Al-Quadin Muhammad is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Muhammad in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Muhammad's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

LBTB#97ACT

Al-Quadin Muhammad

Top 37% all-time linebackersReliable Starter

Height6'4"

Weight250 lb

BornMar 28, 1995

Age31

CollegeMiami See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2017

Draft2017 · Rd 6, Pick 196 · NO

Archetype Intelligence

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A linebacker with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 12 · #3473 · Role Player

Worth 12 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 76% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

3 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +8

4 seasons × ~3 surplus ≈ VORP 12

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2017	—	NO	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	24	11.3%	21	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	IND	13	—	23	11	12	5	2	0.0	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	414	40.7%	77	27.0%	1	1	1.0	100.0	-6.0	5	3	2	0	0	0.0
2019	—	IND	15	—	23	16	7	8	9	3.0	20.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	482	47.0%	135	31.4%	2	2	1.0	97.9	1.5	11	3	5	0	4	0.1
2020	—	IND	14	—	18	14	4	2	6	2.0	10.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	579	56.1%	42	12.1%	2	0	0.0	39.6	4.5	14	8	4	0	1	0.0
2021	—	IND	17	—	41	25	16	7	13	6.0	26.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	801	73.1%	6	10.5%	4	3	0.8	102.1	5.8	19	7	5	0	6	0.1
2022	—	CHI	14	—	25	11	14	1	3	1.0	5.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	608	59.6%	42	18.3%	5	5	1.0	124.6	-3.0	10	7	2	6	2	0.1
2024	—	DET	7	—	11	8	3	4	5	3.0	12.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	255	43.9%	19	12.2%	3	1	0.3	42.4	4.0	8	3	2	0	0	0.0
2025	—	DET	13	—	25	15	10	9	20	11.0	40.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	457	40.8%	52	15.6%	4	1	0.3	42.7	5.3	26	6	8	0	0	0.0
Career		—	94	—	167	100	67	36	58	26.0	120.0	0	2	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	3,620	46.6%	394	19.0%	21	13	—	—	—	93	37	28	6	13	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2017	22	NO	1	0*	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—	—
2018	23	IND	13	0*	23	11	12	5	2	0.0	7.0	1	0	1	5.2
2019	24	IND	15	0*	23	16	7	8	9	3.0	20.0	0	1	—	7.7
2020	25	IND	14	9*	18	14	4	2	6	2.0	10.0	0	1	—	6.2
2021	26	IND	17	12*	41	25	16	7	13	6.0	26.0	0	1	—	9.7
2022	27	CHI	14	10*	25	11	14	1	3	1.0	5.0	0	1	—	5
2024	29	DET	7	0*	11	8	3	4	5	3.0	12.0	1	0	—	3.7
2025	30	DET	13	0*	25	15	10	9	20	11.0	40.0	0	0	—	9.2
Career			94	31*	167	100	67	36	58	—	—	2	4	1	46.7

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2017	22	NO	4	0*	—	0.0%	24	11.3%	21	25.0%
2018	23	IND	15	0*	—	0.0%	414	40.7%	77	27.0%
2019	24	IND	16	0*	—	0.0%	482	47.0%	135	31.4%
2020	25	IND	16	9*	—	0.0%	579	56.1%	42	12.1%
2021	26	IND	17	12*	—	0.0%	801	73.1%	6	10.5%
2022	27	CHI	16	10*	—	0.0%	608	59.6%	42	18.3%
2024	29	DET	9	0*	—	0.0%	255	43.9%	19	12.2%
2025	30	DET	17	0*	—	0.0%	457	40.8%	52	15.6%
Career			110	31*	—	—	3,620	—	394	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	23	IND	15	0*	1	1	1.0	100.0	-6.0	5	3	2	0	0	0.0
2019	24	IND	16	0*	2	2	1.0	97.9	1.5	11	3	5	0	4	0.1
2020	25	IND	16	9*	2	0	0.0	39.6	4.5	14	8	4	0	1	0.0
2021	26	IND	17	12*	4	3	0.8	102.1	5.8	19	7	5	0	6	0.1
2022	27	CHI	16	10*	5	5	1.0	124.6	-3.0	10	7	2	6	2	0.1
2024	29	DET	9	0*	3	1	0.3	42.4	4.0	8	3	2	0	0	0.0
2025	30	DET	17	0*	4	1	0.3	42.7	5.3	26	6	8	0	0	0.0
Career			106	31*	21	13	—	—	—	93	37	28	6	13	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 49 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 49 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 49.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 49· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 48

On-field 31.2

Availability 16.8

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative tackles/g)

2018bestavg 472025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Sacks leader13

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.481See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.481Snap share46.6%Def snaps3,620VolatileCV 0.65

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within linebackers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2017

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

LB · 2017 class

4.88s

40-Yard

Low · 7th pct

Pos 7thAll 28thClass Pos 7thClass All 24th

30.5"

Vertical

Low · 11th pct

Pos 11thAll 24thClass Pos 23thClass All 32th

117"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 42th pct

Pos 42thAll 50thClass Pos 31thClass All 41th

22 reps

Bench

Below avg · 49th pct

Pos 49thAll 56thClass Pos 69thClass All 69th

7.25s

3-Cone

Below avg · 27th pct

Pos 27thAll 41thClass Pos 19thClass All 37th

4.47s

Shuttle

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 31thClass Pos 8thClass All 33th

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl6Solo5Ast1TFL3QBHits2Sk1.0Dis6.0

College Stats

MiamiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Miami), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2017 Draft Class· this player went #196

#188Elijah McGuireRB #189Tanzel SmartDT #190Sam TeviOT #191Xavier WoodsFS #192Alex ArmahRB #193Jordan EvansOLB #194Vincent TaylorDT #195Tanner VallejoILB #198D.J. JonesDT #199Chase RoullierC #200Adam BisnowatyOT #202Pita TaumoepenuLB #203De'Angelo Henderson Sr.RB #204Derrick JonesCB #205Jeremiah LedbetterDT #207Brandon WilsonDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Al-Quadin inherited the Indianapolis Colts LB room from Anthony Walker (2017–2020), and handed it to Shaquille Leonard (2018–2023).

Quentin Coryatt 1992–1997Elijah Alexander 1996–1998Bertrand Berry 1997–1999Cornelius Bennett 1999–2000Mike Peterson 1999–2002Marcus Washington

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with DET
2024team change
Joined DET (from CHI)
2022team change
Joined CHI (from IND)
2018team change
Joined IND (from NO)
2017draft
Drafted by NO — Round 6, Pick 196

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 250 lb

Frame

253 lb at 4.88s

Size-speed

30.5" vert / 117" broad

Explosion

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2022	CHI	W10Doubtful· KneeW11Questionable· Knee
2020	IND	W16Questionable· Ankle
2019	IND	W4Questionable· NeckW17Questionable· Groin

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

peak 51

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C2018

C2019

C2020

C+2021

C2022

D2024

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

91%

Era Translator

Tackles translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Tackles	Tackles/G	→ 2025 Tackles	→ 2025 /G
2018	23	1.8	21-2	1.2
2019	23	1.5	18-5	1.1
2020	18	1.3	19+1	1.1
2021	41	2.4	38-3	2.3
2022	25	1.8	29+4	1.7
2024	11	1.6	29+18	1.7
2025	25	1.9	33+8	1.9

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

12 career value over replacement — #3473 all-time of 4,642. 1.7/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #196 (Rd 6) · NO · 2017 · +23.1 vs expected KV-H

49actual

25.9 expected · Δ+23.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2017

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2017 Draft Class· this player went #196

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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