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

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Mykal Walker

Top 27% all-time linebackersReliable Starter⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2022

Height6'3"

Weight230 lb

BornAug 28, 1997

Age28

CollegeFresno State See College Stats

ConferenceMountain West

Rookie yr2020

Draft2020 · Rd 4, Pick 119 · ATL

Archetype Intelligence

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A linebacker with a top 30% among starters — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (excellent availability over their career) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 33 · #2565 · Role Player

Worth 33 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 56% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 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

+8.3

Avg surplus

peak +22

4 seasons × ~8.3 surplus ≈ VORP 33

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	—	ATL	13	—	38	25	13	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	385	34.4%	189	45.2%	14	12	0.9	113.4	2.2	2	0	2	34	2	0.0
2021	—	ATL	11	—	25	12	13	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	4	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	193	16.9%	310	72.5%	16	12	0.8	77.6	7.4	2	1	1	10	5	0.1
2022	—	ATL	16	—	97	46	51	4	1	1.0	6.0	2	6	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	769	70.5%	5	9.0%	53	44	0.8	80.3	3.6	2	1	0	16	6	0.1
2023	—	PIT	8	—	28	16	12	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	294	60.0%	11	14.3%	26	19	0.7	128.2	4.8	0	0	0	12	4	0.1
2024	—	WAS	5	—	10	3	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	77	9.8%	344	72.7%	4	4	1.0	112.5	3.0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
2025	—	NYJ	12	—	31	9	22	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	194	23.4%	306	81.8%	5	2	0.4	54.6	0.4	1	1	0	2	0	0.0
Career		—	65	—	229	111	118	8	4	1.0	13.0	4	14	2	1	1	0	—	0.0%	1,912	35.8%	1,165	49.3%	118	93	—	—	—	7	3	3	76	18	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2020	23	ATL	13	0*	38	25	13	1	2	0.0	3.0	0	1	1	—	0	5.3
2021	24	ATL	11	0*	25	12	13	0	1	0.0	1.0	1	4	0	1	1	5.8
2022	25	ATL	16	11*	97	46	51	4	1	1.0	6.0	2	6	1	—	0	9.5
2023	26	PIT	8	5*	28	16	12	2	0	0.0	2.0	1	2	0	—	0	4.1
2024	27	WAS	5	0*	10	3	7	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	1.5
2025	28	NYJ	12	0*	31	9	22	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	4.4
Career			65	16*	229	111	118	8	4	—	—	4	14	2	1	1	30.6

* 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%
2020	23	ATL	16	0*	—	0.0%	385	34.4%	189	45.2%
2021	24	ATL	17	0*	—	0.0%	193	16.9%	310	72.5%
2022	25	ATL	16	11*	—	0.0%	769	70.5%	5	9.0%
2023	26	PIT	8	5*	—	0.0%	294	60.0%	11	14.3%
2024	27	WAS	17	0*	—	0.0%	77	9.8%	344	72.7%
2025	28	NYJ	14	0*	—	0.0%	194	23.4%	306	81.8%
Career			88	16*	—	—	1,912	—	1,165	—

* 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	23	ATL	16	0*	14	12	0.9	113.4	2.2	2	0	2	34	2	0.0
2021	24	ATL	17	0*	16	12	0.8	77.6	7.4	2	1	1	10	5	0.1
2022	25	ATL	16	11*	53	44	0.8	80.3	3.6	2	1	0	16	6	0.1
2023	26	PIT	8	5*	26	19	0.7	128.2	4.8	0	0	0	12	4	0.1
2024	27	WAS	17	0*	4	4	1.0	112.5	3.0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
2025	28	NYJ	14	0*	5	2	0.4	54.6	0.4	1	1	0	2	0	0.0
Career			88	16*	118	93	—	—	—	7	3	3	76	18	—

* 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 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 38.8

Availability 14.2

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 492025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 2% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

2% of the all-time Interceptions leader2

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+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.726See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.726Snap share35.8%Def snaps1,912ReliableCV 0.40

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

4.65s

40-Yard

Above avg · 60th pct

Pos 60thAll 50thClass Pos 61thClass All 51th

33"

Vertical

Below avg · 38th pct

Pos 38thAll 44thClass Pos 39thClass All 40th

122"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 74thClass Pos 57thClass All 57th

20 reps

Bench

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 44thClass Pos 37thClass All 43th

7.09s

3-Cone

Above avg · 54th pct

Pos 54thAll 57thClass Pos 53thClass All 68th

4.25s

Shuttle

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 65thClass Pos 92thClass All 84th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl5Solo1Ast4

College Stats

Fresno StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Fresno State), 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 #119

#111Solomon KindleyG #112Joshua KelleyRB #113Troy PrideCB #114Leki FotuDT #115Harrison BryantTE #116Ben BartchOT #117D.J. WonnumLB #118Albert OkwuegbunamTE #120La'Mical PerineRB #121Logan StenbergG #122Jacob EasonQB #123Reggie Robinson IICB #124Anthony McFarlandRB #126Charlie HeckOT #127K'Von WallaceSAF #128Gabe DavisWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Mykal inherited the Atlanta Falcons LB room from Foye Oluokun (2018–2021), and handed it to Lorenzo Carter (2022–2024).

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

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined NYJ (from WAS)
2025final season
Last recorded season with NYJ
2024team change
Joined WAS (from PIT)
2023team change
Joined PIT (from ATL)
2020draft
Drafted by ATL — Round 4, Pick 119

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 230 lb

Frame

230 lb at 4.65s

Size-speed

33" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

20 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	WAS	0	W20Questionable· Illness
2022	ATL	1	W6Out· Groin

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 57

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

C+2020

C2021

B2022

C2023

F2024

C+2025

Availability

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

87%

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	38	2.9	47+9	2.7
2021	25	2.3	36+11	2.1
2022	97	6.1	99+2	5.8
2023	28	3.5	59+31	3.5
2024	10	2	36+26	2.1
2025	31	2.6	44+13	2.6

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

33 career value over replacement — #2565 all-time of 4,642. 5.5/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #119 (Rd 4) · ATL · 2020 · +20.6 vs expected KV-H

55actual

34.4 expected · Δ+20.6

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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 · 2020

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2020 Draft Class· this player went #119

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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