Drue Tranquill ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Tranquill in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Tranquill a career score of 69, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 24 | LAC | 15 | — | 59 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 380 | 41.7% | 228 | 58.8% | 37 | 30 | 0.8 | 109.2 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 25 | LAC | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 5 | 7.0% | — | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 95.8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 26 | LAC | 14 | — | 68 | 40 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 561 | 58.3% | 142 | 39.6% | 33 | 26 | 0.8 | 116.4 | 0.8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 27 | LAC | 17 | — | 124 | 73 | 51 | 10 | 8 | 5.0 | 23.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 978 | 93.5% | 114 | 24.1% | 43 | 37 | 0.9 | 101.2 | 5.5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 9 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 28 | KC | 16 | — | 75 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4.5 | 18.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 577 | 58.5% | 97 | 24.3% | 30 | 24 | 0.8 | 92.2 | 3.5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 29 | KC | 16 | — | 87 | 47 | 40 | 4 | 9 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 798 | 79.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 47 | 33 | 0.7 | 83.6 | 3.4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 82 | 14 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 30 | KC | 17 | — | 100 | 52 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 883 | 83.9% | 74 | 17.1% | 36 | 33 | 0.9 | 127.9 | 2.6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2026 | 31 | KC | 4 | — | 28 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 230 | 86.3% | 19 | 17.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 100 | — | 542 | 321 | 221 | 45 | 31 | 15.0 | 91.0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 227 | 184 | — | — | — | 40 | 11 | 12 | 290 | 44 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
118 career value over replacement — #914 all-time of 4,695. 19.7/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #130 (Rd 4) · LAC · 2019 · +38.4 vs expected KV-H
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