Azeez Al-Shaair ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Al-Shaair in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Al-Shaair a career score of 69, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2019 | 22 | SF | 15 | — | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 174 | 16.8% | 239 | 57.8% | 11 | 9 | 0.8 | 97.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0.3 |
| 2020 | 23 | SF | 16 | — | 33 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 305 | 30.5% | 252 | 54.9% | 23 | 16 | 0.7 | 69.8 | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 24 | SF | 13 | — | 95 | 51 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 730 | 89.0% | 25 | 7.4% | 66 | 53 | 0.8 | 101.3 | 1.5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 25 | SF | 12 | — | 43 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 314 | 43.1% | 12 | 4.0% | 16 | 12 | 0.8 | 98.7 | 7.4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 26 | TEN | 17 | — | 141 | 62 | 79 | 9 | 6 | 2.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,102 | 95.9% | 74 | 16.3% | 49 | 34 | 0.7 | 97.4 | 5.1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 13 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 27 | HOU | 11 | — | 61 | 36 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 2.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 573 | 81.4% | 3 | 1.1% | 36 | 23 | 0.6 | 92.8 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 28 | HOU | 16 | — | 103 | 48 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 926 | 93.9% | 1 | 0.2% | 54 | 39 | 0.7 | 87.2 | 3.4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 0.1 |
| 2026 | 29 | HOU | 4 | — | 42 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 235 | 94.0% | 3 | 3.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 104 | — | 526 | 257 | 269 | 29 | 20 | 6.0 | 55.0 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 255 | 186 | — | — | — | 25 | 5 | 13 | 157 | 52 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
110 career value over replacement — #1008 all-time of 4,695. 15.7/season above a replacement-level LB.
💔+27.6 stolen VORP·1.76 szns lostFan Rating
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