Jerod Mayo ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Mayo in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Mayo a career score of 72, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Jerod Mayo

2× Pro Bowl1× All-Pro👑 Dynasty DNA · 8 seasons · 1 titles Top 4% all-time linebackersAll-Time Great👑 #1 Linebacker · 2010 ⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2012

Height6'1"

Weight250 lb

BornFeb 23, 1986

Age40

CollegeTennessee See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2008

Draft2008 · Rd 1, Pick 10 · NE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Title Seasons

Dynasty Seasons

Archetype Intelligence

All-Time GreatExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time linebacker — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their lower snap-level production underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 130 · #779 · High-Value

Worth 130 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 18% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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 +35

8 seasons × ~16.3 surplus ≈ VORP 130

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%
2008	—	NE	16	—	86	58	28	5	1	0.0	6.0	0	4	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	—	NE	13	—	69	36	33	2	4	1.5	7.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	NE	16	—	132	72	60	5	5	2.0	12.0	0	5	1	3	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	NE	14	—	89	52	37	4	6	1.0	11.0	2	4	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	NE	16	—	141	82	59	5	5	3.0	13.0	1	3	4	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	NE	6	—	49	29	20	1	2	1.5	4.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	399	96.2%	22	12.7%
2014	—	NE	6	—	49	33	16	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	334	87.2%	23	15.2%
2015	—	NE	13	—	43	31	12	5	3	1.0	9.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	394	38.4%	32	8.9%
Career		—	100	—	658	393	265	30	28	11.0	69.0	3	18	8	7	0	0	—	0.0%	1,127	73.9%	77	12.3%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2008	22	NE	16	—	86	58	28	5	1	0.0	6.0	0	4	1	1	7.3
2009	23	NE	13	—	69	36	33	2	4	1.5	7.5	0	0	1	—	6.2
2010	24	NE	16	—	132	72	60	5	5	2.0	12.0	0	5	1	3	9.3
2011	25	NE	14	—	89	52	37	4	6	1.0	11.0	2	4	1	—	9.9
2012	26	NE	16	—	141	82	59	5	5	3.0	13.0	1	3	4	1	11.9
2013	27	NE	6	6*	49	29	20	1	2	1.5	4.5	0	1	0	1	3.1
2014	28	NE	6	5*	49	33	16	3	2	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	1	3.3
2015	29	NE	13	0*	43	31	12	5	3	1.0	9.0	0	1	0	—	5.8
Career			100	11*	658	393	265	30	28	—	—	3	18	8	7	56.8

* 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	NE	6	6*	—	0.0%	399	96.2%	22	12.7%
2014	28	NE	6	5*	—	0.0%	334	87.2%	23	15.2%
2015	29	NE	16	0*	—	0.0%	394	38.4%	32	8.9%
Career			28	11*	—	—	1,127	—	77	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 72 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 72 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 71 × longevity 1 = KV-H 72· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 67

On-field 49.9

Availability 17.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2008bestavg 63elite 702015

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Sacks leader6

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:1.908See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.908Snap share73.9%Def snaps1,127ReliableCV 0.25

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 · 2008

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

LB · 2008 class

4.54s

40-Yard

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 69thClass Pos 84thClass All 66th

32"

Vertical

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 35thClass Pos 61thClass All 64th

114"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 26th pct

Pos 26thAll 38thClass Pos 38thClass All 45th

7.31s

3-Cone

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 37thClass Pos 21thClass All 35th

4.29s

Shuttle

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 58thClass Pos 46thClass All 66th

Postseason Career

7 playoff games

Defense

Tkl55Solo26Ast29TFL3QBHits2Dis5.0PD1FF2

College Stats

TennesseeCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Tennessee), 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.

2008 Draft Class· this player went #10

#2Chris LongDE #3Matt RyanQB #4Darren McFaddenRB #5Glenn DorseyNT #6Vernon GholstonDE #7Sedrick EllisDT #8Derrick HarveyDE #9Keith RiversOLB #11Leodis McKelvinCB #12Ryan CladyOT #13Jonathan StewartRB #15Branden AlbertOT #16Dominique Rodgers-CromartieCB #17Gosder CherilusOT #18Joe FlaccoQB #19Jeff OtahOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Jerod inherited the New England Patriots LB room from Gary Guyton (2008–2011), and handed it to Rob Ninkovich (2009–2016).

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

2015final season
Last recorded season with NE
2008draft
Drafted by NE — Round 1, Pick 10

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 250 lb

Frame

242 lb at 4.54s

Size-speed

32" vert / 114" broad

Explosion

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2014	NE	1	W7Out· Knee
2013	NE	0	W5Questionable· Ankle
2012	NE	0	W8Questionable· ElbowW10Questionable· ElbowW16Questionable· ElbowW17Questionable· Elbow
2011	NE	0	W3Questionable· ThighW5Doubtful· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· KneeW9Questionable· KneeW10Questionable· Knee
2009	NE	2	W2Out· KneeW3Out· KneeW4Doubtful· KneeW5Questionable· Knee

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 77

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

B2008

B2009

A2010

B2011

A2012

C2013

C2014

C+2015

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

80%

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
2008	86	5.4	83-3	4.9
2009	69	5.3	81+12	4.8
2010	132	8.3	138+6	8.1
2011	89	6.4	100+11	5.9
2012	141	8.8	144+3	8.5
2013	49	8.2	126+77	7.4
2014	49	8.2	124+75	7.3
2015	43	3.3	38-5	2.2

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

130 career value over replacement — #779 all-time of 4,642. 16.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #10 (Rd 1) · NE · 2008 · +11.6 vs expected KV-H

72actual

60.4 expected · Δ+11.6

💔+26.1 stolen VORP·1.6 szns lost

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2008

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2008 Draft Class· this player went #10

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography