| Projections by position: | QB | RB | WR | TE | PK | TD | DT | DE | ILB | OLB | CB | S | |||||
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| IDP projections by team: | AFC | BAL | BUF | CIN | CLE | DEN | HOU | IND | JAX | KC | MIA | NE | NYJ | OAK | PIT | SD | TEN | NFC | ARI | ATL | CAR | CHI | DAL | DET | GB | MIN | NO | NYG | PHI | SEA | SF | STL | TB | WAS |
Current projections: ILB
NOTE: these are John Norton's projections (last modified: August 31).
Other John Norton projections: [DT] [DE] [ILB] [OLB] [CB] [S]
Other staffers' ILB projections: [Rudnicki]
| RNK | NAME | TM | TKL | AST | SACK | FF | FR | INT | PD | FPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Harris | NYJ / 5 | 103 | 45 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 243.25 |
| 2 | Patrick Willis | SF / 9 | 107 | 40 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 242.00 |
| 3 | DeMeco Ryans | HOU / 2 | 105 | 38 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 240.00 |
| 4 | London Fletcher | WAS / 10 | 101 | 33 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 225.25 |
| 5 | Brian Urlacher | CHI / 8 | 91 | 34 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 218.50 |
| 6 | Paul Posluszny | BUF / 6 | 101 | 39 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 217.75 |
| 7 | Jon Beason | CAR / 9 | 98 | 32 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 215.50 |
| 8 | Ray Lewis | BAL / 2 | 95 | 44 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 215.00 |
| 9 | E.J. Henderson | MIN / 8 | 95 | 29 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 212.75 |
| 10 | Mike Peterson | ATL / 7 | 93 | 31 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 211.25 |
| 11 | Lofa Tatupu | SEA / 4 | 87 | 29 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 210.25 |
| 12 | Barrett Ruud | TB / 10 | 94 | 33 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 210.25 |
| 13 | Nick Barnett | GB / 8 | 96 | 28 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 209.50 |
| 14 | Kirk Morrison | OAK / 5 | 97 | 26 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 209.50 |
| 15 | Gary Brackett | IND / 4 | 89 | 38 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 203.50 |
| 16 | Will Witherspoon | STL / 5 | 95 | 20 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 202.50 |
| 17 | Channing Crowder | MIA / 4 | 91 | 40 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 196.50 |
| 18 | Jerod Mayo | NE / 4 | 88 | 40 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 196.00 |
| 19 | Jonathan Vilma | NO / 9 | 92 | 28 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 194.50 |
| 20 | Keith Brooking | DAL / 10 | 94 | 23 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 193.25 |
| 21 | Stewart Bradley | PHI / 7 | 93 | 30 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 190.50 |
| 22 | Antonio Pierce | NYG / 4 | 91 | 28 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 189.50 |
| 23 | DQwell Jackson | CLE / 5 | 87 | 30 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 188.50 |
| 24 | Gerald Hayes | ARI / 7 | 89 | 20 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 185.00 |
| 25 | Matt Wilhelm | SD / 9 | 84 | 27 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 184.25 |
| 26 | James Farrior | PIT / 6 | 74 | 37 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 183.75 |
| 27 | Leon Williams | CLE / 5 | 71 | 27 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 180.75 |
| 28 | Zach Thomas | KC / 6 | 80 | 31 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 175.75 |
| 29 | Lawrence Timmons | PIT / 6 | 70 | 36 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 175.50 |
| 30 | Bart Scott | NYJ / 5 | 76 | 30 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 170.50 |
| 31 | Curtis Lofton | ATL / 7 | 81 | 18 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 164.50 |
| 32 | Paris Lenon | DET / 4 | 85 | 38 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 160.50 |
| 33 | Dhani Jones | CIN / 10 | 76 | 39 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 158.75 |
| 34 | Eric Barton | CLE / 5 | 71 | 33 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 158.25 |
| 35 | Stephen Cooper | SD / 9 | 62 | 28 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 151.50 |
| 36 | Nate Webster | DEN / 8 | 81 | 20 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 149.00 |
| 37 | Tedy Bruschi | NE / 4 | 55 | 30 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 145.50 |
| 38 | Ryan Fowler | TEN / 6 | 68 | 14 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 125.00 |
| 39 | Bradie James | DAL / 10 | 56 | 30 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116.00 |
| 40 | Akinola Ayodele | MIA / 4 | 59 | 20 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 116.00 |
| 41 | Patrick Thomas | BUF / 6 | 62 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 111.25 |
| 42 | Andra Davis | DEN / 8 | 52 | 19 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 99.25 |
| 43 | Jordon Dizon | DET / 4 | 39 | 17 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 84.75 |
| 44 | Derek Smith | MIA / 4 | 38 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73.00 |
| 45 | Bobby Carpenter | DAL / 10 | 23 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 49.75 |
| 46 | Eric Alexander | NE / 4 | 28 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.50 |
| 47 | John DiGiorgio | BUF / 6 | 29 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.75 |
| 48 | Tony Taylor | ATL / 7 | 26 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48.00 |
| 49 | Jeff Ulbrich | SF / 9 | 22 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42.25 |
| 50 | Niko Koutouvides | TB / 10 | 25 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.00 |
| 51 | Larry Foote | PIT / 6 | 19 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.00 |
| 52 | Anthony Waters | SD / 9 | 22 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.75 |
| 53 | H.B. Blades | WAS / 10 | 19 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.00 |
| 54 | Desmond Bishop | GB / 8 | 18 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35.75 |
| 55 | Beau Bell | CLE / 5 | 18 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.75 |
| 56 | Dan Connor | CAR / 9 | 17 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.75 |
| 57 | Brandon Siler | SD / 9 | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 |
| 58 | Stephen Tulloch | TEN / 6 | 15 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.75 |
| 59 | Tavares Gooden | BAL / 2 | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.25 |
| 60 | Mark Simoneau | NO / 9 | 12 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 |
| 61 | Napoleon Harris | MIN / 8 | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.50 |
| 62 | Monty Beisel | KC / 6 | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.50 |
| 63 | Keyaron Fox | PIT / 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 64 | Brandon Moore | ARI / 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 65 | Jonathan Goff | NYG / 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 66 | Chris Chamberlain | STL / 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 67 | Dontarrious Thomas | MIN / 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 68 | Joe Mays | PHI / 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 69 | Abdul Hodge | CIN / 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 70 | Buster Davis | IND / 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 71 | Alfred Fincher | WAS / 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 72 | Teddy Lehman | BUF / 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 73 | Spencer Larsen | DEN / 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 74 | Hilee Taylor | CAR / 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |