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

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Eric Barton

Top 13% all-time linebackersIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 2003

Height6'3"

Weight245 lb

BornSep 29, 1977

Age49

CollegeMaryland See College Stats

Rookie yr

Combined Season Grid

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

1 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1999	21–22	OAK	3	—	20	18	2	4	2	3.0	9.0	0	0	1	—	0	0
2000	22–23	OAK	3	—	4	2	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2001	23–24	OAK	11	—	21	16	5	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2002	24–25	OAK	16	—	102	73	29	15	4	6.0	25.0	2	4	3	—	0	0
2003	25–26	OAK	16	—	108	74	34	0	0	0.5	0.5	0	6	1	—	0	0
2004	26–27	NYJ	16	—	77	47	30	0	0	2.5	2.5	1	2	1	3	0	0
2005	27–28	NYJ	3	—	16	8	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2006	28–29	NYJ	16	—	69	41	28	0	4	4.5	8.5	0	2	1	—	0	0
2007	29–30	NYJ	16	—	52	26	26	0	4	2.0	6.0	1	2	0	—	0	0
2008	30–31	NYJ	16	—	82	56	26	2	3	1.5	6.5	0	4	1	1	0	0
2009	31–32	CLE	8	—	44	22	22	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	2	0	1	0	0
2010	32–33	CLE	16	—	46	27	19	4	1	0.0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Career		—	140	—	641	410	231	30	20	20.0	70.0	4	24	8	6	0	0

Career Value · VORP

124 career value over replacement — #852 all-time of 4,695. 13.8/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #146 (Rd 5) · LV · 1999 · +34.5 vs expected KV-H

65actual

30.5 expected · Δ+34.5

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Career arc · VAL by season

9 seasons · peak 5.8 in 2002

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

0.9 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2002 · +0.4 wins

Defence+0.4

Latest season · 2010 · −0.1 wins

Defence−0.1

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.

Position percentile · LB

#126 of 967 all-time linebackers by KV-H

087th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
1999	21–22	OAK	3	—	20	18	2	4	2	3.0	9.0	0	0	1	—	—
2000	22–23	OAK	3	—	4	2	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	—
2001	23–24	OAK	11	—	21	16	5	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0
2002	24–25	OAK	16	—	102	73	29	15	4	6.0	25.0	2	4	3	—	5.8
2003	25–26	OAK	16	—	108	74	34	0	0	0.5	0.5	0	6	1	—	0
2004	26–27	NYJ	16	—	77	47	30	0	0	2.5	2.5	1	2	1	3	2.6
2005	27–28	NYJ	3	—	16	8	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	—
2006	28–29	NYJ	16	—	69	41	28	0	4	4.5	8.5	0	2	1	—	2.2
2007	29–30	NYJ	16	—	52	26	26	0	4	2.0	6.0	1	2	0	—	1.4
2008	30–31	NYJ	16	—	82	56	26	2	3	1.5	6.5	0	4	1	1	0.3
2009	31–32	CLE	8	—	44	22	22	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	2	0	1	0
2010	32–33	CLE	16	—	46	27	19	4	1	0.0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
Career			140		641	410	231	30	20	20.0	70.0	4	24	8	6	12.3