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

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Na'il Diggs

Top 25% all-time linebackersReliable Starter

Height6'4"

Weight240 lb

BornJul 8, 1978

Age48

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

Rookie yr2000

Draft

Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

1 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2000	22	GB	13	—	29	20	9	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	2	0	1	0	0
2001	23	GB	16	—	55	39	16	7	2	2.0	11.0	0	6	0	—	0	0
2002	24	GB	16	—	68	49	19	12	3	3.0	18.0	2	7	1	2	0	0
2003	25	GB	15	—	69	58	11	0	0	1.0	1.0	2	6	0	—	0	0
2004	26	GB	14	—	68	49	19	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2005	27	GB	9	—	28	25	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2006	28	CAR	14	—	53	38	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	0	0
2007	29	CAR	14	—	40	28	12	0	4	3.5	7.5	0	3	1	1	0	0
2008	30	CAR	15	—	40	31	9	3	2	1.0	6.0	1	2	0	—	0	0
2009	31	CAR	14	—	30	25	5	3	2	0.0	5.0	0	1	1	—	0	0
2010	32	STL	12	—	36	28	8	5	0	0.0	5.0	0	2	1	1	0	0
2011	33	SD	11	—	33	27	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
Career		—	163	—	549	417	132	34	13	11.5	58.5	5	33	4	6	0	0

Career Value · VORP

62 career value over replacement — #1823 all-time of 4,695. 5.2/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #98 (Rd 4) · GB · 2000 · +19.5 vs expected KV-H

57actual

37.5 expected · Δ+19.5

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Career arc · VAL by season

12 seasons · peak 3.5 in 2002

VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.

What he added · wins above replacement

0.8 career wins over 12 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2002 · +0.3 wins

Defence+0.3

Latest season · 2011 · −0.1 wins

Defence−0.1

VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.

Position percentile · LB

#238 of 967 all-time linebackers by KV-H

075th percentile100

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Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2000	22	GB	13	—	29	20	9	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	2	0	1	0
2001	23	GB	16	—	55	39	16	7	2	2.0	11.0	0	6	0	—	0.9
2002	24	GB	16	—	68	49	19	12	3	3.0	18.0	2	7	1	2	3.5
2003	25	GB	15	—	69	58	11	0	0	1.0	1.0	2	6	0	—	2.3
2004	26	GB	14	—	68	49	19	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0
2005	27	GB	9	—	28	25	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2006	28	CAR	14	—	53	38	15	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	0
2007	29	CAR	14	—	40	28	12	0	4	3.5	7.5	0	3	1	1	1.8
2008	30	CAR	15	—	40	31	9	3	2	1.0	6.0	1	2	0	—	1.4
2009	31	CAR	14	—	30	25	5	3	2	0.0	5.0	0	1	1	—	0
2010	32	STL	12	—	36	28	8	5	0	0.0	5.0	0	2	1	1	0
2011	33	SD	11	—	33	27	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	1	0	—	0
Career			163		549	417	132	34	13	11.5	58.5	5	33	4	6	9.9