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

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Nick Kwiatkoski

Top 25% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2020

Height6'2"

Weight242 lb

BornMay 26, 1993

Age33

CollegeWest Virginia See College Stats

ConferenceBig Twelve

Rookie yr2016

Draft2016 · Rd 4, Pick 113 · CHI

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 48 · #2114 · Above Average

Worth 48 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 47% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12 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

+12

Avg surplus

peak +20

4 seasons × ~12 surplus ≈ VORP 48

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						Advanced (EPA)					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%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2016	—	CHI	10	—	42	32	10	3	1	1.0	5.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	457	55.1%	145	38.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	CHI	10	—	44	33	11	2	3	2.0	7.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	382	53.5%	100	35.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	CHI	7	—	10	8	2	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1	1.0%	111	17.3%	304	71.8%	—	—	—	—	—	7	5	0.7	97.3	4.4	1	0	1	6	0	0.0
2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	CHI	10	—	66	48	18	8	3	3.0	14.0	1	4	1	—	0	1	—	0.0%	512	79.5%	256	59.7%	—	—	—	—	—	37	22	0.6	66.0	4.2	6	3	0	22	10	0.1
2020	—	LV	12	—	77	49	28	3	2	1.0	6.0	1	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	651	80.2%	74	21.8%	—	—	—	—	—	47	27	0.6	77.3	5.0	4	2	1	16	10	0.1
2021	—	LV	6	—	13	9	4	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	66	15.3%	150	68.6%	—	—	—	—	—	7	6	0.9	118.7	10.6	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
2022	—	ATL	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	228	74.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	67	—	252	179	73	17	10	7.0	34.0	2	12	3	—	0	1	1	1.0%	2,179	50.1%	1,257	53.0%	—	—	—	0	0	98	60	—	—	—	11	5	2	46	21	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2016	23	CHI	10	8*	42	32	10	3	1	1.0	5.0	0	2	0	—	0	4.7
2017	24	CHI	10	6*	44	33	11	2	3	2.0	7.0	0	2	1	—	0	5.5
2018	25	CHI	7	0*	10	8	2	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	2.2
2019	26	CHI	10	10*	66	48	18	8	3	3.0	14.0	1	4	1	—	1	8.3
2020	27	LV	12	10*	77	49	28	3	2	1.0	6.0	1	4	1	—	0	8.1
2021	28	LV	6	0*	13	9	4	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	2
Career			55	34*	252	179	73	17	10	—	—	2	12	3	—	1	30.8

* 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%
2016	23	CHI	14	8*	—	0.0%	457	55.1%	145	38.4%
2017	24	CHI	11	6*	—	0.0%	382	53.5%	100	35.8%
2018	25	CHI	16	0*	1	1.0%	111	17.3%	304	71.8%
2019	26	CHI	16	13*	—	0.0%	512	79.5%	256	59.7%
2020	27	LV	12	10*	—	0.0%	651	80.2%	74	21.8%
2021	28	LV	8	0*	—	0.0%	66	15.3%	150	68.6%
2022	29	ATL	12	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	228	74.6%
Career			89	37*	1	—	2,179	—	1,257	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2018	25	—	—	0*	—	—	—	0	0
Career					—	—	—	0	0

* 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%
2018	25	CHI	16	0*	7	5	0.7	97.3	4.4	1	0	1	6	0	0.0
2019	26	CHI	16	13*	37	22	0.6	66.0	4.2	6	3	0	22	10	0.1
2020	27	LV	12	10*	47	27	0.6	77.3	5.0	4	2	1	16	10	0.1
2021	28	LV	8	0*	7	6	0.9	118.7	10.6	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Career			52	23*	98	60	—	—	—	11	5	2	46	21	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 56 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 56.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 94%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 41.4

Availability 11.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 502021

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Sacks leader4

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.341See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.341Snap share50.2%Def snaps2,179VolatileCV 0.48

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 · 2016

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

LB · 2016 class

4.73s

40-Yard

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 41thClass Pos 55thClass All 47th

32"

Vertical

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 35thClass Pos 56thClass All 43th

120"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 63th pct

Pos 63thAll 64thClass Pos 77thClass All 68th

19 reps

Bench

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 38thClass Pos 36thClass All 48th

7.16s

3-Cone

Below avg · 41th pct

Pos 41thAll 49thClass Pos 37thClass All 55th

4.22s

Shuttle

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 69thClass Pos 81thClass All 75th

College Stats

West VirginiaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (West Virginia), 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.

2016 Draft Class· this player went #113

#105Parker EhingerG #106Eric MurrayS #107Chris MooreWR #108Ryan SmithCB #109B.J. GoodsonMLB #110Tyler HigbeeTE #111Miles KillebrewSAF #112Malcolm MitchellWR #114Ricardo LouisWR #115De'Vondre CampbellOLB #116Hassan RidgewayDT #117Pharoh CooperWR #118Juston BurrisFS #119Tyler ErvinRB #120David OnyemataDT #121Willie BeaversG

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Nick inherited the Chicago Bears LB room from Sam Acho (2015–2018), and handed it to Danny Trevathan (2016–2021).

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

2022team change
Joined ATL (from LV)
2022final season
Last recorded season with ATL
2020team change
Joined LV (from CHI)
2016draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 4, Pick 113

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 242 lb

Frame

243 lb at 4.73s

Size-speed

32" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

19 reps

Bench power

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	LV	4	W2Out· ConcussionW10Out· AnkleW11Out· AnkleW12Out· AnkleW13Questionable· Ankle
2020	LV	1	W2Doubtful· PectoralW3Out· PectoralW4Questionable· Pectoral
2019	CHI	0	W2Questionable· Knee
2017	CHI	1	W3Out· ChestW4Doubtful· ChestW5Doubtful· ChestW6Questionable· ChestW7Questionable· Chest
2016	CHI	0	W5Questionable· Elbow

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 61

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

C+2016

C+2017

D2018

B2019

B2020

D2021

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 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
2016	42	4.2	59+17	3.5
2017	44	4.4	62+18	3.7
2018	10	1.4	15+5	0.9
2019	66	6.6	105+39	6.2
2020	77	6.4	106+29	6.2
2021	13	2.2	34+21	2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

48 career value over replacement — #2114 all-time of 4,642. 8/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #113 (Rd 4) · CHI · 2016 · +19.2 vs expected KV-H

56actual

36.8 expected · Δ+19.2

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2016

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2016 Draft Class· this player went #113

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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