Shaquil Barrett is a career quality starter — a linebacker whose body of work places Barrett in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Barrett's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Reached 30% 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: 93%.
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53 career value over replacement — #1987 all-time of 4,649. 5.9/season above a replacement-level LB.
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Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within linebackers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).
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Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.
Shaquil inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers LB room from Devin White (2019–2023), and handed it to Anthony Nelson (2019–2025).
Shaquil inherited the Denver Broncos LB room from Shane Ray (2015–2018), and handed it to Alexander Johnson (2018–2021).
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 TB
Joined TB (from DEN)
Entered the NFL with DEN
From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.
| Season | Team | Games Out | Designations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | TB | 1 | W6Questionable· IllnessW17Out· Groin |
| 2022 | TB | 0 | W6Questionable· Illness |
| 2021 | TB | 2 | W17Out· KneeW18Out· Knee |
| 2019 | TB | 0 | W6Questionable· Oblique |
| 2018 | DEN | 3 | W13Out· HipW14Out· HipW15Out· Hip |
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Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 9-season peers. See all →
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.
Composite score across availability, IR frequency, and injury severity. See all →
Tackles 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 Tackles | Tackles/G | → 2025 Tackles | → 2025 /G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39 | 2.4 | 22-17 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 31 | 2.1 | 19-12 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 35 | 2.5 | 29-6 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 26 | 2 | 23-3 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 53 | 3.3 | 47-6 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | 55 | 3.9 | 63+8 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 48 | 3.2 | 51+3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 29 | 3.6 | 59+30 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 48 | 3 | 50+2 | 2.9 |
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Wore 4 distinct franchise crests across 10 seasons (2015–2024) — a true nomad. The crest trail: