Paul Posluszny NFL Stats, Career Profile & VAL | StatVault
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Paul Posluszny ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Posluszny in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Posluszny a career score of 79, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position
17
Depth
of 100
Reached 19% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
19% of the all-time Interceptions leader19
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leader at 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: 93%.
Encyclopedia Coverage7/8 data layers▼
StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.
Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.
Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.
Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player
Snap Counts (2012–present)Offensive, defensive, and special-teams snap counts with team-share percentages. Essential for OL and situational players. Source: nflverse snap_counts.
Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.
College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.
Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.
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). = average linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 32. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).
Combine · 2007
Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.
LB · 2007 class
4.70s
40-Yard
Below avg · 44th pct
Pos 44thAll 46thClass Pos 63thClass All 51th
37"
Vertical
Strong · 80th pct
Pos 80thAll 82thClass Pos 85thClass All 85th
116"
Broad Jump
Understanding These Stats▼
Defense
Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.
TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).
QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).
Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.
Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.
Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.
Snap Counts (2012–present)
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Postseason Career
2 playoff games
Defense
Tkl4Solo3Ast1PD1
College Stats
Penn StateCollege listed; stat table pending import
College stats are not imported for this profile yet.
StatVault has the verified college attribution (Penn 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.
The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide .
Similar Players
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts
6'2" / 232 lb
Frame
238 lb at 4.70s
Size-speed
37" vert / 116" broad
Explosion
22 reps
Bench power
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 10-season peers. See all →
79
peak 83
Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season
B2008
B2009
B+2010
B+2011
A2012
A2013
B2014
A2015
B+2016
C+2017
Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 11 seasons.
89%
Era Translator
Tackles translated to the 2025 NFL — 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
2008
83
5.2
77-6
4.5
2009
74
6.2
96+22
5.7
2010
114
8.1
133+19
7.8
2011
113
7.1
112-1
6.6
2012
137
8.6
137
8.1
2013
159
10.6
170+11
10
2014
66
9.4
148+82
8.7
2015
132
9.4
149+17
8.7
2016
128
8
127-1
7.5
2017
59
4.5
66+7
3.9
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 8/31/2026
Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.
Pre-1999 players have bio + draft data but counting stats are not available from any freely-licensed source. Players with ★ Career Only see verified career aggregates from nflverse draft_picks.
Indigo
Below avg · 37th pct
Pos 37thAll 48thClass Pos 73thClass All 59th
22 reps
Bench
Above avg · 50th pct
Pos 50thAll 56thClass Pos 38thClass All 52th
6.94s
3-Cone
Strong · 82th pct
Pos 82thAll 79thClass Pos 98thClass All 78th
4.20s
Shuttle
Strong · 75th pct
Pos 75thAll 75thClass Pos 83thClass All 82th
Off / Off% — Offensive snaps played and share of team total. The most reliable usage metric for skill positions and OL.
Def / Def% — Defensive snaps played and share of team total.
ST / ST% — Special-teams snaps played and share of team total.
Proprietary StatVault Metrics
KV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — Era-normalized career rating 0–100 within position group, calibrated so a 50 = average starter and 90+ = all-time great. Covers 1999–present. Built on a 5-year IQR/robust-std era window.
SIS (Snap Impact Score) — Per-snap production z-scored within position group and era (2012+). Measures how much a player produced per opportunity, not raw volume.
VORP (Value Over Replacement) — Sum of max(0, season KV-H − positional replacement level) across a career. Measures career value above the minimum-roster baseline at each position.
Durability IQ — 0–100 score reflecting how many games a player played relative to peers at the same position in the same era. Adjusts for injury-shortened seasons.
