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

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Rosevelt Colvin

Top 34% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2001 Team Carrier · #256

Height6'3"

Weight250 lb

BornSep 5, 1977

Age48

CollegePurdue See College Stats

Rookie yr1999

Draft1999 · Rd 4, Pick 111 · CHI

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality linebacker with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 28 · #2759 · Role Player

Worth 28 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 60% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +5.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

4 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+5.6

Avg surplus

peak +10

5 seasons × ~5.6 surplus ≈ VORP 28

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1999	—	CHI	5	—	12	10	2	2	2	2.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	—	CHI	12	—	31	22	9	1	1	3.0	5.0	0	3	4	1	0	0
2001	—	CHI	16	—	60	50	10	13	10	10.5	33.5	2	8	3	1	0	0
2002	—	CHI	16	—	57	48	9	17	8	10.5	35.5	0	9	3	1	0	0
2003	—	NE	2	—	5	3	2	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2004	—	NE	13	—	28	15	13	0	0	4.5	4.5	0	1	1	—	0	0
2005	—	NE	15	—	48	30	18	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	2	2	1	0	0
2006	—	NE	16	—	44	31	13	0	26	8.0	34.0	0	3	1	1	0	0
2007	—	NE	8	—	21	11	10	0	2	4.0	6.0	1	2	3	2	1	0
2008	—	NE	4	—	4	2	2	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	107	—	310	222	88	33	50	51.5	134.5	3	28	17	7	1	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
1999	22	CHI	5	—	12	10	2	2	2	2.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	2.8
2000	23	CHI	12	—	31	22	9	1	1	3.0	5.0	0	3	4	1	0	6.9
2001	24	CHI	16	—	60	50	10	13	10	10.5	33.5	2	8	3	1	0	15.9
2002	25	CHI	16	—	57	48	9	17	8	10.5	35.5	0	9	3	1	0	15.3
2003	26	NE	2	—	5	3	2	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2004	27	NE	13	—	28	15	13	0	0	4.5	4.5	0	1	1	—	0	6.8
2005	28	NE	15	—	48	30	18	0	0	8.0	8.0	0	2	2	1	0	9
2006	29	NE	16	—	44	31	13	0	26	8.0	34.0	0	3	1	1	0	10.2
2007	30	NE	8	—	21	11	10	0	2	4.0	6.0	1	2	3	2	1	6.9
2008	31	NE	4	—	4	2	2	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	1.2
Career			107		310	222	88	33	50	—	—	3	28	17	7	1	75

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 51 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 51 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 50.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 51· confidence 90%

What builds the career mark of 48

On-field 31.5

Availability 16.5

On-field production Staying available

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

1999bestavg 432008

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #256 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2002 CHI·4 team wins#13

Sacks · 11 · score 39

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 26% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

26% of the all-time Sacks leader26

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 90%.

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+).

Postseason Career

8 playoff games

Defense

Tkl22Solo16Ast6QBHits4Sk2.0Dis6.0Int1PD1FF2

College Stats

PurdueCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Purdue), 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.

1999 Draft Class· this player went #111

#102Dameane DouglasWR #103Sedrick IrvinRB #104Jason PerryDB #105Brandon StokleyWR #106Warrick HoldmanLB #108Larry ParkerWR #109Aaron SmithDE #110Pierson PrioleauS #112Sean BennettRB #113Dexter JacksonS #115Antonio CochranDE #116Joel MakovickaFB #117Donald MitchellDB #118Wane McGarityWR #119Keith NewmanLB #120Kenny WrightDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Rosevelt inherited the New England Patriots LB room from Mike Vrabel (2001–2008), and handed it to Tully Banta-Cain (2003–2010).

Todd F. Collins 1992–1998Willie McGinest 1994–2005Ted Johnson 1995–2004Tedy Bruschi 1996–2008Roman Phifer 2001–2004Mike Vrabel

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2008final season
Last recorded season with NE
2003team change
Joined NE (from CHI)
1999draft
Drafted by CHI — Round 4, Pick 111

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 250 lb

Frame

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 9-season peers. See all →

peak 55

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

F1999

C2000

C+2001

C+2002

C2004

C+2005

C+2006

C2007

F2008

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

71%

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
1999	12	2.4	37+25	2.2
2000	31	2.6	33+2	2
2001	60	3.8	49-11	2.9
2002	57	3.6	42-15	2.5
2004	28	2.2	10-18	0.6
2005	48	3.2	34-14	2
2006	44	2.8	25-19	1.5
2007	21	2.6	24+3	1.4
2008	4	1	0-4	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

28 career value over replacement — #2759 all-time of 4,642. 3.1/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #111 (Rd 4) · CHI · 1999 · +14.2 vs expected KV-H

51actual

36.8 expected · Δ+14.2

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1999 Draft Class· this player went #111

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

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