Benardrick McKinney ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places McKinney in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns McKinney a career score of 67, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

ILBNYG#49ACT

Benardrick McKinney

1× Pro BowlTop 9% all-time linebackersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2016

Height6'4"

Weight257 lb

BornNov 19, 1992

Age33

CollegeMississippi State See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 2, Pick 43 · HOU

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time linebacker who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 102 · #1085 · High-Value

Worth 102 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 24% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+20.4

Avg surplus

peak +28

5 seasons × ~20.4 surplus ≈ VORP 102

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%
2015	—	HOU	13	—	55	32	23	7	2	1.0	10.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	410	49.1%	101	32.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	HOU	16	—	118	68	50	8	11	5.0	24.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	915	90.6%	79	17.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	HOU	16	—	90	57	33	10	8	3.0	21.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	959	93.1%	85	17.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	HOU	16	—	102	60	42	5	5	1.5	11.5	1	7	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	919	86.6%	31	13.6%	43	28	0.7	86.2	4.0	6	1	3	55	13	0.1
2019	—	HOU	14	—	96	49	47	4	4	1.0	9.0	0	3	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	846	89.6%	27	11.0%	39	35	0.9	143.6	3.3	5	1	2	50	6	0.1
2020	—	HOU	4	—	35	17	18	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	234	83.5%	12	13.3%	7	3	0.4	50.3	5.0	0	0	0	14	4	0.1
2021	—	NYG	9	—	23	11	12	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	181	28.0%	41	41.0%	9	6	0.7	78.9	3.7	0	0	0	5	2	0.1
Career		—	88	—	519	294	225	36	30	11.5	77.5	1	14	4	2	0	0	—	0.0%	4,464	74.3%	376	20.9%	98	72	—	—	—	11	2	5	124	25	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2015	23	HOU	13	0*	55	32	23	7	2	1.0	10.0	0	0	0	—	6
2016	24	HOU	16	14*	118	68	50	8	11	5.0	24.0	0	2	1	—	10.8
2017	25	HOU	16	15*	90	57	33	10	8	3.0	21.0	0	1	1	—	9.6
2018	26	HOU	16	14*	102	60	42	5	5	1.5	11.5	1	7	1	—	10.3
2019	27	HOU	14	13*	96	49	47	4	4	1.0	9.0	0	3	1	2	7.4
2020	28	HOU	4	3*	35	17	18	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	2
2021	29	NYG	9	0*	23	11	12	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	3
Career			88	59*	519	294	225	36	30	—	—	1	14	4	2	49.1

* 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%
2015	23	HOU	14	0*	—	0.0%	410	49.1%	101	32.4%
2016	24	HOU	16	14*	—	0.0%	915	90.6%	79	17.4%
2017	25	HOU	16	15*	—	0.0%	959	93.1%	85	17.3%
2018	26	HOU	16	14*	—	0.0%	919	86.6%	31	13.6%
2019	27	HOU	14	13*	—	0.0%	846	89.6%	27	11.0%
2020	28	HOU	4	3*	—	0.0%	234	83.5%	12	13.3%
2021	29	NYG	11	0*	—	0.0%	181	28.0%	41	41.0%
Career			91	59*	—	—	4,464	—	376	—

* 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	26	HOU	16	14*	43	28	0.7	86.2	4.0	6	1	3	55	13	0.1
2019	27	HOU	14	13*	39	35	0.9	143.6	3.3	5	1	2	50	6	0.1
2020	28	HOU	4	3*	7	3	0.4	50.3	5.0	0	0	0	14	4	0.1
2021	29	NYG	11	0*	9	6	0.7	78.9	3.7	0	0	0	5	2	0.1
Career			45	30*	98	72	—	—	—	11	2	5	124	25	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 67 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 67 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 67.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 67· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 64

On-field 46.7

Availability 17.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 60elite 702021

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Sacks leader6

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: 86%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.162See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.162Snap share74.3%Def snaps4,464VolatileCV 0.45

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 · 2015

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

LB · 2015 class

4.66s

40-Yard

Above avg · 56th pct

Pos 56thAll 49thClass Pos 65thClass All 51th

40.5"

Vertical

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 96thClass Pos 98thClass All 94th

121"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 69th pct

Pos 69thAll 70thClass Pos 69thClass All 70th

16 reps

Bench

Low · 8th pct

Pos 8thAll 22thClass Pos 2thClass All 18th

7.21s

3-Cone

Below avg · 33th pct

Pos 33thAll 44thClass Pos 39thClass All 43th

4.27s

Shuttle

Above avg · 60th pct

Pos 60thAll 62thClass Pos 45thClass All 55th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl39Solo18Ast21QBHits1Dis1.0PD2

College Stats

Mississippi StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Mississippi State), 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.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #43

#34Donovan SmithOT #36T.J. YeldonRB #37Devin SmithWR #38Preston SmithDE #39Eddie GoldmanNT #40Dorial Green-BeckhamWR #41Devin FunchessWR #42Jalen CollinsCB #44Hau'oli KikahaOLB #45Eric KendricksMLB #46Jaquiski TarttS #47Eric RoweCB #48Denzel PerrymanMLB #49Mitch MorseC #50Ronald DarbyCB #51Nate OrchardDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Benardrick inherited the Houston Texans LB room from Jadeveon Clowney (2014–2018), and handed it to Brennan Scarlett (2016–2020).

Jamie Sharper 2002–2004Jay Foreman 2002–2004Kailee Wong 2002–2006Antwan Peek 2003–2006Shantee Orr 2003–2006Morlon Greenwood

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2021team change
Joined NYG (from HOU)
2021final season
Last recorded season with NYG
2015draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 2, Pick 43

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 257 lb

Frame

246 lb at 4.66s

Size-speed

40.5" vert / 121" broad

Explosion

16 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	HOU	0	W5Questionable· Shoulder
2019	HOU	1	W16Out· Concussion
2017	HOU	0	W6Questionable· Hip
2015	HOU	2	W7Out· ConcussionW8Out· Concussion

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 72

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

C+2015

B+2016

B2017

B+2018

B+2019

D2020

C2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

81%

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
2015	55	4.2	54-1	3.2
2016	118	7.4	116-2	6.8
2017	90	5.6	84-6	4.9
2018	102	6.4	99-3	5.8
2019	96	6.9	110+14	6.5
2020	35	8.8	145+110	8.5
2021	23	2.6	41+18	2.4

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

102 career value over replacement — #1085 all-time of 4,642. 14.6/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #43 (Rd 2) · HOU · 2015 · +17.2 vs expected KV-H

67actual

49.8 expected · Δ+17.2

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

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 · 2015

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #43

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator