Cole Holcomb ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Holcomb in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Holcomb a career score of 69, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2019 | 23 | WAS | 16 | — | 95 | 64 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 718 | 62.8% | 243 | 57.6% | 43 | 36 | 0.8 | 115.4 | 3.0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 24 | WAS | 11 | — | 68 | 41 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 555 | 76.2% | 25 | 7.5% | 34 | 21 | 0.6 | 64.7 | 4.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 25 | WAS | 16 | — | 125 | 66 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,021 | 98.9% | — | 0.0% | 81 | 60 | 0.7 | 95.7 | 5.7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 12 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 26 | WAS | 7 | — | 65 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 446 | 98.7% | — | 0.0% | 22 | 16 | 0.7 | 125.6 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 27 | PIT | 8 | — | 47 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 447 | 77.0% | 31 | 14.5% | 19 | 13 | 0.7 | 90.7 | 4.9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 5 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 29 | PIT | 14 | — | 37 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 198 | 19.0% | 161 | 44.5% | 14 | 10 | 0.7 | 112.8 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2026 | 30 | PIT | 5 | — | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 20 | 6.2% | 86 | 61.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 77 | — | 444 | 256 | 188 | 19 | 11 | 4.5 | 34.5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 213 | 156 | — | — | — | 21 | 9 | 6 | 182 | 48 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
109 career value over replacement — #1025 all-time of 4,695. 18.2/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #173 (Rd 5) · WAS · 2019 · +45.2 vs expected KV-H
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