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

LBLV#33ACT

Jamal Adams

3× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 11% all-time linebackersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2018

Height6'1"

Weight213 lb

BornOct 17, 1995

Age30

CollegeLSU See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2017

Draft2017 · Rd 1, Pick 6 · NYJ

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time linebacker who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 118 · #894 · High-Value

Worth 118 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 20% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.9

Avg surplus

peak +26

7 seasons × ~16.9 surplus ≈ VORP 118

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%
2017	—	NYJ	16	—	79	60	19	9	2	2.0	13.0	0	6	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,101	98.6%	104	22.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NYJ	16	—	111	82	29	9	8	3.5	20.5	1	12	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,119	99.9%	54	14.8%	60	33	0.6	74.7	9.8	10	2	4	69	12	0.1
2019	—	NYJ	14	—	74	60	14	10	13	6.5	29.5	1	7	2	1	2	0	—	0.0%	961	99.0%	40	14.2%	38	21	0.6	75.2	6.6	16	3	6	90	4	0.1
2020	—	SEA	12	—	81	57	24	11	14	9.5	34.5	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	784	93.5%	21	10.4%	45	35	0.8	104.7	6.8	26	10	6	98	9	0.1
2021	—	SEA	12	—	78	47	31	4	2	0.0	6.0	2	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	872	95.3%	—	0.0%	51	30	0.6	93.8	8.2	6	5	1	44	7	0.1
2022	—	SEA	1	—	3	3	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	15	23.0%	—	0.0%	2	0	0.0	39.6	8.5	1	0	1	1	0	0.0
2023	—	SEA	9	—	42	28	14	7	2	0.0	9.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	518	84.7%	—	0.0%	31	25	0.8	111.7	4.7	6	3	3	22	9	0.2
2024	—	DET	4	—	6	3	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	TEN	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	40	13.2%	3	8.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	—	2TM	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	1.0	118.7	0.7	0	0	0	4	2	0.2
2025	—	LV	17	—	42	28	14	4	2	1.0	7.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	448	39.6%	—	0.0%	37	33	0.9	87.4	0.2	5	3	1	27	8	0.2
Career		—	111	—	516	368	148	54	44	22.5	120.5	4	36	8	4	2	0	—	0.0%	5,858	71.9%	222	13.9%	267	180	—	—	—	70	26	22	355	51	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2017	22	NYJ	16	16*	79	60	19	9	2	2.0	13.0	0	6	1	2	0	9.2
2018	23	NYJ	16	16*	111	82	29	9	8	3.5	20.5	1	12	3	1	0	13.7
2019	24	NYJ	14	14*	74	60	14	10	13	6.5	29.5	1	7	2	1	2	13.3
2020	25	SEA	12	11*	81	57	24	11	14	9.5	34.5	0	3	1	—	0	10.8
2021	26	SEA	12	11*	78	47	31	4	2	0.0	6.0	2	5	0	—	0	8.1
2022	27	SEA	1	—	3	3	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	—
2023	28	SEA	9	8*	42	28	14	7	2	0.0	9.0	0	2	0	—	0	4.3
2024	29	DET	4	0*	6	3	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	1.2
2025	30	LV	17	0*	42	28	14	4	2	1.0	7.0	0	0	1	—	0	7.3
Career			101	76*	516	368	148	54	44	—	—	4	36	8	4	2	67.9

* 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%
2017	22	NYJ	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,101	98.6%	104	22.2%
2018	23	NYJ	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,119	99.9%	54	14.8%
2019	24	NYJ	14	14*	—	0.0%	961	99.0%	40	14.2%
2020	25	SEA	12	11*	—	0.0%	784	93.5%	21	10.4%
2021	26	SEA	12	11*	—	0.0%	872	95.3%	—	0.0%
2022	27	SEA	1	—	—	0.0%	15	23.0%	—	0.0%
2023	28	SEA	9	8*	—	0.0%	518	84.7%	—	0.0%
2024	29	TEN	5	0*	—	0.0%	40	13.2%	3	8.0%
2025	30	LV	17	0*	—	0.0%	448	39.6%	—	0.0%
Career			102	76*	—	—	5,858	—	222	—

