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Lawrence Jackson

Drafted by SEA · GM Tim Ruskell · USC

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow Lawrence Jackson across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played69
Games started24
Weighted career AV15
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons5

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2008 · Round 1 · #28

SEA draft credit

GM Tim Ruskell

Team games32
Team starts24
On-team AV11
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Average-0.20 contribution22nd of 37 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

An Average pick

Lawrence Jackson was Tim Ruskell's 22nd-best of 37 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.20. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Tim Ruskell's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
32
on drafting team · 69 full-career
Games started
24
on drafting team
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
11
modeled; full weighted AV 15
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Tim Ruskell's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Tim Ruskell pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Lawrence Jackson totals -0.20. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-10+1+2+3+4+545. Tatupu#45 · Lofa Tatupu · aggregate +5.59Tatupu +5.698. Hill#98 · LeRoy Hill · aggregate +2.36Hill +2.4121. Bryant#121 · Red Bryant · aggregate +2.35Bryant +2.449. Unger#49 · Max Unger · aggregate +1.6985. Mebane#85 · Brandon Mebane · aggregate +1.11239. Plackemeier#239 · Ryan Plackemeier · aggregate +0.9831. Jennings#31 · Kelly Jennings · aggregate +0.66105. Willis#105 · Ray Willis · aggregate +0.58248. Morrah#248 · Cameron Morrah · aggregate +0.54235. Coutu#235 · Brandon Coutu · aggregate +0.34249. Obomanu#249 · Ben Obomanu · aggregate +0.24247. Reed#247 · Nick Reed · aggregate +0.21197. Taylor#197 · Courtney Taylor · aggregate +0.11178. Teel#178 · Mike Teel · aggregate +0.09163. Schmitt#163 · Owen Schmitt · aggregate +0.04196. Jackson#196 · Tony Jackson · aggregate -0.0191. Butler#91 · Deon Butler · aggregate -0.02210. Kent#210 · Jordan Kent · aggregate -0.05235. Wortham#235 · Cornelius Wortham · aggregate -0.09120. Atkins#120 · Baraka Atkins · aggregate -0.10245. Greene#245 · Courtney Greene · aggregate -0.1028. Jackson#28 · Lawrence Jackson · aggregate -0.20Jackson -0.2254. Nienhuis#254 · Doug Nienhuis · aggregate -0.23163. Kirtman#163 · David Kirtman · aggregate -0.2385. Greene#85 · David Greene · aggregate -0.2738. Carlson#38 · John Carlson · aggregate -0.28124. Wrotto#124 · Mansfield Wrotto · aggregate -0.32232. Vallos#232 · Steve Vallos · aggregate -0.33233. Forsett#233 · Justin Forsett · aggregate -0.34189. Schmitt#189 · Tyler Schmitt · aggregate -0.42159. Huckeba#159 · Jeb Huckeba · aggregate -0.46128. Sims#128 · Rob Sims · aggregate -0.52161. Herring#161 · Will Herring · aggregate -0.5826. Spencer#26 · Chris Spencer · aggregate -0.7455. Wilson#55 · Josh Wilson · aggregate -1.234. Curry#4 · Aaron Curry · aggregate -1.3663. Tapp#63 · Darryl Tapp · aggregate -1.90

Incremental contribution by season

-3-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+62005 · Ray Willis · incremental +0.042005 · LeRoy Hill · incremental +0.322005 · Lofa Tatupu · incremental +1.932005 · Cornelius Wortham · incremental -0.202005 · Tony Jackson · incremental -0.242005 · Doug Nienhuis · incremental -0.412005 · David Greene · incremental -0.462005 · Jeb Huckeba · incremental -0.792005 · Chris Spencer · incremental -1.112006 · Ray Willis · incremental +0.012006 · Kelly Jennings · incremental +0.052006 · LeRoy Hill · incremental +0.622006 · Ryan Plackemeier · incremental +1.012006 · Lofa Tatupu · incremental +1.902006 · Chris Spencer · incremental -0.022006 · Ben Obomanu · incremental -0.052006 · David Kirtman · incremental -0.112006 · Rob Sims · incremental -0.322006 · Darryl Tapp · incremental -1.112007 · Courtney Taylor · incremental +0.022007 · Ray Willis · incremental +0.062007 · Ben Obomanu · incremental +0.142007 · Kelly Jennings · incremental +0.342007 · Ryan Plackemeier · incremental +0.382007 · LeRoy Hill · incremental +0.592007 · Lofa Tatupu · incremental +4.132007 · Jordan Kent · incremental -0.022007 · Mansfield Wrotto · incremental -0.032007 · Chris Spencer · incremental -0.032007 · Steve Vallos · incremental -0.042007 · Will Herring · incremental -0.122007 · Brandon Mebane · incremental -0.172007 · Baraka Atkins · incremental -0.202007 · Rob Sims · incremental -0.262007 · David Kirtman · incremental -0.292007 · Josh Wilson · incremental -0.692007 · Darryl Tapp · incremental -0.882008 · Ryan Plackemeier · incremental +0.022008 · Owen Schmitt · incremental +0.022008 · Courtney Taylor · incremental +0.172008 · Kelly Jennings · incremental +0.242008 · Brandon Coutu · incremental +0.332008 · Ray Willis · incremental +0.382008 · Brandon Mebane · incremental +0.452008 · LeRoy Hill · incremental +0.482008 · Lofa Tatupu · incremental +0.652008 · Red Bryant · incremental +3.442008 · Baraka Atkins · incremental -0.002008 · Rob Sims · incremental -0.012008 · Chris Spencer · incremental -0.012008 · Jordan Kent · incremental -0.082008 · Will Herring · incremental -0.092008 · Justin Forsett · incremental -0.092008 · Lawrence Jackson · incremental -0.182008 · Steve Vallos · incremental -0.272008 · John Carlson · incremental -0.342008 · Mansfield Wrotto · incremental -0.342008 · Darryl Tapp · incremental -0.652008 · Josh Wilson · incremental -0.702008 · Tyler Schmitt · incremental -0.742009 · Cameron Morrah · incremental +0.022009 · Deon Butler · incremental +0.032009 · Red Bryant · incremental +0.082009 · Mike Teel · incremental +0.092009 · Owen Schmitt · incremental +0.142009 · Ben Obomanu · incremental +0.162009 · Lofa Tatupu · incremental +0.222009 · Kelly Jennings · incremental +0.252009 · Nick Reed · incremental +0.272009 · LeRoy Hill · incremental +0.432009 · Brandon Mebane · incremental +0.432009 · Ray Willis · incremental +0.492009 · Max Unger · incremental +0.562009 · Chris Spencer · incremental -0.022009 · John Carlson · incremental -0.072009 · Lawrence Jackson · incremental -0.112009 · Justin Forsett · incremental -0.142009 · Steve Vallos · incremental -0.152009 · Mansfield Wrotto · incremental -0.172009 · Rob Sims · incremental -0.212009 · Courtney Greene · incremental -0.272009 · Darryl Tapp · incremental -0.432009 · Will Herring · incremental -0.542009 · Josh Wilson · incremental -0.642009 · Aaron Curry · incremental -0.912010 · LeRoy Hill · incremental +0.012010 · Ben Obomanu · incremental +0.102010 · Red Bryant · incremental +0.232010 · Kelly Jennings · incremental +0.312010 · Brandon Mebane · incremental +0.332010 · Cameron Morrah · incremental +0.402010 · Lofa Tatupu · incremental +0.712010 · Max Unger · incremental -0.002010 · Chris Spencer · incremental -0.022010 · Deon Butler · incremental -0.042010 · Will Herring · incremental -0.052010 · John Carlson · incremental -0.062010 · Justin Forsett · incremental -0.322010 · Aaron Curry · incremental -0.782011 · Deon Butler · incremental +0.032011 · Max Unger · incremental +0.042011 · Justin Forsett · incremental +0.052011 · Ben Obomanu · incremental +0.102011 · Cameron Morrah · incremental +0.362011 · Brandon Mebane · incremental +0.462011 · Red Bryant · incremental +0.552011 · LeRoy Hill · incremental +0.682011 · Aaron Curry · incremental -0.212012 · Deon Butler · incremental +0.012012 · Ben Obomanu · incremental +0.092012 · Brandon Mebane · incremental +0.482012 · LeRoy Hill · incremental +0.522012 · Red Bryant · incremental +0.552012 · Max Unger · incremental +2.452013 · Max Unger · incremental +0.072013 · Brandon Mebane · incremental +0.312013 · Red Bryant · incremental +0.392014 · Max Unger · incremental +0.032014 · Brandon Mebane · incremental +0.162015 · Brandon Mebane · incremental +0.31Tatupu +1.9Tatupu +1.9Tatupu +4.1Bryant +3.4Jackson -0.2Jackson -0.1Unger +2.420059 players200610 players200718 players200823 players200925 players201014 players20119 players20126 players20133 players20142 players20151 player
Above expectationBelow expectationLawrence JacksonGM total +7.1Lawrence Jackson by season -0.3

How much retained production did Lawrence Jackson return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: DEs drafted within ±5 picks of Lawrence Jackson since 2010 (22 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

-2.5-2-1.5-1-0.50+0.5+1+1.5+2Model value above slot31. HeywardCameron Heyward · model value +2.3+2.324. JordanCameron Jordan · model value +2.3+2.326. MercilusWhitney Mercilus · model value +0.530. IIIGeorge Karlaftis III · model value +0.526. SweatMontez Sweat · model value +0.528. PerryNick Perry · model value +0.233. HallLogan Hall · model value +0.231. Anudike-UzomahFelix Anudike-Uzomah · model value 024. WernerBjoern Werner · model value -0.123. RayShane Ray · model value -0.128. JacksonLawrence Jackson · model value -0.1-0.131. OwehOdafe Oweh · model value -0.129. CollierL.J. Collier · model value -0.428. CharltonTaco Charlton · model value -0.526. PearceJames Pearce · model value -0.526. McKinleyTakkarist McKinley · model value -0.633. DoddKevin Dodd · model value -0.628. MurphyMyles Murphy · model value -0.628. OdrickJared Odrick · model value -0.728. TurnerPayton Turner · model value -0.832. OgbahEmmanuel Ogbah · model value -0.826. JonesDatone Jones · model value -0.931. HughesJerry Hughes · model value -2.6-2.6
Lawrence JacksonSlot-similar peers (22)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'08'10'120612182401Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (5 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2008SEA16146
2009SEA16105
2010DET1102
2011DET1102
2012DET1501

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