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

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Cory Littleton

Top 11% all-time linebackersElite Playmaker

Height6'3"

Weight225 lb

BornNov 18, 1993

Age32

CollegeWashington See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2016

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time linebacker who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 100 · #1115 · High-Value

Worth 100 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 25% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+20

Avg surplus

peak +30

5 seasons × ~20 surplus ≈ VORP 100

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%
2016	—	LA	4	—	10	5	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	122	17.8%	324	72.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	LA	13	—	29	16	13	2	3	1.0	6.0	1	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	277	26.6%	364	73.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	LA	16	—	109	74	35	9	4	4.0	17.0	3	13	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	964	94.6%	146	31.3%	64	47	0.7	94.3	7.1	8	4	0	58	10	0.1
2019	—	LA	16	—	124	68	56	6	5	3.5	14.5	2	9	2	4	0	0	—	0.0%	1,039	93.6%	105	22.2%	85	61	0.7	94.0	4.0	7	2	1	64	5	0.0
2020	—	LV	14	—	72	47	25	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	848	90.1%	145	35.3%	64	45	0.7	97.9	3.1	2	2	0	43	17	0.2
2021	—	LV	14	—	90	45	45	2	2	0.5	4.5	0	4	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	661	63.3%	209	44.8%	56	41	0.7	95.1	4.4	3	1	1	9	8	0.1
2022	—	CAR	15	—	41	22	19	1	2	0.5	3.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	373	36.1%	287	69.1%	12	8	0.7	103.5	4.1	3	1	1	9	3	0.1
2023	—	HOU	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	24	12.7%	180	68.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	2TM	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1.0	108.3	-3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5
Career		—	103	—	476	277	199	24	16	9.5	49.5	6	32	3	5	1	0	—	0.0%	4,308	54.4%	1,760	52.1%	282	203	—	—	—	23	10	3	183	44	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2016	23	LA	4	0*	10	5	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	1.3
2017	24	LA	13	0*	29	16	13	2	3	1.0	6.0	1	4	1	—	0	7
2018	25	LA	16	15*	109	74	35	9	4	4.0	17.0	3	13	0	—	1	14.2
2019	26	LA	16	15*	124	68	56	6	5	3.5	14.5	2	9	2	4	0	13.1
2020	27	LV	14	13*	72	47	25	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	5.7
2021	28	LV	14	11*	90	45	45	2	2	0.5	4.5	0	4	0	1	0	6.5
2022	29	CAR	15	0*	41	22	19	1	2	0.5	3.5	0	2	0	—	0	5.2
2023	30	HOU	1	0*	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			93	54*	476	277	199	24	16	—	—	6	32	3	5	1	53

* 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%
2016	23	LA	16	0*	—	0.0%	122	17.8%	324	72.1%
2017	24	LA	16	0*	—	0.0%	277	26.6%	364	73.4%
2018	25	LA	16	15*	—	0.0%	964	94.6%	146	31.3%
2019	26	LA	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,039	93.6%	105	22.2%
2020	27	LV	14	13*	—	0.0%	848	90.1%	145	35.3%
2021	28	LV	17	11*	—	0.0%	661	63.3%	209	44.8%
2022	29	CAR	15	0*	—	0.0%	373	36.1%	287	69.1%
2023	30	HOU	10	0*	—	0.0%	24	12.7%	180	68.6%
Career			120	54*	—	—	4,308	—	1,760	—

* 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	25	LA	16	15*	64	47	0.7	94.3	7.1	8	4	0	58	10	0.1
2019	26	LA	16	15*	85	61	0.7	94.0	4.0	7	2	1	64	5	0.0
2020	27	LV	14	13*	64	45	0.7	97.9	3.1	2	2	0	43	17	0.2
2021	28	LV	17	11*	56	41	0.7	95.1	4.4	3	1	1	9	8	0.1
2022	29	CAR	15	0*	12	8	0.7	103.5	4.1	3	1	1	9	3	0.1
2023	30	2TM	10	0*	1	1	1.0	108.3	-3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5
Career			88	54*	282	203	—	—	—	23	10	3	183	44	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 66 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 66 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 66 × longevity 1 = KV-H 66· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 44.7

Availability 17.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 57elite 702022

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Sacks leader5

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.101See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.101Snap share54.3%Def snaps4,308VolatileCV 0.75

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 · 2016

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

LB · 2016 class

4.73s

40-Yard

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 41thClass Pos 55thClass All 47th

29.5"

Vertical

Low · 6th pct

Pos 6thAll 19thClass Pos 25thClass All 25th

114"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 26th pct

Pos 26thAll 38thClass Pos 40thClass All 40th

7.11s

3-Cone

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 55thClass Pos 53thClass All 60th

4.32s

Shuttle

Below avg · 42th pct

Pos 42thAll 53thClass Pos 58thClass All 58th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl32Solo23Ast9TFL1Dis1.0Int1PD3

College Stats

WashingtonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Washington), 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.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Cory inherited the Los Angeles Rams LB room from Matt Longacre (2015–2018), and handed it to Kenny Young (2019–2021).

Fred Strickland 1988–1992Roman Phifer 1991–1998Charlie Clemons 1997–1999Mike A. Jones 1997–2000London Fletcher 1998–2001Tommy Polley

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2023team change
Joined HOU (from CAR)
2023final season
Last recorded season with HOU
2022team change
Joined CAR (from LV)
2020team change
Joined LV (from LA)
2016signing
Entered the NFL with LA

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 225 lb

Frame

238 lb at 4.73s

Size-speed

29.5" vert / 114" broad

Explosion

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	CAR	1	W12Out· AnkleW14Questionable· Ankle

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 72

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

F2016

C2017

B+2018

B+2019

B2020

B2021

C+2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

92%

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
2016	10	2.5	29+19	1.7
2017	29	2.2	25-4	1.5
2018	109	6.8	106-3	6.3
2019	124	7.8	125+1	7.4
2020	72	5.1	84+12	5
2021	90	6.4	105+15	6.2
2022	41	2.7	44+3	2.6

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

Career Value · VORP

100 career value over replacement — #1115 all-time of 4,642. 14.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

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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 · 2016

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

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