Troy Dye is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Dye in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Dye'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 | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2020 | 23–24 | MIN | 11 | — | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 202 | 28.9% | 142 | 48.4% | 12 | 8 | 0.7 | 106.2 | 4.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 24–25 | MIN | 17 | — | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 54 | 4.2% | 326 | 67.2% | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 95.8 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 25–26 | MIN | 17 | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 40 | 4.2% | 330 | 67.0% | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 49.3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 26–27 | MIN | 15 | — | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 112 | 11.6% | 296 | 77.4% | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 95.8 | 2.7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 27–28 | LAC | 17 | — | 52 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 318 | 28.4% | 368 | 78.9% | 20 | 17 | 0.8 | 88.1 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 28–29 | LAC | 16 | — | 56 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 471 | 48.0% | 282 | 67.6% | 21 | 17 | 0.8 | 125.0 | 5.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 0.1 |
| 2026 | 29–30 | LAC | 5 | — | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 65 | 19.6% | 121 | 87.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 98 | — | 180 | 92 | 88 | 10 | 8 | 5.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | 49 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 16 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
25 career value over replacement — #2944 all-time of 4,695. 6.3/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #132 (Rd 4) · MIN · 2020 · +19.5 vs expected KV-H
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