LB Grades

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

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						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Zack Baun	PHI	78.9	100	939	1.17	80.5	5.0	5.9	0.162	0.7	139	3.5	1	5
2	Blake Cashman	MIN	71.4	98	895	0.89	103.0	4.3	14.0	0.125	2.0	103	4.5	0	0
3	T.J. Edwards	CHI	70.4	96	1,055	1.14	79.9	3.9	4.3	0.118	0.7	119	4	1	1
4	Jordan Hicks	CLE	69.5	94	604	0.66	80.3	2.5	10.3	0.129	1.5	69	2	0	0
5	Kaden Elliss	ATL	68.9	92	1,095	0.73	97.0	4.5	5.0	0.136	2.0	139	5	1	1
6	Nakobe Dean	PHI	68.8	90	858	1.05	80.8	7.9	8.9	0.149	0.7	120	3	1	1
7	Quay Walker	GB	66.4	88	747	1.20	96.2	6.4	4.7	0.137	0.9	86	2.5	0	0
8	Bobby Wagner	WAS	65.0	86	1,072	0.93	89.3	5.7	10.5	0.123	1.0	123	2	0	1
9	Jordyn Brooks	MIA	64.6	84	1,039	1.06	99.0	5.0	7.6	0.128	0.9	131	3	0	0
10	Kyzir White	ARI	62.3	82	1,018	0.88	92.3	5.2	6.4	0.126	1.0	126	2.5	1	0
11	Justin Strnad	DEN	61.8	80	676	1.18	86.1	8.0	7.0	0.102	1.2	60	3	0	0
12	Terrel Bernard	BUF	59.0	78	749	0.67	79.7	7.1	5.1	0.139	0.8	94	1	2	0
13	Jamien Sherwood	NYJ	57.2	76	1,065	0.94	107.0	5.4	5.8	0.148	0.3	143	2	0	0
14	Alex Anzalone	DET	56.7	75	608	1.15	91.4	9.9	9.1	0.105	1.0	56	1	0	0
15	Josey Jewell	CAR	56.4	73	797	0.88	92.3	8.5	17.5	0.122	0.6	91	3.5	1	0
16	Daiyan Henley	LAC	56.0	71	996	0.70	87.8	8.8	10.1	0.147	0.5	135	1	1	0
17	Robert Spillane	LV	55.3	69	1,095	0.91	105.6	6.9	12.3	0.135	0.5	143	2	2	0
18	Micah McFadden	NYG	54.3	67	670	1.19	118.3	11.3	2.6	0.152	1.2	94	3	0	1
19	Roquan Smith	BAL	54.3	65	992	0.40	106.5	3.1	5.9	0.156	0.8	145	1.5	1	1
20	Jahlani Tavai	NE	54.2	63	915	0.77	96.9	6.5	9.1	0.126	0.8	109	1	1	0
21	Dorian Williams	BUF	54.0	61	649	0.77	107.3	8.7	0.0	0.179	0.9	103	0	0	1
22	Tyrel Dodson	MIA	53.3	59	855	0.58	70.5	8.7	12.0	0.111	0.7	93	2	3	1
23	Kenneth Murray, Jr.	TEN	53.3	57	817	0.98	113.9	4.0	4.3	0.116	0.9	89	3.5	1	1
24	Foye Oluokun	JAX	52.2	55	815	0.74	92.5	7.8	12.7	0.130	0.4	101	1	1	0
25	Zaire Franklin	IND	50.5	53	1,156	0.95	96.9	12.2	7.3	0.149	0.7	155	3.5	2	5
26	DeMarvion Overshown	DAL	50.3	51	709	1.13	122.2	11.0	8.9	0.114	1.7	87	5	1	1
27	Demario Davis	NO	49.8	49	1,092	0.46	80.6	7.5	13.0	0.125	0.5	133	2	1	0
28	Bobby Okereke	NYG	49.2	47	736	0.82	85.5	8.8	7.0	0.113	0.5	85	2	0	3
29	Eric Kendricks	DAL	48.5	45	920	0.43	100.1	6.1	8.8	0.150	0.4	128	3	2	3
30	Devin Lloyd	JAX	48.4	43	883	0.79	109.6	6.6	7.5	0.128	0.7	109	2	1	1
31	Jack Campbell	DET	47.8	41	974	0.51	114.4	5.1	11.1	0.134	0.8	121	1.5	0	1
32	Ernest Jones	SEA	47.7	39	995	0.40	85.6	5.8	8.3	0.132	0.3	119	0.5	1	1
33	Nick Bolton	KC	46.9	37	941	1.17	105.5	11.2	14.3	0.092	0.7	99	3	1	1
34	Quincy Williams	NYJ	46.5	35	1,138	1.23	100.0	10.9	6.6	0.100	0.5	109	2	0	4
35	Lavonte David	TB	45.5	33	1,078	0.83	102.4	10.4	7.7	0.112	1.2	112	5.5	1	3
36	Christian Rozeboom	LA	44.8	31	828	0.60	104.8	7.9	7.8	0.155	0.1	125	1	1	0
37	E.J. Speed	IND	43.8	29	1,010	0.69	95.7	10.7	7.9	0.141	0.4	131	0	1	0
38	Tremaine Edmunds	CHI	43.6	27	1,056	0.28	65.9	8.0	14.8	0.098	0.4	97	1	1	1
39	Germaine Pratt	CIN	40.5	25	1,078	0.46	88.1	11.3	8.8	0.132	0.6	131	0	2	2
40	Pete Werner	NO	38.0	24	732	0.41	93.2	7.1	2.1	0.126	0.3	90	0	0	0
41	Fred Warner	SF	37.5	22	998	0.50	97.5	11.5	12.1	0.131	0.5	118	1	2	4
42	Patrick Queen	PIT	37.4	20	1,090	0.55	111.4	6.9	10.1	0.112	0.6	123	1	0	2
43	Drue Tranquill	KC	36.1	18	798	0.50	86.3	13.8	5.3	0.102	1.4	87	2	0	0
44	Trenton Simpson	BAL	36.1	16	655	0.76	121.4	7.6	11.4	0.093	0.6	67	1.5	0	0
45	Henry To'oTo'o	HOU	34.3	14	830	0.84	125.1	10.3	7.1	0.125	0.4	100	1.5	1	1
46	Logan Wilson	CIN	32.3	12	745	0.27	123.9	6.4	2.5	0.138	0.7	97	0	0	2
47	Cody Barton	DEN	29.3	10	1,053	0.19	98.2	6.6	10.6	0.094	0.5	100	1.5	2	1
48	K.J. Britt	TB	28.7	8	613	0.33	112.1	8.9	3.4	0.117	0.3	63	0.5	0	0
49	Isaiah McDuffie	GB	28.6	6	699	0.43	122.0	10.3	6.4	0.124	0.7	92	0.5	0	1
50	De'Vondre Campbell	SF	26.7	4	719	0.42	102.1	9.8	4.3	0.103	0.1	71	0	0	0
51	Divine Deablo	LV	19.0	2	689	0.58	120.7	17.8	6.3	0.087	0.7	57	1	0	0

Low-volume / rotational linebackers (32)

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	Edgerrin Cooper	GB	90.7	100	491	2.65	78.8	11.8	10.8	0.167	1.6	80	3.5	1	1
2	Devin Bush	CLE	82.9	100	497	1.61	77.8	3.9	16.7	0.147	1.2	60	1	0	0
3	Ivan Pace Jr.	MIN	80.5	100	414	1.69	101.1	10.1	3.2	0.171	2.7	68	3	1	0
4	Azeez Al-Shaair	HOU	68.3	88	573	1.22	92.8	5.4	8.3	0.122	1.2	61	2	0	2
5	Troy Dye	LAC	61.2	78	318	0.63	87.1	3.5	0.0	0.173	0.6	57	1.5	0	0
6	Jack Gibbens	TEN	59.0	78	235	0.85	125.8	2.3	0.0	0.179	0.9	42	0.5	0	0
7	Tyrice Knight	SEA	58.0	76	551	0.54	85.2	4.7	4.5	0.147	0.7	81	1.5	0	0
8	Luke Gifford	TEN	58.0	76	203	0.49	85.4	5.0	11.8	0.187	0.0	44	0	1	0
9	Christian Elliss	NE	56.3	71	513	0.19	86.1	7.1	20.8	0.154	1.2	77	1.5	1	1
10	Leo Chenal	KC	56.0	71	445	0.90	111.6	5.6	16.7	0.115	1.1	56	1	0	3
11	Payton Wilson	PIT	55.4	69	492	0.61	75.3	7.7	5.7	0.146	0.4	73	0	1	1
12	Marist Liufau	DAL	54.6	67	521	0.77	93.0	2.0	15.8	0.096	0.8	46	1.5	0	2
13	Ventrell Miller	JAX	53.8	59	482	0.83	86.0	11.4	11.1	0.162	0.2	76	0	0	1
14	Malcolm Rodriguez	DET	53.6	59	318	0.63	89.3	4.4	5.3	0.135	0.6	39	2	0	0
15	Troy Andersen	ATL	52.8	55	285	0.35	61.7	9.6	5.0	0.165	0.4	42	0	1	0
16	Akeem Davis-Gaither	CIN	52.0	53	534	0.75	88.0	10.2	8.9	0.148	0.4	78	0	1	1
17	Marte Mapu	NE	49.8	49	486	0.21	49.1	6.4	27.3	0.091	0.6	44	0.5	1	3
18	Eric Wilson	GB	49.3	47	558	1.25	109.7	12.5	5.9	0.113	1.1	67	2	1	1
19	Baylon Spector	BUF	45.7	33	291	0.69	106.9	7.1	0.0	0.134	0.7	35	1.5	0	0
20	Omar Speights	LA	40.9	25	419	0.48	96.7	5.7	8.3	0.119	0.0	60	0	0	0
21	Junior Colson	LAC	40.9	25	218	0.00	103.4	6.5	6.3	0.133	0.9	28	0	0	0
22	Denzel Perryman	LAC	39.6	24	340	0.59	87.4	19.4	0.0	0.159	1.2	46	1	0	0
23	Jerome Baker	TEN	39.4	24	566	0.35	94.3	10.3	13.3	0.108	1.1	55	2	0	1
24	Mohamoud Diabate	CLE	38.7	24	581	0.86	81.4	16.0	11.5	0.117	0.2	62	0	0	0
25	Malik Harrison	BAL	32.4	12	372	0.81	122.1	18.5	0.0	0.118	1.1	52	2	0	0
26	Anthony Walker	MIA	31.5	10	516	0.00	94.4	9.5	5.0	0.130	0.6	63	1	1	0
27	Troy Reeder	LA	31.3	10	372	0.27	98.6	11.3	5.3	0.126	0.0	36	0	0	0
28	David Long Jr.	TEN	28.5	4	352	0.85	120.7	16.7	0.0	0.114	0.3	35	0	0	0
29	Dee Winters	SF	28.0	4	398	0.00	90.7	12.0	14.8	0.111	0.0	44	0	0	0
30	J.J. Russell	TB	27.0	4	249	0.00	115.7	10.7	5.6	0.100	0.4	31	0	0	0
31	Trevin Wallace	CAR	23.0	2	583	0.34	123.2	10.0	0.0	0.108	0.2	58	1	0	2
32	Nate Landman	ATL	17.6	0	544	0.00	152.4	9.5	4.0	0.123	0.4	80	0	0	3