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

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Dennis Gardeck

Top 38% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2025

Height6'0"

Weight232 lb

BornAug 9, 1994

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Career Value · VORP

16 career value over replacement — #3342 all-time of 4,695. 2.7/season above a replacement-level LB.

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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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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%
2018	24	ARI	16	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	385	88.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	25	ARI	14	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	340	82.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	26	ARI	14	—	9	9	0	7	10	7.0	24.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	94	9.1%	315	80.4%	0	0	—	—	—	12	2	3	16	0	0.0
2021	27	ARI	14	—	14	11	3	1	4	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	173	19.7%	278	78.6%	3	3	1.0	118.7	6.3	6	2	4	18	3	0.1
2022	28	ARI	14	—	19	12	7	2	5	1.0	8.0	1	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	209	23.8%	306	83.6%	10	9	0.9	59.2	1.6	7	3	3	17	2	0.1
2023	29	ARI	17	—	34	25	9	7	12	6.0	25.0	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	510	46.1%	181	41.1%	13	10	0.8	128.8	2.5	20	8	6	31	4	0.1
2024	30	ARI	7	—	17	12	5	6	4	3.0	13.0	1	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	207	45.7%	69	40.6%	4	3	0.8	43.7	4.0	5	1	1	10	1	0.0
2025	31	JAX	17	—	47	27	20	6	9	2.5	17.5	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	423	38.6%	272	61.1%	17	14	0.8	100.0	3.6	12	3	6	20	1	0.0
2026	32	JAX	5	—	11	8	3	1	4	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	124	40.4%	79	65.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	118	—	152	104	48	30	48	19.5	97.5	2	9	4	3	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	47	39	—	—	—	62	19	23	112	11	—

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 16 · #3342 · Role Player

Worth 16 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 72% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 2 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

4 replaced

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Replacement

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +9

2 seasons × ~8 surplus ≈