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

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Ryan Shazier

2× Pro BowlTop 21% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter

Height6'1"

Weight230 lb

BornSep 6, 1992

Age33

CollegeOhio State See College Stats

Rookie yr2014

Draft2014 · Rd 1, Pick 15 · PIT

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

A quality linebacker with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 57 · #1894 · Above Average

Worth 57 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 42% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +14.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+14.3

Avg surplus

peak +20

4 seasons × ~14.3 surplus ≈ VORP 57

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2014	—	PIT	8	—	33	21	12	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	258	48.1%	58	24.9%
2015	—	PIT	12	—	79	47	32	10	8	3.5	21.5	1	4	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	667	79.7%	57	17.5%
2016	—	PIT	13	—	80	48	32	9	7	3.5	19.5	3	9	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	771	90.8%	87	24.0%
2017	—	PIT	12	—	82	61	21	3	2	0.0	5.0	3	11	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	671	91.3%	36	11.9%
Career		—	45	—	274	177	97	24	18	7.0	49.0	7	25	7	3	0	0	—	0.0%	2,367	77.5%	238	19.6%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2014	22	PIT	8	0*	33	21	12	2	1	0.0	3.0	0	1	0	—	3.2
2015	23	PIT	12	10*	79	47	32	10	8	3.5	21.5	1	4	2	1	10.3
2016	24	PIT	13	12*	80	48	32	9	7	3.5	19.5	3	9	3	1	13.1
2017	25	PIT	12	11*	82	61	21	3	2	0.0	5.0	3	11	2	1	10
Career			45	33*	274	177	97	24	18	—	—	7	25	7	3	36.6

* 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%
2014	22	PIT	9	0*	—	0.0%	258	48.1%	58	24.9%
2015	23	PIT	12	10*	—	0.0%	667	79.7%	57	17.5%
2016	24	PIT	13	12*	—	0.0%	771	90.8%	87	24.0%
2017	25	PIT	12	11*	—	0.0%	671	91.3%	36	11.9%
Career			46	33*	—	—	2,367	—	238	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 59 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 59 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.2 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 59· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 63

On-field 48.4

Availability 14.6

On-field production Staying available

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

2014bestavg 612017

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.718See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.718Snap share77.5%Def snaps2,367ReliableCV 0.35

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 · 2014

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

LB · 2014 class

4.58s

40-Yard

Strong · 78th pct

Pos 78thAll 62thClass Pos 93thClass All 68th

42"

Vertical

Elite · 99th pct

Pos 99thAll 99thClass Pos 97thClass All 99th

130"

Broad Jump

Elite · 97th pct

Pos 97thAll 96thClass Pos 97thClass All 98th

25 reps

Bench

Above avg · 74th pct

Pos 74thAll 74thClass Pos 63thClass All 75th

6.91s

3-Cone

Strong · 84th pct

Pos 84thAll 80thClass Pos 84thClass All 80th

4.21s

Shuttle

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 71thClass Pos 66thClass All 71th

Postseason Career

6 playoff games

Defense

Tkl39Solo30Ast9TFL3QBHits3Dis6.0Int2PD4FF2FR1

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.

2014 Draft Class· this player went #15

#7Mike EvansWR #8Justin GilbertDB #9Anthony BarrOLB #10Eric EbronTE #11Taylor LewanOT #12Odell Beckham Jr.WR #13Aaron DonaldDL #14Kyle FullerCB #16Zack MartinG #18Calvin PryorDB #19Ja'Wuan JamesOT #20Brandin CooksWR #21Ha Ha Clinton-DixS #22Johnny ManzielQB #23Dee FordDE #24Darqueze DennardDB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ryan inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers LB room from Vince Williams (2013–2020), and handed it to Sean Spence (2014–2017).

Hardy Nickerson 1987–1992Levon Kirkland 1992–2000Jason Gildon 1994–2003Carlos Emmons 1996–1999Earl Holmes 1996–2001Joey Porter

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2014draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 1, Pick 15

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 230 lb

Frame

237 lb at 4.58s

Size-speed

42" vert / 130" broad

Explosion

25 reps

Bench power

Injury History

13 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2017	PIT	1	W14Out· Back
2016	PIT	3	W2Questionable· KneeW4Out· KneeW5Out· KneeW6Out· Knee
2015	PIT	4	W3Out· ShoulderW4Out· ShoulderW5Out· ShoulderW6Out· ShoulderW12Questionable· Knee
2014	PIT	5	W4Out· KneeW5Out· KneeW6Out· KneeW7Questionable· KneeW10Out· AnkleW11Out· AnkleW13Questionable· Ankle

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 4-season peers. See all →

peak 66

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

C2014

B2015

B2016

B2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

72%

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
2014	33	4.1	51+18	3
2015	79	6.6	97+18	5.7
2016	80	6.2	94+14	5.5
2017	82	6.8	105+23	6.2

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

57 career value over replacement — #1894 all-time of 4,642. 14.3/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #15 (Rd 1) · PIT · 2014 · +1.5 vs expected KV-H

59actual

57.5 expected · Δ+1.5

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2014

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2014 Draft Class· this player went #15

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography