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 68, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Cole Holcomb

Top 8% all-time linebackersElite Playmaker⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2021

Height6'1"

Weight240 lb

BornJul 30, 1996

Age29

CollegeNorth Carolina See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 5, Pick 173 · WAS

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time linebacker who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 105 · #1043 · High-Value

Worth 105 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 23% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+17.5

Avg surplus

peak +30

6 seasons × ~17.5 surplus ≈ VORP 105

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%
2019	—	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	—	WAS	10	—	68	41	27	6	4	2.5	12.5	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	555	83.8%	25	27.7%	34	21	0.6	64.7	4.2	5	1	1	34	9	0.1
2021	—	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	—	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	—	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	—	PIT	11	—	37	24	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	198	33.3%	161	44.5%	14	10	0.7	112.8	2.0	0	0	0	10	6	0.1
Career		—	68	—	437	252	185	19	11	4.5	34.5	3	12	8	2	1	0	—	0.0%	3,385	75.8%	460	36.1%	213	156	—	—	—	21	9	6	182	48	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2019	23	WAS	16	10*	95	64	31	6	2	1.0	9.0	0	1	3	—	0	8.8
2020	24	WAS	10	9*	68	41	27	6	4	2.5	12.5	1	1	0	—	0	7.5
2021	25	WAS	16	16*	125	66	59	2	2	1.0	5.0	2	7	2	1	1	12.3
2022	26	WAS	7	7*	65	33	32	1	1	0.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	3
2023	27	PIT	8	6*	47	24	23	4	2	0.0	6.0	0	2	2	1	0	4.5
2025	29	PIT	11	0*	37	24	13	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	4.5
Career			68	48*	437	252	185	19	11	—	—	3	12	8	2	1	40.6

* 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%
2019	23	WAS	16	10*	—	0.0%	718	62.8%	243	57.6%
2020	24	WAS	11	9*	—	0.0%	555	83.8%	25	27.7%
2021	25	WAS	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,021	98.9%	—	0.0%
2022	26	WAS	7	7*	—	0.0%	446	98.7%	—	0.0%
2023	27	PIT	8	6*	—	0.0%	447	77.0%	31	14.5%
2025	29	PIT	14	0*	—	0.0%	198	33.3%	161	44.5%
Career			72	48*	—	—	3,385	—	460	—

* 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%
2019	23	WAS	16	10*	43	36	0.8	115.4	3.0	7	4	1	25	12	0.1
2020	24	WAS	11	9*	34	21	0.6	64.7	4.2	5	1	1	34	9	0.1
2021	25	WAS	16	16*	81	60	0.7	95.7	5.7	6	4	1	52	12	0.1
2022	26	WAS	7	7*	22	16	0.7	125.6	5.0	1	0	1	24	4	0.1
2023	27	PIT	8	6*	19	13	0.7	90.7	4.9	2	0	2	37	5	0.1
2025	29	PIT	14	0*	14	10	0.7	112.8	2.0	0	0	0	10	6	0.1
Career			72	48*	213	156	—	—	—	21	9	6	182	48	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 68 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 66

On-field 51.1

Availability 14.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 65elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 2% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

2% of the all-time Sacks leader2

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

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.699See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.699Snap share75.8%Def snaps3,385VolatileCV 0.49

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+).

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl7Solo5Ast2

College Stats

North CarolinaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (North Carolina), 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.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #173

#163Jake BaileyP #164E.J. SpeedLB #165Joe JacksonDE #166Easton StickQB #168D'Andre WalkerOLB #169David EdwardsOT #170Austin SeibertK #171Darius SlaytonWR #174KeeSean JohnsonWR #175Sutton SmithRB #176Kaden SmithTE #177Saquan HamptonSAF #178Gardner MinshewQB #179Lamont GaillardC #180Corey BallentineDB #181Jaquan JohnsonDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Cole inherited the Washington Commanders LB room from Landon Collins (2019–2021), and handed it to Jon Bostic (2019–2022).

Kurt Gouveia 1987–1999Wilber Marshall 1988–1992Andre Collins 1990–1994Marvcus Patton 1995–1998Derek M. Smith 1997–2000Shawn Barber

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2023team change
Joined PIT (from WAS)
2019draft
Drafted by WAS — Round 5, Pick 173

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 240 lb

Frame

Injury History

10 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	PIT	1	W18Out· KneeW19Out· Knee
2022	WAS	5	W8Out· FootW9Out· FootW10Out· FootW11Out· FootW12Out· Foot
2021	WAS	0	W5Questionable· Shoulder
2020	WAS	4	W2Out· KneeW3Out· KneeW4Out· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW15Out· Concussion

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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 71

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

B2019

B2020

B+2021

B2022

B2023

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

72%

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
2019	95	5.9	94-1	5.5
2020	68	6.8	112+44	6.6
2021	125	7.8	128+3	7.6
2022	65	9.3	153+88	9
2023	47	5.9	99+52	5.8
2025	37	3.4	57+20	3.4

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

105 career value over replacement — #1043 all-time of 4,642. 17.5/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #173 (Rd 5) · WAS · 2019 · +40.8 vs expected KV-H

68actual

27.2 expected · Δ+40.8

💔+29.4 stolen VORP·1.68 szns lost

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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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #173

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator