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

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Sione Takitaki

Top 28% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2022

Height6'1"

Weight245 lb

BornJun 8, 1995

Age31

CollegeBYU See College Stats

ConferenceIndependent

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 3, Pick 80 · CLE

Archetype Intelligence

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

Career Value · VORP

VORP 43 · #2265 · Above Average

Worth 43 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 50% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +10.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+10.8

Avg surplus

peak +16

4 seasons × ~10.8 surplus ≈ VORP 43

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%
2019	—	CLE	7	—	15	11	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	105	17.4%	245	61.1%	2	2	1.0	95.8	1.0	1	1	0	4	1	0.0
2020	—	CLE	15	—	53	31	22	2	2	1.0	5.0	1	1	0	—	1	0	—	0.0%	434	43.3%	223	56.5%	25	18	0.7	75.6	2.9	2	0	1	21	4	0.1
2021	—	CLE	14	—	35	17	18	5	2	0.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	285	28.5%	234	67.4%	19	14	0.7	80.2	2.2	2	0	2	19	2	0.0
2022	—	CLE	11	—	66	31	35	4	1	1.0	6.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	497	64.8%	189	55.8%	29	26	0.9	97.6	2.7	3	2	0	20	6	0.1
2023	—	CLE	14	—	56	36	20	3	3	2.0	8.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	567	60.1%	131	29.6%	28	19	0.7	65.3	4.8	4	1	1	32	7	0.1
2024	—	NE	8	—	18	6	12	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	194	26.7%	112	42.2%	5	5	1.0	132.9	2.4	0	0	0	7	2	0.1
2025	—	MIN	2	—	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	45	65.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	71	—	246	133	113	14	8	4.0	26.0	2	4	1	—	1	0	—	0.0%	2,082	40.1%	1,179	54.0%	108	84	—	—	—	12	4	4	103	22	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2019	24	CLE	7	0*	15	11	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	2.1
2020	25	CLE	15	0*	53	31	22	2	2	1.0	5.0	1	1	0	—	1	8.3
2021	26	CLE	14	0*	35	17	18	5	2	0.0	7.0	0	0	0	—	0	5.4
2022	27	CLE	11	8*	66	31	35	4	1	1.0	6.0	0	0	1	—	0	5.1
2023	28	CLE	14	9*	56	36	20	3	3	2.0	8.0	1	3	0	—	0	7.1
2024	29	NE	8	0*	18	6	12	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	2.4
2025	30	MIN	2	—	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
Career			71	17*	246	133	113	14	8	—	—	2	4	1	—	1	30.4

* 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%
2019	24	CLE	15	0*	—	0.0%	105	17.4%	245	61.1%
2020	25	CLE	15	0*	—	0.0%	434	43.3%	223	56.5%
2021	26	CLE	15	0*	—	0.0%	285	28.5%	234	67.4%
2022	27	CLE	12	8*	—	0.0%	497	64.8%	189	55.8%
2023	28	CLE	15	9*	—	0.0%	567	60.1%	131	29.6%
2024	29	NE	11	0*	—	0.0%	194	26.7%	112	42.2%
2025	30	MIN	3	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	45	65.7%
Career			86	17*	—	—	2,082	—	1,179	—

* 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%
2019	24	CLE	15	0*	2	2	1.0	95.8	1.0	1	1	0	4	1	0.0
2020	25	CLE	15	0*	25	18	0.7	75.6	2.9	2	0	1	21	4	0.1
2021	26	CLE	15	0*	19	14	0.7	80.2	2.2	2	0	2	19	2	0.0
2022	27	CLE	12	8*	29	26	0.9	97.6	2.7	3	2	0	20	6	0.1
2023	28	CLE	15	9*	28	19	0.7	65.3	4.8	4	1	1	32	7	0.1
2024	29	NE	11	0*	5	5	1.0	132.9	2.4	0	0	0	7	2	0.1
Career			83	17*	108	84	—	—	—	12	4	4	103	22	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 98%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 39.2

Availability 14.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 522024

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 2% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

2% of the all-time Sacks leader2

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.585See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.585Snap share40.2%Def snaps2,082VolatileCV 0.76

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 · 2019

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

LB · 2019 class

4.63s

40-Yard

Above avg · 67th pct

Pos 67thAll 53thClass Pos 52thClass All 56th

37"

Vertical

Strong · 81th pct

Pos 81thAll 81thClass Pos 71thClass All 78th

125"

Broad Jump

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 86thClass Pos 87thClass All 84th

24 reps

Bench

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 69thClass Pos 65thClass All 73th

7.21s

3-Cone

Below avg · 33th pct

Pos 33thAll 44thClass Pos 28thClass All 47th

4.28s

Shuttle

Above avg · 55th pct

Pos 55thAll 60thClass Pos 41thClass All 61th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl10Solo5Ast5Int1PD1

College Stats

BYUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (BYU), 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.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #80

#72Germaine PrattLB #73David MontgomeryRB #74Devin SingletaryRB #75Jace SternbergerTE #76Terry McLaurinWR #77Chase WinovichDE #78Michael DeiterC #79David LongDB #81Will HarrisSAF #82Nate DavisG #83Justin LayneCB #84Khalen SaundersDT #85Jaylon FergusonLB #86Kahale WarringTE #87Damien HarrisRB #88Cody BartonLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Sione inherited the Cleveland Browns LB room from Mack Wilson (2019–2021), and handed it to Malcolm Smith (2020–2021).

Van Waiters 1988–1991Gerald Dixon 1993–1995Mike Caldwell 1993–1995Carl Banks 1994–1995Jamir Miller 1999–2001Wali Rainer

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined MIN (from NE)
2025final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2024team change
Joined NE (from CLE)
2019draft
Drafted by CLE — Round 3, Pick 80

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 245 lb

Frame

238 lb at 4.63s

Size-speed

37" vert / 125" broad

Explosion

24 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	NE	0	W5Doubtful· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· KneeW9Questionable· KneeW11Questionable· KneeW12Questionable· KneeW13Questionable· Knee / NeckW17Questionable· KneeW18Questionable· Knee
2023	CLE	1	W7Out· HamstringW8Questionable· Hamstring
2021	CLE	1	W3Out· HamstringW4Questionable· Hamstring
2020	CLE	0	W17Questionable· Ankle
2019	CLE	0	W1Questionable· Hamstring

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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 56

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

D2019

C+2020

C+2021

B2022

C+2023

C2024

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

74%

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
2019	15	2.1	29+14	1.7
2020	53	3.5	57+4	3.4
2021	35	2.5	40+5	2.3
2022	66	6	98+32	5.8
2023	56	4	68+12	4
2024	18	2.3	40+22	2.3

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

43 career value over replacement — #2265 all-time of 4,642. 7.2/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #80 (Rd 3) · CLE · 2019 · +16.3 vs expected KV-H

55actual

38.7 expected · Δ+16.3

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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 · 2019

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #80

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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