Sean Weatherspoon is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Weatherspoon in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Weatherspoon's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2010 | 22–23 | ATL | 8 | — | 31 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 23–24 | ATL | 16 | — | 110 | 77 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 24–25 | ATL | 13 | — | 89 | 64 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 25–26 | ATL | 7 | — | 35 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 391 | 83.0% | 30 | 14.6% |
| 2015 | 27–28 | ARI | 14 | — | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 126 | 14.2% | 111 | 28.1% |
| 2016 | 28–29 | ATL | 4 | — | 25 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 190 | 63.3% | 23 | 18.8% |
| 2017 | 29–30 | ATL | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 6 | 4.5% | 21 | 38.5% |
| Career | — | 64 | — | 301 | 215 | 86 | 25 | 16 | 8.0 | 49.0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
50 career value over replacement — #2091 all-time of 4,695. 8.3/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #19 (Rd 1) · ATL · 2010 · +2.3 vs expected KV-H
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