	41	0	0	0