* 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	23	NYJ	16	16*	60	33	0.6	74.7	9.8	10	2	4	69	12	0.1
2019	24	NYJ	14	14*	38	21	0.6	75.2	6.6	16	3	6	90	4	0.1
2020	25	SEA	12	11*	45	35	0.8	104.7	6.8	26	10	6	98	9	0.1
2021	26	SEA	12	11*	51	30	0.6	93.8	8.2	6	5	1	44	7	0.1
2022	27	SEA	1	—	2	0	0.0	39.6	8.5	1	0	1	1	0	0.0
2023	28	SEA	9	8*	31	25	0.8	111.7	4.7	6	3	3	22	9	0.2
2024	29	2TM	5	0*	3	3	1.0	118.7	0.7	0	0	0	4	2	0.2
2025	30	LV	17	0*	37	33	0.9	87.4	0.2	5	3	1	27	8	0.2
Career			86	60*	267	180	—	—	—	70	26	22	355	51	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 66 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 66 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 65.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 66· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 45.2

Availability 16.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 58elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Sacks leader11

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:2.876See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.876Snap share71.9%Def snaps5,858VolatileCV 0.44

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 · 2017

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

LB · 2017 class

4.56s

40-Yard

Strong · 83th pct

Pos 83thAll 66thClass Pos 98thClass All 65th

31.5"

Vertical

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 31thClass Pos 46thClass All 42th

120"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 63th pct

Pos 63thAll 64thClass Pos 56thClass All 55th

18 reps

Bench

Low · 16th pct

Pos 16thAll 33thClass Pos 29thClass All 42th

6.96s

3-Cone

Strong · 77th pct

Pos 77thAll 74thClass Pos 64thClass All 66th

4.13s

Shuttle

Strong · 84th pct

Pos 84thAll 84thClass Pos 97thClass All 91th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl4Solo2Ast2PD3

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.

2017 Draft Class· this player went #6

#1Myles GarrettDE #2Mitchell TrubiskyQB #3Solomon ThomasDE #4Leonard FournetteRB #5Corey DavisWR #7Mike WilliamsWR #8Christian McCaffreyRB #9John RossWR #10Patrick MahomesQB #11Marshon LattimoreCB #12Deshaun WatsonQB #13Haason ReddickOLB #14Derek BarnettDE #15Malik HookerFS #16Marlon HumphreyCB #17Jonathan AllenDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jamal inherited the Seattle Seahawks LB room from Frank Clark (2015–2023), and handed it to Jordyn Brooks (2020–2023).

David Wyman 1987–1992Dean Wells 1993–1998Darrin Smith 1998–1999Anthony Simmons 1998–2004Chad Brown 1999–2004Isaiah Kacyvenski

Similar Players

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

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Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined LV (from DET)
2025final season
Last recorded season with LV
2024team change
Joined DET (from SEA)
2020team change
Joined SEA (from NYJ)
2017draft
Drafted by NYJ — Round 1, Pick 6

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 213 lb

Frame

214 lb at 4.56s

Size-speed

31.5" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

18 reps

Bench power

Injury History

10 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	TEN	2	W1Out· HipW6Out· Hip
2023	SEA	4	W1Out· KneeW2Out· KneeW3Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· KneeW11Questionable· KneeW15Questionable· KneeW16Out· KneeW17Out· Knee
2021	SEA	1	W11Questionable· GroinW14Out· Shoulder
2020	SEA	3	W4Out· GroinW5Out· GroinW7Out· GroinW8Questionable· Groin
2019	NYJ	0	W14Doubtful· AnkleW15Doubtful· AnkleW16Questionable· AnkleW17Questionable· Ankle

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 70

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

B2017

B+2018

B2019

B2020

B2021

C+2023

F2024

C+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

68%

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
2017	79	4.9	72-7	4.2
2018	111	6.9	108-3	6.4
2019	74	5.3	83+9	4.9
2020	81	6.8	111+30	6.6
2021	78	6.5	107+29	6.3
2023	42	4.7	79+37	4.6
2024	6	1.5	27+21	1.6
2025	42	2.5	42	2.5

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

118 career value over replacement — #894 all-time of 4,642. 14.8/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #6 (Rd 1) · NYJ · 2017 · +4.2 vs expected KV-H

66actual

61.8 expected · Δ+4.2

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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 · 2017

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2017 Draft Class· this player went #6

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

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