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

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Kevin Minter

Top 27% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2015

Height6'0"

Weight246 lb

BornDec 3, 1990

Age35

CollegeLSU See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 2, Pick 45 · ARI

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality linebacker with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 39 · #2360 · Role Player

Worth 39 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 52% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +7.8 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

+7.8

Avg surplus

peak +17

5 seasons × ~7.8 surplus ≈ VORP 39

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%
2013	—	ARI	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	1	2.0%	207	53.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	ARI	14	—	36	31	5	5	3	1.0	9.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	317	30.4%	20	7.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	ARI	16	—	87	65	22	8	6	0.5	14.5	0	2	1	—	0	1	—	0.0%	926	88.5%	67	15.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	ARI	16	—	79	57	22	8	7	3.5	18.5	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,003	92.9%	48	15.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CIN	8	—	30	14	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	198	32.0%	5	9.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	TB	2	—	4	4	0	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	22	8.8%	61	42.8%	2	1	0.5	66.7	5.0	1	0	0	1	1	0.1
2019	—	TB	4	—	27	15	12	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	275	41.6%	332	68.1%	23	19	0.8	121.6	7.0	5	4	1	46	6	0.1
2020	—	TB	5	—	11	8	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	92	11.1%	311	67.6%	10	9	0.9	136.2	4.2	0	0	0	8	3	0.2
2021	—	TB	8	—	32	21	11	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	331	43.5%	199	42.9%	23	15	0.7	103.7	4.7	5	2	2	23	7	0.1
Career		—	86	—	306	215	91	26	21	7.0	54.0	0	7	1	—	0	1	—	0.0%	3,165	39.0%	1,250	35.8%	58	44	—	—	—	11	6	3	78	17	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2014	24	ARI	14	0*	36	31	5	5	3	1.0	9.0	0	0	—	0	5.7
2015	25	ARI	16	14*	87	65	22	8	6	0.5	14.5	2	1	—	1	8.4
2016	26	ARI	16	15*	79	57	22	8	7	3.5	18.5	2	0	—	0	8.9
2017	27	CIN	8	0*	30	14	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—	0	2.7
2018	28	TB	2	0*	4	4	0	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	—	0	—
2019	29	TB	4	0*	27	15	12	2	1	0.0	3.0	2	0	—	0	2.2
2020	30	TB	5	0*	11	8	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	0	—	0	1.8
2021	31	TB	8	0*	32	21	11	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	—	0	3.6
Career			73	29*	306	215	91	26	21	—	—	7	1	—	1	33.3

* 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%
2013	23	ARI	13	0*	—	0.0%	1	2.0%	207	53.1%
2014	24	ARI	16	0*	—	0.0%	317	30.4%	20	7.6%
2015	25	ARI	16	14*	—	0.0%	926	88.5%	67	15.3%
2016	26	ARI	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,003	92.9%	48	15.7%
2017	27	CIN	9	0*	—	0.0%	198	32.0%	5	9.5%
2018	28	TB	5	0*	—	0.0%	22	8.8%	61	42.8%
2019	29	TB	16	0*	—	0.0%	275	41.6%	332	68.1%
2020	30	TB	16	0*	—	0.0%	92	11.1%	311	67.6%
2021	31	TB	16	0*	—	0.0%	331	43.5%	199	42.9%
Career			123	29*	—	—	3,165	—	1,250	—

* 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	28	TB	5	0*	2	1	0.5	66.7	5.0	1	0	0	1	1	0.1
2019	29	TB	16	0*	23	19	0.8	121.6	7.0	5	4	1	46	6	0.1
2020	30	TB	16	0*	10	9	0.9	136.2	4.2	0	0	0	8	3	0.2
2021	31	TB	16	0*	23	15	0.7	103.7	4.7	5	2	2	23	7	0.1
Career			53		58	44	—	—	—	11	6	3	78	17	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 55 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 55 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 88%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 37.9

Availability 15.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2014bestavg 472021

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Sacks leader4

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: 88%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.96See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.96Snap share43.6%Def snaps3,164VolatileCV 0.49

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 · 2013

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

LB · 2013 class

4.81s

40-Yard

Low · 17th pct

Pos 17thAll 34thClass Pos 34thClass All 38th

33"

Vertical

Below avg · 38th pct

Pos 38thAll 44thClass Pos 46thClass All 48th

119"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 60thClass Pos 74thClass All 61th

25 reps

Bench

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 74thClass Pos 69thClass All 71th

Postseason Career

5 playoff games

Defense

Tkl21Solo11Ast10TFL2Dis2.0PD1

College Stats

LSUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (LSU), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #45

#37Giovani BernardRB #38Manti Te'oMLB #39Geno SmithQB #40Tank CarradineDE #41Robert WoodsWR #42Menelik WatsonOT #43Johnthan BanksDB #44Kawann ShortDT #46Kiko AlonsoOLB #47Gavin EscobarTE #48Le'Veon BellRB #49Johnathan HankinsDT #50Jon BosticILB #51David AmersonDB #52Jamie CollinsOLB #53Margus HuntDE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Kevin inherited the Arizona Cardinals LB room from Sam Acho (2011–2014), and handed it to Deone Bucannon (2014–2018).

Jamir Miller 1994–1998Ronald McKinnon 1996–2004Rob Fredrickson 1999–2002Raynoch Thompson 2000–2004James Darling 2003–2006Calvin Pace

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2021final season
Last recorded season with TB
2018team change
Joined TB (from CIN)
2017team change
Joined CIN (from ARI)
2013draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 2, Pick 45

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 246 lb

Frame

246 lb at 4.81s

Size-speed

33" vert / 119" broad

Explosion

25 reps

Bench power

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	CIN	5	W8Out· ElbowW9Out· ElbowW10Out· ElbowW11Out· ElbowW15Out· Hamstring
2013	ARI	2	W3Out· HamstringW4Out· HamstringW5Questionable· 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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 58

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

C2014

B2015

B2016

C2017

F2019

F2020

C+2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.

85%

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
2014	36	2.6	23-13	1.3
2015	87	5.4	76-11	4.5
2016	79	4.9	72-7	4.2
2017	30	3.8	51+21	3
2019	27	6.8	108+81	6.3
2020	11	2.2	34+23	2
2021	32	4	65+33	3.8

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

39 career value over replacement — #2360 all-time of 4,642. 5.6/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #45 (Rd 2) · ARI · 2013 · +5.2 vs expected KV-H

55actual

49.8 expected · Δ+5.2

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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

Combine · 2013

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #45

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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