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

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Shaquil Barrett

Top 28% all-time linebackersPer-Snap Specialist📈 Late Developer · 2020

Height6'2"

Weight250 lb

BornNov 17, 1992

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Career Value · VORP

55 career value over replacement — #1981 all-time of 4,695. 6.1/season above a replacement-level LB.

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Led league 1×1 top-10

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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%
2015	22–23	DEN	16	—	39	26	13	8	12	5.5	25.5	0	4	3	1	0	0	—	0.0%	497	44.9%	307	66.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	23–24	DEN	16	—	31	20	11	4	4	1.5	9.5	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	420	36.9%	274	58.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	24–25	DEN	16	—	35	29	6	7	12	4.0	23.0	0	0	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	664	67.0%	153	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	25–26	DEN	13	—	26	20	6	6	7	3.0	16.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	275	31.3%	251	68.3%	8	6	0.8	100.0	10.8	9	2	4	37	2	0.1
2019	26–27	TB	16	—	53	40	13	19	37	19.5	75.5	1	2	6	—	0	0	—	0.0%	889	78.9%	66	13.3%	11	9	0.8	53.8	0.5	51	14	16	174	6	0.1
2020	27–28	TB	15	—	55	41	14	11	16	8.0	35.0	0	3	2	—	0	1	—	0.0%	822	83.5%	45	10.7%	23	19	0.8	94.4	3.1	42	24	8	121	6	0.1
2021	28–29	TB	15	—	48	34	14	9	22	10.0	41.0	1	4	3	3	0	0	—	0.0%	767	75.9%	9	2.1%	11	9	0.8	58.7	3.3	39	15	13	66	4	0.1
2022	29–30	TB	8	—	29	18	11	6	6	3.0	15.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	382	71.6%	9	4.6%	5	5	1.0	96.7	1.4	16	8	5	14	0	0.0
2023	30–31	TB	16	—	48	29	19	3	9	4.5	16.5	1	2	3	—	1	0	—	0.0%	652	61.6%	6	1.4%	18	14	0.8	68.1	3.3	19	6	8	34	4	0.1
2024	31–32	TB	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	12	18.0%	—	0.0%	1	1	1.0	91.7	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career		—	132	—	365	258	107	73	125	59.0	257.0	3	18	21	5	1	1	—	0.0%	5,380	60.8%	1,120	29.3%	77	63	—	—	—	176	69	54	446	22	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

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Postseason all-time ranks

90thPlayoff Sacks·4

Season honors and record seasons

Led NFL2019·Sacks19.5 18thsingle season·Sacks2019

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A linebacker whose excellent per-snap efficiency stands out despite limited volume (top 30% among starters overall). When on the field, they made it count — a specialist's profile.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 55 · #1981 · Above Average

Worth 55 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 43% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

9 cleared

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Replacement

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+6.1

Avg surplus

peak +12

9 seasons × ~6.1 surplus ≈ VORP 55