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

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Melvin Ingram

3× Pro BowlTop 28% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2016Two-Way ProfileTeam Carrier · #279

Height6'2"

Weight250 lb

BornApr 26, 1989

Age37

CollegeSouth Carolina See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 1, Pick 18 · LAC

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

82ndPlayoff Sacks·4

Pro Bowls

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 41 · #2305 · Above Average

Worth 41 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 51% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

5 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+8.2

Avg surplus

peak +11

5 seasons × ~8.2 surplus ≈ VORP 41

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Rushing								Advanced (EPA)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2012	—	LAC	14	—	28	15	13	4	3	1.0	8.0	0	5	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	LAC	3	—	5	1	4	1	1	1.0	3.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	SD	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	120	48.8%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	LAC	9	—	23	15	8	5	7	4.0	16.0	0	1	2	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	SD	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	497	86.4%	9	18.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	LAC	15	—	59	46	13	14	20	10.5	44.5	0	6	3	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	SD	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	961	95.7%	77	17.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	LAC	16	—	59	45	14	10	19	8.0	37.0	0	5	4	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	SD	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	959	89.8%	52	14.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	LAC	16	—	46	33	13	17	25	10.5	52.5	0	1	1	2	1	0	—	0.0%	890	84.6%	22	15.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	LAC	16	—	41	26	15	8	16	7.0	31.0	1	3	1	2	0	0	1	2.0%	915	88.8%	—	0.0%	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.0	—	0	0
2019	—	LAC	13	—	44	35	9	11	12	7.0	30.0	1	5	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	668	83.6%	12	5.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	—	LAC	6	—	9	4	5	0	5	0.0	5.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	362	81.9%	5	5.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	—	KC	13	—	20	7	13	4	11	2.0	17.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	592	60.1%	13	12.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	MIA	14	—	19	12	7	7	10	6.0	23.0	0	1	1	2	1	0	—	0.0%	512	45.2%	1	3.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	MIA	2	—	5	4	1	1	2	1.5	4.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	95	44.7%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	182	—	358	243	115	82	131	58.5	271.5	3	30	15	9	2	0	1	2.0%	6,571	73.6%	191	11.5%	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	-1.0	—	0	0

Career EPA-1.0·-1 rushing·-1.0/season