LB Grades

55 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	Micah Parsons	DAL	86.6	100	904	2.21	71.5	10.6	8.3	0.093	5.2	79	13	0	3
2	Roquan Smith	CHI	78.9	98	1,009	1.09	76.8	3.6	4.5	0.162	0.8	153	3	1	0
3	De'Vondre Campbell	GB	71.0	96	988	0.51	74.9	2.7	6.8	0.148	0.7	132	2	2	2
4	Kamu Grugier-Hill	HOU	66.9	95	777	1.54	99.2	8.5	6.4	0.139	0.9	95	3	1	2
5	Demario Davis	NO	66.2	93	1,037	1.25	82.2	7.9	11.9	0.101	1.0	96	3	0	0
6	Nick Bolton	KC	65.7	91	624	0.80	113.8	3.4	6.7	0.179	1.3	99	0	0	0
7	Matt Milano	BUF	65.4	89	916	1.42	71.9	11.3	8.6	0.094	1.1	74	3	0	0
8	Ja'Whaun Bentley	NE	63.8	87	691	0.72	87.3	6.9	4.7	0.156	1.3	91	1	0	2
9	Shaq Thompson	CAR	61.6	85	798	0.88	68.0	11.9	8.9	0.130	0.8	97	2	2	0
10	Foye Oluokun	ATL	61.6	84	1,149	0.26	89.9	5.4	9.5	0.167	0.8	178	2	3	1
11	T.J. Edwards	PHI	60.7	82	685	0.73	99.6	7.0	9.6	0.174	0.3	125	1	1	0
12	Shaquille Leonard	IND	60.2	80	1,001	0.40	79.6	4.7	13.1	0.122	0.5	105	0	4	8
13	Kyzir White	LAC	59.7	78	981	0.51	88.1	5.3	5.1	0.147	0.6	120	1	2	2
14	Quincy Williams	NYJ	58.1	76	879	0.91	79.9	10.0	9.8	0.123	0.5	101	2	0	3
15	Andrew Van Ginkel	MIA	57.1	75	801	1.12	102.0	16.5	24.1	0.089	3.9	61	4	0	1
16	Jordyn Brooks	SEA	56.4	73	1,107	0.81	118.1	4.7	5.2	0.166	0.5	158	1	0	0
17	Jerome Baker	MIA	55.3	71	972	0.72	88.1	7.1	5.8	0.095	1.9	84	5.5	1	1
18	Anthony Walker	CLE	53.7	69	701	0.29	95.5	5.8	5.0	0.161	0.6	103	1	0	0
19	Devin White	TB	53.0	67	1,079	0.65	95.7	10.5	3.8	0.119	2.9	122	3.5	0	0
20	Azeez Al-Shaair	SF	52.4	65	730	0.96	101.3	10.5	7.6	0.140	0.7	95	2	1	1
21	Logan Wilson	CIN	51.0	64	707	0.71	89.8	11.5	7.3	0.141	0.6	93	1	4	1
22	David Long Jr.	TEN	50.8	62	634	0.47	61.0	14.8	14.6	0.118	0.5	69	0	2	0
23	Nick Vigil	MIN	49.2	60	719	0.56	89.5	7.7	2.0	0.117	1.0	79	1	1	0
24	Eric Kendricks	MIN	48.8	58	1,032	0.68	101.6	9.5	6.9	0.139	0.7	125	5	2	0
25	Damien Wilson	JAX	48.7	56	867	0.58	88.9	10.9	10.9	0.122	0.8	102	3	1	1
26	Germaine Pratt	CIN	48.1	55	692	0.72	101.4	8.2	4.2	0.130	0.4	85	0.5	1	2
27	Jalen Reeves-Maybin	DET	47.9	53	616	0.65	97.1	10.2	10.5	0.128	0.5	76	0	0	2
28	Cory Littleton	LV	46.7	51	661	0.15	95.1	7.5	7.1	0.148	0.5	93	0.5	0	0
29	Christian Kirksey	HOU	46.0	49	789	0.38	97.2	8.2	20.0	0.113	0.3	75	0	1	0
30	Bobby Wagner	SEA	45.9	47	1,128	0.09	97.9	6.6	5.7	0.151	0.5	155	1	1	1
31	Leighton Vander Esch	DAL	45.1	45	663	0.45	87.9	9.4	5.3	0.116	0.6	72	1	1	0
32	Anthony Barr	MIN	44.9	44	784	0.13	89.7	5.3	10.4	0.092	1.3	65	2.5	3	0
33	Denzel Perryman	LV	44.3	42	863	0.46	114.1	8.9	3.8	0.178	0.3	146	0	0	1
34	Troy Reeder	LA	44.3	40	681	0.73	97.9	14.3	10.5	0.132	0.7	84	2	2	0
35	Cole Holcomb	WAS	44.3	38	1,021	0.10	95.7	7.8	8.6	0.139	0.6	125	1	2	2
36	Jordan Hicks	ARI	43.9	36	1,054	0.57	106.5	7.2	8.1	0.110	0.8	103	4	0	1
37	Joe Schobert	PIT	43.7	35	921	0.11	90.0	7.4	12.5	0.122	0.2	99	0	1	1
38	Alex Singleton	PHI	43.3	33	720	0.56	111.4	12.7	5.4	0.190	0.4	129	0	1	1
39	Alec Ogletree	CHI	43.2	31	697	0.57	106.0	10.3	11.8	0.125	0.4	83	0	0	1
40	Kenny Young	DEN	42.8	29	645	0.78	113.5	9.6	2.2	0.116	1.4	72	2	0	2
41	Tremaine Edmunds	BUF	42.3	27	873	0.46	106.1	8.5	6.8	0.124	0.8	90	0	1	0
42	Fred Warner	SF	42.3	25	978	0.41	111.6	7.4	6.5	0.140	0.4	129	0.5	0	1
43	Bobby Okereke	IND	41.9	24	1,073	0.28	94.9	7.7	5.5	0.123	0.3	109	1	2	0
44	Isaiah Simmons	ARI	41.0	22	1,005	0.30	90.9	9.5	9.9	0.104	0.6	100	1.5	1	4
45	Tae Crowder	NYG	40.9	20	1,098	0.18	103.0	5.8	8.1	0.118	0.5	119	0	2	1
46	Lavonte David	TB	40.9	18	787	0.51	106.5	8.5	4.5	0.123	0.6	89	2	0	2
47	Myles Jack	JAX	39.0	16	919	0.22	108.3	3.6	0.0	0.118	0.4	97	0	0	0
48	Zach Cunningham	TEN	38.8	15	647	0.93	107.6	15.2	5.9	0.138	0.2	86	0	0	1
49	Patrick Queen	BAL	37.5	13	826	0.97	115.6	12.5	1.9	0.119	0.6	91	2	0	1
50	Devin Bush	PIT	36.8	11	762	0.26	102.8	6.7	8.5	0.092	0.5	64	2	0	1
51	Deion Jones	ATL	36.1	9	1,071	0.65	115.5	11.0	7.1	0.128	0.6	123	2	0	1
52	Alex Anzalone	DET	33.3	7	828	0.12	74.4	16.1	17.9	0.094	0.2	73	1	1	0
53	C.J. Mosley	NYJ	31.7	5	1,096	0.09	113.5	9.7	2.9	0.153	0.3	148	2	0	2
54	Dont'a Hightower	NE	29.8	4	634	0.16	109.4	13.5	3.2	0.101	1.6	56	1.5	0	0
55	Jermaine Carter	CAR	27.7	2	853	0.35	104.3	14.6	2.6	0.103	0.7	86	0	0	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	Sione Takitaki	CLE	66.2	91	285	1.40	80.2	4.5	0.0	0.147	0.7	43	0	0	1
2	Jonas Griffith	DEN	64.5	87	255	1.18	109.1	4.3	0.0	0.176	1.6	42	0	0	0
3	Alexander Johnson	DEN	59.8	78	325	0.62	69.7	0.0	16.7	0.098	0.9	30	2	0	0
4	Josh Bynes	BAL	59.8	78	539	0.56	84.5	6.2	12.9	0.141	0.7	64	2	0	0
5	Ernest Jones	LA	56.7	73	440	0.23	74.4	6.3	9.3	0.136	0.7	54	1	2	0
6	Markus Bailey	CIN	56.4	73	256	0.00	79.4	2.6	16.7	0.148	0.8	34	0.5	0	0
7	Pete Werner	NO	56.1	71	394	0.51	84.5	1.8	0.0	0.137	0.3	56	0	0	0
8	Anthony Hitchens	KC	55.9	71	598	0.50	83.4	5.0	6.1	0.127	0.7	76	0	1	0
9	A.J. Klein	BUF	54.7	69	277	0.72	63.1	14.3	20.0	0.108	0.4	28	0	1	0
10	Drue Tranquill	LAC	52.8	65	561	0.89	116.4	5.3	3.0	0.128	1.2	74	1.5	0	0
11	Kwon Alexander	NO	52.6	65	535	1.12	81.5	13.8	5.0	0.093	1.5	43	3.5	1	1
12	Jaylon Smith	NYG	51.8	64	329	0.30	87.1	5.0	5.3	0.116	1.8	36	1	0	0
13	Robert Spillane	PIT	49.6	60	346	0.58	85.6	7.7	0.0	0.139	0.0	52	0	0	0
14	Rashaan Evans	TEN	48.4	55	445	0.45	82.3	7.3	8.0	0.115	0.2	51	0	2	1
15	Eric Wilson	HOU	48.4	55	299	0.33	96.2	6.5	4.8	0.144	0.3	43	0	1	0
16	Krys Barnes	GB	44.3	36	527	0.76	110.6	11.4	7.4	0.148	0.4	76	1	0	0
17	Marcell Harris	SF	44.1	36	336	0.60	75.8	17.0	5.0	0.131	0.6	42	1	1	0
18	Willie Gay Jr.	KC	42.5	27	437	0.00	87.0	9.4	15.4	0.110	0.9	44	0.5	2	0
19	Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah	CLE	42.3	25	598	0.33	70.2	17.4	10.5	0.127	0.8	70	1.5	0	2
20	Reggie Ragland	NYG	41.8	22	473	0.21	115.4	5.7	6.9	0.140	0.2	60	0	0	0
21	Jayon Brown	TEN	41.5	22	420	0.00	94.5	6.8	8.0	0.131	0.0	52	0	1	0
22	Baron Browning	DEN	40.6	16	528	0.38	95.6	8.1	5.4	0.108	0.2	58	0	0	0
23	Malcolm Smith	CLE	39.3	16	424	0.47	107.7	10.7	12.8	0.118	0.0	41	0	2	0
24	Akeem Davis-Gaither	CIN	39.2	16	207	0.00	96.7	15.2	15.0	0.135	0.0	26	0	0	1
25	Chris Board	BAL	37.3	11	337	0.00	109.6	8.9	0.0	0.122	1.2	41	0	0	0
26	Jamin Davis	WAS	36.7	9	581	0.52	107.1	12.9	2.4	0.127	0.9	68	1	0	0
27	Keanu Neal	DAL	36.2	9	580	0.69	97.1	15.3	0.0	0.124	0.3	70	1	0	0
28	Davion Taylor	PHI	36.2	9	250	0.40	104.6	17.4	0.0	0.152	0.4	40	0	0	2
29	Justin Strnad	DEN	36.2	9	316	0.00	88.6	10.8	0.0	0.104	0.6	34	0	0	0
30	Kevin Minter	TB	35.4	7	331	0.60	103.7	17.9	0.0	0.097	1.5	38	1	0	0
31	Derrick Barnes	DET	35.3	7	448	0.89	149.1	10.9	9.1	0.109	0.4	61	2	0	0
32	K.J. Wright	LV	33.9	7	425	0.24	115.4	6.8	0.0	0.096	0.2	46	0	0	0
33	Ben Niemann	KC	29.8	4	557	0.18	113.1	11.5	2.8	0.097	1.3	51	1	0	0