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Bjoern Werner

Durable Contributor⭐ Shooting Star · 2014

Height6'3"

Weight255 lb

BornAug 30, 1990

Age35

CollegeFlorida State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 1, Pick 24 · IND

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher who maximized value through reliable availability. Their developmental was extended by consistently being on the field.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 25 · #2861 · Role Player

Worth 25 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 63% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

1 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12.5

Avg surplus

peak +16

2 seasons × ~12.5 surplus ≈ VORP 25

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	—	IND	9	—	16	13	3	3	3	2.5	8.5	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	305	36.0%	90	26.8%
2014	—	IND	14	—	49	36	13	11	7	4.0	22.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	746	75.3%	72	18.2%
2015	—	IND	7	—	11	6	5	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	153	21.7%	107	34.8%
Career		—	30	—	76	55	21	17	10	6.5	33.5	0	5	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,204	44.3%	269	26.6%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2013	23	IND	9	0*	16	13	3	3	3	2.5	8.5	3	0	—	4.4
2014	24	IND	14	11*	49	36	13	11	7	4.0	22.0	2	1	1	9
2015	25	IND	7	0*	11	6	5	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	0	1	2.6
Career			30	11*	76	55	21	17	10	—	—	5	1	2	16

* 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%
2013	23	IND	13	0*	—	0.0%	305	36.0%	90	26.8%
2014	24	IND	15	11*	—	0.0%	746	75.3%	72	18.2%
2015	25	IND	10	0*	—	0.0%	153	21.7%	107	34.8%
Career			38	11*	—	—	1,204	—	269	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 45 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 45 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 52.8 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 45· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 40.7

Availability 13.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 512015

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 3% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

3% of the all-time Sacks leader3

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.281See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.281Snap share44.3%Def snaps1,204ReliableCV 0.26

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, 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 · 2013

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

EDGE · 2013 class

4.83s

40-Yard

Below avg · 37th pct

Pos 37thAll 32thClass Pos 32thClass All 36th

31"

Vertical

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 28thClass Pos 12thClass All 31th

111"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 28thClass Pos 9thClass All 26th

25 reps

Bench

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 74thClass Pos 50thClass All 71th

7.30s

3-Cone

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 37thClass Pos 23thClass All 35th

4.40s

Shuttle

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 40thClass Pos 33thClass All 45th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl2Solo1Ast1

College Stats

Florida StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #24

#16EJ ManuelQB #17Jarvis JonesOLB #18Eric ReidS #19Justin PughG #20Kyle LongG #21Tyler EifertTE #22Desmond TrufantCB #23Sharrif FloydDT #25Xavier RhodesCB #26Datone JonesDE #27DeAndre HopkinsWR #28Sylvester WilliamsDT #29Cordarrelle PattersonRB #30Alec OgletreeILB #31Travis FrederickC #32Matt ElamS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Bjoern inherited the Indianapolis Colts LB room from Jerrell Freeman (2012–2015), and handed it to Erik Walden (2013–2016).

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

2015final season
Last recorded season with IND
2013draft
Drafted by IND — Round 1, Pick 24

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 255 lb

Frame

266 lb at 4.83s

Size-speed

31" vert / 111" broad

Explosion

25 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2015	IND	1	W5Out· Hamstring
2014	IND	1	W17Out· Shoulder
2013	IND	3	W5Out· FootW6Out· FootW7Out· Foot

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 3-season peers. See all →

peak 51

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

C+2013

B2014

D2015

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 3 seasons.

79%

20132015

2015 · Hamstring · 63%

Era Translator

Sacks 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 Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2013	2.5	0.3	5+2.5	0.3
2014	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2015	0	0	0	0

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

25 career value over replacement — #2861 all-time of 4,642. 8.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #24 (Rd 1) · IND · 2013 · -11.5 vs expected KV-H

45actual

56.5 expected · Δ−11.5

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2013

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #24

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography