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.

LBKC#23ACT

Drue Tranquill

👑 Dynasty DNA · 6 seasons · 3 titles Top 7% all-time linebackersElite Playmaker

Height6'2"

Weight234 lb

BornAug 15, 1995

Age30

CollegeNotre Dame See College Stats

ConferenceIndependent

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 4, Pick 130 · LAC

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time linebacker who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 117 · #905 · High-Value

Worth 117 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 20% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +19.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+19.5

Avg surplus

peak +29

6 seasons × ~19.5 surplus ≈ VORP 117

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%
2019	—	LAC	12	—	59	45	14	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	380	52.2%	228	58.8%	37	30	0.8	109.2	5.7	0	0	0	10	8	0.1
2020	—	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	—	LAC	13	—	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	—	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	—	KC	15	—	75	50	25	7	7	4.5	18.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	577	62.4%	97	25.9%	30	24	0.8	92.2	3.5	8	1	2	49	7	0.1
2024	—	KC	16	—	87	47	40	4	9	2.0	15.0	0	2	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	798	79.3%	1	4.0%	47	33	0.7	83.6	3.4	11	2	6	82	14	0.1
2025	—	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
Career		—	91	—	514	308	206	40	30	15.0	85.0	1	10	4	4	0	0	—	0.0%	4,182	62.4%	656	28.3%	227	184	—	—	—	40	11	12	290	44	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2019	24	LAC	12	8*	59	45	14	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	1	0	—	4.9
2020	25	LAC	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	—
2021	26	LAC	13	8*	68	40	28	5	3	1.5	9.5	0	1	0	1	6.3
2022	27	LAC	17	16*	124	73	51	10	8	5.0	23.0	1	4	1	—	11.3
2023	28	KC	15	10*	75	50	25	7	7	4.5	18.5	0	1	2	—	8.7
2024	29	KC	16	13*	87	47	40	4	9	2.0	15.0	0	2	0	2	7.3
2025	30	KC	17	14*	100	52	48	10	3	2.0	15.0	0	1	1	1	9.5
Career			91	69*	514	308	206	40	30	—	—	1	10	4	4	48

* 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%
2019	24	LAC	15	8*	—	0.0%	380	52.2%	228	58.8%
2020	25	LAC	1	—	—	0.0%	5	7.0%	—	0.0%
2021	26	LAC	14	8*	—	0.0%	561	58.3%	142	39.6%
2022	27	LAC	17	16*	—	0.0%	978	93.5%	114	24.1%
2023	28	KC	16	10*	—	0.0%	577	62.4%	97	25.9%
2024	29	KC	16	13*	—	0.0%	798	79.3%	1	4.0%
2025	30	KC	17	14*	—	0.0%	883	83.9%	74	17.1%
Career			96	69*	—	—	4,182	—	656	—

* 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%
2019	24	LAC	15	8*	37	30	0.8	109.2	5.7	0	0	0	10	8	0.1
2020	25	LAC	1	—	1	1	1.0	95.8	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
2021	26	LAC	14	8*	33	26	0.8	116.4	0.8	7	4	1	27	4	0.1
2022	27	LAC	17	16*	43	37	0.9	101.2	5.5	9	1	3	36	9	0.1
2023	28	KC	16	10*	30	24	0.8	92.2	3.5	8	1	2	49	7	0.1
2024	29	KC	16	13*	47	33	0.7	83.6	3.4	11	2	6	82	14	0.1
2025	30	KC	17	14*	36	33	0.9	127.9	2.6	5	3	0	85	2	0.0
Career			96	69*	227	184	—	—	—	40	11	12	290	44	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 69 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 69 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 68.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 69· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 67

On-field 49

Availability 18

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 67elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Sacks leader8

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:2.391See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.391Snap share62.4%Def snaps4,182ReliableCV 0.34

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 · 2019

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

LB · 2019 class

4.57s

40-Yard

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 64thClass Pos 71thClass All 68th

37.5"

Vertical

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 84thClass Pos 79thClass All 81th

122"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 74thClass Pos 69thClass All 75th

31 reps

Bench

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 94thClass Pos 98thClass All 95th

6.94s

3-Cone

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 77thClass Pos 78thClass All 85th

4.14s

Shuttle

Strong · 83th pct

Pos 83thAll 83thClass Pos 72thClass All 84th

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl49Solo31Ast18TFL3QBHits2Sk1.0Dis6.0Int1PD1FF1

College Stats

Notre DameCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Notre Dame), 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.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #130

#121Trevon WescoTE #122Benny SnellRB #123Ben PowersG #124Phil HaynesG #125Renell WrenDT #126Riley RidleyWR #127Iman MarshallCB #128Tony PollardRB #131Wes MartinG #132Ugo AmadiCB #133Jarrett StidhamQB #134Greg GainesDT #135John CominskyDE #136Mike JordanOL #137Foster MoreauTE #138Shareef MillerDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Drue inherited the Los Angeles Chargers LB room from Uchenna Nwosu (2018–2021), and handed it to Kenneth Murray, Jr. (2020–2023).

Billy Ray Smith Jr. 1983–1991Junior Seau 1990–2002Lewis Bush 1993–1999Kurt Gouveia 1996–1998Gerald Dixon 1998–2001Ben Leber

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with KC
2023team change
Joined KC (from LAC)
2019draft
Drafted by LAC — Round 4, Pick 130

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 234 lb

Frame

234 lb at 4.57s

Size-speed

37.5" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

31 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	KC	0	W18Doubtful· Coaching Decision
2023	KC	1	W14Out· Concussion
2022	LAC	0	W1Questionable· BackW13Questionable· Illness
2021	LAC	1	W6Out· ChestW8Questionable· ChestW17Doubtful· AnkleW18Questionable· Ankle
2019	LAC	0	W1Questionable· BackW4Questionable· AnkleW11Questionable· Calf

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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 71

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

C+2019

B2021

B+2022

B2023

B2024

B+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

82%

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
2019	59	4.9	76+17	4.5
2021	68	5.2	85+17	5
2022	124	7.3	120-4	7
2023	75	5	84+9	5
2024	87	5.4	92+5	5.4
2025	100	5.9	100	5.9

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

Career Value · VORP

117 career value over replacement — #905 all-time of 4,642. 19.5/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #130 (Rd 4) · LAC · 2019 · +35.5 vs expected KV-H

69actual

33.5 expected · Δ+35.5

💔+24.6 stolen VORP·1.26 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

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 · 2019

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

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Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator