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.

LBARI#10ACT

Josh Sweat

1× Pro BowlTop 30% all-time linebackersPer-Snap Specialist🌅 Early Bloomer · 2021 Team Carrier · #142

Height6'5"

Weight265 lb

BornMar 29, 1997

Age29

CollegeFlorida State See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 4, Pick 130 · PHI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

47thPlayoff Sacks·5

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Per-Snap SpecialistExplore archetypes →

A linebacker whose elite per-snap production (top 5% in their position group) 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 37 · #2430 · Role Player

Worth 37 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 53% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+6.2

Avg surplus

peak +7

6 seasons × ~6.2 surplus ≈ VORP 37

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%
2018	—	PHI	2	—	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	68	13.1%	24	13.0%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
2019	—	PHI	11	—	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	—	PHI	13	—	35	22	13	9	12	6.0	27.0	0	2	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	421	43.3%	23	20.3%	3	2	0.7	70.1	0.3	14	2	6	0	1	0.0
2021	—	PHI	15	—	43	17	26	7	13	7.5	27.5	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	655	61.6%	6	4.2%	0	0	—	—	—	25	10	6	1	1	0.0
2022	—	PHI	16	—	41	24	17	15	23	11.0	49.0	1	1	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	587	56.6%	36	14.3%	4	4	1.0	64.6	4.5	27	5	9	3	3	0.1
2023	—	PHI	16	—	38	25	13	7	23	6.5	36.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	828	70.9%	7	3.9%	4	4	1.0	79.2	-2.3	37	14	16	15	4	0.1
2024	—	PHI	15	—	38	24	14	9	15	8.0	32.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	622	63.0%	8	4.7%	2	1	0.5	70.8	5.0	16	2	6	10	1	0.0
2025	—	ARI	16	—	29	19	10	13	17	12.0	42.0	0	2	4	1	0	0	—	0.0%	540	48.1%	2	3.0%	3	3	1.0	111.1	8.0	28	9	7	16	0	0.0
Career		—	104	—	243	145	98	67	114	55.0	236.0	1	13	11	1	1	0	—	0.0%	4,073	49.0%	231	11.4%	17	15	—	—	—	163	47	56	47	10	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2018	21	PHI	2	0*	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2019	22	PHI	11	0*	18	13	5	7	10	4.0	21.0	0	1	0	—	0	6.5
2020	23	PHI	13	0*	35	22	13	9	12	6.0	27.0	0	2	3	—	0	10.1
2021	24	PHI	15	10*	43	17	26	7	13	7.5	27.5	0	4	1	—	0	10.2
2022	25	PHI	16	9*	41	24	17	15	23	11.0	49.0	1	1	1	—	1	13.5
2023	26	PHI	16	12*	38	25	13	7	23	6.5	36.5	0	1	2	—	0	10.2
2024	27	PHI	15	10*	38	24	14	9	15	8.0	32.0	0	2	0	—	0	8.8
2025	28	ARI	16	0*	29	19	10	13	17	12.0	42.0	0	2	4	1	0	13.3
Career			104	41*	243	145	98	67	114	—	—	1	13	11	1	1	72.6

* 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%
2018	21	PHI	9	0*	—	0.0%	68	13.1%	24	13.0%
2019	22	PHI	16	0*	—	0.0%	352	35.1%	125	28.3%
2020	23	PHI	14	0*	—	0.0%	421	43.3%	23	20.3%
2021	24	PHI	16	10*	—	0.0%	655	61.6%	6	4.2%
2022	25	PHI	16	9*	—	0.0%	587	56.6%	36	14.3%
2023	26	PHI	17	12*	—	0.0%	828	70.9%	7	3.9%
2024	27	PHI	16	10*	—	0.0%	622	63.0%	8	4.7%
2025	28	ARI	17	0*	—	0.0%	540	48.1%	2	3.0%
Career			121	41*	—	—	4,073	—	231	—

* 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	21	PHI	9	0*	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
2019	22	PHI	16	0*	1	1	1.0	118.7	1.0	15	5	5	2	0	0.0
2020	23	PHI	14	0*	3	2	0.7	70.1	0.3	14	2	6	0	1	0.0
2021	24	PHI	16	10*	0	0	—	—	—	25	10	6	1	1	0.0
2022	25	PHI	16	9*	4	4	1.0	64.6	4.5	27	5	9	3	3	0.1
2023	26	PHI	17	12*	4	4	1.0	79.2	-2.3	37	14	16	15	4	0.1
2024	27	PHI	16	10*	2	1	0.5	70.8	5.0	16	2	6	10	1	0.0
2025	28	ARI	17	0*	3	3	1.0	111.1	8.0	28	9	7	16	0	0.0
Career			121	41*	17	15	—	—	—	163	47	56	47	10	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 53 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 53 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 52.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 53· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 52

On-field 34.5

Availability 17.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 522025

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #142 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

2025 ARI·3 team wins#9

Sacks · 12 · score 68

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 28% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

28% of the all-time Sacks leader28

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:6.408See leaderboard →

Disruption/1006.408Snap share48.9%Def snaps4,073ReliableCV 0.24

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 · 2018

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

LB · 2018 class

4.53s

40-Yard

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 71thClass Pos 87thClass All 68th

39.5"

Vertical

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 93thClass Pos 92thClass All 93th

124"

Broad Jump

Strong · 83th pct

Pos 83thAll 82thClass Pos 78thClass All 84th

4.28s

Shuttle

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 60thClass Pos 47thClass All 63th

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl21Solo12Ast9TFL5QBHits8Sk5.0Dis18.0FF1

College Stats

Florida StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Florida State), 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #130

#122Kenny YoungILB #123Durham SmytheTE #124Armani WattsDB #125Avonte MaddoxFS #126Ito SmithRB #127Rick LeonardOT #128Kentavius StreetDE #129Will RichardsonOT #131Kalen BallageRB #132Jaleel ScottWR #133J'Mon MooreWR #134Chase EdmondsRB #135John Franklin-MyersDE #136Marquis HaynesLB #137Dalton SchultzTE #139R.J. McIntoshDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Josh inherited the Philadelphia Eagles LB room from Nate Gerry (2017–2020), and handed it to Alex Singleton (2019–2021).

William Thomas 1991–1999Bill Romanowski 1994–1995James Willis 1995–1998James Darling 1997–2000Mike Caldwell 1998–2001Ike Reese

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined ARI (from PHI)
2025final season
Last recorded season with ARI
2018draft
Drafted by PHI — Round 4, Pick 130

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 265 lb

Frame

251 lb at 4.53s

Size-speed

39.5" vert / 124" broad

Explosion

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	PHI	1	W18Out· Neck
2021	PHI	0	W10Questionable· ConcussionW19Questionable· Illness
2020	PHI	1	W16Out· Wrist
2018	PHI	0	W10Questionable· Hip

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 54

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

C2019

C+2020

C+2021

C+2022

C+2023

C+2024

C+2025

Availability

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

91%

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
2019	18	1.6	20+2	1.2
2020	35	2.7	43+8	2.5
2021	43	2.9	46+3	2.7
2022	41	2.6	41	2.4
2023	38	2.4	40+2	2.4
2024	38	2.5	44+6	2.6
2025	29	1.8	31+2	1.8

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

37 career value over replacement — #2430 all-time of 4,642. 5.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #130 (Rd 4) · PHI · 2018 · +19.5 vs expected KV-H

53actual

33.5 expected · Δ+19.5

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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 · 2018

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2018 Draft Class· this player went #130

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator