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	Frankie Luvu	CAR	74.4	100	940	1.70	97.3	5.9	8.3	0.118	1.4	99	7	1	1
2	Roquan Smith	BAL	72.2	98	1,039	0.77	78.1	4.5	8.7	0.163	1.0	150	4.5	3	0
3	Bobby Wagner	LA	69.4	96	1,080	0.83	87.1	1.4	10.4	0.130	0.9	124	6	2	0
4	Tremaine Edmunds	BUF	69.3	95	760	0.66	69.9	1.0	11.7	0.134	0.4	94	1	1	0
5	Kaden Elliss	NO	68.7	93	630	1.11	76.8	6.3	6.5	0.117	1.7	70	7	0	2
6	Matt Milano	BUF	67.8	91	947	1.27	62.6	11.6	16.2	0.105	1.1	85	1.5	3	0
7	Quay Walker	GB	66.5	89	846	0.47	63.6	4.7	15.6	0.143	0.8	112	1.5	0	3
8	Alex Singleton	DEN	66.0	87	772	0.52	97.6	4.2	3.9	0.207	1.0	140	0	0	1
9	Jamin Davis	WAS	65.3	85	834	0.96	86.6	2.8	1.9	0.125	1.1	92	3	0	0
10	T.J. Edwards	PHI	63.9	84	1,041	0.77	82.1	6.5	9.2	0.153	0.9	143	2	0	0
11	Germaine Pratt	CIN	63.4	82	724	0.41	62.1	4.8	25.0	0.137	0.4	89	1	2	1
12	Patrick Queen	BAL	63.1	80	1,026	0.88	83.1	7.1	9.1	0.114	1.7	104	5	2	1
13	Nick Bolton	KC	61.8	78	1,119	0.71	92.6	3.7	4.1	0.161	0.6	171	2	2	1
14	Foye Oluokun	JAX	60.3	76	1,145	0.79	96.3	5.2	5.6	0.161	0.8	153	2	0	2
15	Drue Tranquill	LAC	58.0	75	978	0.82	101.2	5.8	9.3	0.149	0.9	126	5	1	1
16	Quincy Williams	NYJ	57.2	73	793	1.13	91.7	7.8	2.0	0.134	0.9	90	3	0	0
17	Willie Gay Jr.	KC	56.4	71	608	0.99	92.1	9.3	15.4	0.145	0.7	79	2.5	1	0
18	Elandon Roberts	MIA	54.8	69	680	1.18	121.9	7.0	0.0	0.157	1.0	95	4.5	0	0
19	Josey Jewell	DEN	54.7	67	826	0.85	97.3	6.6	6.1	0.155	0.6	119	2.5	2	2
20	Fred Warner	SF	54.7	65	1,026	0.29	73.0	5.8	14.7	0.127	0.8	118	2	1	1
21	Jaylon Smith	NYG	54.3	64	626	0.48	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.141	0.6	81	1	0	0
22	Kyzir White	PHI	53.7	62	844	0.36	74.4	4.3	10.8	0.130	0.4	105	1.5	0	0
23	Cody Barton	SEA	53.6	60	895	0.22	94.6	0.7	11.8	0.152	0.2	123	2	2	0
24	Mykal Walker	ATL	53.3	58	769	0.52	80.3	5.3	11.3	0.139	0.3	97	1	2	1
25	De'Vondre Campbell	GB	52.9	56	694	0.58	78.9	5.9	5.5	0.138	0.4	87	0	2	0
26	Malcolm Rodriguez	DET	51.4	55	614	0.65	96.9	5.4	4.5	0.142	0.8	67	1	0	1
27	Ja'Whaun Bentley	NE	50.2	53	907	0.55	86.3	7.7	4.3	0.132	1.2	112	3	1	0
28	Ernest Jones	LA	48.9	51	723	0.41	85.0	5.8	3.8	0.158	0.3	100	0	1	1
29	Logan Wilson	CIN	48.2	49	955	0.31	90.4	4.7	5.4	0.129	1.0	111	2.5	1	1
