Roquan Smith ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Smith in the top 1% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Smith a career score of 86, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Roquan Smith

4× Pro Bowl3× All-ProTop 1% all-time linebackersIron Legend👑 #1 Linebacker · 2024 ⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2023

Height6'1"

Weight235 lb

BornApr 8, 1997

Age29

CollegeGeorgia See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 1, Pick 8 · CHI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber linebacker (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with exceptional availability — almost never missed time. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 266 · #194 · Elite

Worth 266 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 5% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +33.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+33.3

Avg surplus

peak +37

8 seasons × ~33.3 surplus ≈ VORP 266

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%
2018	—	CHI	16	—	114	82	32	8	5	5.0	18.0	1	5	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	880	82.9%	17	7.3%	82	60	0.7	95.9	4.3	9	4	0	36	13	0.1
2019	—	CHI	12	—	99	64	35	5	2	2.0	9.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	719	86.0%	23	10.0%	58	39	0.7	75.9	3.0	4	2	0	23	4	0.0
2020	—	CHI	16	—	137	96	41	18	6	4.0	28.0	2	7	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	1,016	93.1%	10	4.5%	79	50	0.6	59.6	2.3	11	4	3	33	10	0.1
2021	—	CHI	17	—	153	85	68	12	4	3.0	19.0	1	3	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	1,009	94.7%	80	18.9%	66	47	0.7	76.8	2.5	8	5	0	44	6	0.0
2022	—	BAL	17	—	150	84	66	11	4	4.5	19.5	3	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,039	97.8%	8	10.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	—	2TM	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	69	49	0.7	78.1	4.4	10	5	0	32	8	0.0
2023	—	BAL	16	—	148	74	74	5	5	1.5	11.5	1	8	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,067	97.4%	1	3.0%	82	63	0.8	103.5	5.2	7	1	4	42	8	0.0
2024	—	BAL	16	—	145	72	73	4	3	1.5	8.5	1	4	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	992	93.5%	1	3.0%	68	50	0.7	106.5	4.5	8	4	2	48	5	0.0
2025	—	BAL	15	—	128	74	54	5	4	0.0	9.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	953	94.3%	2	3.5%	67	47	0.7	95.4	4.4	7	3	4	56	11	0.1
Career		—	142	—	1,074	631	443	68	33	21.5	122.5	10	38	3	3	1	0	—	0.0%	7,675	92.5%	142	7.6%	571	405	—	—	—	64	28	13	314	65	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2018	21	CHI	16	13*	114	82	32	8	5	5.0	18.0	1	5	0	—	0	11.1
2019	22	CHI	12	10*	99	64	35	5	2	2.0	9.0	1	2	0	—	0	7.7
2020	23	CHI	16	15*	137	96	41	18	6	4.0	28.0	2	7	1	1	0	15.4
2021	24	CHI	17	16*	153	85	68	12	4	3.0	19.0	1	3	0	—	1	12.4
2022	25	BAL	17	17*	150	84	66	11	4	4.5	19.5	3	6	0	—	0	13.1
2023	26	BAL	16	16*	148	74	74	5	5	1.5	11.5	1	8	1	—	0	10.4
2024	27	BAL	16	15*	145	72	73	4	3	1.5	8.5	1	4	1	1	0	9.5
2025	28	BAL	15	14*	128	74	54	5	4	0.0	9.0	0	3	0	1	0	7.9
Career			125	116*	1,074	631	443	68	33	—	—	10	38	3	3	1	87.5

* 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%
2018	21	CHI	16	13*	—	0.0%	880	82.9%	17	7.3%
2019	22	CHI	12	10*	—	0.0%	719	86.0%	23	10.0%
2020	23	CHI	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,016	93.1%	10	4.5%
2021	24	CHI	17	16*	—	0.0%	1,009	94.7%	80	18.9%
2022	25	BAL	17	17*	—	0.0%	1,039	97.8%	8	10.3%
2023	26	BAL	16	16*	—	0.0%	1,067	97.4%	1	3.0%
2024	27	BAL	16	15*	—	0.0%	992	93.5%	1	3.0%
2025	28	BAL	15	14*	—	0.0%	953	94.3%	2	3.5%
Career			125	116*	—	—	7,675	—	142	—

* 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	21	CHI	16	13*	82	60	0.7	95.9	4.3	9	4	0	36	13	0.1
2019	22	CHI	12	10*	58	39	0.7	75.9	3.0	4	2	0	23	4	0.0
2020	23	CHI	16	15*	79	50	0.6	59.6	2.3	11	4	3	33	10	0.1
2021	24	CHI	17	16*	66	47	0.7	76.8	2.5	8	5	0	44	6	0.0
2022	25	2TM	17	17*	69	49	0.7	78.1	4.4	10	5	0	32	8	0.0
2023	26	BAL	16	16*	82	63	0.8	103.5	5.2	7	1	4	42	8	0.0
2024	27	BAL	16	15*	68	50	0.7	106.5	4.5	8	4	2	48	5	0.0
2025	28	BAL	15	14*	67	47	0.7	95.4	4.4	7	3	4	56	11	0.1
Career			125	116*	571	405	—	—	—	64	28	13	314	65	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 86 · All-Time Great

A all-time great career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 86 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 81.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 86· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 80

On-field 61.2

Availability 18.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 80elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 11% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

11% of the all-time Sacks leader11

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.261See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.261Snap share92.5%Def snaps7,675ReliableCV 0.34

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 · 2018

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

LB · 2018 class

4.51s

40-Yard

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 75thClass Pos 94thClass All 74th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl49Solo23Ast26TFL2QBHits1Dis3.0Int1PD1

College Stats

GeorgiaImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2015	Georgia	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0	0	—	—
2016	Georgia	—	52	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	2	2	—	—
2017	Georgia	—	85	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	1	1	—	—
Career		0	146	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	3	0	3	3	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #8

#1Baker MayfieldQB #1Sam BealDB #2Saquon BarkleyRB #3Sam DarnoldQB #4Denzel WardCB #5Bradley ChubbOLB #6Quenton NelsonG #7Josh AllenQB #9Mike McGlincheyOT #10Josh RosenQB #11Minkah FitzpatrickFS #12Vita VeaDT #13Daron PayneNT #14Marcus DavenportDE #15Kolton MillerOT #16Tremaine EdmundsMLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Roquan inherited the Baltimore Ravens LB room from Odafe Oweh (2021–2024), and handed it to Kyle Van Noy (2023–2025).

Ray Lewis 1996–2012Jamie Sharper 1997–2001Cornell Brown 1997–2004Peter Boulware 1997–2005Adalius Thomas 2000–2006Edgerton Hartwell

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 BAL
2022team change
Joined BAL (from CHI)
2018draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 1, Pick 8

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 235 lb

Frame

236 lb at 4.51s

Size-speed

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2024	BAL	W12Questionable· Hamstring
2022	CHI	W3Questionable· Hip
2021	CHI	W13Questionable· HamstringW15Questionable· Hamstring
2020	CHI	W18Questionable· 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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 84

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

B+2018

B+2019

A2020

A2021

A2022

A2023

A2024

A2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

94%

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
2018	114	7.1	112-2	6.6
2019	99	8.3	134+35	7.9
2020	137	8.6	142+5	8.4
2021	153	9	148-5	8.7
2022	150	8.8	145-5	8.5
2023	148	9.3	156+8	9.2
2024	145	9.1	151+6	8.9
2025	128	8.5	145+17	8.5

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

266 career value over replacement — #194 all-time of 4,642. 33.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #8 (Rd 1) · CHI · 2018 · +25.6 vs expected KV-H

86actual

60.4 expected · Δ+25.6

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Archetype Intelligence

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 · 2018

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2018 Draft Class· this player went #8

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator