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

LBNO#54ACT

Anfernee Jennings

Top 28% all-time linebackersReliable Starter📈 Late Developer · 2024

Height6'3"

Weight255 lb

BornMay 1, 1997

Age29

CollegeAlabama See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2020

Draft2020 · Rd 3, Pick 87 · NE

Archetype Intelligence

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A linebacker with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 28 · #2733 · Role Player

Worth 28 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 60% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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 +16

4 seasons × ~7 surplus ≈ VORP 28

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%
2020	—	NE	11	—	16	6	10	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	292	33.6%	96	35.6%	5	4	0.8	86.7	1.6	2	1	1	15	2	0.1
2022	—	NE	13	—	26	14	12	1	4	1.5	6.5	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	343	31.7%	165	37.3%	2	2	1.0	104.2	1.5	11	6	3	9	3	0.1
2023	—	NE	14	—	52	35	17	14	4	1.5	19.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	677	66.8%	93	27.1%	15	14	0.9	107.5	-0.9	7	2	3	55	7	0.1
2024	—	NE	16	—	72	36	36	7	9	2.5	18.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	831	79.1%	38	30.4%	5	3	0.6	98.7	3.4	14	6	5	28	4	0.0
2025	—	NE	13	—	25	14	11	5	7	2.0	14.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	280	33.2%	162	45.4%	3	2	0.7	70.1	-4.3	10	3	5	13	2	0.1
Career		—	67	—	191	105	86	27	25	7.5	59.5	0	3	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	2,423	48.9%	554	35.2%	30	25	—	—	—	44	18	17	120	18	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2020	23	NE	11	0*	16	6	10	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	3.5
2022	25	NE	13	0*	26	14	12	1	4	1.5	6.5	2	1	—	5.3
2023	26	NE	14	10*	52	35	17	14	4	1.5	19.5	0	0	1	6.9
2024	27	NE	16	13*	72	36	36	7	9	2.5	18.5	1	1	—	8
2025	28	NE	13	0*	25	14	11	5	7	2.0	14.0	0	0	1	6.1
Career			67	23*	191	105	86	27	25	—	—	3	2	2	29.8

* 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%
2020	23	NE	14	0*	—	0.0%	292	33.6%	96	35.6%
2022	25	NE	16	0*	—	0.0%	343	31.7%	165	37.3%
2023	26	NE	15	10*	—	0.0%	677	66.8%	93	27.1%
2024	27	NE	16	13*	—	0.0%	831	79.1%	38	30.4%
2025	28	NE	14	0*	—	0.0%	280	33.2%	162	45.4%
Career			75	23*	—	—	2,423	—	554	—

* 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%
2020	23	NE	14	0*	5	4	0.8	86.7	1.6	2	1	1	15	2	0.1
2022	25	NE	16	0*	2	2	1.0	104.2	1.5	11	6	3	9	3	0.1
2023	26	NE	15	10*	15	14	0.9	107.5	-0.9	7	2	3	55	7	0.1
2024	27	NE	16	13*	5	3	0.6	98.7	3.4	14	6	5	28	4	0.0
2025	28	NE	14	0*	3	2	0.7	70.1	-4.3	10	3	5	13	2	0.1
Career			75	23*	30	25	—	—	—	44	18	17	120	18	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 54 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 54 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 54· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 36.9

Availability 16.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 522025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Sacks leader4

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.662See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.662Snap share48.9%Def snaps2,423VolatileCV 0.55

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+).

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl15Solo8Ast7TFL3QBHits3Sk2.0Dis8.0PD1

College Stats

AlabamaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Alabama), 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.

2020 Draft Class· this player went #87

#79Jabari ZunigaDE #80Lynn BowdenWR #81Bryan EdwardsWR #82Neville GallimoreDT #83Lloyd Cushenberry IIIC #84Terrell LewisLB #85Julian BlackmonSAF #86Zack MossRB #88Jordan ElliottDT #89Cameron DantzlerCB #90Jonathan GreenardLB #91Devin AsiasiTE #92Devin DuvernayWR #93Darrynton EvansRB #94Josiah DeguaraTE #95McTelvin AgimDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Anfernee inherited the New England Patriots LB room from Joshua Uche (2020–2024), and handed it to Matthew Judon (2021–2023).

Todd F. Collins 1992–1998Willie McGinest 1994–2005Ted Johnson 1995–2004Tedy Bruschi 1996–2008Roman Phifer 2001–2004Mike Vrabel

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 NE
2020draft
Drafted by NE — Round 3, Pick 87

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 255 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2024	NE	W4Questionable· ShoulderW5Questionable· ShoulderW6Questionable· ShoulderW12Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· KneeW17Questionable· KneeW18Questionable· Knee
2023	NE	W16Questionable· IllnessW17Questionable· KneeW18Questionable· Knee
2022	NE	W7Questionable· CalfW8Questionable· CalfW11Questionable· Back
2020	NE	W16Questionable· ShoulderW17Questionable· Shoulder

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 56

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

C2020

C2022

C+2023

B2024

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

89%

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
2020	16	1.5	22+6	1.3
2022	26	2	32+6	1.9
2023	52	3.7	63+11	3.7
2024	72	4.5	77+5	4.5
2025	25	1.9	33+8	1.9

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

Career Value · VORP

28 career value over replacement — #2733 all-time of 4,642. 5.6/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #87 (Rd 3) · NE · 2020 · +15.3 vs expected KV-H

54actual

38.7 expected · Δ+15.3

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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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2020 Draft Class· this player went #87

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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