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

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Trey Flowers

Top 31% all-time linebackersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2017

Height6'2"

Weight265 lb

BornAug 16, 1993

Age32

CollegeArkansas See College Stats

ConferenceSoutheastern

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 4, Pick 101 · NE

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Postseason all-time ranks

44thPlayoff Sacks·5.5

Archetype Intelligence

High-End StarterExplore archetypes →

A quality linebacker with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 35 · #2506 · Role Player

Worth 35 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 55% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+8.8

Avg surplus

peak +10

4 seasons × ~8.8 surplus ≈ VORP 35

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%
2015	—	NE	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	4	6.0%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	NE	15	—	43	21	22	8	14	7.0	29.0	0	1	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	563	54.4%	3	6.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NE	14	—	57	40	17	8	25	6.5	39.5	0	3	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	802	86.5%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	NE	15	—	53	28	25	9	20	7.5	36.5	0	2	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	732	75.7%	—	0.0%	5	3	0.6	64.6	-2.6	36	17	10	1	2	0.0
2019	—	DET	15	—	50	32	18	8	21	7.0	36.0	0	0	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	705	65.1%	32	13.8%	4	3	0.8	82.3	0.3	35	14	14	0	8	0.1
2020	—	DET	6	—	21	11	10	3	3	2.0	8.0	0	1	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	309	63.7%	17	15.0%	1	1	1.0	112.5	2.0	7	3	2	0	2	0.1
2021	—	DET	7	—	21	12	9	1	3	1.5	5.5	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	304	64.6%	—	0.0%	9	8	0.9	150.2	0.4	7	4	1	3	2	0.1
2022	—	MIA	4	—	4	1	3	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	65	21.0%	3	6.5%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career		—	77	—	249	145	104	37	87	31.5	155.5	0	7	10	4	0	0	—	0.0%	3,484	54.6%	55	10.4%	19	15	—	—	—	86	38	28	4	14	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2016	23	NE	15	9*	43	21	22	8	14	7.0	29.0	1	0	2	9.5
2017	24	NE	14	12*	57	40	17	8	25	6.5	39.5	3	2	—	11.1
2018	25	NE	15	11*	53	28	25	9	20	7.5	36.5	2	3	—	12.1
2019	26	DET	15	10*	50	32	18	8	21	7.0	36.0	0	2	—	10.8
2020	27	DET	6	4*	21	11	10	3	3	2.0	8.0	1	2	1	4.1
2021	28	DET	7	5*	21	12	9	1	3	1.5	5.5	0	1	1	3.6
2022	29	MIA	4	0*	4	1	3	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	1.2
Career			76	51*	249	145	104	37	87	—	—	7	10	4	52.4

* 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%
2015	22	NE	1	—	—	0.0%	4	6.0%	—	0.0%
2016	23	NE	16	9*	—	0.0%	563	54.4%	3	6.5%
2017	24	NE	14	12*	—	0.0%	802	86.5%	—	0.0%
2018	25	NE	15	11*	—	0.0%	732	75.7%	—	0.0%
2019	26	DET	15	10*	—	0.0%	705	65.1%	32	13.8%
2020	27	DET	7	4*	—	0.0%	309	63.7%	17	15.0%
2021	28	DET	7	5*	—	0.0%	304	64.6%	—	0.0%
2022	29	MIA	4	0*	—	0.0%	65	21.0%	3	6.5%
Career			79	51*	—	—	3,484	—	55	—

* 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	25	NE	15	11*	5	3	0.6	64.6	-2.6	36	17	10	1	2	0.0
2019	26	DET	15	10*	4	3	0.8	82.3	0.3	35	14	14	0	8	0.1
2020	27	DET	7	4*	1	1	1.0	112.5	2.0	7	3	2	0	2	0.1
2021	28	DET	7	5*	9	8	0.9	150.2	0.4	7	4	1	3	2	0.1
2022	29	MIA	4	0*	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
Career			48	30*	19	15	—	—	—	86	38	28	4	14	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 53 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 53 of 100, era-normalized against tackles/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 53.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 53· confidence 88%

