Eric Kendricks ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Kendricks in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Kendricks a career score of 78, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

MLBSFACT

Eric Kendricks

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 2% all-time linebackersIron Legend📊 Undervalued by voters ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2024

Height6'0"

Weight232 lb

BornFeb 29, 1992

Age34

CollegeUCLA See College Stats

ConferencePacific Twelve

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 2, Pick 45 · MIN

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber linebacker (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with reliable availability. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 266 · #193 · Elite

Worth 266 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 5% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 10 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+26.6

Avg surplus

peak +32

10 seasons × ~26.6 surplus ≈ VORP 266

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%
2015	—	MIN	14	—	83	63	20	8	8	4.0	20.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	762	81.8%	74	20.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	MIN	15	—	109	70	39	9	4	2.5	15.5	1	9	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	869	89.5%	55	15.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	MIN	16	—	112	66	46	10	6	1.0	17.0	1	6	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	967	96.8%	62	14.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	MIN	14	—	103	58	45	3	1	1.0	5.0	2	7	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	875	97.6%	71	18.2%	66	46	0.7	90.7	4.5	7	6	0	39	8	0.1
2019	—	MIN	15	—	104	64	40	4	2	0.5	6.5	0	12	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	947	93.4%	65	17.2%	60	32	0.5	82.8	7.9	6	4	1	60	10	0.1
2020	—	MIN	11	—	97	59	38	4	1	0.0	5.0	3	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	754	99.8%	66	21.6%	41	29	0.7	58.8	6.0	5	4	1	53	8	0.1
2021	—	MIN	15	—	125	63	62	8	5	5.0	18.0	2	4	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,032	98.0%	81	18.3%	58	43	0.7	101.6	5.9	7	2	0	67	15	0.1
2022	—	MIN	17	—	124	74	50	8	2	1.0	11.0	0	6	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	1,095	93.5%	79	15.9%	85	63	0.7	100.3	3.5	5	3	1	32	12	0.1
2023	—	LAC	15	—	105	67	38	7	7	3.5	17.5	0	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	848	84.8%	17	7.8%	59	47	0.8	101.8	3.4	7	1	2	53	5	0.0
2024	—	DAL	15	—	128	61	67	4	3	3.0	10.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	920	95.9%	—	0.0%	36	26	0.7	101.0	3.9	4	1	0	36	9	0.1
2025	—	SF	2	—	6	3	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	46	34.5%	39	48.3%	3	3	1.0	118.7	9.3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career		—	149	—	1,096	648	448	65	39	21.5	125.5	11	60	8	7	3	0	—	0.0%	9,115	87.8%	609	19.8%	408	289	—	—	—	41	21	5	340	67	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2015	23	MIN	14	11*	83	63	20	8	8	4.0	20.0	0	1	0	—	0	8.4
2016	24	MIN	15	13*	109	70	39	9	4	2.5	15.5	1	9	1	1	1	12.2
2017	25	MIN	16	15*	112	66	46	10	6	1.0	17.0	1	6	0	—	1	10.8
2018	26	MIN	14	14*	103	58	45	3	1	1.0	5.0	2	7	1	1	0	10.1
2019	27	MIN	15	14*	104	64	40	4	2	0.5	6.5	0	12	2	2	0	9.2
2020	28	MIN	11	11*	97	59	38	4	1	0.0	5.0	3	6	0	—	0	8.2
2021	29	MIN	15	15*	125	63	62	8	5	5.0	18.0	2	4	0	1	0	12
2022	30	MIN	17	16*	124	74	50	8	2	1.0	11.0	0	6	0	1	1	9
2023	31	LAC	15	13*	105	67	38	7	7	3.5	17.5	0	6	1	—	0	9.1
2024	32	DAL	15	14*	128	61	67	4	3	3.0	10.0	2	3	3	1	0	11.2
2025	33	SF	2	—	6	3	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			149	136*	1,096	648	448	65	39	—	—	11	60	8	7	3	100.2

* 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%
2015	23	MIN	14	11*	—	0.0%	762	81.8%	74	20.7%
2016	24	MIN	15	13*	—	0.0%	869	89.5%	55	15.4%
2017	25	MIN	16	15*	—	0.0%	967	96.8%	62	14.5%
2018	26	MIN	14	14*	—	0.0%	875	97.6%	71	18.2%
2019	27	MIN	15	14*	—	0.0%	947	93.4%	65	17.2%
2020	28	MIN	11	11*	—	0.0%	754	99.8%	66	21.6%
2021	29	MIN	15	15*	—	0.0%	1,032	98.0%	81	18.3%
2022	30	MIN	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,095	93.5%	79	15.9%
2023	31	LAC	15	13*	—	0.0%	848	84.8%	17	7.8%
2024	32	DAL	15	14*	—	0.0%	920	95.9%	—	0.0%
2025	33	SF	3	—	—	0.0%	46	34.5%	39	48.3%
Career			150	136*	—	—	9,115	—	609	—

* 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%
2018	26	MIN	14	14*	66	46	0.7	90.7	4.5	7	6	0	39	8	0.1
2019	27	MIN	15	14*	60	32	0.5	82.8	7.9	6	4	1	60	10	0.1
2020	28	MIN	11	11*	41	29	0.7	58.8	6.0	5	4	1	53	8	0.1
2021	29	MIN	15	15*	58	43	0.7	101.6	5.9	7	2	0	67	15	0.1
2022	30	MIN	17	16*	85	63	0.7	100.3	3.5	5	3	1	32	12	0.1
2023	31	LAC	15	13*	59	47	0.8	101.8	3.4	7	1	2	53	5	0.0
2024	32	DAL	15	14*	36	26	0.7	101.0	3.9	4	1	0	36	9	0.1
2025	33	SF	3	—	3	3	1.0	118.7	9.3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career			105	97*	408	289	—	—	—	41	21	5	340	67	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 78 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 78 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 10 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 75.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 78· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 74

On-field 55.8

Availability 18.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 74elite 702024

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Sacks leader11

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.244See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.244Snap share87.8%Def snaps9,115ConsistentCV 0.21

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 · 2015

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

LB · 2015 class

4.61s

40-Yard

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 57thClass Pos 78thClass All 61th

38"

Vertical

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 87thClass Pos 88thClass All 85th

124"

Broad Jump

Strong · 83th pct

Pos 83thAll 82thClass Pos 92thClass All 86th

19 reps

Bench

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 38thClass Pos 17thClass All 35th

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl60Solo36Ast24TFL4QBHits2Sk1.0Dis7.0Int1PD8

College Stats

UCLACollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (UCLA), 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.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #45

#37Devin SmithWR #38Preston SmithDE #39Eddie GoldmanNT #40Dorial Green-BeckhamWR #41Devin FunchessWR #42Jalen CollinsCB #43Benardrick McKinneyILB #44Hau'oli KikahaOLB #46Jaquiski TarttS #47Eric RoweCB #48Denzel PerrymanMLB #49Mitch MorseC #50Ronald DarbyCB #51Nate OrchardDE #52Jordan PhillipsDT #53Jake FisherOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Eric inherited the Minnesota Vikings LB room from Anthony Barr (2014–2023), and handed it to Eric Wilson (2017–2025).

Jesse Solomon 1986–1989Jack Del Rio 1992–1995Ed McDaniel 1992–2001Jeff Brady 1995–1997Dwayne Rudd 1997–2000Kailee Wong

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined SF (from DAL)
2025final season
Last recorded season with SF
2024team change
Joined DAL (from LAC)
2023team change
Joined LAC (from MIN)
2015draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 2, Pick 45

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 232 lb

Frame

232 lb at 4.61s

Size-speed

38" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

19 reps

Bench power

Injury History

11 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	DAL	1	W6Out· Calf / ShoulderW8Questionable· ShoulderW9Questionable· ShoulderW10Questionable· ShoulderW13Questionable· Groin / ShoulderW15Questionable· Not injury related - personal matter / ShoulderW16Questionable· Not injury related - personal matter / CalfW17Questionable· Calf
2023	LAC	1	W2Doubtful· Hamstring / Not injury related - personal matterW3Out· HamstringW9Questionable· Ribs
2022	MIN	0	W3Questionable· ToeW16Questionable· Hip
2021	MIN	0	W2Questionable· QuadricepW13Questionable· Biceps
2020	MIN	4	W14Out· CalfW15Out· CalfW16Out· CalfW17Out· Calf
2019	MIN	1	W17Out· Quadricep
2018	MIN	2	W14Questionable· RibW16Out· HamstringW17Out· Hamstring
2017	MIN	0	W13Questionable· Hip
2016	MIN	1	W9Out· ConcussionW11Questionable· HipW12Questionable· Hip
2015	MIN	1	W9Out· RibsW10Doubtful· Ribs

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 10-season peers. See all →

peak 78

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

B2015

B+2016

B+2017

B+2018

B+2019

B+2020

B+2021

B+2022

B+2023

B+2024

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.

83%

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
2015	83	5.9	85+2	5
2016	109	7.3	114+5	6.7
2017	112	7	108-4	6.3
2018	103	7.4	116+13	6.8
2019	104	6.9	111+7	6.5
2020	97	8.8	146+49	8.6
2021	125	8.3	137+12	8.1
2022	124	7.3	120-4	7
2023	105	7	118+13	6.9
2024	128	8.5	143+15	8.4

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

266 career value over replacement — #193 all-time of 4,642. 26.6/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #45 (Rd 2) · MIN · 2015 · +28.2 vs expected KV-H

78actual

49.8 expected · Δ+28.2

💔+49.7 stolen VORP·1.87 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 · 2015

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #45

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography