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

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Josh Sweat

1× Pro BowlTop 30% all-time linebackersPer-Snap Specialist🌅 Early Bloomer · 2021 Team Carrier · #132

Height6'5"

Weight

Career Value · VORP

38 career value over replacement — #2423 all-time of 4,695. 5.4/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #130 (Rd 4) · PHI · 2018 · +22.4 vs expected KV-H

53actual

30.6 expected · Δ+22.4

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Combined Season Grid

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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%
2018	21	PHI	9	—	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	68	11.7%	24	10.1%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
2019	22	PHI	16	—	18	13	5	7	10	4.0	21.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	352	35.1%	125	28.3%	1	1	1.0	118.7	1.0	15	5	5	2	0	0.0
2020	23	PHI	14	—	35	22	13	9	12	6.0	27.0	0	2	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	421	43.3%	23	5.8%	3	2	0.7	70.1	0.3	14	2	6	0	1	0.0
2021	24	PHI	16	—	43	17	26	7	13	7.5	27.5	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	655	61.6%	6	1.3%	0	0	—	—	—	25	10	6	1	1	0.0
2022	25	PHI	16	—	41	24	17	15	23	11.0	49.0	1	1	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	587	56.6%	36	8.1%	4	4	1.0	64.6	4.5	27	5	9	3	3	0.1
2023	26	PHI	17	—	38	25	13	7	23	6.5	36.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	828	70.9%	7	1.6%	4	4	1.0	79.2	-2.3	37	14	16	15	4	0.1
2024	27	PHI	16	—	38	24	14	9	15	8.0	32.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	622	63.0%	8	2.1%	2	1	0.5	70.8	5.0	16	2	6	10	1	0.0
2025	28	ARI	17	—	29	19	10	13	17	12.0	42.0	0	2	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	540	48.1%	2	0.3%	3	3	1.0	111.1	8.0	28	9	7	16	0	0.0
2026	29	ARI	5	—	9	6	3	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	162	51.8%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	126	—	252	151	101	69	116	56.0	241.0	1	13	11	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	17	15	—	—	—	163	47	56	47	10	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

49thPlayoff Sacks·5

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Per-Snap SpecialistExplore archetypes →

A linebacker whose excellent per-snap efficiency stands out despite limited volume (top 30% among starters overall). When on the field, they made it count — a specialist's profile.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 38 · #2423 · Role Player

Worth 38 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 53% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+6.3

Avg surplus

peak +7

6 seasons × ~6.3 surplus ≈