Bruce Irvin is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Irvin in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Irvin's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

LBMIAACT

Bruce Irvin

Top 33% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2016

Height6'3"

Weight258 lb

BornNov 1, 1987

Age38

CollegeWest Virginia; Mt. San Antonio; Butler County CC See College Stats

ConferenceBig East

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 1, Pick 15 · SEA

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

55thPlayoff Sacks·4.5

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

A quality linebacker with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 28 · #2739 · Role Player

Worth 28 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 60% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +9

7 seasons × ~4 surplus ≈ VORP 28

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%
2012	—	SEA	13	—	16	10	6	6	19	8.0	33.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	SEA	11	—	39	30	9	2	4	2.0	8.0	1	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	499	63.3%	9	7.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	SEA	15	—	33	19	14	9	12	6.5	27.5	2	3	1	—	2	0	—	0.0%	693	77.6%	3	6.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	SEA	15	—	38	22	16	8	14	5.5	27.5	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	712	77.3%	25	8.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	LV	16	—	54	44	10	9	25	7.0	41.0	0	1	6	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	OAK	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	927	88.5%	76	16.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	LV	16	—	53	34	19	14	12	8.0	34.0	0	3	4	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	OAK	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	880	84.7%	16	18.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	ATL	14	—	17	14	3	7	13	6.5	26.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	OAK	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	471	44.3%	37	19.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	2TM	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	1	0.3	39.6	-1.5	15	5	3	9	2	0.1
2019	—	CAR	13	—	34	20	14	8	16	8.5	32.5	0	1	1	1	0	1	—	0.0%	608	68.3%	48	12.9%	3	3	1.0	118.7	-1.3	23	9	5	41	5	0.1
2020	—	SEA	2	—	5	4	1	1	3	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	122	80.0%	8	14.0%	2	2	1.0	79.2	-1.0	4	1	3	13	0	0.0
2021	—	CHI	4	—	7	2	5	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	173	50.0%	8	17.0%	2	2	1.0	108.3	-1.5	3	2	1	15	1	0.1
2022	—	SEA	11	—	27	17	10	5	9	3.5	17.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	400	54.1%	10	10.7%	3	3	1.0	88.9	-0.7	12	3	5	6	2	0.1
2023	—	DET	2	—	1	1	0	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	42	21.3%	1	3.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	196	—	324	217	107	70	131	56.5	257.5	3	13	16	3	2	1	—	0.0%	5,527	64.5%	241	12.3%	14	11	—	—	—	57	20	17	84	10	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2012	25	SEA	13	—	16	10	6	6	19	8.0	33.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.9
2013	26	SEA	11	8*	39	30	9	2	4	2.0	8.0	1	2	1	—	0	0	6.4
2014	27	SEA	15	12*	33	19	14	9	12	6.5	27.5	2	3	1	—	2	0	12.7
2015	28	SEA	15	12*	38	22	16	8	14	5.5	27.5	0	2	1	1	0	0	9.5
2016	29	LV	16	14*	54	44	10	9	25	7.0	41.0	0	1	6	—	0	0	12.5
2017	30	LV	16	14*	53	34	19	14	12	8.0	34.0	0	3	4	—	0	0	13.2
2018	31	ATL	14	0*	17	14	3	7	13	6.5	26.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	8.8
2019	32	CAR	13	9*	34	20	14	8	16	8.5	32.5	0	1	1	1	0	1	9.8
2020	33	SEA	2	—	5	4	1	1	3	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
2021	34	CHI	4	3*	7	2	5	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	1.5
2022	35	SEA	11	6*	27	17	10	5	9	3.5	17.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	5.5
2023	36	DET	2	—	1	1	0	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
Career			132	78*	324	217	107	70	131	—	—	3	13	16	3	2	1	88.8

* 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	26	SEA	12	8*	—	0.0%	499	63.3%	9	7.8%
2014	27	SEA	15	12*	—	0.0%	693	77.6%	3	6.5%
2015	28	SEA	15	12*	—	0.0%	712	77.3%	25	8.7%
2016	29	OAK	16	14*	—	0.0%	927	88.5%	76	16.4%
2017	30	OAK	16	14*	—	0.0%	880	84.7%	16	18.3%
2018	31	OAK	16	0*	—	0.0%	471	44.3%	37	19.9%
2019	32	CAR	13	9*	—	0.0%	608	68.3%	48	12.9%
2020	33	SEA	2	—	—	0.0%	122	80.0%	8	14.0%
2021	34	CHI	6	3*	—	0.0%	173	50.0%	8	17.0%
2022	35	SEA	11	6*	—	0.0%	400	54.1%	10	10.7%
2023	36	DET	3	—	—	0.0%	42	21.3%	1	3.0%
Career			125	78*	—	—	5,527	—	241	—

* 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	31	2TM	16	0*	4	1	0.3	39.6	-1.5	15	5	3	9	2	0.1
2019	32	CAR	13	9*	3	3	1.0	118.7	-1.3	23	9	5	41	5	0.1
2020	33	SEA	2	—	2	2	1.0	79.2	-1.0	4	1	3	13	0	0.0
2021	34	CHI	6	3*	2	2	1.0	108.3	-1.5	3	2	1	15	1	0.1
2022	35	SEA	11	6*	3	3	1.0	88.9	-0.7	12	3	5	6	2	0.1
Career			48	18*	14	11	—	—	—	57	20	17	84	10	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 51 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 51 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 51 × longevity 1 = KV-H 51· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 49

On-field 31.9

Availability 17.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2012bestavg 462022

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 29% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

29% of the all-time Sacks leader29

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.623See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.623Snap share64.5%Def snaps5,527ReliableCV 0.30

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 · 2012

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

LB · 2012 class

4.41s

40-Yard

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 92thClass Pos 98thClass All 89th

33.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 49thClass Pos 30thClass All 48th

123"

Broad Jump

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 78thClass Pos 80thClass All 86th

23 reps

Bench

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 63thClass Pos 50thClass All 62th

6.70s

3-Cone

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 96thClass Pos 96thClass All 95th

4.03s

Shuttle

Elite · 95th pct

Pos 95thAll 94thClass Pos 97thClass All 94th

Postseason Career

11 playoff games

Defense

Tkl22Solo15Ast7TFL5QBHits10Sk4.5Dis19.5PD1

College Stats

West Virginia; Mt. San Antonio; Butler County CCCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (West Virginia; Mt. San Antonio; Butler County CC), 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.

2012 Draft Class· this player went #15

#7Mark BarronILB #8Ryan TannehillQB #9Luke KuechlyILB #10Stephon GilmoreCB #11Dontari PoeDT #12Fletcher CoxDT #13Michael FloydWR #14Michael BrockersDT #16Quinton CoplesOLB #17Dre KirkpatrickCB #18Melvin IngramLB #19Shea McClellinOLB #20Kendall WrightWR #21Chandler JonesDE #22Brandon WeedenQB #23Riley ReiffOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Bruce inherited the Seattle Seahawks LB room from K.J. Wright (2011–2020), and handed it to Bobby Wagner (2012–2023).

David Wyman 1987–1992Dean Wells 1993–1998Darrin Smith 1998–1999Anthony Simmons 1998–2004Chad Brown 1999–2004Isaiah Kacyvenski

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2023team change
Joined DET (from SEA)
2023final season
Last recorded season with DET
2022team change
Joined SEA (from CHI)
2021team change
Joined CHI (from SEA)
2020team change
Joined SEA (from CAR)
2019team change
Joined CAR (from ATL)
2018team change
Joined ATL (from LV)
2016team change
Joined LV (from SEA)
2012draft
Drafted by SEA — Round 1, Pick 15

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 258 lb

Frame

245 lb at 4.41s

Size-speed

33.5" vert / 123" broad

Explosion

23 reps

Bench power

Injury History

4 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	CAR	3	W1Out· HamstringW2Out· HamstringW3Out· HamstringW4Questionable· Hamstring
2017	OAK	0	W16Questionable· Concussion
2015	SEA	1	W2Questionable· RibW11Out· KneeW12Doubtful· Knee
2014	SEA	0	W3Questionable· Rib

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 54

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

C2012

C2013

C2014

C+2015

C+2016

C+2017

C2018

C+2019

F2021

C2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.

71%

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
2012	16	1.2	3-13	0.2
2013	39	3.5	42+3	2.5
2014	33	2.2	16-17	0.9
2015	38	2.5	24-14	1.4
2016	54	3.4	44-10	2.6
2017	53	3.3	44-9	2.6
2018	17	1.2	11-6	0.7
2019	34	2.6	37+3	2.2
2021	7	1.8	27+20	1.6
2022	27	2.5	40+13	2.3

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

28 career value over replacement — #2739 all-time of 4,642. 2.8/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #15 (Rd 1) · SEA · 2012 · -6.5 vs expected KV-H

51actual

57.5 expected · Δ−6.5

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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 · 2012

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2012 Draft Class· this player went #15

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

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