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

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Jake Ryan

Top 33% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter

Height6'2"

Weight240 lb

BornFeb 27, 1992

Age34

CollegeMichigan See College Stats

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 4, Pick 129 · GB

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

A quality linebacker with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 34 · #2520 · Role Player

Worth 34 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 55% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 3 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.3

Avg surplus

peak +16

3 seasons × ~11.3 surplus ≈ VORP 34

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2015	—	GB	7	—	45	30	15	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	260	47.4%	212	52.4%
2016	—	GB	13	—	74	49	25	7	3	0.0	10.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	559	67.0%	109	27.7%
2017	—	GB	14	—	70	41	29	4	1	1.0	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	507	54.7%	210	54.5%
2019	—	JAX	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	1	1.0%	34	67.0%
Career		—	36	—	189	120	69	14	4	1.0	19.0	0	3	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,327	42.5%	565	50.4%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2015	23	GB	7	0*	45	30	15	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	0	1	3.1
2016	24	GB	13	9*	74	49	25	7	3	0.0	10.0	3	0	—	6.6
2017	25	GB	14	8*	70	41	29	4	1	1.0	6.0	0	1	1	6.5
Career			34	17*	189	120	69	14	4	—	—	3	1	2	16.2

* 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	GB	14	0*	—	0.0%	260	47.4%	212	52.4%
2016	24	GB	14	9*	—	0.0%	559	67.0%	109	27.7%
2017	25	GB	15	8*	—	0.0%	507	54.7%	210	54.5%
2019	27	JAX	2	—	—	0.0%	1	1.0%	34	67.0%
Career			45	17*	—	—	1,327	—	565	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 51 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 51 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 59.2 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 51· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 60

On-field 44.9

Availability 15.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2015bestavg 582017

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 1% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

1% of the all-time Sacks leader1

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: 88%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.735See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.735Snap share56.4%Def snaps1,326ReliableCV 0.31

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

4.65s

40-Yard

Above avg · 60th pct

Pos 60thAll 50thClass Pos 69thClass All 52th

34.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 54th pct

Pos 54thAll 59thClass Pos 35thClass All 54th

120"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 63th pct

Pos 63thAll 64thClass Pos 50thClass All 62th

20 reps

Bench

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 44thClass Pos 33thClass All 44th

7.11s

3-Cone

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 55thClass Pos 55thClass All 53th

4.20s

Shuttle

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 73thClass Pos 60thClass All 68th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl30Solo21Ast9TFL2Dis2.0PD3

College Stats

MichiganCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Michigan), 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 #129

#121Doran GrantCB #122Za'Darius SmithDE #123Vince MayleTE #124Kwon AlexanderMLB #125Javorius AllenRB #126Mike DavisRB #127Damien WilsonOLB #128Jon FelicianoG #131Shaq MasonG #132DeAndre SmelterWR #133Max GarciaG #134Mark GlowinskiG #136Tray WalkerCB #137Grady JarrettDT #138David CobbRB #139Rashad GreeneWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jake inherited the Green Bay Packers LB room from Nick Perry (2012–2018), and handed it to Blake Martinez (2016–2019).

Bryce Paup 1990–1994George Koonce 1992–1999Brian Williams 1995–2000Bernardo Harris 1995–2001John Thierry 2000–2001Nate Wayne

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2019team change
Joined JAX (from GB)
2019final season
Last recorded season with JAX
2015draft
Drafted by GB — Round 4, Pick 129

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 240 lb

Frame

240 lb at 4.65s

Size-speed

34.5" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

20 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	GB	0	W3Doubtful· Hamstring / ConcussionW15Questionable· Knee
2016	GB	1	W11Out· AnkleW12Questionable· AnkleW13Questionable· Ankle
2015	GB	0	W4Doubtful· HamstringW5Doubtful· 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 3-season peers. See all →

peak 58

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

C+2015

B2016

B2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

70%

20152019

2019 · cause not documented · 13%

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	45	6.4	94+49	5.5
2016	74	5.7	86+12	5
2017	70	5	73+3	4.3

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

34 career value over replacement — #2520 all-time of 4,642. 11.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #129 (Rd 4) · GB · 2015 · +17.5 vs expected KV-H

51actual

33.5 expected · Δ+17.5

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

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 #129

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator