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

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Gerald Hodges

Top 25% all-time linebackersReliable Starter

Height6'2"

Weight236 lb

BornJan 17, 1991

Age35

CollegePenn State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 4, Pick 120 · MIN

Archetype Intelligence

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A linebacker with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 51 · #2012 · Above Average

Worth 51 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 44% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12.8

Avg surplus

peak +16

4 seasons × ~12.8 surplus ≈ VORP 51

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%
2013	—	MIN	1	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	2	3.0%	181	53.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	MIN	11	—	63	48	15	2	2	0.5	4.5	1	6	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	503	58.0%	136	34.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	SF	13	—	62	46	16	4	1	0.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	517	51.6%	80	20.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	SF	13	—	73	45	28	3	4	3.0	10.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	584	58.1%	73	26.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NO	11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	12	12.5%	178	57.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	ARI	8	—	48	37	11	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	356	43.0%	265	61.1%	22	18	0.8	97.0	4.3	2	1	1	16	5	0.1
Career		—	57	—	246	176	70	11	8	3.5	22.5	3	9	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	1,974	37.7%	913	42.1%	22	18	—	—	—	2	1	1	16	5	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2013	22	MIN	1	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2014	23	MIN	11	8*	63	48	15	2	2	0.5	4.5	1	6	0	—	1	7.1
2015	24	SF	13	7*	62	46	16	4	1	0.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	0	5.5
2016	25	SF	13	9*	73	45	28	3	4	3.0	10.0	2	2	1	1	0	9.7
2018	27	ARI	8	0*	48	37	11	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	3.4
Career			46	24*	246	176	70	11	8	—	—	3	9	1	1	1	25.7

* 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%
2013	22	MIN	11	0*	—	0.0%	2	3.0%	181	53.1%
2014	23	MIN	14	8*	—	0.0%	503	58.0%	136	34.8%
2015	24	SF	14	7*	—	0.0%	517	51.6%	80	20.1%
2016	25	SF	15	9*	—	0.0%	584	58.1%	73	26.1%
2017	26	NO	11	0*	—	0.0%	12	12.5%	178	57.2%
2018	27	ARI	16	0*	—	0.0%	356	43.0%	265	61.1%
Career			81	24*	—	—	1,974	—	913	—

* 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	27	ARI	16	0*	22	18	0.8	97.0	4.3	2	1	1	16	5	0.1
Career			16		22	18	—	—	—	2	1	1	16	5	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 60 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 56· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 45.4

Availability 14.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2014bestavg 602018

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 2% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

2% of the all-time Sacks leader2

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.809See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.809Snap share42.7%Def snaps1,962VolatileCV 0.42

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 · 2013

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

LB · 2013 class

4.78s

40-Yard

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 36thClass Pos 43thClass All 40th

119"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 60thClass Pos 74thClass All 61th

22 reps

Bench

Below avg · 49th pct

Pos 49thAll 56thClass Pos 47thClass All 60th

College Stats

Penn StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Penn State), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #120

#111Shamarko ThomasDB #113Barrett JonesG #114B.W. WebbCB #115Landry JonesQB #116Earl WatfordG #117Khaseem GreeneLB #118Sean PorterOLB #119Phillip ThomasDB #121Khaled HolmesC #122JC TretterC #124Trevardo WilliamsOLB #125Johnathan FranklinRB #126William GholstonDT #127Malliciah GoodmanDE #128Quinton PattonWR #130Kyle JuszczykFB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Gerald inherited the San Francisco 49ers LB room from Aaron Lynch (2014–2017), and handed it to Eli Harold (2015–2017).

Bill Romanowski 1988–1993Kevin Mitchell 1994–1997Lee Woodall 1994–1999Tony Peterson 1994–1999Ken Norton 1994–2000Jeff Posey

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2018team change
Joined ARI (from NO)
2018final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2017team change
Joined NO (from SF)
2015team change
Joined SF (from MIN)
2013draft
Drafted by MIN — Round 4, Pick 120

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 236 lb

Frame

243 lb at 4.78s

Size-speed

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2014	MIN	1	W7Out· HamstringW8Doubtful· Hamstring

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 4-season peers. See all →

peak 60

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

C+2014

C+2015

B2016

C+2018

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

84%

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
2014	63	5.7	80+17	4.7
2015	62	4.8	64+2	3.8
2016	73	5.6	84+11	5
2018	48	6	93+45	5.4

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

51 career value over replacement — #2012 all-time of 4,642. 12.8/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #120 (Rd 4) · MIN · 2013 · +21.6 vs expected KV-H

56actual

34.4 expected · Δ+21.6

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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 · 2013

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #120

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography