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	Ernest Jones	LA	83.4	100	934	1.28	93.6	1.4	12.5	0.155	1.3	127	4.5	0	0
2	Blake Cashman	HOU	72.1	98	657	0.76	78.1	7.0	9.1	0.161	1.1	90	2	1	0
3	Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah	CLE	71.6	96	761	1.97	93.5	10.6	13.3	0.133	0.7	89	3.5	2	1
4	Terrel Bernard	BUF	68.5	95	999	0.80	81.2	8.3	9.3	0.143	1.4	127	6.5	3	0
5	E.J. Speed	IND	63.7	93	728	1.24	77.2	12.0	6.9	0.141	0.5	88	1	0	3
6	Ivan Pace Jr.	MIN	62.6	91	706	0.28	76.2	6.4	5.6	0.144	1.6	92	2.5	1	1
7	Lavonte David	TB	62.3	89	957	1.25	102.4	6.3	5.9	0.139	0.9	117	4.5	0	1
8	Fred Warner	SF	61.6	88	982	0.51	75.7	8.6	14.9	0.129	0.9	120	2.5	4	4
9	Devin White	TB	61.3	86	894	0.56	67.0	6.7	14.3	0.094	1.5	71	2.5	2	0
10	Bobby Okereke	NYG	60.3	84	1,128	0.71	92.7	7.4	23.8	0.133	0.8	141	2.5	2	4
11	Micah McFadden	NYG	59.5	82	737	1.49	82.8	17.9	14.3	0.137	1.1	93	1	1	0
12	Demario Davis	NO	59.3	80	1,075	1.02	90.1	8.4	8.7	0.112	1.4	114	6.5	0	1
13	T.J. Edwards	CHI	59.2	79	1,041	0.58	90.8	7.8	8.0	0.148	1.2	138	2.5	3	1
14	Jahlani Tavai	NE	59.2	77	837	0.48	67.5	8.3	14.7	0.131	0.7	89	1	2	2
15	Kyzir White	ARI	58.8	75	709	1.13	93.5	6.2	9.7	0.128	0.4	83	2	1	0
16	Eric Kendricks	LAC	57.4	73	848	0.71	101.2	4.1	10.3	0.138	0.8	105	3.5	0	1
17	Foye Oluokun	JAX	55.7	71	1,110	0.54	88.4	11.2	7.3	0.157	1.3	153	2.5	1	1
18	Quincy Williams	NYJ	54.4	70	1,093	1.10	93.5	8.9	12.0	0.122	0.5	123	2	1	2
19	Robert Spillane	LV	52.8	68	1,101	0.45	83.1	7.5	7.3	0.134	0.7	131	3.5	3	1
20	Azeez Al-Shaair	TEN	52.6	66	1,102	0.64	97.4	7.4	8.2	0.148	0.6	141	2	0	0
21	Christian Harris	HOU	52.3	64	755	0.93	97.9	8.2	12.7	0.134	0.4	93	2	0	1
22	Frankie Luvu	CAR	50.0	63	990	0.81	98.2	11.2	9.3	0.128	1.4	113	5.5	0	2
23	Josey Jewell	DEN	49.7	61	796	0.25	92.8	3.6	7.0	0.136	0.6	93	3	0	2
24	Jordan Hicks	MIN	49.5	59	813	0.25	94.1	4.5	12.5	0.132	0.7	89	1	1	1
25	Nicholas Morrow	PHI	49.0	57	834	1.08	104.6	6.1	9.1	0.112	0.6	81	3	0	1
26	Quay Walker	GB	49.0	55	849	0.47	100.3	5.1	6.3	0.132	0.9	105	2.5	1	0
27	Roquan Smith	BAL	48.6	54	1,067	0.37	103.5	4.8	9.8	0.147	0.7	148	1.5	1	1
28	Nate Landman	ATL	48.5	52	808	0.62	83.6	10.7	7.1	0.135	0.6	97	2	1	3
29	Bobby Wagner	SEA	47.7	50	1,170	0.68	114.8	4.3	5.4	0.150	0.4	164	3.5	0	0
30	Willie Gay Jr.	KC	47.6	48	624	0.64	76.4	7.0	13.8	0.085	0.8	56	1	1	1
31	Alex Singleton	DEN	47.0	46	1,090	0.55	102.6	7.9	4.7	0.161	0.6	154	2	0	0
32	Cody Barton	WAS	46.7	45	844	0.24	90.9	3.4	2.3	0.134	0.5	103	0	1	0
33	Jordyn Brooks	SEA	46.5	43	802	0.62	98.1	9.8	8.2	0.126	1.2	101	4.5	1	1
34	Kenneth Murray, Jr.	LAC	46.4	41	968	0.62	93.2	3.7	6.2	0.106	0.5	96	3	1	0
35	Germaine Pratt	CIN	46.1	39	977	0.41	86.9	6.2	4.8	0.124	0.5	104	2	2	2
36	Kaden Elliss	ATL	45.9	38	1,082	0.55	90.1	6.9	5.6	0.113	0.8	107	4	0	0
37	Jack Gibbens	TEN	45.4	36	628	0.16	93.1	6.4	10.0	0.140	0.6	79	1	0	0
38	Patrick Queen	BAL	45.2	34	1,121	0.71	94.5	9.6	9.0	0.118	0.9	116	3.5	1	1
39	David Long Jr.	MIA	44.6	32	823	0.85	101.3	10.7	2.2	0.132	1.0	97	1	0	1
40	Jamin Davis	WAS	44.2	30	743	0.94	100.5	8.8	9.8	0.112	0.5	82	3	1	2
41	Ja'Whaun Bentley	NE	44.0	29	985	0.51	96.6	10.2	6.8	0.116	1.6	102	4.5	0	1
42	Damone Clark	DAL	43.3	27	784	0.38	104.7	2.9	10.0	0.126	0.3	89	0	0	0
43	Dre Greenlaw	SF	42.2	25	848	0.59	98.7	8.9	5.2	0.133	0.7	105	1.5	0	0
44	Shaquille Leonard	PHI	41.5	23	619	0.65	103.7	8.3	0.0	0.142	0.3	83	1	0	0
45	Zaire Franklin	IND	41.4	21	1,089	0.28	103.1	7.7	7.1	0.166	0.3	159	1.5	0	2
46	Logan Wilson	CIN	40.8	20	1,070	0.09	94.4	4.9	12.5	0.126	0.4	120	1	4	3
47	Tremaine Edmunds	CHI	39.2	18	875	0.34	85.3	10.2	10.8	0.131	0.0	100	0	4	1
48	Derrick Barnes	DET	39.1	16	705	0.57	97.5	8.3	0.0	0.109	1.0	76	1	0	1
49	Alex Anzalone	DET	38.6	14	1,007	0.50	91.6	14.7	8.1	0.121	1.5	115	3	0	0
50	Divine Deablo	LV	38.6	13	772	0.39	104.8	6.2	4.1	0.137	0.4	96	1	0	0
51	Devin Lloyd	JAX	36.4	11	966	0.21	94.7	7.9	9.7	0.133	0.2	110	0	0	0
52	Zach Cunningham	PHI	33.2	9	717	0.14	88.6	8.6	7.7	0.119	0.1	81	0	0	0
53	Jack Campbell	DET	32.9	7	639	0.63	129.6	9.8	3.3	0.144	0.6	86	2	0	0
54	C.J. Mosley	NYJ	32.7	5	1,128	0.27	96.7	8.1	11.5	0.121	0.1	137	0.5	1	2
55	Pete Werner	NO	31.4	4	920	0.43	101.5	4.1	1.6	0.102	0.2	85	0.5	1	0
56	Jerome Baker	MIA	31.2	2	714	0.28	88.2	12.3	7.7	0.099	0.8	65	1.5	2	0

Low-volume / rotational linebackers (28)

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	Leo Chenal	KC	82.7	98	443	1.81	93.3	4.5	5.0	0.144	2.5	56	3	0	0
2	Elandon Roberts	PIT	75.3	98	581	1.55	102.6	6.5	4.1	0.172	1.4	91	2.5	0	0
3	Khaleke Hudson	WAS	69.3	95	405	1.23	107.7	2.7	5.9	0.178	0.7	67	1	0	0
4	Oren Burks	SF	65.2	93	326	0.92	61.4	2.4	4.5	0.123	0.6	42	1	1	0
5	David Mayo	WAS	63.5	91	350	1.71	119.2	6.6	0.0	0.163	0.9	56	2	0	0
6	Deion Jones	CAR	62.2	88	313	0.96	43.9	13.5	25.0	0.102	0.3	30	1	1	0
7	Drue Tranquill	KC	60.7	84	577	1.04	91.9	7.5	3.2	0.128	1.4	75	4.5	0	2
8	Tyrel Dodson	BUF	58.6	73	549	1.46	110.5	8.1	6.5	0.124	1.3	61	2.5	0	1
9	Kwon Alexander	PIT	54.9	70	362	1.38	76.3	12.8	3.8	0.113	0.6	39	1	1	1
10	Isaiah McDuffie	GB	50.6	63	513	0.39	100.3	3.9	3.7	0.144	0.8	73	0.5	0	0
11	Isaiah Simmons	NYG	50.6	63	377	0.53	81.8	13.8	11.1	0.133	1.3	47	1	1	1
12	Jack Sanborn	CHI	50.1	63	412	0.97	88.1	15.3	7.7	0.148	0.7	54	1	1	0
13	Devin Bush	SEA	50.1	63	250	0.80	84.9	5.6	0.0	0.136	0.0	33	0	0	0
14	Dorian Williams	BUF	49.8	61	211	0.00	92.1	7.7	4.0	0.171	0.9	38	0	0	0
15	Nick Bolton	KC	49.1	57	442	0.00	82.3	3.2	9.4	0.136	0.5	49	0	1	0
16	Krys Barnes	ARI	48.9	54	408	0.74	111.7	7.0	31.6	0.130	0.2	48	0	1	0
17	Sione Takitaki	CLE	48.3	50	567	0.53	65.3	9.7	10.7	0.099	0.7	58	2	1	0
18	Cole Holcomb	PIT	43.0	25	447	0.45	90.7	8.3	10.5	0.123	0.4	47	0	0	2
19	De'Vondre Campbell	GB	38.9	14	575	0.17	111.3	3.8	4.0	0.130	0.7	64	0	0	0
20	Denzel Perryman	HOU	37.5	11	572	0.87	108.6	14.3	7.7	0.136	0.7	68	0.5	0	0
21	Marte Mapu	NE	35.4	9	204	0.00	81.2	0.0	6.7	0.078	0.0	17	0	1	1
22	Christian Rozeboom	LA	34.6	9	550	0.36	90.1	14.1	8.2	0.133	0.4	71	0	1	0
23	Anthony Walker	CLE	32.7	5	456	0.22	100.5	6.8	19.0	0.090	0.4	42	0	0	1
24	Mykal Walker	PIT	23.1	0	294	0.34	131.7	10.8	8.0	0.112	0.0	28	0	1	0
25	Duke Riley	MIA	21.8	0	392	0.00	114.1	13.6	4.8	0.097	0.8	34	0.5	0	1
26	Kamu Grugier-Hill	CAR	21.1	0	403	0.50	111.1	20.0	9.5	0.099	0.2	49	1	1	0
27	Josh Woods	ARI	21.0	0	569	0.35	116.2	12.9	3.3	0.107	0.4	54	0.5	0	1
28	Henry To'oTo'o	HOU	18.9	0	436	0.46	131.4	18.8	6.1	0.119	0.9	54	0	0	1