Brian Urlacher is a Hall of Fame linebacker whose career earned one of the highest career value scores of 90 in the Knox value model. Urlacher's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.

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Brian Urlacher

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Career Value · VORP

298 career value over replacement — #136 all-time of 4,695. 24.8/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #9 (Rd 1) · CHI · 2000 · +28.5 vs expected KV-H

90actual

61.5 expected · Δ+28.5

💔+41.9 stolen VORP·1.69 szns lost

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🌅 Early Bloomer · 2002

Height6'4"

Weight258 lb

BornMay 25, 1978

Age48

CollegeNew Mexico See College Stats

Rookie yr2000

Draft2000 · Rd 1, Pick 9 · CHI

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #553 of 568 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2000 CHI·5 team wins#25

Sacks · 8 · score 2

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 27% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

27% of the all-time Interceptions leader27

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 90%.

Encyclopedia Coverage6/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Combine · 2000

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

LB · 2000 class

4.59s

40-Yard

Strong · 76th pct

Pos 76thAll 62thClass Pos 89thClass All 65th

34"

Vertical

Below avg · 49th pct

Pos 49thAll 56thClass Pos 65thClass All 58th

122"

Broad Jump

Understanding These Stats

Passing

Cmp / Att — Completions and pass attempts.

Cmp% — Completion percentage — completions ÷ attempts × 100.

Yds — Passing yards — total air + yards after catch on completions.

TD / TD% — Passing touchdowns. TD% = TDs per 100 attempts, measuring scoring efficiency.

Int / Int% — Interceptions thrown. Int% = INTs per 100 attempts — the primary ball-security metric.

Y/A — Yards per attempt — passing yards ÷ attempts. The core passing efficiency rate.

AdjY/A — Adjusted yards per attempt: (Pass Yds + 20×TD − 45×INT) ÷ Att. Penalizes turnovers and rewards touchdowns — widely considered the most predictive single-season QB metric.

TD:INT — TD-to-interception ratio — passing touchdowns ÷ interceptions thrown. Elite QBs sustain career ratios above 3.0; HOF greats often exceed 4.0. Not shown when no interceptions.

Rate — NFL passer rating — the official formula combining Cmp%, Y/A, TD%, and INT% on a 0–158.3 scale. Good QB performance ≈ 90+; elite ≈ 110+.

Sk — Times sacked — how many times the QB was brought down behind the line of scrimmage.

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl46Solo38Ast8TFL4QBHits3Sk2.0Dis9.0Int2

College Stats

New MexicoCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (New Mexico), 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.

Top Teammates

Lance BriggsOLB10y Charles TillmanCB10y Brad MaynardP10y Israel IdonijeDE9y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Brian inherited the Chicago Bears LB room from Rosevelt Colvin (1999–2002), and handed it to Lance Briggs (2003–2014).

Bill George 1953–1964Dick Butkus 1965–1973Mike Singletary 1981–1992Wilber Marshall 1984–1987John Roper 1989–1992Rosevelt Colvin

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2012final season
Last recorded season with CHI
2000draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 1, Pick 9

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 258 lb

Frame

258 lb at 4.59s

Size-speed

34" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

27 reps

Bench power

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 12-season peers. See all →

peak 85

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

B+2000

B+2001

A2002

B2003

B2004

B+2005

A2006

B+2007

B2008

B+2010

B+2011

B2012

Availability

Era Translator

Tackles translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
2000	105	6.6	110+5	6.5
2001	110	6.9	115+5	6.8
2002	133	8.3	152+19	9
2003	100	5.9	94-6	5.5
2004	55	6.1	101+46	5.9
2005	100	6.7	112+12	6.6
2006	122	7.6	134+12	7.9
2007	106	6.6	109+3	6.4
2008	82	5.1	76-6	4.5
2010	118	7.4	119+1	7
2011	100	6.3	97-3	5.7
2012	64	5.3	78+14	4.6

Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, nflverse:combine, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 8/31/2026

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro Day40-yard dash, vertical, broad jump, 3-cone, shuttle, bench press. Source: nflverse combine.csv.

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 32. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 76thClass Pos 97thClass All 85th

27 reps

Bench

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 83thClass Pos 92thClass All 86th

6.94s

3-Cone

Strong · 82th pct

Pos 82thAll 79thClass Pos 89thClass All 75th

4.18s

Shuttle

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 78thClass Pos 82thClass All 70th

Receiving

Tgt — Targets — how many times the receiver was thrown to, regardless of completion.

Rec — Receptions — catches made.

Yds — Receiving yards.

TD — Receiving touchdowns.

Ctch% — Catch rate — receptions ÷ targets × 100. Measures how reliably a receiver turns opportunities into gains. 70%+ is elite.

Y/R — Yards per reception — receiving yards ÷ receptions. Measures big-play ability; 15+ is elite for WRs.

Y/Tgt — Yards per target — receiving yards ÷ targets. The single most complete receiving efficiency metric: accounts for both drops and incomplete targets. Elite receivers post 8+ yards per target.

AirYd/T — Air yards per target — average depth of route at time of target. High values indicate a deep threat role; low values indicate a slot/check-down role.

1D — First downs gained on receiving plays.

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

Proprietary StatVault Metrics

KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.

SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.

VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.

Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.

Brian Urlacher 2000–2012

The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 13 seasons.

20002012

2004 · cause not documented · 56%2009 · cause not documented · 6%

Durability IQ

Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →

Durable

Canton Monitor · HOF

Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. See all →

✓

Enshrined

What carries the case

All-Pro 40.5%Era Quality (KV-H) 24.1%Pro Bowls 20.3%Longevity 15.2%

Monitor score 118.5 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).

Career Fingerprint

Statistical profile across 5 dimensions

Overall

Longevity86

Peak85

Accolades60

Consistency50

Per-Snap50

Historical Rank · Era-Adjusted

Best single season, projected to Tackles in a modern 17-game schedule. See all →

#32

2002 · LB · all-time

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Brian Urlacher

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Where this data comes from

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2000

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

2000 Draft Class· this player went #9