Leonard Little ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Little in the top 3% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Little a career score of 88, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
Reached 43% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
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: 91%.
Career Value · VORP
287 career value over replacement — #147 all-time of 4,649. 26.1/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Career Profile
Pick #65 (Rd 3) · LA · 1998 · +42 vs expected KV-H
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Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Leonard inherited the Los Angeles Rams DL room from Grant Wistrom (1998–2003), and handed it to Brian Young (2000–2003).
The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide positional GOAT torch.
Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).
Last recorded season with STL
Drafted by LA — Round 3, Pick 65
Joined STL (from LA)
From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | STL | 1 | W15Questionable· KneeW16Out· KneeW17Questionable· Knee |
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Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 12 seasons.
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What carries the case
Monitor score 66.5 · components sum to the score (All-Pro ×12 · Pro Bowl ×3 · League Lead ×4 · ranks/era/longevity weighted).
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Statistical profile across 5 dimensions
Best single season, projected to Sacks in a modern 17-game schedule. See all →
Sacks 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 Sacks | Sacks/G | → 2025 Sacks | → 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1+0.5 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0.4 | 6+1 | 0.4 |
| 2001 | 14.5 | 1.1 | 17+2.5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 12 | 0.9 | 13+1 | 0.8 |
| 2003 | 12.5 | 1 | 16+3.5 | 1 |
| 2004 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 7+0.5 | 0.4 |
| 2005 | 9 | 0.6 | 10+1 | 0.6 |
| 2006 | 12 | 0.8 | 12 | 0.7 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0.2 | 3+2 | 0.2 |
| 2008 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 9+2.5 | 0.5 |
| 2009 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 8+1.5 | 0.5 |
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DE
89% match
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Famous Partnership
Torry Holt
9 shared seasons · combined KV-H 1443
Gave the Los Angeles Rams an entire corpus-attributed career — 12 seasons (1998–2009), one crest. The rarest loyalty in the sport.