| Projections by position: | QB | RB | WR | TE | PK | TD | DT | DE | ILB | OLB | CB | S | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: September 5).
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 | Barrett Ruud | TB / 8 | 103 | 37 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 222.75 |
| 2 | Patrick Willis | SF / 6 | 103 | 31 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 221.25 |
| 3 | D.J. Williams | DEN / 7 | 103 | 43 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 220.75 |
| 4 | Jon Beason | CAR / 4 | 101 | 32 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 220.00 |
| 5 | Ray Lewis | BAL / 7 | 88 | 33 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 218.75 |
| 6 | DQwell Jackson | CLE / 9 | 94 | 43 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 209.75 |
| 7 | Jonathan Vilma | NO / 5 | 98 | 35 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 209.75 |
| 8 | DeMeco Ryans | HOU / 10 | 92 | 35 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 208.75 |
| 9 | E.J. Henderson | MIN / 9 | 94 | 33 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 208.75 |
| 10 | Curtis Lofton | ATL / 4 | 98 | 38 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 207.00 |
| 11 | Karlos Dansby | MIA / 6 | 89 | 31 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 206.75 |
| 12 | Jerod Mayo | NE / 8 | 97 | 40 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 206.50 |
| 13 | London Fletcher | WAS / 8 | 95 | 40 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 206.50 |
| 14 | James Laurinaitis | STL / 9 | 101 | 30 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 206.50 |
| 15 | Bradie James | DAL / 6 | 87 | 43 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 204.75 |
| 16 | David Harris | NYJ / 9 | 90 | 34 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 201.00 |
| 17 | Gary Brackett | IND / 6 | 93 | 38 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 199.50 |
| 18 | Lofa Tatupu | SEA / 7 | 90 | 28 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 199.50 |
| 19 | Lawrence Timmons | PIT / 8 | 82 | 46 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 199.50 |
| 20 | Stephen Cooper | SD / 5 | 89 | 31 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 198.25 |
| 21 | Kirk Morrison | JAX / 7 | 95 | 31 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 198.25 |
| 22 | Paul Posluszny | BUF / 9 | 92 | 31 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 198.25 |
| 23 | Nick Barnett | GB / 5 | 91 | 32 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 197.00 |
| 24 | Brian Urlacher | CHI / 5 | 89 | 21 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 194.25 |
| 25 | Derrick Johnson | KC / 8 | 92 | 33 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 194.25 |
| 26 | Bart Scott | NYJ / 9 | 84 | 38 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 188.50 |
| 27 | Kevin Burnett | SD / 5 | 86 | 28 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 188.00 |
| 28 | James Farrior | PIT / 8 | 81 | 42 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 187.00 |
| 29 | Larry Foote | PIT / 8 | 86 | 43 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 184.75 |
| 30 | Channing Crowder | MIA / 6 | 92 | 27 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 184.25 |
| 31 | Gerald Hayes | ARI / 4 | 83 | 28 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 181.00 |
| 32 | Takeo Spikes | SF / 6 | 67 | 37 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 167.25 |
| 33 | Ricky Brown | OAK / 9 | 75 | 22 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 161.50 |
| 34 | Keith Brooking | DAL / 6 | 71 | 34 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 158.00 |
| 35 | Eric Barton | CLE / 9 | 78 | 39 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 157.75 |
| 36 | Tavares Gooden | BAL / 7 | 72 | 23 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 155.25 |
| 37 | Andra Davis | BUF / 9 | 78 | 30 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 150.50 |
| 38 | Rocky McIntosh | WAS / 8 | 71 | 30 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 149.50 |
| 39 | A.J. Hawk | GB / 5 | 77 | 25 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 146.75 |
| 40 | Gary Guyton | NE / 8 | 69 | 29 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 139.25 |
| 41 | Kawika Mitchell | BUF / 9 | 65 | 24 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 138.50 |
| 42 | Scott Fujita | CLE / 9 | 74 | 21 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 136.75 |
| 43 | Akinola Ayodele | DEN / 7 | 69 | 21 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 134.25 |
| 44 | Stephen Tulloch | TEN / 7 | 67 | 21 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 124.75 |
| 45 | Dhani Jones | CIN / 8 | 53 | 35 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 115.75 |
| 46 | Corey Mays | KC / 8 | 52 | 21 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 96.75 |
| 47 | Demorrio Williams | KC / 8 | 38 | 11 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 76.25 |
| 48 | Wesley Woodyard | DEN / 7 | 38 | 10 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71.50 |
| 49 | Tedy Bruschi | NE / 8 | 33 | 20 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.00 |
| 50 | Bobby Carpenter | DAL / 6 | 25 | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55.25 |
| 51 | Joe Mays | PHI / 4 | 23 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.25 |
| 52 | Kaluka Maiava | CLE / 9 | 16 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.50 |
| 53 | David Bowens | CLE / 9 | 16 | 5 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.75 |
| 54 | DeAndre Levy | DET / 7 | 16 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.50 |
| 55 | Scott McKillop | SF / 6 | 18 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.25 |
| 56 | Leon Williams | DAL / 6 | 16 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32.25 |
| 57 | H.B. Blades | WAS / 8 | 16 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.25 |
| 58 | Brandon Chillar | GB / 5 | 15 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.75 |
| 59 | Matt Wilhelm | SF / 6 | 14 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.25 |
| 60 | Paris Lenon | ARI / 4 | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.25 |
| 61 | Tim Dobbins | MIA / 6 | 12 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.25 |
| 62 | Jasper Brinkley | MIN / 9 | 12 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.50 |
| 63 | Jordon Dizon | DET / 7 | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.25 |
| 64 | Mark Simoneau | NO / 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 65 | Desmond Bishop | GB / 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 66 | Jason Phillips | BAL / 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 67 | Erin Henderson | MIN / 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 68 | Stewart Bradley | PHI / 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 69 | Dannell Ellerbe | BAL / 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 70 | Robert Henson | WAS / 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 71 | Monty Beisel | ARI / 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 72 | Beau Bell | CLE / 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 73 | John DiGiorgio | BUF / 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 74 | Ryan Fowler | NYJ / 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 75 | Jeff Ulbrich | SF / 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 76 | Jason Williams | DAL / 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 77 | Chris Chamberlain | STL / 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |

