Neville Hewitt is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Hewitt in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Hewitt's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2015 | 22 | MIA | 16 | — | 29 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 341 | 29.4% | 288 | 62.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 23 | MIA | 16 | — | 57 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 352 | 30.4% | 355 | 76.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 24 | MIA | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 11 | 2.5% | 115 | 66.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 25 | NYJ | 16 | — | 28 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 267 | 23.1% | 283 | 57.1% | 22 | 13 | 0.6 | 96.0 | 5.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 26 | NYJ | 12 | — | 70 | 40 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 3.0 | 17.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 765 | 94.8% | 121 | 36.0% | 51 | 26 | 0.5 | 76.9 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 12 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 27 | NYJ | 16 | — | 117 | 75 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,130 | 99.1% | 191 | 43.4% | 78 | 55 | 0.7 | 93.4 | 5.5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 16 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 28 | HOU | 17 | — | 46 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 324 | 28.4% | 286 | 63.7% | 11 | 9 | 0.8 | 104.2 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 29 | HOU | 14 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 23 | 2.4% | 310 | 80.9% | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 116.7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 30 | HOU | 16 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 3 | 0.3% | 366 | 83.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 31 | HOU | 17 | — | 47 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 341 | 31.7% | 329 | 70.0% | 14 | 9 | 0.6 | 69.9 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 32 | NYG | 15 | — | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 6 | 0.7% | 311 | 80.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 161 | — | 411 | 246 | 165 | 22 | 20 | 7.5 | 49.5 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 3,563 | 31.9% | 2,955 | 65.9% | 178 | 114 | — | — | — | 18 | 1 | 9 | 166 | 38 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
75 career value over replacement — #1566 all-time of 4,695. 9.4/season above a replacement-level LB.
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