30	Kenneth Murray, Jr.	LAC	47.7	47	719	0.83	86.3	8.4	6.7	0.106	0.8	63	1	1	1
31	Demario Davis	NO	46.8	45	1,132	0.80	86.6	8.4	12.2	0.096	0.9	101	6.5	1	0
32	Rashaan Evans	ATL	46.7	44	1,104	0.54	112.6	1.9	6.9	0.138	0.4	133	2	0	1
33	Zaire Franklin	IND	46.5	42	1,134	0.71	91.1	9.2	8.2	0.147	0.5	148	3	0	3
34	Alex Anzalone	DET	46.2	40	1,080	0.37	79.8	7.4	13.0	0.116	0.9	98	1.5	1	1
35	Lavonte David	TB	46.1	38	1,075	0.84	90.9	6.8	6.8	0.115	0.3	116	3	0	1
36	Bobby Okereke	IND	45.2	36	968	0.52	91.3	6.8	6.1	0.156	0.1	137	0	0	2
37	Devin White	TB	45.0	35	1,076	0.46	104.9	8.1	8.3	0.115	2.0	110	5.5	0	2
38	Dre Greenlaw	SF	43.8	33	849	0.35	88.3	6.6	6.7	0.150	0.2	109	0	1	2
39	David Long Jr.	TEN	42.7	31	740	0.41	74.1	10.4	9.4	0.116	0.8	71	0	2	0
40	C.J. Mosley	NYJ	42.0	29	1,114	0.18	94.2	4.2	8.0	0.142	0.4	135	1	1	0
41	Zaven Collins	ARI	41.7	27	1,024	0.68	94.4	7.4	9.5	0.098	0.8	87	2	1	1
42	Christian Kirksey	HOU	41.3	25	1,141	0.53	90.1	7.5	8.3	0.109	0.8	108	3	2	0
43	Nicholas Morrow	CHI	40.1	24	1,086	0.64	101.8	4.9	4.5	0.107	0.5	95	0	1	0
44	Isaiah Simmons	ARI	39.0	22	896	0.45	104.3	4.8	10.0	0.110	0.7	94	4	2	2
45	Jordan Hicks	MIN	38.1	20	935	0.11	101.4	5.8	15.9	0.138	0.5	112	3	1	1
46	Devin Bush	PIT	35.5	18	659	0.00	107.1	1.2	5.3	0.123	0.5	74	0	0	0
47	Shaq Thompson	CAR	35.0	16	1,090	0.37	90.1	7.5	5.7	0.124	0.3	123	0.5	0	0
48	Leighton Vander Esch	DAL	34.9	15	746	0.27	95.4	3.8	3.2	0.102	0.4	83	1	0	1
49	Anthony Barr	DAL	34.5	13	609	0.33	101.4	5.8	4.2	0.080	1.1	56	1	0	0
50	Christian Harris	HOU	33.5	11	712	0.42	79.5	11.9	10.9	0.104	0.4	66	1	1	1
51	Jerome Baker	MIA	31.9	9	1,014	0.49	98.8	9.1	5.9	0.099	0.9	88	4	0	1
52	Eric Kendricks	MIN	31.7	7	1,095	0.37	100.3	8.1	7.1	0.125	0.5	124	1	0	0
53	Jordyn Brooks	SEA	31.4	5	1,025	0.29	122.6	6.4	6.7	0.157	0.6	143	1	0	1
54	Myles Jack	PIT	29.8	4	692	0.29	107.4	7.1	5.5	0.133	0.1	93	0	0	0
55	Devin Lloyd	JAX	19.8	2	926	0.00	101.7	11.1	10.1	0.121	0.3	108	0	3	0

Low-volume / rotational linebackers (34)

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	Denzel Perryman	LV	83.3	100	555	1.98	62.3	7.8	6.9	0.150	1.3	77	1	2	0
2	Andrew Van Ginkel	MIA	67.6	89	334	0.60	60.2	6.3	12.5	0.135	2.4	45	0.5	1	0
3	Jack Sanborn	CHI	62.2	78	331	0.91	95.0	4.8	0.0	0.178	0.9	51	2	0	0
4	Raekwon McMillan	NE	60.5	76	250	2.00	93.1	9.7	0.0	0.112	0.8	34	1	0	0
5	Jacob Phillips	CLE	58.6	75	320	0.63	94.9	2.1	4.8	0.144	1.3	40	2	0	0
6	Chad Muma	JAX	57.4	73	286	1.05	114.4	4.8	5.3	0.140	1.4	45	1.5	0	0
7	Jahlani Tavai	NE	55.1	69	570	0.35	94.6	0.0	6.9	0.121	1.2	58	1.5	0	0
8	Akeem Davis-Gaither	CIN	53.5	58	227	0.88	104.2	6.4	5.3	0.194	0.0	42	0	0	0
9	Kwon Alexander	NYJ	51.0	53	559	0.89	89.5	5.6	2.3	0.120	0.5	63	0.5	0	1
10	Duke Riley	MIA	50.0	51	368	0.82	104.9	2.2	6.7	0.120	0.5	39	1	0	0
11	Monty Rice	TEN	49.7	51	366	0.55	106.6	5.8	3.4	0.178	0.5	57	0	0	0
12	Ben Niemann	ARI	49.3	51	481	0.21	85.3	0.0	4.0	0.131	0.4	58	0	0	0
13	Micah McFadden	NYG	48.9	51	435	1.15	119.4	5.4	0.0	0.122	0.7	48	2	0	1
14	Jonas Griffith	DEN	48.4	49	336	0.00	87.3	4.2	4.2	0.137	1.5	44	0	1	0
15	Deion Jones	CLE	47.7	47	422	0.71	80.2	8.3	12.5	0.104	0.7	39	2.5	1	1
16	Luke Masterson	LV	46.8	44	344	0.87	141.0	3.6	0.0	0.154	0.3	50	0	0	0
17	Pete Werner	NO	46.6	42	597	0.50	93.1	4.8	7.7	0.134	0.3	79	0	0	2
18	Sione Takitaki	CLE	46.2	38	497	0.80	97.6	8.0	0.0	0.139	0.6	68	1	0	1
19	Darius Harris	KC	46.0	36	291	0.69	116.2	2.7	4.8	0.124	0.7	42	1.5	0	0
20	Boye Mafe	SEA	42.9	31	424	0.71	122.8	7.5	0.0	0.087	1.9	35	3	0	0
21	Joe Thomas	CHI	41.1	24	413	0.97	116.9	11.1	12.5	0.136	0.2	55	1	0	0
22	Robert Spillane	PIT	40.8	24	588	0.51	109.2	6.0	9.3	0.134	0.5	67	1	0	0
23	Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah	CLE	39.9	22	534	1.31	132.1	10.3	10.3	0.131	0.4	60	0	0	2
24	Azeez Al-Shaair	SF	39.0	20	314	0.32	98.7	8.5	0.0	0.137	0.6	43	0	0	0
25	Zach Cunningham	TEN	36.1	18	205	0.00	96.2	4.0	5.3	0.117	0.0	19	0	0	0
26	Cole Holcomb	WAS	34.9	13	446	0.22	125.6	5.5	4.5	0.155	0.2	65	0	0	0
27	Troy Andersen	ATL	34.2	11	481	0.42	135.1	4.8	4.3	0.125	0.6	61	0	0	1
28	Damone Clark	DAL	33.2	9	398	0.25	138.5	0.0	0.0	0.118	0.0	43	0	0	2
29	Divine Deablo	LV	33.0	9	464	0.22	123.6	3.9	2.8	0.157	0.0	71	0	0	0
30	Kamu Grugier-Hill	ARI	29.1	2	419	0.00	98.5	6.4	2.9	0.105	0.5	41	0	0	0
31	Jayon Brown	LV	28.2	2	425	0.00	104.8	4.3	2.9	0.106	0.2	38	0	0	0
32	Dylan Cole	TEN	26.9	2	438	0.46	121.0	12.5	3.1	0.128	0.7	55	1	0	0
33	Tanner Vallejo	ARI	25.8	2	280	0.36	119.2	16.7	5.0	0.107	0.7	29	0	0	1
34	Tae Crowder	PIT	24.9	2	445	0.45	101.7	17.6	4.8	0.094	0.9	38	1	0	1