What builds the career mark of 51

On-field 35.2

Availability 15.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 452022

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Sacks leader16

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Linebackers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.957See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.957Snap share61.6%Def snaps3,480ReliableCV 0.28

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 · 2015

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

LB · 2015 class

4.93s

40-Yard

Low · 3th pct

Pos 3thAll 25thClass Pos 4thClass All 30th

36.5"

Vertical

Strong · 77th pct

Pos 77thAll 77thClass Pos 71thClass All 73th

121"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 69th pct

Pos 69thAll 70thClass Pos 69thClass All 70th

28 reps

Bench

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 87thClass Pos 94thClass All 88th

7.34s

3-Cone

Low · 15th pct

Pos 15thAll 34thClass Pos 24thClass All 32th

4.40s

Shuttle

Low · 22th pct

Pos 22thAll 40thClass Pos 18thClass All 36th

Postseason Career

9 playoff games

Defense

Tkl35Solo17Ast18TFL8QBHits22Sk5.5Dis35.5PD1

College Stats

ArkansasCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Arkansas), 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.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #101

#93Henry AndersonDE #94Ty MontgomeryWR #95Matt JonesRB #96Xavier CooperDE #97Geneo GrissomDE #98Steven NelsonCB #99Paul DawsonLB #100Angelo BlacksonDE #102Daryl WilliamsOT #103Bryce PettyQB #104James SampleS #105Jamison CrowderWR #106Jeremy LangfordRB #107Justin HardyWR #108Jalston FowlerRB #109Clayton GeathersS

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Trey inherited the New England Patriots LB room from Jamie Collins (2013–2022), and handed it to Elandon Roberts (2016–2019).

Todd F. Collins 1992–1998Willie McGinest 1994–2005Ted Johnson 1995–2004Tedy Bruschi 1996–2008Roman Phifer 2001–2004Mike Vrabel

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2022team change
Joined MIA (from DET)
2022final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2019team change
Joined DET (from NE)
2015draft
Drafted by NE — Round 4, Pick 101

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 265 lb

Frame

266 lb at 4.93s

Size-speed

36.5" vert / 121" broad

Explosion

28 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2023	NE	0	W5Questionable· FootW6Questionable· FootW7Questionable· Foot
2021	DET	4	W2Questionable· ShoulderW3Questionable· Shoulder / KneeW4Out· Shoulder / KneeW5Questionable· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW7Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· KneeW11Out· KneeW12Out· KneeW13Out· Knee
2019	DET	1	W12Out· ConcussionW13Questionable· Concussion
2018	NE	0	W3Doubtful· ConcussionW4Questionable· Concussion
2017	NE	0	W13Questionable· RibW14Questionable· RibW15Questionable· Rib
2016	NE	0	W1Questionable· ShoulderW2Questionable· ShoulderW3Questionable· ShoulderW13Questionable· Shin
2015	NE	0	W1Questionable· KneeW5Questionable· Knee / ShoulderW6Questionable· Knee / ShoulderW7Questionable· Shoulder / Knee

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 57

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

C+2016

C+2017

C+2018

C+2019

D2020

C2021

F2022

Availability

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

68%

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
2016	43	2.9	35-8	2.1
2017	57	4.1	57	3.3
2018	53	3.5	51-2	3
2019	50	3.3	49-1	2.9
2020	21	3.5	56+35	3.3
2021	21	3	48+27	2.8
2022	4	1	16+12	0.9

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

35 career value over replacement — #2506 all-time of 4,642. 5/season above a replacement-level LB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #101 (Rd 4) · NE · 2015 · +16.2 vs expected KV-H

53actual

36.8 expected · Δ+16.2

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Archetype Intelligence

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 · 2015

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #101

Franchise Succession

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Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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