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

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Pete Werner

Top 12% all-time linebackersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2024

Height6'3"

Weight242 lb

BornJun 5, 1999

Age27

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2021

Draft2021 · Rd 2, Pick 60 · NO

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time linebacker who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 92 · #1256 · High-Value

Worth 92 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 28% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+18.4

Avg surplus

peak +23

5 seasons × ~18.4 surplus ≈ VORP 92

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%
2021	—	NO	13	—	53	30	23	4	1	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	394	42.4%	196	51.1%	28	21	0.8	84.5	2.9	1	0	1	12	1	0.0
2022	—	NO	11	—	78	54	24	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	597	78.1%	41	18.1%	39	28	0.7	93.1	2.8	2	2	0	15	4	0.0
2023	—	NO	16	—	85	52	33	4	1	0.5	5.5	1	1	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	920	87.3%	13	9.8%	61	49	0.8	101.5	4.9	2	1	0	40	4	0.0
2024	—	NO	13	—	90	52	38	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	732	83.5%	17	10.1%	48	38	0.8	93.2	3.5	2	2	0	22	7	0.1
2025	—	NO	17	—	80	49	31	4	3	2.0	9.0	0	5	0	3	0	0	—	0.0%	684	62.1%	38	14.2%	45	28	0.6	83.9	4.2	3	0	1	21	15	0.2
Career		—	70	—	386	237	149	18	5	2.5	25.5	1	10	2	5	0	0	—	0.0%	3,327	70.7%	305	20.7%	221	164	—	—	—	10	5	2	110	31	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2021	22	NO	13	0*	53	30	23	4	1	0.0	5.0	0	0	0	—	5.2
2022	23	NO	11	9*	78	54	24	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	3	2	—	5.6
2023	24	NO	16	14*	85	52	33	4	1	0.5	5.5	1	1	0	2	7.3
2024	25	NO	13	11*	90	52	38	3	0	0.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	5.3
2025	26	NO	17	11*	80	49	31	4	3	2.0	9.0	0	5	0	3	8.6
Career			70	45*	386	237	149	18	5	—	—	1	10	2	5	32

* 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%
2021	22	NO	15	0*	—	0.0%	394	42.4%	196	51.1%
2022	23	NO	12	9*	—	0.0%	597	78.1%	41	18.1%
2023	24	NO	16	14*	—	0.0%	920	87.3%	13	9.8%
2024	25	NO	13	11*	—	0.0%	732	83.5%	17	10.1%
2025	26	NO	17	11*	—	0.0%	684	62.1%	38	14.2%
Career			73	45*	—	—	3,327	—	305	—

* 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%
2021	22	NO	15	0*	28	21	0.8	84.5	2.9	1	0	1	12	1	0.0
2022	23	NO	12	9*	39	28	0.7	93.1	2.8	2	2	0	15	4	0.0
2023	24	NO	16	14*	61	49	0.8	101.5	4.9	2	1	0	40	4	0.0
2024	25	NO	13	11*	48	38	0.8	93.2	3.5	2	2	0	22	7	0.1
2025	26	NO	17	11*	45	28	0.6	83.9	4.2	3	0	1	21	15	0.2
Career			73	45*	221	164	—	—	—	10	5	2	110	31	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 66 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 66 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 65.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 66· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 48.2

Availability 16.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2021bestavg 65elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 1% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

1% of the all-time Sacks leader1

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.157See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.157Snap share70.7%Def snaps3,327VolatileCV 0.43

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 · 2021

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

LB · 2021 class

4.58s

40-Yard

Strong · 78th pct

Pos 78thAll 62thClass Pos 78thClass All 55th

39.5"

Vertical

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 93thClass Pos 87thClass All 92th

122"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 74thClass Pos 61thClass All 65th

20 reps

Bench

Below avg · 30th pct

Pos 30thAll 44thClass Pos 33thClass All 44th

6.95s

3-Cone

Strong · 78th pct

Pos 78thAll 75thClass Pos 82thClass All 77th

4.38s

Shuttle

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 43thClass Pos 38thClass All 45th

College Stats

Ohio StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ohio 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.

2021 Draft Class· this player went #60

#52Jeremiah Owusu-KoramoahLB #53Dillon RadunzOT #54Dayo OdeyingboDE #55Pat FreiermuthTE #56Dee EskridgeWR #57Tutu AtwellWR #58Nick BoltonLB #59Terrace Marshall Jr.WR #61Carlos BashamLB #62Josh MyersC #63Creed HumphreyC #64Kyle TraskQB #65Andre CiscoSAF #66Kellen MondQB #67Davis MillsQB #68Jalen MayfieldOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Pete inherited the New Orleans Saints LB room from Kwon Alexander (2020–2021), and holds it as the most recent the corpus records.

Winfred Tubbs 1994–1997Richard Harvey 1995–1997Mark Fields 1995–2000Keith Mitchell 1997–2001Darrin Smith 2000–2003Charlie Clemons 2001–2002

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with NO
2021draft
Drafted by NO — Round 2, Pick 60

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 242 lb

Frame

238 lb at 4.58s

Size-speed

39.5" vert / 122" broad

Explosion

20 reps

Bench power

Injury History

9 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	NO	2	W5Questionable· HamstringW6Out· HamstringW7Out· HamstringW11Questionable· HandW18Questionable· Concussion
2023	NO	1	W13Out· Shoulder / ObliqueW14Questionable· Shoulder / Oblique
2022	NO	4	W10Out· AnkleW11Out· AnkleW12Out· AnkleW13Questionable· AnkleW16Out· HamstringW17Questionable· Hamstring
2021	NO	2	W2Out· HamstringW14Out· 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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 67

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

C+2021

B2022

B2023

B+2024

B2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

86%

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
2021	53	4.1	66+13	3.9
2022	78	7.1	116+38	6.8
2023	85	5.3	90+5	5.3
2024	90	6.9	116+26	6.8
2025	80	4.7	80	4.7

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

92 career value over replacement — #1256 all-time of 4,642. 18.4/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #60 (Rd 2) · NO · 2021 · +19.1 vs expected KV-H

66actual

46.9 expected · Δ+19.1

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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 · 2021

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2021 Draft Class· this player went #60

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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