Will Smith is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Smith in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Smith's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
1 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics
Season
Age
Team
G
GS
Defense
Tkl
Solo
Ast
TFL
QBHits
Sk
Dis
Int
PD
FF
FR
TD
Sfty
2004
23
NO
15
—
34
24
10
0
0
7.5
7.5
0
2
6
1
0
0
2005
24
NO
16
—
46
34
12
0
0
8.5
8.5
0
6
2
1
0
0
2006
25
NO
14
—
41
23
18
0
16
10.0
26.0
0
3
3
1
0
0
2007
26
NO
15
—
52
32
20
0
19
6.5
25.5
0
3
2
3
0
1
2008
27
NO
16
—
49
31
18
6
11
3.0
20.0
0
1
1
—
0
0
2009
28
NO
16
—
39
28
11
15
23
13.5
51.5
1
3
3
—
0
0
2010
29
NO
15
—
28
23
5
8
10
5.5
23.5
1
5
1
—
0
0
2011
30
NO
14
—
35
22
13
9
10
6.5
25.5
0
2
2
—
0
0
2012
31
NO
16
—
55
30
25
10
19
6.0
35.0
0
1
0
1
0
0
Career
—
137
—
379
247
132
48
108
67.0
223.0
2
26
20
7
0
1
Career arc · VAL by season
9 seasons · peak 9.0 in 2009
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
What he added · wins above replacement
3.0 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Tackles season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position similar-player comps when available.
