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

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Jaylon Smith

1× Pro BowlTop 2% all-time linebackersIron Legend📊 Undervalued by voters 👑 #1 Linebacker · 2020 📈 Late Developer · 2020

Career Value · VORP

144 career value over replacement — #695 all-time of 4,695. 24/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #34 (Rd 2) · DAL · 2016 · +21.2 vs expected KV-H

76actual

54.8 expected · Δ+21.2

💔+38.6 stolen VORP·1.61 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

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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%
2017	22	DAL	16	—	79	48	31	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	575	54.0%	9	1.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	23	DAL	16	—	115	76	39	6	6	4.0	16.0	0	4	2	2	1	0	—	0.0%	976	95.6%	79	19.4%	58	46	0.8	107.8	5.3	13	7	2	68	12	0.1
2019	24	DAL	16	—	139	80	59	6	3	2.5	11.5	1	9	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	991	92.2%	78	17.9%	70	54	0.8	102.1	4.7	4	1	0	46	12	0.1
2020	25	DAL	16	—	152	87	65	5	4	1.5	10.5	1	5	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	1,084	97.8%	88	18.8%	59	42	0.7	101.2	3.8	6	1	3	45	9	0.1
2021	26	DAL / GB / NYG	10	—	36	24	12	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	329	—	21	—	19	15	0.8	87.1	0.2	6	5	0	16	2	0.1
2022	27	NYG	13	—	81	39	42	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	626	71.3%	18	5.3%	28	23	0.8	100.0	5.5	4	2	1	21	0	0.0
2023	28	LV	1	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	25	40.0%	—	0.0%	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Career		—	88	—	604	356	248	24	18	11.0	53.0	2	21	6	6	1	0	—	0.0%	4,606	78.6%	293	12.2%	234	180	—	—	—	33	16	6	197	35	—

No production recorded2016

2016: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.

Career arc · VAL by season

6 seasons · peak 4.3 in 2019

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

0.7 career wins over 6 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2019 · +0.3 wins

Defence+0.3

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2017	22	DAL	16	9*	79	48	31	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	2	2	—	0	0.4
2018	23	DAL	16	15*	115	76	39	6	6	4.0	16.0	0	4	2	2	1	3
2019	24	DAL	16	15*	139	80	59	6	3	2.5	11.5	1	9	2	1	0	4.3
2020	25	DAL	16	16*	152	87	65	5	4	1.5	10.5	1	5	0	2	0	1.2
2021	26	All teams	9	—	36	24	12	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2022	27	NYG	13	9*	81	39	42	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2023	28	LV	1	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			87		604	356	248	24	18	11.0	53.0	2	21	6	6	1	8.9

* 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	DAL	16	9*	—	0.0%	575	54.0%	9	1.7%
2018	23	DAL	16	15*	—	0.0%	976	95.6%	79	19.4%
2019	24	DAL	16	15*	—	0.0%	991	92.2%	78	17.9%
2020	25	DAL	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,084	97.8%	88	18.8%
2021	26	All teams	10	—	—	—	329	—	21	—
2022	27	NYG	13	9*	—	0.0%	626	71.3%	18	5.3%
2023	28	LV	1	—	—	0.0%	25	40.0%	—	0.0%
Career			88		—	0.0%	4,606	78.6%	293	12.2%

* 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	DAL	16	15*	58	46	0.8	107.8	5.3	13	7	2	68	12	0.1
2019	24	DAL	16	15*	70	54	0.8	102.1	4.7	4	1	0	46	12	0.1
2020	25	DAL	16	16*	59	42	0.7	101.2	3.8	6	1	3	45	9	0.1
2021	26	All teams*	10	—	19	15	0.8	87.1	0.2	6	5	0	16	2	0.1
2022	27	NYG	13	9*	28	23	0.8	100.0	5.5	4	2	1	21	0	0.0
2023	28	LV	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Career			72		234	180	—	—	—	33	16	6	197	35	—

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

All teams* — this source provides a season total only; team splits are unavailable in this table.

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 76 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 76 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 76.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 76· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 73

On-field 54.6

Availability 18.4

On-field production

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Jaylon Smith

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Position percentile · LB