Adewale Ogunleye ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Ogunleye in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Ogunleye a career score of 82, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.
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223 career value over replacement — #304 all-time of 4,695. 24.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2001 | 24 | MIA | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 25 | MIA | 15 | — | 37 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9.5 | 28.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 26 | MIA | 16 | — | 62 | 41 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 27 | CHI | 11 | — | 36 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 28 | CHI | 14 | — | 36 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 29 | CHI | 14 | — | 33 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 5.5 | 19.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 30 | CHI | 16 | — | 49 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 31 | CHI | 16 | — | 55 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5.0 | 28.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 32 | CHI | 14 | — | 31 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 5.5 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 33 | HOU | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 124 | — | 343 | 253 | 90 | 31 | 65 | 67.0 | 163.0 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | |
2000: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.
9 seasons · peak 10.6 in 2003
VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
3.2 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2003 · +0.8 wins
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24 | MIA | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 25 | MIA | 15 | — | 37 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9.5 | 28.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 |
| 2003 | 26 | MIA | 16 | — | 62 | 41 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 |
| 2004 | 27 | CHI | 11 | — | 36 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 2005 | 28 | CHI | 14 | — | 36 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 |
| 2006 | 29 | CHI | 14 | — | 33 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 5.5 | 19.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 |
| 2007 | 30 | CHI | 16 | — | 49 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9.0 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 31 | CHI | 16 | — | 55 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5.0 | 28.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 3.2 |
| 2009 | 32 | CHI | 14 | — | 31 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 5.5 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 2010 | 33 | HOU | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | 124 | 343 | 253 | 90 | 31 | 65 | 67.0 | 163.0 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 41.4 |
A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 82 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.
Blend 82.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 82· confidence 96%
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Latest season · 2009 · +0.2 wins
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia.
#79 of 1,595 all-time pass rushers by KV-H
Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)