Brad Kassell is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Kassell in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Kassell's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
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 | 22–23 | TEN | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 23–24 | TEN | 8 | — | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 24–25 | TEN | 15 | — | 75 | 48 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 25–26 | TEN | 16 | — | 54 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 26–27 | NYJ | 10 | — | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 27–28 | NYJ | 8 | — | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 58 | — | 169 | 100 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
23 career value over replacement — #2998 all-time of 4,695. 4.6/season above a replacement-level LB.
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5 seasons · peak 0.0 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.
0.0 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2007 · −0.1 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#366 of 967 all-time linebackers by KV-H
A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 49 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
Blend 49.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 49· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative tackles/g)
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87% match
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