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

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Denzel Perryman

1× Pro BowlTop 11% all-time linebackersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2021

Height5'11"

Weight240 lb

Born

Career Value · VORP

154 career value over replacement — #625 all-time of 4,695. 14/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #48 (Rd 2) · LAC · 2015 · +16.8 vs expected KV-H

66actual

49.2 expected · Δ+16.8

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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%
2015	22–23	SD	14	—	60	51	9	8	3	2.0	13.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	387	43.4%	104	25.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	23–24	SD	12	—	68	52	16	8	2	2.0	12.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	483	58.8%	1	0.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	24–25	LAC	7	—	34	22	12	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	272	63.1%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	25–26	LAC	9	—	46	25	21	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	386	65.0%	—	0.0%	28	15	0.5	80.5	4.8	3	2	1	4	9	0.1
2019	26–27	LAC	14	—	63	45	18	5	0	0.0	5.0	1	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	358	42.5%	11	3.3%	27	19	0.7	71.7	5.0	0	0	0	3	11	0.1
2020	27–28	LAC	13	—	47	24	23	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	318	39.9%	5	1.4%	23	17	0.7	94.7	2.6	2	0	1	9	1	0.0
2021	28–29	LV	15	—	146	94	52	5	3	0.0	8.0	0	3	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	863	83.5%	—	0.0%	80	63	0.8	114.1	5.4	3	0	3	14	15	0.1
2022	29–30	LV	12	—	77	48	29	14	5	1.0	20.0	2	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	555	69.4%	8	2.8%	29	21	0.7	62.3	1.8	7	2	4	46	7	0.1
2023	30–31	HOU	12	—	68	37	31	6	2	0.5	8.5	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	572	72.5%	—	0.0%	39	29	0.7	108.6	5.0	4	2	1	20	13	0.1
2024	31–32	LAC	11	—	46	30	16	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	340	49.5%	40	13.4%	23	17	0.7	87.4	2.8	4	1	2	14	13	0.2
2025	32–33	LAC	10	—	44	27	17	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	298	51.7%	6	2.6%	26	17	0.7	84.6	4.2	1	1	0	5	7	0.1
Career		—	129	—	699	455	244	57	21	7.5	85.5	5	17	4	3	0	0	—	0.0%	4,832	57.9%	175	4.9%	275	198	—	—	—	24	8	12	115	76	—

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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 154 · #625 · High-Value

Worth 154 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 14% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 10 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+15.4

Avg surplus

peak +38

10 seasons × ~15.4 surplus ≈