Ja'Whaun Bentley ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Bentley in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Bentley a career score of 68, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Ja'Whaun Bentley

Top 8% all-time linebackersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2022

Height6'2"

Weight250 lb

BornAug 24, 1996

Age29

CollegePurdue See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 5, Pick 143 · NE

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 93 · #1230 · High-Value

Worth 93 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 27% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.6

Avg surplus

peak +25

5 seasons × ~18.6 surplus ≈ VORP 93

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%
2018	—	NE	3	—	13	8	5	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	138	63.0%	46	55.0%	8	6	0.8	54.2	5.9	1	0	1	14	1	0.1
2019	—	NE	15	—	31	17	14	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	275	27.1%	132	28.7%	15	11	0.7	81.0	3.5	4	3	1	27	3	0.1
2020	—	NE	13	—	81	40	41	3	3	1.5	7.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	608	73.8%	43	13.8%	31	24	0.8	96.3	4.3	6	2	2	45	9	0.1
2021	—	NE	16	—	90	49	41	5	5	1.0	11.0	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	691	68.8%	32	18.1%	43	29	0.7	87.3	6.3	9	3	5	32	8	0.1
2022	—	NE	17	—	109	47	62	5	6	3.0	14.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	907	79.9%	93	20.3%	47	37	0.8	86.3	2.6	11	6	2	51	10	0.1
2023	—	NE	16	—	102	43	59	5	12	4.5	21.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	985	91.8%	11	6.3%	44	33	0.8	96.6	4.1	16	6	5	77	13	0.1
2024	—	NE	1	—	11	6	5	0	1	0.5	1.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	61	57.0%	—	0.0%	6	6	1.0	97.9	2.3	1	0	0	7	0	0.0
Career		—	81	—	437	210	227	21	29	10.5	60.5	2	11	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	3,665	65.9%	357	23.7%	194	146	—	—	—	48	20	16	253	44	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2018	22	NE	3	—	13	8	5	1	1	0.0	2.0	1	1	0	—	—
2019	23	NE	15	0*	31	17	14	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	5
2020	24	NE	13	10*	81	40	41	3	3	1.5	7.5	0	2	0	—	6.3
2021	25	NE	16	11*	90	49	41	5	5	1.0	11.0	0	2	2	—	8.7
2022	26	NE	17	14*	109	47	62	5	6	3.0	14.0	1	2	0	—	9
2023	27	NE	16	15*	102	43	59	5	12	4.5	21.5	0	3	1	—	9.2
2024	28	NE	1	—	11	6	5	0	1	0.5	1.5	0	0	0	—	—
Career			81	50*	437	210	227	21	29	—	—	2	11	3	—	38.2

* 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%
2018	22	NE	3	—	—	0.0%	138	63.0%	46	55.0%
2019	23	NE	16	0*	—	0.0%	275	27.1%	132	28.7%
2020	24	NE	13	10*	—	0.0%	608	73.8%	43	13.8%
2021	25	NE	16	11*	—	0.0%	691	68.8%	32	18.1%
2022	26	NE	17	14*	—	0.0%	907	79.9%	93	20.3%
2023	27	NE	16	15*	—	0.0%	985	91.8%	11	6.3%
2024	28	NE	2	—	—	0.0%	61	57.0%	—	0.0%
Career			83	50*	—	—	3,665	—	357	—

* 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	22	NE	3	—	8	6	0.8	54.2	5.9	1	0	1	14	1	0.1
2019	23	NE	16	0*	15	11	0.7	81.0	3.5	4	3	1	27	3	0.1
2020	24	NE	13	10*	31	24	0.8	96.3	4.3	6	2	2	45	9	0.1
2021	25	NE	16	11*	43	29	0.7	87.3	6.3	9	3	5	32	8	0.1
2022	26	NE	17	14*	47	37	0.8	86.3	2.6	11	6	2	51	10	0.1
2023	27	NE	16	15*	44	33	0.8	96.6	4.1	16	6	5	77	13	0.1
2024	28	NE	2	—	6	6	1.0	97.9	2.3	1	0	0	7	0	0.0
Career			83	50*	194	146	—	—	—	48	20	16	253	44	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 67.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 66

On-field 47.3

Availability 18.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 66elite 702023

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Sacks leader5

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:2.087See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.087Snap share65.9%Def snaps3,665ReliableCV 0.25

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+).

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl5Solo4Ast1

College Stats

PurdueCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Purdue), 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #143

#134Chase EdmondsRB #135John Franklin-MyersDE #136Marquis HaynesLB #137Dalton SchultzTE #139R.J. McIntoshDT #140Maurice HurstDT #141Shaquem GriffinOLB #142D.J. ReedCB #144Justin WatsonWR #145Bilal NicholsDT #146Tre FlowersCB #147Micah KiserLB #148Marcus AllenLB #149Michael DicksonP #150Genard AveryDE #151Davontae HarrisCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ja'Whaun inherited the New England Patriots LB room from Kyle Van Noy (2016–2021), and handed it to Joshua Uche (2020–2024).

Todd F. Collins 1992–1998Willie McGinest 1994–2005Ted Johnson 1995–2004Tedy Bruschi 1996–2008Roman Phifer 2001–2004Mike Vrabel

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2024final season
Last recorded season with NE
2018draft
Drafted by NE — Round 5, Pick 143

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 250 lb

Frame

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	NE	1	W3Out· Shoulder
2023	NE	0	W9Questionable· HamstringW10Questionable· HamstringW12Questionable· HamstringW15Questionable· KneeW16Questionable· Knee
2021	NE	0	W4Questionable· ShoulderW5Questionable· ShoulderW7Questionable· RibsW8Questionable· RibsW9Questionable· RibsW10Questionable· RibsW11Questionable· RibsW12Questionable· RibsW13Questionable· RibsW15Questionable· RibsW16Questionable· Ribs / Ankle
2020	NE	0	W9Questionable· GroinW10Questionable· GroinW11Questionable· GroinW12Questionable· GroinW13Questionable· GroinW14Questionable· GroinW16Questionable· ShoulderW17Questionable· Shoulder
2019	NE	0	W12Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· KneeW14Questionable· KneeW15Questionable· KneeW16Questionable· KneeW17Questionable· KneeW18Questionable· Knee

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 70

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

C+2019

B2020

B2021

B+2022

B+2023

Availability

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

80%

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	31	2.1	27-4	1.6
2020	81	6.2	103+22	6
2021	90	5.6	92+2	5.4
2022	109	6.4	105-4	6.2
2023	102	6.4	108+6	6.3

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

Career Value · VORP

93 career value over replacement — #1230 all-time of 4,642. 18.6/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #143 (Rd 5) · NE · 2018 · +35 vs expected KV-H

68actual

33 expected · Δ+35

💔+22.3 stolen VORP·1.2 szns lost

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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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2018 Draft Class· this player went #143

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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