← 2007 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R2 · #34 OVERALL · LB

Paul Posluszny

Drafted by BUF · GM Marv Levy · Penn St.

All NFL teams

Full-career context

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

Games played145
Games started140
Weighted career AV58
Pro Bowls1
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons11

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

2007 · Round 2 · #34

BUF draft credit

GM Marv Levy

Team games45
Team starts45
On-team AV22
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Terrible-2.50 contribution14th of 16 picks for this GM

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

Long-career hit

Paul Posluszny became a 11-season, 145-game NFL player after going #34. The retained-value model still ranks him 14th of 16 for Marv Levy because BUF only got 45 of those games.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -2.50. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from Marv Levy's leaderboard composite θ.

Full-career context prevents this from being labeled as a bad talent pick: the negative model score is about retained team value, not whether the draft identified an NFL-caliber player.

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

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
45
on drafting team · 145 full-career
Games started
45
on drafting team · 140 full-career
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
22
modeled; full weighted AV 58
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
1 full-career
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move Marv Levy's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every Marv Levy pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. Paul Posluszny totals -2.50. 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

-5-4-3-2-10+1+2+3+4+5134. Williams#134 · Kyle Williams · aggregate +5.94Williams +5.9178. Ellison#178 · Keith Ellison · aggregate +1.7392. Edwards#92 · Trent Edwards · aggregate +0.94143. Butler#143 · Brad Butler · aggregate +0.82105. Simpson#105 · Ko Simpson · aggregate +0.68222. Schouman#222 · Derek Schouman · aggregate +0.57216. Pennington#216 · Terrance Pennington · aggregate +0.10239. You#239 · C.J. Ah You · aggregate -0.04248. Merz#248 · Aaron Merz · aggregate -0.12184. Wendling#184 · John Wendling · aggregate -0.2670. Youboty#70 · Ashton Youboty · aggregate -0.27111. Wright#111 · Dwayne Wright · aggregate -0.3426. McCargo#26 · John McCargo · aggregate -1.0934. Posluszny#34 · Paul Posluszny · aggregate -2.50Posluszny -2.58. Whitner#8 · Donte Whitner · aggregate -2.91Whitner -2.912. Lynch#12 · Marshawn Lynch · aggregate -5.96Lynch -6.0

Incremental contribution by season

-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-10+1+2+32006 · Terrance Pennington · incremental +0.102006 · Keith Ellison · incremental +0.532006 · Ko Simpson · incremental +0.572006 · Kyle Williams · incremental +2.412006 · Ashton Youboty · incremental -0.142006 · Aaron Merz · incremental -0.232006 · John McCargo · incremental -0.272006 · Donte Whitner · incremental -3.142007 · Ko Simpson · incremental +0.032007 · Derek Schouman · incremental +0.042007 · Trent Edwards · incremental +0.342007 · Keith Ellison · incremental +0.572007 · Brad Butler · incremental +0.632007 · Kyle Williams · incremental +0.682007 · Ashton Youboty · incremental -0.152007 · C.J. Ah You · incremental -0.162007 · John McCargo · incremental -0.322007 · John Wendling · incremental -0.422007 · Donte Whitner · incremental -0.442007 · Dwayne Wright · incremental -0.552007 · Paul Posluszny · incremental -1.782007 · Marshawn Lynch · incremental -4.322008 · John Wendling · incremental +0.052008 · Ko Simpson · incremental +0.462008 · Brad Butler · incremental +0.542008 · Derek Schouman · incremental +0.572008 · Kyle Williams · incremental +0.682008 · Trent Edwards · incremental +0.682008 · Keith Ellison · incremental +0.872008 · John McCargo · incremental -0.022008 · Ashton Youboty · incremental -0.102008 · Donte Whitner · incremental -0.412008 · Paul Posluszny · incremental -0.912008 · Marshawn Lynch · incremental -4.512009 · John Wendling · incremental +0.052009 · Brad Butler · incremental +0.092009 · Derek Schouman · incremental +0.222009 · Trent Edwards · incremental +0.312009 · Keith Ellison · incremental +0.482009 · Kyle Williams · incremental +0.612009 · Ashton Youboty · incremental -0.032009 · Donte Whitner · incremental -0.312009 · Paul Posluszny · incremental -0.722009 · John McCargo · incremental -0.992009 · Marshawn Lynch · incremental -1.042010 · Ashton Youboty · incremental +0.032010 · Trent Edwards · incremental +0.092010 · Keith Ellison · incremental +0.222010 · Kyle Williams · incremental +1.822010 · John McCargo · incremental -0.002010 · Marshawn Lynch · incremental -0.352010 · Donte Whitner · incremental -0.452010 · Paul Posluszny · incremental -0.752011 · Kyle Williams · incremental +0.212012 · Kyle Williams · incremental +1.712013 · Kyle Williams · incremental +0.782014 · Kyle Williams · incremental +0.762015 · Kyle Williams · incremental +0.262016 · Kyle Williams · incremental +1.712017 · Kyle Williams · incremental +0.652018 · Kyle Williams · incremental +1.82Williams +2.4Whitner -3.1Posluszny -1.8Lynch -4.3Posluszny -0.9Lynch -4.5Posluszny -0.7Williams +1.8Posluszny -0.8Williams +1.7Williams +1.7Williams +1.820068 players200714 players200812 players200911 players20108 players20111 player20121 player20131 player20141 player20151 player20161 player20171 player20181 player
Above expectationBelow expectationPaul PoslusznyGM total -2.7Paul Posluszny by season -4.2

How much retained production did Paul Posluszny return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: LBs drafted within ±5 picks of Paul Posluszny since 2010 (9 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.

-0.50+0.5+1+1.5+2Model value above slot36. LeonardShaquille Leonard · model value +2.4+2.435. UpshawCourtney Upshaw · model value +0.530. OgletreeAlec Ogletree · model value +0.331. CampbellJihaad Campbell · model value +0.133. SchwesingerCarson Schwesinger · model value 031. FosterReuben Foster · model value -0.139. AyersAkeem Ayers · model value -0.138. Te'oManti Te'o · model value -0.434. PoslusznyPaul Posluszny · model value -0.8-0.838. BranchAndre Branch · model value -0.9
Paul PoslusznySlot-similar peers (9)

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.

'08'10'12'14'16'170346810113501Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (11 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
2007BUF331
2008BUF16168
2009BUF12127
2010BUF14146
2011JAX16169
2012JAX16168
2013JAX15151,1221.898.0
2014JAX775270.247.6
2015JAX14141,0551.876.6
2016JAX16161,1402.187.0
2017JAX1666400.669.4

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