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Ethan Downs Kansas City Chiefs · #40

Linebacker · 6' 4", 263 lbs · Weatherford, OK · Age 24

Ethan Downs is a Linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he recorded 5 tackles.

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Ethan Downs

Season avg5 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int

Career avg5 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

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Scouting report

Ethan Downs — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

C+

Linebacker · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Ethan Downs is a Linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, an undrafted signing. In 2025 he recorded 5 tackles.

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Tackling

C+

Coverage

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Tackling

Strong · defense

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Pass rush

Solid · defense

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Coverage

Solid · defense

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Splash plays

Strong · defense

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Disruption

Solid · defense

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Act II

Where Ethan Downs stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬

29%

Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬

23%

Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬

22%

Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬

11%

Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #658 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

50Impact index

10Star score

Career scoring average0.0 ppg

Seasons in the index0

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Ethan Downs — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

B+

Tackling

5 TKL

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Pass rush

0.0 SACK

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Coverage

0 PD

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Splash

1 FF

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The engine

How the model sees Ethan Downs

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026 modeled

tackles

5–5

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sacks

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int

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games

1–1

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.

What moves the tackles line vs last season

Last season 5 → projected 5 tackles

Baseline (recency-weighted)

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Age curve

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Net vs last season+0.1 tackles

Everything it reads

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1 seasons of real box production

every game line, verified

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Recency × games weight

recent, healthy years anchor the baseline

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Year-over-year trend

his own trajectory, season to season

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Position aging curve

age 24 — applied to the projection

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Role & usage context

target / carry share and snaps fold in

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Availability signal

games last 3: 1

health

The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Ethan Downs career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	G	Tkl	Sack	INT	FF	PD
2025	1	5	0	0	1	0
Career	1	5	0.0	0	1	0

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

Maema Njongmeta 100%Nick Herbig 98%Noah Sewell 98%DeMarvion Overshown 97%Keir Thomas II 97%Jonathan Greenard 97%

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Context

Are the Kansas City Chiefs built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record

89off index

88def index

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92%playoff odds

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Roster delta · what changed

Offense grades A- (89), defense A- (88) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 83, pass rush 76, coverage 99.

How his role moves

Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Ethan Downs

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

2002-10-13

The beginning

Ethan Downs is a Linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, in his 1st NFL season.

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Ethan Downs is a Kansas City Chiefs linebacker, an undrafted find.

Chapter

Across 1 season (2025) he has recorded 5 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

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Most recently he posted 5 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2025.

Where things stand

Where Downs goes from here.

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Downs's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the field

Measurables

Active

Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 263 lbs
Born: Weatherford, OK
Age: 24
Jersey: #40

Background

Ethan Downs is from Weatherford, OK and is 24 years old. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent and plays linebacker at 6' 4", 263 lbs.

Over his 2025 season he has recorded 5 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. Downs is currently on the Kansas City Chiefs roster.

The person

Ethan Downs is a depth and special-teams linebacker who has piled up 5 tackles with 0 sacks and 0 interceptions across his 2025 rookie season.

Tackle volume5 career tackles over 1 season.

Takeaways0 interceptions, 1 forced fumbles and 0 passes defensed.

UndraftedEarned a roster spot after going undrafted.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Ethan Downs — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Ethan Downs, answered.

What position does Ethan Downs play?

Ethan Downs is a Linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs.

When was Ethan Downs drafted?

Ethan Downs entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent.

How many seasons has Ethan Downs played?

1 (2025).

What are Ethan Downs's career stats?

He has recorded 5 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Ethan Downs career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Ethan Downs Kansas City Chiefs · #40

Ethan Downs — the report card

Where Ethan Downs stands

Ethan Downs — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Ethan Downs

Ethan Downs career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Kansas City Chiefs built to win?

The Ballad of Ethan Downs

The beginning

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Chapter

Chapter

Where things stand

Off the field

Ethan Downs — frequently asked

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