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

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Jahlani Tavai

Top 16% all-time linebackersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2024

Height6'2"

Weight255 lb

BornSep 28, 1996

Age29

CollegeHawaii See College Stats

ConferenceMountain West

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 2, Pick 43 · DET

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time linebacker who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 83 · #1390 · High-Value

Worth 83 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 31% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +13.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+13.8

Avg surplus

peak +24

6 seasons × ~13.8 surplus ≈ VORP 83

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%
2019	—	DET	14	—	53	32	21	5	3	2.0	10.0	1	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	597	56.0%	89	24.8%	23	16	0.7	78.4	5.7	4	1	1	23	8	0.1
2020	—	DET	14	—	52	27	25	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	0	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	624	55.9%	126	28.4%	30	23	0.8	143.1	4.2	3	2	1	44	8	0.1
2021	—	NE	4	—	4	1	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	56	10.7%	195	57.5%	5	5	1.0	158.3	4.8	0	0	0	0	2	0.1
2022	—	NE	17	—	53	22	31	2	4	1.5	7.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	570	49.9%	330	72.7%	29	22	0.8	94.6	1.0	7	4	1	19	0	0.0
2023	—	NE	17	—	87	43	44	5	4	1.0	10.0	2	5	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	837	73.7%	359	78.7%	35	26	0.7	69.5	1.2	5	1	3	55	10	0.1
2024	—	NE	17	—	103	48	55	7	2	1.0	10.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	915	81.8%	191	43.5%	55	42	0.8	96.9	4.4	7	5	1	48	8	0.1
2025	—	NE	12	—	41	20	21	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	228	32.4%	218	71.0%	13	12	0.9	95.8	3.2	0	0	0	14	1	0.0
Career		—	95	—	393	193	200	25	14	5.5	44.5	4	14	6	2	0	0	—	0.0%	3,827	51.5%	1,508	53.8%	190	146	—	—	—	26	13	7	203	37	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2019	23	DET	14	8*	53	32	21	5	3	2.0	10.0	1	2	1	—	8.1
2020	24	DET	14	9*	52	27	25	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	0	2	1	6.2
2021	25	NE	4	0*	4	1	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	1.2
2022	26	NE	17	0*	53	22	31	2	4	1.5	7.5	0	2	0	—	6.4
2023	27	NE	17	13*	87	43	44	5	4	1.0	10.0	2	5	2	—	10.9
2024	28	NE	17	14*	103	48	55	7	2	1.0	10.0	1	5	0	—	9.1
2025	29	NE	12	0*	41	20	21	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	0	1	—	5.3
Career			95	44*	393	193	200	25	14	—	—	4	14	6	2	47.2

* 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%
2019	23	DET	15	8*	—	0.0%	597	56.0%	89	24.8%
2020	24	DET	16	9*	—	0.0%	624	55.9%	126	28.4%
2021	25	NE	13	0*	—	0.0%	56	10.7%	195	57.5%
2022	26	NE	17	0*	—	0.0%	570	49.9%	330	72.7%
2023	27	NE	17	13*	—	0.0%	837	73.7%	359	78.7%
2024	28	NE	17	14*	—	0.0%	915	81.8%	191	43.5%
2025	29	NE	12	0*	—	0.0%	228	32.4%	218	71.0%
Career			107	44*	—	—	3,827	—	1,508	—

* 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%
2019	23	DET	15	8*	23	16	0.7	78.4	5.7	4	1	1	23	8	0.1
2020	24	DET	16	9*	30	23	0.8	143.1	4.2	3	2	1	44	8	0.1
2021	25	NE	13	0*	5	5	1.0	158.3	4.8	0	0	0	0	2	0.1
2022	26	NE	17	0*	29	22	0.8	94.6	1.0	7	4	1	19	0	0.0
2023	27	NE	17	13*	35	26	0.7	69.5	1.2	5	1	3	55	10	0.1
2024	28	NE	17	14*	55	42	0.8	96.9	4.4	7	5	1	48	8	0.1
2025	29	NE	12	0*	13	12	0.9	95.8	3.2	0	0	0	14	1	0.0
Career			107	44*	190	146	—	—	—	26	13	7	203	37	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 62 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 62 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62 × longevity 1 = KV-H 62· confidence 93%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 42.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 55elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 3% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

3% of the all-time Sacks leader3

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.79See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.79Snap share51.5%Def snaps3,827ReliableCV 0.29

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

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl8Solo2Ast6

College Stats

HawaiiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Hawaii), 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.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #43

#34Rock Ya-SinCB #35Jawaan TaylorOT #36Deebo Samuel Sr.WR #38Cody FordOT #39Sean Murphy-BuntingCB #40Trayvon MullenCB #41Dalton RisnerG #42Drew LockQB #44Elgton JenkinsC #45Joejuan WilliamsCB #46Greedy WilliamsCB #47Marquise BlairDB #48Erik McCoyC #49Ben BanoguDE #50Irv SmithTE #51A.J. BrownWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jahlani inherited the New England Patriots LB room from Matthew Judon (2021–2023), and handed it to Marte Mapu (2023–2025).

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

2025final season
Last recorded season with NE
2021team change
Joined NE (from DET)
2019draft
Drafted by DET — Round 2, Pick 43

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 255 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	NE	0	W17Questionable· Groin
2023	NE	0	W16Questionable· AnkleW18Questionable· Tooth

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

peak 65

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

C+2019

C+2020

F2021

C+2022

B2023

B+2024

C+2025

Availability

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

91%

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	53	3.8	57+4	3.3
2020	52	3.7	60+8	3.5
2021	4	1	15+11	0.9
2022	53	3.1	51-2	3
2023	87	5.1	86-1	5.1
2024	103	6.1	102-1	6
2025	41	3.4	58+17	3.4

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

83 career value over replacement — #1390 all-time of 4,642. 11.9/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #43 (Rd 2) · DET · 2019 · +12.2 vs expected KV-H

62actual

49.8 expected · Δ+12.2

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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

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2019 Draft Class· this player went #43

Franchise Succession

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Injury History

Knox

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