LB Grades

Provisional · Through week 6

64 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	Trenton Simpson	BAL	97.2	100	229	2.62	47.9	2.4	6.3	0.179	0.9	40	1	1	0
2	Devin Lloyd	CAR	94.6	98	258	1.55	58.5	2.8	10.3	0.136	2.7	34	2	2	0
3	Blake Cashman	MIN	92.9	97	281	1.42	90.5	2.3	7.1	0.149	3.6	40	2.5	0	0
4	Edgerrin Cooper	GB	91.3	95	227	2.64	67.6	6.3	6.7	0.132	1.3	27	3	1	0
5	Drue Tranquill	KC	90.1	94	292	1.71	56.3	2.7	14.3	0.123	1.4	35	0	0	0
6	Andrew Van Ginkel	MIN	89.6	92	249	1.61	7.6	6.7	8.3	0.056	4.0	14	4	1	1
7	Devin Bush	CHI	87.9	91	297	1.68	64.8	0.0	6.3	0.114	1.3	34	1	0	0
8	Ernest Jones	SEA	87.7	89	379	0.79	60.7	1.7	9.4	0.156	0.8	59	3	1	0
9	Bobby Okereke	CAR	86.7	88	302	1.32	68.5	2.9	25.0	0.113	1.7	33	1	1	1
10	Josiah Trotter	TB	84.8	86	294	1.02	68.3	5.5	10.5	0.177	1.0	51	1	1	0
11	Ventrell Miller	JAX	84.6	84	275	1.09	71.0	4.9	15.0	0.142	1.8	39	1	0	1
12	Payton Wilson	PIT	83.9	83	323	1.86	79.0	11.3	5.7	0.170	1.2	53	1	0	0
13	Arvell Reese	NYG	77.7	81	377	1.06	80.1	3.9	18.2	0.130	0.8	48	1	1	0
14	Derrick Barnes	DET	76.8	80	313	1.28	56.5	0.0	10.0	0.086	1.0	27	3	1	0
15	Zack Baun	PHI	76.3	78	340	1.47	72.6	12.5	16.7	0.124	1.8	39	0	0	0
16	Drake Thomas	SEA	71.7	77	277	1.44	66.5	10.3	5.9	0.126	1.4	35	1	1	1
17	Dee Winters	DAL	70.3	75	243	1.23	73.7	5.4	5.3	0.144	0.4	34	0	1	0
18	Pete Werner	NO	68.4	73	305	1.31	103.7	6.1	8.0	0.151	1.0	45	2	0	0
19	Roquan Smith	BAL	60.0	72	387	0.26	50.5	4.1	4.2	0.121	1.0	47	2	1	1
20	Frankie Luvu	WAS	58.0	70	242	0.83	64.6	0.0	10.0	0.074	1.7	26	1	0	0
21	Jacob Rodriguez	MIA	57.5	69	311	0.96	105.1	6.6	3.3	0.183	0.3	56	0	1	0
22	Jake Hansen	HOU	56.4	67	301	1.00	59.9	6.3	13.3	0.100	0.3	33	1	1	0
23	Nate Landman	LA	53.6	66	357	0.56	84.7	3.8	5.6	0.143	0.3	51	0	0	2
24	Alex Singleton	DEN	52.9	64	431	0.70	82.2	8.2	3.3	0.155	0.7	65	0	0	0
25	Quincy Williams	CLE	51.8	63	380	0.79	70.1	9.1	8.3	0.105	1.3	38	1	0	3
26	Tremaine Edmunds	NYG	49.5	61	380	0.79	120.4	3.8	11.1	0.132	0.8	50	2	0	0
27	Eric Wilson	MIN	48.8	59	277	0.72	95.1	10.3	8.3	0.094	2.9	26	1.5	0	0
28	Dorian Williams	BUF	48.3	58	295	1.02	111.4	8.0	11.8	0.156	0.0	44	0	1	0
29	Demetrius Knight Jr.	CIN	47.4	56	279	1.08	118.3	6.7	0.0	0.151	1.1	42	0	0	0
30	Azeez Al-Shaair	HOU	46.3	55	294	0.34	99.8	9.3	9.1	0.167	1.4	49	0	0	0
31	Jamien Sherwood	NYJ	44.0	53	384	0.78	108.5	6.1	11.5	0.120	1.0	44	0	0	2
32	Barrett Carter	CIN	43.4	52	326	1.23	84.3	14.6	7.4	0.126	0.9	40	1.5	0	1
33	Kendal Daniels	ATL	42.6	50	234	1.28	77.9	14.7	5.0	0.124	0.4	28	1	0	0
34	Carson Schwesinger	CLE	41.6	48	398	0.75	124.6	3.4	4.5	0.141	0.5	54	1	0	2
35	Nick Bolton	KC	41.5	47	341	0.59	95.5	7.7	11.8	0.141	0.3	48	0	0	0
36	Foyesade Oluokun	JAX	41.2	45	343	0.29	64.6	10.6	6.9	0.122	1.2	41	0	2	1
37	Harold Perkins Jr.	ATL	40.7	44	210	0.00	60.2	4.2	4.2	0.110	0.5	23	0.5	0	0
38	Sonny Styles	WAS	40.6	42	361	0.83	70.8	15.4	22.2	0.091	1.4	44	1	1	1
39	Jordyn Brooks	MIA	39.9	41	286	0.00	107.0	0.0	4.8	0.150	0.3	43	0	0	0
40	Akeem Davis-Gaither	IND	39.0	39	352	0.57	96.1	7.0	5.6	0.151	0.0	53	0	0	0
41	Justin Strnad	DEN	38.6	38	359	0.84	63.9	8.8	10.5	0.086	0.3	30	0.5	0	0
42	Quay Walker	LV	37.8	36	401	0.75	92.0	4.8	0.0	0.100	1.0	40	2	0	0
43	Demario Davis	NYJ	34.9	34	403	0.74	104.5	6.5	7.7	0.107	1.0	42	2	0	0
44	Jihaad Campbell	PHI	34.1	33	373	0.27	86.4	4.1	0.0	0.126	0.5	47	1	0	1
45	Nakobe Dean	LV	33.8	31	397	1.01	123.8	10.9	5.9	0.144	0.8	56	1.5	0	3
46	Anthony Hill Jr.	TEN	33.7	30	420	0.24	120.7	1.8	11.5	0.133	0.5	56	0	0	0
47	Fred Warner	SF	29.7	28	384	0.26	96.3	9.1	13.0	0.130	0.8	58	0.5	0	3
48	Dre Greenlaw	SF	28.5	27	225	0.00	86.1	11.9	0.0	0.164	0.9	37	0	0	1
49	Christian Elliss	NE	27.6	25	347	0.29	106.3	5.0	3.6	0.110	1.4	37	1	0	1
50	Patrick Queen	PIT	26.9	23	381	0.26	50.1	11.9	7.1	0.097	0.3	37	0	1	0
51	T.J. Edwards	CHI	26.4	22	225	0.89	56.8	23.8	18.8	0.071	0.4	15	0	1	0
52	Daiyan Henley	LAC	25.0	20	346	0.29	102.1	5.4	5.9	0.101	0.9	34	0.5	0	1
53	Jack Gibbens	ARI	24.5	19	333	0.30	115.4	6.7	4.8	0.126	0.9	42	0.5	0	0
54	Robert Spillane	NE	23.2	17	350	0.29	98.7	7.1	0.0	0.111	0.9	38	0	0	1
55	Jaishawn Barham	DAL	21.7	16	285	1.40	117.2	15.8	0.0	0.112	0.4	32	0	0	1
56	Cody Barton	TEN	20.5	14	329	0.00	95.6	0.0	5.6	0.088	0.3	29	0	0	0
57	Jack Campbell	DET	18.9	13	378	0.26	120.4	2.2	0.0	0.116	0.8	44	0	0	0
58	Divine Deablo	ATL	18.9	11	348	0.29	109.7	3.2	5.6	0.086	0.6	29	0	0	0
59	Terrel Bernard	BUF	14.0	9	409	0.49	100.5	11.8	3.7	0.110	0.5	44	0	0	0
60	Del'Shawn Phillips	LAC	13.7	8	254	0.00	124.7	11.1	0.0	0.126	0.8	32	0	0	0
61	Danny Stutsman	NO	13.0	6	258	0.00	92.4	16.7	8.3	0.136	0.4	35	0	0	0
62	Mack Wilson	ARI	10.2	5	363	0.28	131.6	8.3	4.8	0.121	0.0	44	0	0	1
63	Zaire Franklin	GB	9.9	3	415	0.48	119.0	12.8	6.3	0.099	0.5	41	0	0	1
64	Alex Anzalone	TB	3.7	2	380	0.26	106.1	16.7	2.9	0.079	0.3	30	1	1	0

