Will Compton is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Compton in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Compton'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% | |||||
| 2013 | 23–24 | WAS | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | 21 | 66.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 24–25 | WAS | 16 | — | 43 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 359 | 33.3% | 270 | 57.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 25–26 | WAS | 16 | — | 82 | 40 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 718 | 67.5% | 190 | 42.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 26–27 | WAS | 15 | — | 97 | 53 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 936 | 91.7% | 97 | 23.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 27–28 | WAS | 9 | — | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 150 | 23.0% | 125 | 47.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 28–29 | TEN | 12 | — | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 79 | 9.8% | 200 | 60.5% | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 42.4 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 29–30 | OAK | 9 | — | 36 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 245 | 44.7% | 108 | 45.0% | 16 | 14 | 0.9 | 100.8 | 2.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 30–31 | TEN | 12 | — | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 124 | 15.3% | 181 | 54.2% | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 85.4 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 31–32 | LV | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | 32 | 55.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 92 | — | 294 | 163 | 131 | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 19 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
52 career value over replacement — #2050 all-time of 4,695. 7.4/season above a replacement-level LB.
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