Dan Morgan is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Morgan in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Morgan's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | ||||||
| 2001 | 22–23 | CAR | 11 | — | 0.5 | 62 | 40 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 23–24 | CAR | 8 | — | 2.8 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 24–25 | CAR | 11 | — | 0.0 | 58 | 38 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 25–26 | CAR | 12 | — | 3.1 | 89 | 66 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 26–27 | CAR | 13 | — | 1.7 | 71 | 53 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 27–28 | CAR | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 28–29 | CAR | 3 | — | — | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 59 | — | 8.1 | 351 | 245 | 106 | 8 | 2 | 7.5 | 17.5 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
84 career value over replacement — #1399 all-time of 4,695. 16.8/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #11 (Rd 1) · CAR · 2001 · +3.5 vs expected KV-H
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5 seasons · peak 3.1 in 2004
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.6 career wins over 5 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2004 · +0.2 wins
0.2 of CAR's 7 wins (3%)
Latest season · 2005 · +0.1 wins
0.1 of CAR's 11 wins (1%)
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia. Team wins are the club's actual regular-season wins; a traded season, or one whose club record is missing, shows no share.
#124 of 968 all-time linebackers by KV-H
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 22–23 | CAR | 11 | — | 62 | 40 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 2002 | 23–24 | CAR | 8 | — | 50 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 2.8 |
| 2003 | 24–25 | CAR | 11 | — | 58 | 38 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 25–26 | CAR | 12 | — | 89 | 66 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 |
| 2005 | 26–27 | CAR | 13 | — | 71 | 53 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 |
| 2006 | 27–28 | CAR | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 28–29 | CAR | 3 | — | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | 59 | 351 | 245 | 106 | 8 | 2 | 7.5 | 17.5 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 |
A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 65 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 5 scored seasons.
Blend 64.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 65· confidence 100%
Season-by-season quality (era-relative tackles/g)
Will Witherspoon
OLB
89% match
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