Kenneth Murray, Jr. ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Murray, in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Murray, a career score of 67, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Kenneth Murray, Jr.

Top 10% all-time linebackersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2020

Height6'2"

Weight241 lb

BornNov 16, 1998

Age27

CollegeOklahoma See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2020

Draft2020 · Rd 1, Pick 23 · LAC

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 10% all-time linebacker who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 104 · #1061 · High-Value

Worth 104 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 24% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.3 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

+17.3

Avg surplus

peak +25

6 seasons × ~17.3 surplus ≈ VORP 104

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%
2020	—	LAC	16	—	101	62	39	5	1	1.0	7.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	959	91.8%	99	21.5%	53	44	0.8	112.9	5.6	1	0	0	32	8	0.1
2021	—	LAC	8	—	28	14	14	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	364	48.3%	1	5.0%	12	11	0.9	129.2	6.1	0	0	0	21	4	0.1
2022	—	LAC	16	—	63	37	26	7	4	1.0	12.0	1	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	719	68.9%	22	7.5%	45	33	0.7	86.3	2.7	6	2	3	26	7	0.1
2023	—	LAC	15	—	96	68	28	7	4	3.0	14.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	968	94.4%	9	6.2%	69	49	0.7	100.9	2.8	5	2	0	61	4	0.0
2024	—	TEN	14	—	89	51	38	8	5	3.5	16.5	1	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	817	92.9%	3	3.3%	46	37	0.8	115.0	3.4	7	1	2	31	4	0.0
2025	—	DAL	17	—	81	38	43	4	3	1.0	8.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	873	78.6%	40	20.0%	46	37	0.8	115.9	3.2	4	0	3	22	7	0.1
Career		—	86	—	458	270	188	33	17	9.5	59.5	3	14	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	4,700	79.1%	174	10.6%	271	211	—	—	—	23	5	8	193	34	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2020	22	LAC	16	15*	101	62	39	5	1	1.0	7.0	0	3	0	—	7.7
2021	23	LAC	8	0*	28	14	14	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	3
2022	24	LAC	16	12*	63	37	26	7	4	1.0	12.0	1	3	1	—	8.4
2023	25	LAC	15	14*	96	68	28	7	4	3.0	14.0	1	4	0	—	8.9
2024	26	TEN	14	13*	89	51	38	8	5	3.5	16.5	1	2	1	—	9
2025	27	DAL	17	13*	81	38	43	4	3	1.0	8.0	0	2	0	1	7.8
Career			86	67*	458	270	188	33	17	—	—	3	14	2	1	44.8

* 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%
2020	22	LAC	16	15*	—	0.0%	959	91.8%	99	21.5%
2021	23	LAC	11	0*	—	0.0%	364	48.3%	1	5.0%
2022	24	LAC	17	12*	—	0.0%	719	68.9%	22	7.5%
2023	25	LAC	15	14*	—	0.0%	968	94.4%	9	6.2%
2024	26	TEN	14	13*	—	0.0%	817	92.9%	3	3.3%
2025	27	DAL	17	13*	—	0.0%	873	78.6%	40	20.0%
Career			90	67*	—	—	4,700	—	174	—

* 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%
2020	22	LAC	16	15*	53	44	0.8	112.9	5.6	1	0	0	32	8	0.1
2021	23	LAC	11	0*	12	11	0.9	129.2	6.1	0	0	0	21	4	0.1
2022	24	LAC	17	12*	45	33	0.7	86.3	2.7	6	2	3	26	7	0.1
2023	25	LAC	15	14*	69	49	0.7	100.9	2.8	5	2	0	61	4	0.0
2024	26	TEN	14	13*	46	37	0.8	115.0	3.4	7	1	2	31	4	0.0
2025	27	DAL	17	13*	46	37	0.8	115.9	3.2	4	0	3	22	7	0.1
Career			90	67*	271	211	—	—	—	23	5	8	193	34	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 67 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 67 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 67.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 67· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 66

On-field 48

Availability 18

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 64elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Sacks leader5

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+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.67See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.67Snap share79.1%Def snaps4,700VolatileCV 0.46

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 · 2020

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

LB · 2020 class

4.52s

40-Yard

Elite · 91th pct

Pos 91thAll 73thClass Pos 80thClass All 72th

38"

Vertical

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 87thClass Pos 91thClass All 87th

129"

Broad Jump

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 94thClass Pos 95thClass All 93th

21 reps

Bench

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 50thClass Pos 56thClass All 52th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl8Solo2Ast6QBHits1Sk0.5Dis1.5

College Stats

OklahomaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Oklahoma), 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.

2020 Draft Class· this player went #23

#15Jerry JeudyWR #16A.J. TerrellCB #17CeeDee LambWR #18Austin JacksonOT #19Damon ArnetteCB #20K'Lavon ChaissonLB #21Jalen ReagorWR #22Justin JeffersonWR #24Cesar RuizC #25Brandon AiyukWR #26Jordan LoveQB #27Jordyn BrooksLB #28Patrick QueenLB #29Isaiah WilsonOT #30Noah IgbinogheneCB #31Jeff GladneyCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kenneth inherited the Los Angeles Chargers LB room from Drue Tranquill (2019–2022), and handed it to Khalil Mack (2022–2025).

Billy Ray Smith Jr. 1983–1991Junior Seau 1990–2002Lewis Bush 1993–1999Kurt Gouveia 1996–1998Gerald Dixon 1998–2001Ben Leber

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined DAL (from TEN)
2025final season
Last recorded season with DAL
2024team change
Joined TEN (from LAC)
2020draft
Drafted by LAC — Round 1, Pick 23

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 241 lb

Frame

241 lb at 4.52s

Size-speed

38" vert / 129" broad

Explosion

21 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2024	TEN	W14Questionable· HamstringW16Questionable· Hamstring
2023	LAC	W9Questionable· ShoulderW17Doubtful· ShoulderW18Doubtful· Shoulder
2021	LAC	W4Questionable· 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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 70

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

B+2020

C2021

B2022

B+2023

B2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

89%

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
2020	101	6.3	104+3	6.1
2021	28	3.5	56+28	3.3
2022	63	3.9	64+1	3.8
2023	96	6.4	108+12	6.4
2024	89	6.4	107+18	6.3
2025	81	4.8	81	4.8

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

104 career value over replacement — #1061 all-time of 4,642. 17.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #23 (Rd 1) · LAC · 2020 · +10.5 vs expected KV-H

67actual

56.5 expected · Δ+10.5

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Archetype Intelligence

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

Combine · 2020

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2020 Draft Class· this player went #23

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography