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

LBCHI#99ACT

Lamarr Houston

Top 30% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2012 Team Carrier · #583

Height6'3"

Weight274 lb

BornJun 24, 1987

Age39

CollegeTexas See College Stats

Rookie yr2010

Draft2010 · Rd 2, Pick 44 · LV

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 34 · #2527 · Role Player

Worth 34 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 55% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.8 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

+6.8

Avg surplus

peak +11

5 seasons × ~6.8 surplus ≈ VORP 34

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2010	—	LV	16	—	31	22	9	8	13	5.0	26.0	0	0	1	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	LV	16	—	47	32	15	6	5	1.0	12.0	1	3	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	LV	16	—	63	43	20	13	12	4.0	29.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	LV	16	—	60	47	13	10	16	6.0	32.0	0	0	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	OAK	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	1,020	94.9%	81	16.8%
2014	—	CHI	7	—	11	8	3	3	7	1.0	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	397	77.5%	45	21.3%
2015	—	CHI	14	—	40	34	6	11	13	8.0	32.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	418	40.3%	14	11.8%
2016	—	CHI	1	—	3	1	2	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	32	21.5%	—	0.0%
2017	—	CHI	9	—	16	13	3	7	9	5.0	21.0	0	1	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	HOU	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	377	57.6%	1	3.0%
Career		—	121	—	271	200	71	58	76	30.0	164.0	1	7	5	9	1	0	—	0.0%	2,244	58.4%	141	13.2%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2010	23	LV	16	—	31	22	9	8	13	5.0	26.0	0	0	1	2	0	8.6
2011	24	LV	16	—	47	32	15	6	5	1.0	12.0	1	3	0	2	0	8.2
2012	25	LV	16	—	63	43	20	13	12	4.0	29.0	0	2	1	1	0	10.1
2013	26	LV	16	15*	60	47	13	10	16	6.0	32.0	0	0	2	1	0	10.4
2014	27	CHI	7	6*	11	8	3	3	7	1.0	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3.6
2015	28	CHI	14	0*	40	34	6	11	13	8.0	32.0	0	0	0	1	0	9.6
2016	29	CHI	1	—	3	1	2	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2017	30	CHI	9	6*	16	13	3	7	9	5.0	21.0	0	1	1	1	1	7.3
Career			95	27*	271	200	71	58	76	—	—	1	7	5	9	1	57.8

* 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%
2013	26	OAK	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,020	94.9%	81	16.8%
2014	27	CHI	8	6*	—	0.0%	397	77.5%	45	21.3%
2015	28	CHI	16	0*	—	0.0%	418	40.3%	14	11.8%
2016	29	CHI	2	—	—	0.0%	32	21.5%	—	0.0%
2017	30	HOU	10	6*	—	0.0%	377	57.6%	1	3.0%
Career			52	27*	—	—	2,244	—	141	—

* 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 well-rounded 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 53 × longevity 1 = KV-H 53· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 51

On-field 33.1

Availability 17.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2010bestavg 482017

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #583 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

2015 CHI·6 team wins#24

Sacks · 8 · score 2

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 15% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

15% of the all-time Sacks leader15

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: 95%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.545See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.545Snap share58.4%Def snaps2,244ReliableCV 0.38

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 · 2010

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

LB · 2010 class

4.84s

40-Yard

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 31thClass Pos 22thClass All 29th

33.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 43th pct

Pos 43thAll 49thClass Pos 40thClass All 42th

114"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 26th pct

Pos 26thAll 38thClass Pos 34thClass All 44th

30 reps

Bench

Elite · 96th pct

Pos 96thAll 92thClass Pos 94thClass All 89th

7.61s

3-Cone

Low · 2th pct

Pos 2thAll 19thClass Pos 2thClass All 15th

4.71s

Shuttle

Low · 1th pct

Pos 1thAll 13thClass Pos 2thClass All 12th

College Stats

TexasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Texas), 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.

2010 Draft Class· this player went #44

#36Dexter McClusterWR #37Nate AllenS #38T.J. WardDB #39Arrelious BennWR #40Koa MisiOLB #41Torell TroupDT #42Rob GronkowskiTE #43Sergio KindleLB #45Zane BeadlesG #46Linval JosephDT #47Daryl WashingtonILB #48Jimmy ClausenQB #49Taylor MaysS #50Javier ArenasCB #51Toby GerhartRB #52Jason WorildsOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Lamarr inherited the Chicago Bears LB room from Shea McClellin (2012–2015), and handed it to Willie Young (2014–2017).

Wilber Marshall 1984–1987Vinson Smith 1993–1996Barry Minter 1993–2000John Thierry 1994–1998Sean Harris 1995–2000Bryan Cox

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017final season
Last recorded season with CHI
2014team change
Joined CHI (from LV)
2010draft
Drafted by LV — Round 2, Pick 44

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 274 lb

Frame

305 lb at 4.84s

Size-speed

33.5" vert / 114" broad

Explosion

30 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2011	OAK	0	W12Questionable· Knee

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 56

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

C+2010

C+2011

C+2012

C+2013

D2014

C+2015

C2017

Availability

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

78%

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
2010	31	1.9	19-12	1.1
2011	47	2.9	38-9	2.2
2012	63	3.9	53-10	3.1
2013	60	3.8	46-14	2.7
2014	11	1.6	5-6	0.3
2015	40	2.9	30-10	1.7
2017	16	1.8	17+1	1

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

34 career value over replacement — #2527 all-time of 4,642. 4.9/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #44 (Rd 2) · LV · 2010 · +3.2 vs expected KV-H

53actual

49.8 expected · Δ+3.2

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2010

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2010 Draft Class· this player went #44

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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