Tremaine Edmunds ranks in the all-time elite tier for linebackers — a career that places Edmunds in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Edmunds a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

MLBNYG#49ACT

Tremaine Edmunds

2× Pro BowlTop 4% all-time linebackersIron Legend⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2025

Height6'4"

Weight251 lb

BornMay 2, 1998

Age28

CollegeVirginia Tech See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 1, Pick 16 · BUF

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber linebacker (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 200 · #374 · Elite

Worth 200 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 9% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+25

Avg surplus

peak +30

8 seasons × ~25 surplus ≈ VORP 200

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%
2018	—	BUF	15	—	111	70	41	5	7	2.0	14.0	2	12	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	926	96.6%	71	18.6%	93	73	0.8	93.3	3.9	11	4	5	37	24	0.2
2019	—	BUF	16	—	96	47	49	10	4	1.5	15.5	1	9	0	—	0	1	—	0.0%	981	94.7%	61	15.6%	52	34	0.7	76.3	3.8	5	1	2	64	12	0.1
2020	—	BUF	15	—	115	73	42	4	3	2.0	9.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	911	91.7%	69	16.8%	64	43	0.7	114.3	5.6	3	0	1	72	12	0.1
2021	—	BUF	15	—	90	52	38	7	1	0.0	8.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	873	93.5%	45	14.6%	59	46	0.8	106.1	4.7	7	6	1	54	10	0.1
2022	—	BUF	13	—	94	58	36	6	3	1.0	10.0	1	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	760	92.8%	48	15.2%	60	39	0.7	69.9	4.4	3	0	2	18	1	0.0
2023	—	CHI	15	—	100	56	44	5	0	0.0	5.0	4	7	1	1	1	0	—	0.0%	875	92.9%	10	4.8%	65	51	0.8	85.3	3.8	0	0	0	34	13	0.1
2024	—	CHI	17	—	97	47	50	3	3	1.0	7.0	1	8	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,056	98.8%	15	6.1%	61	38	0.6	72.6	3.7	4	1	2	37	10	0.1
2025	—	CHI	13	—	108	57	51	3	3	1.0	7.0	4	9	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	813	97.2%	11	4.8%	63	48	0.8	77.7	5.0	4	2	1	39	7	0.1
Career		—	119	—	811	460	351	43	24	8.5	75.5	14	59	4	2	1	1	—	0.0%	7,195	94.8%	330	12.1%	517	372	—	—	—	37	14	14	355	89	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2018	20	BUF	15	14*	111	70	41	5	7	2.0	14.0	2	12	2	—	0	0	12.8
2019	21	BUF	16	15*	96	47	49	10	4	1.5	15.5	1	9	0	—	0	1	10.5
2020	22	BUF	15	14*	115	73	42	4	3	2.0	9.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	7.8
2021	23	BUF	15	14*	90	52	38	7	1	0.0	8.0	1	4	0	—	0	0	8.4
2022	24	BUF	13	12*	94	58	36	6	3	1.0	10.0	1	7	0	—	0	0	7.9
2023	25	CHI	15	14*	100	56	44	5	0	0.0	5.0	4	7	1	1	1	0	10.6
2024	26	CHI	17	17*	97	47	50	3	3	1.0	7.0	1	8	1	—	0	0	9.5
2025	27	CHI	13	13*	108	57	51	3	3	1.0	7.0	4	9	0	1	0	0	10.2
Career			119	113*	811	460	351	43	24	—	—	14	59	4	2	1	1	77.7

* 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%
2018	20	BUF	15	14*	—	0.0%	926	96.6%	71	18.6%
2019	21	BUF	16	15*	—	0.0%	981	94.7%	61	15.6%
2020	22	BUF	15	14*	—	0.0%	911	91.7%	69	16.8%
2021	23	BUF	15	14*	—	0.0%	873	93.5%	45	14.6%
2022	24	BUF	13	12*	—	0.0%	760	92.8%	48	15.2%
2023	25	CHI	15	14*	—	0.0%	875	92.9%	10	4.8%
2024	26	CHI	17	17*	—	0.0%	1,056	98.8%	15	6.1%
2025	27	CHI	13	13*	—	0.0%	813	97.2%	11	4.8%
Career			119	113*	—	—	7,195	—	330	—

* 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%
2018	20	BUF	15	14*	93	73	0.8	93.3	3.9	11	4	5	37	24	0.2
2019	21	BUF	16	15*	52	34	0.7	76.3	3.8	5	1	2	64	12	0.1
2020	22	BUF	15	14*	64	43	0.7	114.3	5.6	3	0	1	72	12	0.1
2021	23	BUF	15	14*	59	46	0.8	106.1	4.7	7	6	1	54	10	0.1
2022	24	BUF	13	12*	60	39	0.7	69.9	4.4	3	0	2	18	1	0.0
2023	25	CHI	15	14*	65	51	0.8	85.3	3.8	0	0	0	34	13	0.1
2024	26	CHI	17	17*	61	38	0.6	72.6	3.7	4	1	2	37	10	0.1
2025	27	CHI	13	13*	63	48	0.8	77.7	5.0	4	2	1	39	7	0.1
Career			119	113*	517	372	—	—	—	37	14	14	355	89	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 73 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 73.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 72

On-field 53.9

Availability 18.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 72elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 6% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

6% of the all-time Interceptions leader6

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: 88%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.12See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.12Snap share94.8%Def snaps7,195ReliableCV 0.29

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 · 2018

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

LB · 2018 class

4.54s

40-Yard

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 69thClass Pos 83thClass All 64th

117"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 42th pct

Pos 42thAll 50thClass Pos 30thClass All 44th

19 reps

Bench

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 38thClass Pos 39thClass All 54th

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Defense

Tkl79Solo53Ast26TFL2QBHits5Sk1.0Dis8.0PD9FR1

College Stats

Virginia TechCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Virginia Tech), 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #16

#8Roquan SmithILB #9Mike McGlincheyOT #10Josh RosenQB #11Minkah FitzpatrickFS #12Vita VeaDT #13Daron PayneNT #14Marcus DavenportDE #15Kolton MillerOT #17Derwin JamesFS #18Jaire AlexanderCB #19Leighton Vander EschOLB #20Frank RagnowG #21Billy PriceC #22Rashaan EvansILB #23Isaiah WynnG #24DJ MooreWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Tremaine inherited the Buffalo Bills LB room from Matt Milano (2017–2025), and handed it to A.J. Klein (2020–2023).

Cornelius Bennett 1987–1995Marvcus Patton 1990–1994Mark Maddox 1992–1997Marlo Perry 1994–1999Sam Rogers 1994–2000Bryce Paup

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with CHI
2023team change
Joined CHI (from BUF)
2018draft
Drafted by BUF — Round 1, Pick 16

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 251 lb

Frame

253 lb at 4.54s

Size-speed

19 reps

Bench power

Injury History

6 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	CHI	2	W9Out· KneeW10Out· KneeW11Questionable· Knee
2022	BUF	2	W5Questionable· HamstringW10Questionable· Groin / HeelW11Out· Groin / HeelW12Out· Groin / Heel
2021	BUF	1	W10Out· HamstringW11Questionable· Hamstring
2020	BUF	1	W2Out· ShoulderW3Questionable· Shoulder
2018	BUF	0	W9Questionable· ConcussionW10Questionable· Concussion

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 76

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

B+2018

B2019

B+2020

B2021

B+2022

B+2023

B+2024

B+2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

89%

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
2018	111	7.4	116+5	6.8
2019	96	6	95-1	5.6
2020	115	7.7	127+12	7.5
2021	90	6	98+8	5.8
2022	94	7.2	119+25	7
2023	100	6.7	112+12	6.6
2024	97	5.7	96-1	5.7
2025	108	8.3	141+33	8.3

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

200 career value over replacement — #374 all-time of 4,642. 25/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #16 (Rd 1) · BUF · 2018 · +15.5 vs expected KV-H

73actual

57.5 expected · Δ+15.5

💔+22 stolen VORP·0.88 szns lost

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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 · 2018

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

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Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

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Knox

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