Luke Kuechly is a Hall of Fame linebacker whose career earned a historically elite career value score of 88 in the Knox value model. Kuechly's enshrinement reflects a career that consistently placed him among the elite of his generation.
Luke Kuechly
★ HALL OF FAME7× Pro Bowl5× All-ProTop 1% all-time linebackersIron Legend👑 2× #1 Linebacker · 2012–2014⚙️ Sustained Machine · 2012
Height6'3"
Weight238 lb
BornApr 20, 1991
Age35
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| 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% | |||||
| 2012 | 21 | CAR | 16 | — | 159 | 98 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 1.0 | 14.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 22 | CAR | 16 | — | 151 | 88 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 990 | 97.4% | 63 | 14.8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 23 | CAR | 16 | — | 152 | 98 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 989 | 96.3% | 77 | 16.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 24 | CAR | 13 | — | 114 | 72 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 767 | 88.5% | 49 | 12.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 25 | CAR | 10 | — | 102 | 71 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 657 | 98.2% | 56 | 18.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 26 | CAR | 15 | — | 122 | 71 | 51 | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 13.5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 915 | 95.2% | 72 | 16.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 27 | CAR | 15 | — | 124 | 87 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 2.0 | 27.0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 928 | 92.1% | 71 | 16.8% | 54 | 36 | 0.7 | 80.7 | 2.4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 10 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 28 | CAR | 16 | — | 138 | 75 | 63 | 4 | 5 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 0.0% | 1,063 | 96.3% | 101 | 21.1% | 68 | 46 | 0.7 | 75.3 | 5.9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 117 | — | 1,062 | 660 | 402 | 75 | 31 | 12.5 | 118.5 | 18 | 66 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.0% | 6,309 | 94.8% | 489 | 16.9% | 122 | 82 | — | — | — | 14 | 6 | 6 | 80 | 20 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
266 career value over replacement — #186 all-time of 4,649. 33.3/season above a replacement-level LB.
Draft OutcomeSteal ↑
Pick #9 (Rd 1) · CAR · 2012 · +27.8 vs expected KV-H
88actual
60.2 expected · Δ+27.8
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