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Don Linquist

RCB  •  RETIRED @ Age 31 (End of 2030 season)  •  Current Age: 47
5' 11", 190 lbs Draft: Undrafted (2020) Drafted By: N/A Super Bowl trophy 0 Rings Yrs Pro: 11 Cap Cost: N/A

Defensive Stats

Yr Tm GP GS Tkl Tkl% Ast TFL TFL% Sk Hur QBkd PB PR% Int ThA ThA% PD PA PD% PA% BPA FF FR Pen DAV NAV
2029 CIN 5 0 9 9.2 3 2 4.5 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 16 18.4 1 7 6.3 43.8 4 3 0 2 1.4 0.130
2028 MIA 12 8 18 6.8 4 1 0.7 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 31 16.7 3 18 9.7 58.1 3 0 1 3 2.1 0.210
2027 SEA 11 0 6 9.2 7 1 1.6 0.0 1 0 0 1.2 0 18 22.2 1 4 5.6 22.2 4 0 0 1 1.3 0.090
2026 MIN 14 11 21 5.3 11 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 8 19 - - - 0 0 - 3.6 0.450
2025 CLE 16 4 9 6.0 2 - - 0.0 1 0 0 0.9 1 - - 2 8 - - - 0 0 - 1.4 0.120
2024 CHI 16 1 19 8.1 4 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 - - 2 15 - - - 1 1 - 2.0 0.160
2023 DET 16 8 37 7.6 8 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 2 - - 1 30 - - - 0 0 - 4.2 0.510
2022 MIN 14 1 9 12.3 5 - - 0.0 1 0 0 1.2 0 - - 1 7 - - - 0 0 - 1.4 0.130
2021 CAL 11 2 22 9.7 5 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 2 - - 1 19 - - - 1 0 - 2.2 0.250
2020 CAL 16 1 3 4.0 2 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 2 - - 5 2 - - - 0 0 - 1.7 0.170
Career 131 36 153 7.3 51 4 0.4 0.0 3 0 0 0.2 9 65 3.6 25 129 38.5 100.0 11 5 2 6 21.3 2.220

Returns Stats

Yr Tm GP GS PR PR Yds Y/PRet PR TD PR TD% KR KR Yds Y/KRet KR TD KR TD% Pen RetAV NAV
2029 CIN 5 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 2 0.0 0.130
2028 MIA 12 8 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 3 0.0 0.210
2027 SEA 11 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 1 0.0 0.090
2026 MIN 14 11 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.450
2025 CLE 16 4 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.120
2024 CHI 16 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.160
2023 DET 16 8 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.510
2022 MIN 14 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.130
2021 CAL 11 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.250
2020 CAL 16 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.170
Career 131 36 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 6 0.0 2.220
First-Team All-Pro Second-Team All-Pro Champion Postseason Honor

Defensive Stats

Yr Tm GP GS Tkl Tkl% Ast TFL TFL% Sk Hur QBkd PB PR% Int ThA ThA% PD PA PD% PA% BPA FF FR Pen DAV NAV
2026 MIN 2 2 5 6.2 2 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0 4 - - - 0 0 - - -
2025 CLE 1 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0 0 - - - 0 0 - - -
2023 DET 2 2 9 7.9 1 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 - - 0 7 - - - 0 0 - - -
Career 5 4 14 7.0 3 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 - - 0 11 - - - 0 0 - - -

Returns Stats

Yr Tm GP GS PR PR Yds Y/PRet PR TD PR TD% KR KR Yds Y/KRet KR TD KR TD% Pen RetAV NAV
2026 MIN 2 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - - -
2025 CLE 1 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - - -
2023 DET 2 2 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - - -
Career 5 4 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - - -
Champion Super Bowl MVP

Salary Information

Year Salary Bonus Cap Cost Cap Percentage

Ratings History

Year Scout Type Age RD MM ZN BR PD PH IN PR KR EN ST Overall Potential
2020 Pre-Camp 21 16 33 52 20 28 71 38 0 0 49 84 27 27
2020 Post-Camp 21 18 69 71 42 55 69 67 0 0 85 86 32 54
2021 Pre-Camp 22 19 64 67 36 50 70 64 0 0 83 85 34 51
2021 Post-Camp 22 28 43 50 24 33 75 50 0 0 61 85 35 36
2022 Pre-Camp 23 30 46 49 25 32 75 52 0 0 60 88 37 37
2022 Post-Camp 23 28 53 51 25 31 75 54 0 0 61 90 40 40
2023 Pre-Camp 24 20 56 53 26 32 75 54 0 0 62 92 42 42
2023 Post-Camp 24 21 57 55 27 32 74 55 0 0 62 92 43 43
2024 Pre-Camp 25 21 57 55 28 31 74 55 0 0 61 92 43 43
2024 Post-Camp 25 20 58 55 26 32 74 55 0 0 60 92 42 42
2025 Pre-Camp 26 20 58 55 26 32 74 55 0 0 60 94 42 42
2025 Post-Camp 26 28 49 68 19 48 68 68 0 0 81 64 45 45
2026 Pre-Camp 27 28 49 68 19 48 68 69 0 0 82 63 46 46
2026 Post-Camp 27 28 49 70 19 46 68 69 0 0 82 63 46 46
2027 Pre-Camp 28 28 48 70 19 47 68 70 0 0 82 61 46 46
2027 Post-Camp 28 27 48 70 17 45 66 70 0 0 80 61 45 45
2028 Pre-Camp 29 28 47 71 17 39 66 71 0 0 81 58 45 45
2028 Post-Camp 29 26 46 70 16 40 66 69 0 0 80 58 44 44
2029 Pre-Camp 30 26 46 70 16 40 65 70 0 0 81 57 44 44
2029 Post-Camp 30 7 45 43 20 31 70 35 0 0 62 100 33 33
2030 Pre-Camp 31 9 44 41 19 30 69 34 0 0 61 82 32 32
2030 Post-Camp 31 0 30 32 16 17 60 31 0 0 48 82 23 23

Transactions

Year Team Transaction
2020 California Chargers signed as a free agent: 1yr, $610,000
2021 California Chargers signed to a new contract: 1yr, $800,000
2022 Minnesota Vikings signed as a free agent: 1yr, $780,000
2023 Detroit Lions signed as a free agent: 1yr, $880,000
2024 Chicago Bears signed as a free agent: 1yr, $990,000
2025 Cleveland Browns signed as a free agent: 1yr, $1,010,000
2026 Minnesota Vikings signed as a free agent: 1yr, $1,030,000
2027 Seattle Seahawks signed as a free agent: 1yr, $1,220,000
2028 Miami Dolphins signed as an unrestricted free agent: 2yrs, $4,630,000
2029 Miami Dolphins released
2029 Cincinnati Bengals signed as a free agent: 3yrs, $7,790,000
2030 Cincinnati Bengals released