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

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Jamie Collins

1× Pro Bowl👑 Dynasty DNA · 7 seasons · 3 titles Top 22% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2019

Height6'3"

Weight255 lb

BornOct 20, 1989

Age36

CollegeSouthern Mississippi See College Stats

ConferenceConference USA

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 2, Pick 52 · NE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

91stPlayoff Interceptions·2

Pro Bowls

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality edge rusher with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 98 · #1154 · High-Value

Worth 98 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 26% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+16.3

Avg surplus

peak +27

6 seasons × ~16.3 surplus ≈ VORP 98

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%
2013	—	NE	12	—	37	21	16	2	3	0.0	5.0	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	296	25.6%	364	74.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	NE	15	—	107	66	41	8	10	4.0	22.0	2	3	4	3	0	0	—	0.0%	925	89.3%	79	20.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	NE	12	—	85	47	38	8	7	5.5	20.5	1	6	5	1	1	0	—	0.0%	775	95.3%	57	15.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	CLE	15	—	106	73	33	8	8	3.0	19.0	2	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	980	94.1%	30	10.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CLE	6	—	29	19	10	5	2	1.0	8.0	1	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	330	78.7%	26	18.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CLE	16	—	101	70	31	13	7	4.0	24.0	1	4	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,067	91.9%	47	13.2%	75	56	0.7	96.7	4.1	10	3	3	95	18	0.1
2019	—	NE	16	—	62	39	23	10	10	7.0	27.0	3	7	3	1	1	0	—	0.0%	813	80.1%	200	43.7%	33	24	0.7	46.0	1.4	16	6	2	90	12	0.1
2020	—	DET	14	—	99	53	46	6	3	1.0	10.0	1	6	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	829	85.1%	17	9.7%	47	34	0.7	106.2	5.9	6	3	2	42	12	0.1
2021	—	NE	9	—	27	15	12	4	3	1.0	8.0	1	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	300	39.8%	93	35.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	2TM	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	10	0.9	96.6	4.7	4	1	2	12	1	0.0
2022	—	NE	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	41	19.7%	20	23.7%	1	1	1.0	112.5	7.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Career		—	130	—	653	403	250	64	53	26.5	143.5	12	39	19	8	2	0	—	0.0%	6,356	70.0%	933	26.5%	167	125	—	—	—	36	13	9	240	43	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2013	24	NE	12	0*	37	21	16	2	3	0.0	5.0	0	4	0	—	0	4.9
2014	25	NE	15	13*	107	66	41	8	10	4.0	22.0	2	3	4	3	0	13.1
2015	26	NE	12	11*	85	47	38	8	7	5.5	20.5	1	6	5	1	1	11.8
2016	27	CLE	15	14*	106	73	33	8	8	3.0	19.0	2	3	2	—	0	12.5
2017	28	CLE	6	5*	29	19	10	5	2	1.0	8.0	1	3	1	—	0	5.2
2018	29	CLE	16	15*	101	70	31	13	7	4.0	24.0	1	4	1	1	0	12
2019	30	NE	16	13*	62	39	23	10	10	7.0	27.0	3	7	3	1	1	15.7
2020	31	DET	14	12*	99	53	46	6	3	1.0	10.0	1	6	3	1	0	10.9
2021	32	NE	9	0*	27	15	12	4	3	1.0	8.0	1	3	0	1	0	5.6
Career			115	83*	653	403	250	64	53	—	—	12	39	19	8	2	91.7

* 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	24	NE	16	0*	—	0.0%	296	25.6%	364	74.4%
2014	25	NE	15	13*	—	0.0%	925	89.3%	79	20.5%
2015	26	NE	12	11*	—	0.0%	775	95.3%	57	15.3%
2016	27	CLE	15	14*	—	0.0%	980	94.1%	30	10.4%
2017	28	CLE	6	5*	—	0.0%	330	78.7%	26	18.4%
2018	29	CLE	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,067	91.9%	47	13.2%
2019	30	NE	16	13*	—	0.0%	813	80.1%	200	43.7%
2020	31	DET	14	12*	—	0.0%	829	85.1%	17	9.7%
2021	32	NE	12	0*	—	0.0%	300	39.8%	93	35.8%
2022	33	NE	3	—	—	0.0%	41	19.7%	20	23.7%
Career			125	83*	—	—	6,356	—	933	—

* 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	29	CLE	16	15*	75	56	0.7	96.7	4.1	10	3	3	95	18	0.1
2019	30	NE	16	13*	33	24	0.7	46.0	1.4	16	6	2	90	12	0.1
2020	31	DET	14	12*	47	34	0.7	106.2	5.9	6	3	2	42	12	0.1
2021	32	2TM	12	0*	11	10	0.9	96.6	4.7	4	1	2	12	1	0.0
2022	33	NE	3	—	1	1	1.0	112.5	7.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Career			61	40*	167	125	—	—	—	36	13	9	240	43	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 63 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 59

On-field 42.1

Availability 16.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 56elite 702021

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Sacks leader13

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

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.381See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.381Snap share75.5%Def snaps6,315ReliableCV 0.23

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, 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 · 2013

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

EDGE · 2013 class

4.64s

40-Yard

Strong · 79th pct

Pos 79thAll 52thClass Pos 75thClass All 59th

41.5"

Vertical

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 98thClass Pos 98thClass All 99th

139"

Broad Jump

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 98thClass All 99th

19 reps

Bench

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 38thClass Pos 16thClass All 46th

7.10s

3-Cone

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 56thClass Pos 57thClass All 52th

4.32s

Shuttle

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 53thClass Pos 67thClass All 55th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl54Solo36Ast18TFL5QBHits9Sk3.0Dis17.0Int2PD5

College Stats

Southern MississippiCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Southern Mississippi), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #52

#44Kawann ShortDT #45Kevin MinterILB #46Kiko AlonsoOLB #47Gavin EscobarTE #48Le'Veon BellRB #49Johnathan HankinsDT #50Jon BosticILB #51David AmersonDB #53Margus HuntDE #54Jamar TaylorCB #55Vance McDonaldTE #56Arthur BrownLB #57D.J. SwearingerFS #58Montee BallRB #59Aaron DobsonWR #60Robert AlfordCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jamie inherited the New England Patriots LB room from Dont'a Hightower (2012–2021), and handed it to Trey Flowers (2015–2018).

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

2022final season
Last recorded season with NE
2021team change
Joined NE (from DET)
2020team change
Joined DET (from NE)
2019team change
Joined NE (from CLE)
2016team change
Joined CLE (from NE)
2013draft
Drafted by NE — Round 2, Pick 52

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 255 lb

Frame

250 lb at 4.64s

Size-speed

41.5" vert / 139" broad

Explosion

19 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	NE	1	W3Out· Not injury related - personal matterW10Doubtful· AnkleW19Questionable· Ankle
2020	DET	0	W16Questionable· NeckW17Questionable· Neck
2019	NE	0	W13Questionable· IllnessW16Questionable· ShoulderW17Questionable· ShoulderW18Questionable· Shoulder
2017	CLE	2	W3Out· ConcussionW4Out· ConcussionW5Doubtful· Concussion
2016	NE	0	W6Questionable· HipW7Questionable· Hip
2015	NE	2	W10Out· IllnessW11Out· IllnessW12Doubtful· IllnessW13Questionable· IllnessW20Questionable· Back
2014	NE	0	W2Questionable· ThighW3Questionable· ThighW5Questionable· ThighW6Questionable· ThighW7Questionable· ThighW17Questionable· Hip

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 69

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

C2013

B2014

B+2015

C+2016

D2017

B2018

B+2019

C+2020

C2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

77%

Era Translator

Sacks 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 Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2013	0	0	0	0
2014	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2015	5.5	0.5	8+2.5	0.5
2016	3	0.2	3	0.2
2017	1	0.2	3+2	0.2
2018	4	0.3	4	0.3
2019	7	0.4	7	0.4
2020	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	1	0.1	2+1	0.1

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

98 career value over replacement — #1154 all-time of 4,642. 10.9/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #52 (Rd 2) · NE · 2013 · +14.1 vs expected KV-H

63actual

48.9 expected · Δ+14.1

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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 · 2013

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #52

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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