Low-volume / rotational linebackers (18)

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. While the season is in progress, thresholds are pro-rated to games played.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Troy Dye	LAC	94.0	97	74	2.70	80.1	4.2	14.3	0.311	2.7	23	1.5	0	2
2	Cedric Gray	TEN	80.9	81	156	1.28	81.9	0.0	0.0	0.186	0.6	27	0.5	0	0
3	Kaden Elliss	NO	77.0	80	205	0.98	93.4	0.0	8.3	0.117	2.9	23	0	0	0
4	Zaven Collins	ARI	76.0	77	169	1.18	50.9	0.0	28.6	0.107	1.2	18	1	0	1
5	Jack Cochrane	KC	73.4	77	83	1.20	2.8	0.0	16.7	0.133	0.0	11	0	1	0
6	Omar Speights	LA	68.3	72	157	0.64	78.6	7.1	9.1	0.166	1.9	26	2	0	1
7	Leo Chenal	WAS	59.7	70	84	1.19	85.4	10.0	0.0	0.214	0.0	18	0	0	0
8	Trevor Nowaske	DET	56.3	66	91	0.00	47.2	0.0	0.0	0.143	1.1	15	0	0	0
9	Kaleb Elarms-Orr	BUF	53.6	64	74	0.00	100.4	0.0	10.0	0.162	1.4	12	0	0	0
10	Isaiah McDuffie	GB	53.4	64	119	0.84	66.7	6.3	0.0	0.126	0.8	21	0	0	0
11	Dennis Gardeck	JAX	48.9	59	152	0.66	68.8	7.7	0.0	0.079	2.6	13	0	0	0
12	Jeremiah Trotter Jr.	PHI	46.1	53	118	0.00	95.4	8.7	11.1	0.178	0.8	25	0.5	0	0
13	Kain Medrano	WAS	43.0	50	79	1.27	52.1	30.0	10.0	0.089	1.3	11	0	1	0
14	Joshua Josephs	WAS	42.5	48	86	1.16	91.7	0.0	0.0	0.081	0.0	7	0	0	0
15	Bryce Boettcher	IND	18.6	9	108	0.00	145.5	13.0	0.0	0.185	0.0	25	0	0	0
16	Jaylon Carlies	IND	16.9	9	159	0.00	79.2	21.4	11.1	0.069	1.3	13	0	1	0
17	D'Marco Jackson	CHI	13.8	8	163	0.00	42.4	18.2	0.0	0.055	0.0	15	0	0	0
18	Willie Gay Jr.	MIA	6.8	2	160	0.00	154.7	15.8	0.0	0.100	0.0	16	0	0	0