James Laurinaitis ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Laurinaitis in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Laurinaitis a career score of 76, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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James Laurinaitis

Top 2% all-time linebackersIron Legend📊 Undervalued by voters 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2011

Height6'2"

Weight248 lb

BornDec 3, 1986

Age39

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

Rookie yr2009

Draft2009 · Rd 2, Pick 35 · LA

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber linebacker (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 182 · #453 · Elite

Worth 182 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 11% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26 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

+26

Avg surplus

peak +33

7 seasons × ~26 surplus ≈ VORP 182

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%
2009	—	LA	16	—	101	88	13	7	6	2.0	15.0	2	5	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	LA	16	—	100	84	16	13	7	3.0	23.0	1	5	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	LA	16	—	132	95	37	11	5	3.0	19.0	2	7	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	LA	16	—	135	110	25	4	2	0.5	6.5	2	5	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	LA	16	—	113	82	31	8	5	3.5	16.5	2	9	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	1,055	99.1%	81	19.2%
2014	—	LA	16	—	99	70	29	4	6	3.5	13.5	0	2	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	1,042	99.3%	—	0.0%
2015	—	LA	16	—	107	59	48	2	9	1.0	12.0	1	1	1	—	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	STL	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	1,156	99.9%	—	0.0%
2016	—	NO	3	—	16	8	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	216	100.0%	29	21.0%
Career		—	163	—	803	596	207	49	40	16.5	105.5	10	35	1	9	0	1	—	0.0%	3,469	99.6%	110	20.1%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2009	23	LA	16	—	101	88	13	7	6	2.0	15.0	2	5	0	1	0	11.2
2010	24	LA	16	—	100	84	16	13	7	3.0	23.0	1	5	0	1	0	11.2
2011	25	LA	16	—	132	95	37	11	5	3.0	19.0	2	7	0	1	0	12.9
2012	26	LA	16	—	135	110	25	4	2	0.5	6.5	2	5	0	1	0	10.3
2013	27	LA	16	16*	113	82	31	8	5	3.5	16.5	2	9	0	2	0	11.6
2014	28	LA	16	16*	99	70	29	4	6	3.5	13.5	0	2	0	2	0	8.4
2015	29	LA	16	16*	107	59	48	2	9	1.0	12.0	1	1	1	—	1	9.1
2016	30	NO	3	3*	16	8	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	—
Career			115	51*	803	596	207	49	40	—	—	10	35	1	9	1	74.7

* 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	27	STL	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,055	99.1%	81	19.2%
2014	28	STL	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,042	99.3%	—	0.0%
2015	29	STL	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,156	99.9%	—	0.0%
2016	30	NO	5	5*	—	0.0%	216	100.0%	29	21.0%
Career			53	53*	—	—	3,469	—	110	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 76 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 76 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 74.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 76· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 73

On-field 53

Availability 20

On-field production Staying available

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

2009bestavg 73elite 702015

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Sacks leader8

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+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.701See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.701Snap share99.6%Def snaps3,469VolatileCV 0.52

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 · 2009

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

LB · 2009 class

4.72s

40-Yard

Below avg · 37th pct

Pos 37thAll 42thClass Pos 16thClass All 38th

33"

Vertical

Below avg · 38th pct

Pos 38thAll 44thClass Pos 31thClass All 39th

115"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 31th pct

Pos 31thAll 42thClass Pos 32thClass All 44th

22 reps

Bench

Below avg · 49th pct

Pos 49thAll 56thClass Pos 38thClass All 52th

6.93s

3-Cone

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 78thClass Pos 84thClass All 72th

4.24s

Shuttle

Above avg · 67th pct

Pos 67thAll 67thClass Pos 72thClass All 70th

College Stats

Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ohio 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.

2009 Draft Class· this player went #35

#27Donald BrownRB #28Eric WoodC #29Hakeem NicksWR #30Kenny BrittWR #31Chris WellsRB #32Ziggy HoodDT #33Louis DelmasFS #34Patrick ChungS #36Brian RobiskieWR #37Alphonso SmithDB #38Rey MaualugaOLB #39Eben BrittonOT #40Ron BraceDT #41Darius ButlerFS #42Jairus ByrdDB #43Everette BrownLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

James inherited the Los Angeles Rams LB room from Will Witherspoon (2006–2013), and handed it to Jo-Lonn Dunbar (2012–2014).

Fred Strickland 1988–1992Roman Phifer 1991–1998Charlie Clemons 1997–1999Mike A. Jones 1997–2000London Fletcher 1998–2001Tommy Polley

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2016team change
Joined NO (from LA)
2016final season
Last recorded season with NO
2009draft
Drafted by LA — Round 2, Pick 35

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 248 lb

Frame

244 lb at 4.72s

Size-speed

33" vert / 115" broad

Explosion

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	NO	1	W4Questionable· QuadricepW6Questionable· QuadricepW9Out· Quadricep
2011	STL	0	W12Questionable· Foot

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 77

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

B+2009

B+2010

A2011

A2012

B+2013

B2014

B+2015

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 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
2009	101	6.3	100-1	5.9
2010	100	6.3	100	5.9
2011	132	8.3	135+3	7.9
2012	135	8.4	137+2	8.1
2013	113	7.1	106-7	6.2
2014	99	6.2	88-11	5.2
2015	107	6.7	99-8	5.8

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

182 career value over replacement — #453 all-time of 4,642. 26/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #35 (Rd 2) · LA · 2009 · +21.1 vs expected KV-H

76actual

54.9 expected · Δ+21.1

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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 · 2009

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2009 Draft Class· this player went #35

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator