Ben Taylor is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Taylor in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Taylor's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Pick #111 (Rd 4) · CLE · 2002 · +12.3 vs expected KV-H
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2002 | 24 | CLE | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 25 | CLE | 11 | — | 56 | 40 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 26 | CLE | 3 | — | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 27 | CLE | 16 | — | 77 | 42 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 28 | GB | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 33 | — | 146 | 86 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2 seasons · peak 0.2 in 2003
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
#389 of 967 all-time linebackers by KV-H
A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 48 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 2 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.
Blend 61 × longevity 0.79 = KV-H 48· confidence 100%
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87% match
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Season-by-season quality (era-relative tackles/g)