Brooks Reed is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Reed in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Reed's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Brooks Reed
All-Time Rank & Honors
career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title contextPostseason all-time ranks
A quality linebacker with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.
Career Value · VORP
VORP 17 · #3228 · Role PlayerWorth 17 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 70% of all 4,649 ranked at the position. 4 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +4.3 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
Career Value · VORP
17 career value over replacement — #3228 all-time of 4,649. 1.9/season above a replacement-level LB.
Draft OutcomeMiss ↓
Pick #42 (Rd 2) · HOU · 2011 · -1.5 vs expected KV-H
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50.5 expected · Δ−1.5
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