Joe Schobert ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Schobert in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Schobert a career score of 74, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Joe Schobert

1× Pro BowlTop 3% all-time linebackersIron Legend👑 #1 Linebacker · 2017 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2017 Team Carrier · #483

Height6'1"

Weight240 lb

BornNov 6, 1993

Age32

CollegeWisconsin See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 4, Pick 99 · CLE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

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 146 · #663 · High-Value

Worth 146 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 15% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +29.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+29.2

Avg surplus

peak +33

5 seasons × ~29.2 surplus ≈ VORP 146

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%
2016	—	CLE	9	—	14	9	5	1	3	0.5	4.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	246	26.9%	283	63.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CLE	16	—	137	80	57	4	7	3.0	14.0	1	4	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,068	100.0%	136	32.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CLE	13	—	101	55	46	3	6	3.0	12.0	1	6	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	897	94.1%	46	14.7%	47	28	0.6	87.5	8.5	17	10	1	88	24	0.2
2019	—	CLE	16	—	128	84	44	7	4	2.0	13.0	4	9	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,058	99.3%	88	20.4%	55	38	0.7	74.6	7.1	5	1	2	74	16	0.1
2020	—	JAX	16	—	132	75	57	6	6	2.5	14.5	3	4	2	—	1	0	—	0.0%	1,109	98.9%	—	0.0%	66	49	0.7	110.0	5.7	9	2	3	59	14	0.1
2021	—	PIT	16	—	99	57	42	2	1	0.0	3.0	1	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	921	84.5%	77	16.9%	48	34	0.7	90.0	5.3	2	1	1	24	9	0.1
2022	—	TEN	5	—	14	10	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	122	30.2%	34	22.2%	6	6	1.0	118.7	6.2	1	1	0	2	3	0.2
Career		—	91	—	625	370	255	23	27	11.0	61.0	10	30	11	3	1	0	—	0.0%	5,421	76.3%	664	28.3%	222	155	—	—	—	34	15	7	247	66	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2016	23	CLE	9	0*	14	9	5	1	3	0.5	4.5	0	1	0	—	0	3.6
2017	24	CLE	16	16*	137	80	57	4	7	3.0	14.0	1	4	3	—	0	11.9
2018	25	CLE	13	12*	101	55	46	3	6	3.0	12.0	1	6	2	2	0	10.1
2019	26	CLE	16	16*	128	84	44	7	4	2.0	13.0	4	9	2	1	0	13.4
2020	27	JAX	16	16*	132	75	57	6	6	2.5	14.5	3	4	2	—	1	13.9
2021	28	PIT	16	14*	99	57	42	2	1	0.0	3.0	1	6	1	—	0	8.9
2022	29	TEN	5	0*	14	10	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	1	—	0	1.9
Career			91	74*	625	370	255	23	27	—	—	10	30	11	3	1	63.7

* 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%
2016	23	CLE	16	0*	—	0.0%	246	26.9%	283	63.6%
2017	24	CLE	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,068	100.0%	136	32.0%
2018	25	CLE	13	12*	—	0.0%	897	94.1%	46	14.7%
2019	26	CLE	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,058	99.3%	88	20.4%
2020	27	JAX	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,109	98.9%	—	0.0%
2021	28	PIT	16	14*	—	0.0%	921	84.5%	77	16.9%
2022	29	TEN	6	0*	—	0.0%	122	30.2%	34	22.2%
Career			99	74*	—	—	5,421	—	664	—

* 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	25	CLE	13	12*	47	28	0.6	87.5	8.5	17	10	1	88	24	0.2
2019	26	CLE	16	16*	55	38	0.7	74.6	7.1	5	1	2	74	16	0.1
2020	27	JAX	16	16*	66	49	0.7	110.0	5.7	9	2	3	59	14	0.1
2021	28	PIT	16	14*	48	34	0.7	90.0	5.3	2	1	1	24	9	0.1
2022	29	TEN	6	0*	6	6	1.0	118.7	6.2	1	1	0	2	3	0.2
Career			67	58*	222	155	—	—	—	34	15	7	247	66	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 74 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 74 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 73.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 74· confidence 95%

What builds the career mark of 70

On-field 52.5

Availability 17.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 64elite 702022

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #483 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2019 CLE·6 team wins#15

Interceptions · 4 · score 11

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.066See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.066Snap share76.3%Def snaps5,421ReliableCV 0.32

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 · 2016

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

LB · 2016 class

4.76s

40-Yard

Below avg · 27th pct

Pos 27thAll 38thClass Pos 45thClass All 45th

33.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 49thClass Pos 71thClass All 60th

111"

Broad Jump

Low · 11th pct

Pos 11thAll 28thClass Pos 15thClass All 29th

22 reps

Bench

Below avg · 49th pct

Pos 49thAll 56thClass Pos 86thClass All 65th

7.11s

3-Cone

Above avg · 51th pct

Pos 51thAll 55thClass Pos 53thClass All 60th

4.30s

Shuttle

Below avg · 48th pct

Pos 48thAll 56thClass Pos 69thClass All 63th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl2Solo1Ast1TFL1Dis1.0

College Stats

WisconsinCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Wisconsin), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #99

#90C.J. ProsiseRB #91Jacoby BrissettQB #93Cody KesslerQB #94Nick VannettTE #95Graham GlasgowC #96Vincent ValentineDT #97Rees OdhiamboOT #98Justin SimmonsFS #100Connor CookQB #101Charles TapperDE #102Joshua PerryLB #103Sheldon DayDT #104Tavon YoungCB #105Parker EhingerG #106Eric MurrayS #107Chris MooreWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Joe inherited the Cleveland Browns LB room from Jamie Collins (2016–2018), and handed it to Mack Wilson (2019–2021).

Van Waiters 1988–1991Gerald Dixon 1993–1995Mike Caldwell 1993–1995Carl Banks 1994–1995Jamir Miller 1999–2001Wali Rainer

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2022team change
Joined TEN (from PIT)
2022final season
Last recorded season with TEN
2021team change
Joined PIT (from JAX)
2020team change
Joined JAX (from CLE)
2016draft
Drafted by CLE — Round 4, Pick 99

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 240 lb

Frame

244 lb at 4.76s

Size-speed

33.5" vert / 111" broad

Explosion

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2019	CLE	0	W12Questionable· Groin
2018	CLE	3	W7Out· HamstringW8Out· HamstringW9Out· HamstringW10Questionable· Ankle

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 79

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

D2016

A2017

B+2018

B+2019

A2020

B+2021

F2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

87%

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
2016	14	1.6	12-2	0.7
2017	137	8.6	135-2	7.9
2018	101	7.8	122+21	7.2
2019	128	8	129+1	7.6
2020	132	8.3	137+5	8
2021	99	6.2	101+2	6
2022	14	2.8	45+31	2.7

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

146 career value over replacement — #663 all-time of 4,642. 20.9/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #99 (Rd 4) · CLE · 2016 · +35.3 vs expected KV-H

74actual

38.7 expected · Δ+35.3

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2016

Postseason Career

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College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

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Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

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Career Geography