| Projections by position: | QB | RB | WR | TE | PK | TD | DT | DE | ILB | OLB | CB | S | RET | ||||
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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: September 1).
Other John Norton projections: [DT] [DE] [ILB] [OLB] [CB] [S]
Other staffers' ILB projections: [Rudnicki]
| RNK | NAME | TM | G | TKL | AST | SACK | FF | FR | INT | PD | FPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Kuechly | CAR / 4 | 16 | 107 | 44 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 235.50 |
| 2 | Bobby Wagner | SEA / 12 | 16 | 101 | 47 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 232.25 |
| 3 | DQwell Jackson | IND / 8 | 16 | 94 | 41 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 224.25 |
| 4 | Paul Posluszny | JAX / 9 | 16 | 97 | 38 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 222.50 |
| 5 | Derrick Johnson | KC / 10 | 16 | 105 | 23 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 220.75 |
| 6 | James Laurinaitis | STL / 11 | 16 | 109 | 27 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 220.25 |
| 7 | Navorro Bowman | SF / 9 | 16 | 101 | 42 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 218.50 |
| 8 | Sean Lee | DAL / 11 | 16 | 92 | 43 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 217.25 |
| 9 | Jerod Mayo | NE / 10 | 16 | 90 | 49 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 214.75 |
| 10 | Patrick Willis | SF / 9 | 16 | 93 | 31 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 214.25 |
| 11 | Lawrence Timmons | PIT / 5 | 16 | 87 | 32 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 209.50 |
| 12 | London Fletcher | WAS / 5 | 16 | 85 | 53 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 205.25 |
| 13 | Donald Butler | SD / 8 | 16 | 90 | 40 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 204.50 |
| 14 | Kiko Alonso | BUF / 12 | 16 | 90 | 40 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 197.50 |
| 15 | Perry Riley | WAS / 5 | 16 | 82 | 50 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 196.00 |
| 16 | Daryl Smith | BAL / 8 | 16 | 88 | 38 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 194.50 |
| 17 | Curtis Lofton | NO / 7 | 16 | 84 | 48 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 193.50 |
| 18 | Brian Cushing | HOU / 8 | 16 | 81 | 41 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 192.75 |
| 19 | Brandon Spikes | BUF / 12 | 16 | 84 | 40 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 192.50 |
| 20 | Bruce Carter | DAL / 11 | 16 | 88 | 42 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 192.00 |
| 21 | Jerrell Freeman | IND / 8 | 16 | 87 | 43 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 191.25 |
| 22 | Dannell Ellerbe | MIA / 6 | 16 | 91 | 32 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 189.00 |
| 23 | Manti Teo | SD / 8 | 16 | 82 | 36 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 188.00 |
| 24 | Brad Jones | GB / 4 | 16 | 88 | 41 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 186.25 |
| 25 | Mason Foster | TB / 5 | 16 | 90 | 29 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 185.25 |
| 26 | DeMeco Ryans | PHI / 12 | 16 | 86 | 31 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 184.75 |
| 27 | David Harris | NYJ / 10 | 16 | 79 | 39 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 182.75 |
| 28 | Stephen Tulloch | DET / 9 | 16 | 87 | 33 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 181.25 |
| 29 | Karlos Dansby | CLE / 10 | 16 | 82 | 26 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 180.50 |
| 30 | Mychal Kendricks | PHI / 12 | 16 | 83 | 29 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 177.75 |
| 31 | Demario Davis | NYJ / 10 | 16 | 78 | 37 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 173.25 |
| 32 | Craig Robertson | CLE / 10 | 16 | 78 | 39 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 170.75 |
| 33 | Nick Roach | OAK / 7 | 16 | 84 | 33 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 168.25 |
| 34 | A.J. Hawk | GB / 4 | 16 | 77 | 38 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 167.00 |
| 35 | Arthur Brown | BAL / 8 | 16 | 74 | 27 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 166.75 |
| 36 | Jon Bostic | CHI / 8 | 16 | 80 | 25 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 165.75 |
| 37 | David Hawthorne | NO / 7 | 16 | 75 | 38 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 165.50 |
| 38 | Daryl Washington | ARI / 9 | 12 | 74 | 21 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 163.25 |
| 39 | Larry Foote | ARI / 9 | 16 | 73 | 35 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 154.75 |
| 40 | Darryl Sharpton | WAS / 5 | 16 | 71 | 30 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 150.50 |
| 41 | Mark Herzlich | NYG / 9 | 16 | 64 | 32 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 144.50 |
| 42 | Akeem Dent | ATL / 6 | 16 | 70 | 21 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 139.75 |
| 43 | Donta Hightower | NE / 10 | 16 | 56 | 22 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 130.00 |
| 44 | Jon Beason | NYG / 9 | 16 | 55 | 33 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 128.75 |
| 45 | Nate Irving | DEN / 9 | 16 | 61 | 29 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 124.25 |
| 46 | Colin McCarthy | TEN / 8 | 16 | 61 | 16 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 116.00 |
| 47 | Desmond Bishop | MIN / 5 | 16 | 45 | 19 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92.75 |
| 48 | Kelvin Sheppard | IND / 8 | 16 | 46 | 24 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 90.00 |
| 49 | Joe Mays | KC / 10 | 16 | 39 | 15 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80.75 |
| 50 | Pat Angerer | IND / 8 | 16 | 35 | 19 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80.25 |
| 51 | Jasper Brinkley | MIN / 5 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 75.50 |
| 52 | Jonathan Vilma | NO / 7 | 16 | 37 | 17 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75.25 |
| 53 | Nico Johnson | KC / 10 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.00 |
| 54 | D.J. Smith | CAR / 4 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.75 |
| 55 | Lorenzo Alexander | ARI / 9 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49.75 |
| 56 | Vincent Rey | CIN / 12 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.00 |
| 57 | Jonas Mouton | SD / 8 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 |
| 58 | Nick Barnett | WAS / 5 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.75 |
| 59 | D.J. Williams | CHI / 8 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.25 |
| 60 | Kevin Minter | ARI / 9 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.25 |
| 61 | Jameel McClain | NYG / 9 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 |
| 62 | Stewart Bradley | DEN / 9 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 |
| 63 | Chase Blackburn | CAR / 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.50 |
| 64 | Kavell Conner | SD / 8 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 |
| 65 | Joshua Mauga | NYJ / 10 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 |
| 66 | Casey Matthews | PHI / 12 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.75 |
| 67 | Robert Francois | GB / 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.25 |
| 68 | Dan Skuta | SF / 9 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.75 |
| 69 | Reggie Walker | ARI / 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 70 | James-Michael Johnson | KC / 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 71 | Demorrio Williams | SD / 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 72 | Bryan Scott | BUF / 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 73 | Najee Goode | PHI / 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 74 | Audie Cole | MIN / 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 75 | Brandon Hepburn | DET / 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 76 | Brian Urlacher | CHI / 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 77 | Brian Banks | ATL / 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 78 | Travis Goethel | OAK / 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 79 | Michael Mauti | MIN / 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 80 | Paris Lenon | ARI / 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 81 | Barrett Ruud | HOU / 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
