Kaden Elliss ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Elliss in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Elliss a career score of 71, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Kaden Elliss

Top 5% all-time linebackersIron Legend📈 Late Developer · 2024

Height6'2"

Weight238 lb

BornJun 10, 1995

Age31

CollegeIdaho See College Stats

ConferenceSun Belt

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 7, Pick 244 · NO

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber linebacker (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 97 · #1177 · High-Value

Worth 97 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 26% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +24.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+24.3

Avg surplus

peak +33

4 seasons × ~24.3 surplus ≈ VORP 97

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%
2019	—	NO	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	47	55.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	NO	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	5	3.5%	276	64.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	NO	7	—	13	6	7	1	3	1.0	5.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	191	22.7%	279	77.8%	10	9	0.9	118.7	4.1	4	1	2	14	2	0.1
2022	—	NO	15	—	67	34	33	7	10	7.0	24.0	0	2	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	630	54.1%	278	59.8%	31	19	0.6	76.8	5.0	11	1	2	24	5	0.1
2023	—	ATL	17	—	107	67	40	11	6	4.0	21.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,082	95.0%	5	16.0%	54	39	0.7	90.1	3.7	9	3	2	39	9	0.1
2024	—	ATL	17	—	138	72	66	8	16	5.0	29.0	1	3	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,095	98.3%	36	12.6%	60	48	0.8	97.0	4.7	22	6	11	60	7	0.0
2025	—	ATL	17	—	105	57	48	10	10	3.5	23.5	1	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,103	99.9%	31	15.9%	67	44	0.7	92.9	3.9	18	8	6	98	7	0.1
Career		—	91	—	430	236	194	37	45	20.5	102.5	2	14	4	2	0	0	—	0.0%	4,106	62.2%	952	43.2%	222	159	—	—	—	64	19	23	235	30	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2021	26	NO	7	0*	13	6	7	1	3	1.0	5.0	0	0	0	1	2.8
2022	27	NO	15	9*	67	34	33	7	10	7.0	24.0	0	2	2	—	9.5
2023	28	ATL	17	16*	107	67	40	11	6	4.0	21.0	0	3	0	—	9.2
2024	29	ATL	17	17*	138	72	66	8	16	5.0	29.0	1	3	1	1	11.7
2025	30	ATL	17	17*	105	57	48	10	10	3.5	23.5	1	6	1	—	12.4
Career			73	59*	430	236	194	37	45	—	—	2	14	4	2	45.6

* 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%
2019	24	NO	3	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	47	55.3%
2020	25	NO	15	0*	—	0.0%	5	3.5%	276	64.9%
2021	26	NO	13	0*	—	0.0%	191	22.7%	279	77.8%
2022	27	NO	17	9*	—	0.0%	630	54.1%	278	59.8%
2023	28	ATL	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,082	95.0%	5	16.0%
2024	29	ATL	17	17*	—	0.0%	1,095	98.3%	36	12.6%
2025	30	ATL	17	17*	—	0.0%	1,103	99.9%	31	15.9%
Career			99	59*	—	—	4,106	—	952	—

* 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%
2021	26	NO	13	0*	10	9	0.9	118.7	4.1	4	1	2	14	2	0.1
2022	27	NO	17	9*	31	19	0.6	76.8	5.0	11	1	2	24	5	0.1
2023	28	ATL	17	16*	54	39	0.7	90.1	3.7	9	3	2	39	9	0.1
2024	29	ATL	17	17*	60	48	0.8	97.0	4.7	22	6	11	60	7	0.0
2025	30	ATL	17	17*	67	44	0.7	92.9	3.9	18	8	6	98	7	0.1
Career			81	59*	222	159	—	—	—	64	19	23	235	30	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 71 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 71 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 70.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 71· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 68

On-field 49.7

Availability 18.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2021bestavg 64elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 10% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

10% of the all-time Sacks leader10

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.987See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.987Snap share74%Def snaps4,101ReliableCV 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+).

College Stats

IdahoCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Idaho), 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.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #244

#233Chandler CoxFB #234Myles GaskinRB #235Dontavius RussellDT #236John UrsuaWR #237Terry GodwinWR #240Jackson BartonOT #242Cortez BroughtonDT #243Nick ScottSAF #246Javon PattersonC #247Bisi JohnsonWR #248Joshua MilesOT #249Michael DogbeDE #250Austin CuttingLS #251Dakota AllenLB #252Ken WebsterDB #253Jordan BrailfordLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kaden inherited the Atlanta Falcons LB room from Arnold Ebiketie (2022–2025), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Jessie Tuggle 1987–2000Jesse Solomon 1992–1993Ron George 1993–1996Cornelius Bennett 1996–1998Henri Crockett 1997–2001Keith Brooking 1998–2008

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with ATL
2023team change
Joined ATL (from NO)
2019draft
Drafted by NO — Round 7, Pick 244

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 238 lb

Frame

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	NO	2	W13Out· HamstringW14Out· HamstringW15Questionable· Hamstring

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 75

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

D2021

B2022

B+2023

A2024

B+2025

Availability

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

95%

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
2021	13	1.9	29+16	1.7
2022	67	4.5	73+6	4.3
2023	107	6.3	106-1	6.2
2024	138	8.1	136-2	8
2025	105	6.2	105	6.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

97 career value over replacement — #1177 all-time of 4,642. 19.4/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #244 (Rd 7) · NO · 2019 · +48.2 vs expected KV-H

71actual

22.8 expected · Δ+48.2

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #244

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator