Christian

Kirksey

#58

Christian Kirksey

Height : 6' 2" · Weight : 235 lbs · Age : 34

NFL record

Year	Team	GP	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS
2022	Houston Texans	17	124	82	42	3	0	1	0
2021	Houston Texans	13	93	55	38	0	0	2	-1
2020	Green Bay Packers	11	78	46	32	2	0	0	0
2019	Cleveland Browns	2	11	6	5	0	0	0	0
2018	Cleveland Browns	7	43	29	14	0	0	1	8
2017	Cleveland Browns	16	138	85	53	3.5	2	1	0
2016	Cleveland Browns	16	148	96	52	2.5	0	0	0
2015	Cleveland Browns	16	63	40	23	3.5	1	1	0
2014	Cleveland Browns	16	81	47	34	2	1	0	0

Advanced stats, 2022 Linebackers

NFL stats →

2022 season. The percentile ranks the player among regular linebackers: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Tackles

108

75th percentile

Tackles for loss

57th percentile

Sacks

3.0

58th percentile

Pressures

52th percentile

Interceptions

91th percentile

Passes defended

72th percentile

Yards allowed per target

6.8 yd

38th percentile

Passer rating allowed

90.1

48th percentile

Missed tackle rate

7.5 %

25th percentile

Defensive snaps

1,141

98th percentile

Regular season. Data: nflverse (play-by-play, snap counts), Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Reference. EPA: expected points added. CPOE: completion percentage over expected.

2023 projection

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Projected WAR

-0.1

Games

WAR 2022

-0.1

Games played

The pace of the last three seasons (WAR per game, 60/25/15), pulled toward the group average, over the games expected from his availability in the last two, adjusted for age.

Trend

→ Stable (+5)

2021-0.3 WAR · -0.023 per game
2022-0.1 WAR · -0.006 per game

The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.

Outlook, age included

-10 · 30 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2022

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Ratings from 0 to 100, computed over four seasons from data, never by hand, against regulars in the same position group. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Depth player

TCK: Tackling; 74
COV: Coverage; 68
RDF: Run defense; 70
PRS: Pass rush; 69
DUR: Durability; 71
EX: Experience; 79

Why these ratings?

TCK — Tackling : Tackles made and missed tackles
COV — Coverage : Yards and passer rating allowed per target
RDF — Run defense : Run tackles and tackles for loss, per snap
PRS — Pass rush : Pressures, sacks and QB hits, per snap
DUR — Durability : Games played out of his team's, over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the NFL

WAR and PAL Rating, 2022

How we rate →

WAR: the EPA (expected points added) of every play, above replacement level, shared among those who made it, then converted to wins (35.3 points = one win). PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same group (50 = median).

WAR

-0.1

#69 of 99 regular linebackers

PAL Rating

10 / 100

#90 of 99 regular linebackers

PAL: dimensions

Tackling36

Coverage42

Run defense22

Splash plays14

Pass rush44

Where WAR comes from (in wins)

Splash plays−0.16

Half the EPA of his sacks, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles, tackles for loss and QB hits, against his position's average per snap.

Coverage−0.03

Yards allowed per target against his position's average, 0.12 points per yard (measured).

Position share+0.11

Replacement level: the share of defense the league spends on his position (by payroll), prorated by snaps.

Team defense−0.03

How much better or worse than average his team's defense was (EPA allowed), minus what is already credited to players, prorated by snaps.

The individual part is splash plays and coverage. The rest is the position share and his team's defense, split by snaps played.

Season by season
Season	Team	G	WAR	PAL	OV	Tkl	TFL	Sacks	INT
2022	HOU	17	-0.1	10	63	108	6	3.0	2
2021	HOU	13	-0.3	33	66	75	3	0.0	1