Jamien Sherwood ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Sherwood in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Sherwood a career score of 68, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Jamien Sherwood

Top 9% all-time linebackersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2025

Height6'2"

Weight216 lb

BornJan 12, 2000

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Career Value · VORP

73 career value over replacement — #1594 all-time of 4,695. 14.6/season above a replacement-level LB.

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Pick #146 (Rd 5) · NYJ · 2021 · +37.5 vs expected KV-H

68actual

30.5 expected · Δ+37.5

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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%
2021	21–22	NYJ	5	—	13	7	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	139	36.0%	72	53.0%	4	2	0.5	68.7	-1.8	0	0	0	7	1	0.1
2022	22–23	NYJ	17	—	8	6	2	1	1	0.5	2.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	25	2.2%	309	67.0%	1	1	1.0	87.5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
2023	23–24	NYJ	17	—	29	14	15	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	194	17.2%	420	86.8%	5	5	1.0	134.6	4.0	0	0	0	3	0	0.0
2024	24–25	NYJ	17	—	139	80	59	10	2	2.0	14.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,065	93.1%	113	26.3%	52	40	0.8	107.0	4.8	3	1	0	28	9	0.1
2025	25–26	NYJ	17	—	151	68	83	8	5	2.0	15.0	0	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,111	98.2%	100	21.2%	61	44	0.7	110.1	5.7	7	3	2	51	10	0.1
2026	26–27	NYJ	5	—	33	15	18	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	320	95.6%	20	15.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	78	—	373	190	183	24	9	4.5	37.5	0	15	2	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	123	92	—	—	—	11	4	2	89	20	—

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A top 10% all-time linebacker who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 73 · #1594 · Above Average

Worth 73 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 35% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 3 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+24.3

Avg surplus

peak +37

3 seasons × ~24.3 surplus ≈