Frankie Luvu is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Luvu in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Luvu's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
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% | |||||
| 2018 | 21–22 | NYJ | 14 | — | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 442 | 44.9% | 181 | 41.3% | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 84.7 | 0.2 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 7 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 22–23 | NYJ | 13 | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 69 | 7.8% | 214 | 56.9% | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 94.4 | 4.7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 23–24 | NYJ | 13 | — | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 0.0% | 258 | 27.8% | 238 | 66.1% | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 131.2 | 4.8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 0.2 |
| 2021 | 24–25 | CAR | 16 | — | 31 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1.5 | 14.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 249 | 24.3% | 303 | 71.1% | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 94.8 | 4.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 25–26 | CAR | 15 | — | 99 | 64 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7.0 | 35.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 940 | 92.1% | 71 | 16.9% | 48 | 34 | 0.7 | 97.3 | 1.6 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 26–27 | CAR | 17 | — | 113 | 54 | 59 | 10 | 11 | 5.5 | 26.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 990 | 94.6% | 50 | 11.6% | 56 | 34 | 0.6 | 94.8 | 2.8 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 18 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 27–28 | WAS | 17 | — | 93 | 48 | 45 | 12 | 14 | 8.0 | 34.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,059 | 97.6% | 23 | 5.1% | 30 | 22 | 0.7 | 78.3 | 3.0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 123 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 28–29 | WAS | 17 | — | 84 | 40 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 3.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,107 | 97.3% | 4 | 0.9% | 40 | 33 | 0.8 | 116.9 | 3.2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 73 | 18 | 0.2 |
| 2026 | 29–30 | WAS | 3 | — | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 181 | 82.7% | 16 | 17.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 125 | — | 486 | 266 | 220 | 65 | 63 | 32.0 | 160.0 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 199 | 145 | — | — | — | 90 | 28 | 29 | 394 | 66 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
97 career value over replacement — #1199 all-time of 4,695. 13.9/season above a replacement-level LB.
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