Amani Oruwariye is a career quality starter — a defensive back whose body of work places Oruwariye in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Oruwariye's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Amani Oruwariye

Top 20% all-time defensive backsElite PlaymakerTeam Carrier · #93

Height6'2"

Weight205 lb

BornFeb 9, 1996

Age30

CollegePenn State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 5, Pick 146 · DET

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time defensive back who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Lower snap-level production reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 50 · #2035 · Above Average

Worth 50 points of value above a freely-available replacement cornerback — top 45% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

3 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+25

Avg surplus

peak +41

2 seasons × ~25 surplus ≈ VORP 50

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	—	DET	5	—	17	16	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	215	44.7%	83	30.9%	25	19	0.8	107.0	10.2	0	0	0	1	1	0.1
2020	—	DET	16	—	52	44	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	7	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	1,028	91.7%	66	18.1%	86	51	0.6	97.5	11.8	0	0	0	2	12	0.2
2021	—	DET	14	—	55	42	13	2	0	0.0	2.0	6	11	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	938	98.1%	46	22.4%	77	47	0.6	74.1	10.7	0	0	0	0	10	0.1
2022	—	DET	10	—	40	32	8	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	477	53.2%	52	19.4%	50	32	0.6	106.1	10.4	0	0	0	0	3	0.1
2023	—	JAX	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	0	1	0	—
2024	—	DAL	6	—	29	23	6	1	0	0.0	1.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	286	73.5%	29	27.0%	32	24	0.8	119.4	12.8	0	0	0	0	3	0.1
2025	—	BAL	1	—	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	12	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	53	—	194	157	37	5	0	0.0	5.0	10	27	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	2,944	72.3%	288	28.0%	270	173	—	—	—	0	0	0	4	29	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FR	VAL
2019	23	DET	5	0*	17	16	1	0	0.0	0.0	2	3	—	3.6
2020	24	DET	16	15*	52	44	8	1	0.0	1.0	1	7	—	6.9
2021	25	DET	14	14*	55	42	13	2	0.0	2.0	6	11	1	11.5
2022	26	DET	10	7*	40	32	8	1	0.0	1.0	0	3	1	3.3
2024	28	DAL	6	5*	29	23	6	1	0.0	1.0	1	3	—	3.1
2025	29	BAL	1	—	1	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	—	—
Career			52	41*	194	157	37	5	—	—	10	27	2	28.4

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2019	23	DET	9	0*	—	0.0%	215	44.7%	83	30.9%
2020	24	DET	16	15*	—	0.0%	1,028	91.7%	66	18.1%
2021	25	DET	14	14*	—	0.0%	938	98.1%	46	22.4%
2022	26	DET	14	7*	—	0.0%	477	53.2%	52	19.4%
2024	28	DAL	7	5*	—	0.0%	286	73.5%	29	27.0%
2025	29	BAL	1	—	—	0.0%	—	0.0%	12	50.0%
Career			61	41*	—	—	2,944	—	288	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	23	DET	9	0*	25	19	0.8	107.0	10.2	1	1	0.1
2020	24	DET	16	15*	86	51	0.6	97.5	11.8	2	12	0.2
2021	25	DET	14	14*	77	47	0.6	74.1	10.7	0	10	0.1
2022	26	DET	14	7*	50	32	0.6	106.1	10.4	0	3	0.1
2023	27	JAX	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	—
2024	28	DAL	7	5*	32	24	0.8	119.4	12.8	0	3	0.1
Career			61	41*	270	173	—	—	—	4	29	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 63 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 63 of 100, era-normalized against int/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 62.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 63· confidence 88%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 47

Availability 14

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative int/g)

2019bestavg 57elite 702024

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #93 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2021 DET·3 team wins#3

Interceptions · 6 · score 92

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Interceptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Interceptions leader5

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Defensive Backs · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.427See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.427Snap share72.3%Def snaps2,944ReliableCV 0.39

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within defensive backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive backs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2019

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

DB · 2019 class

4.47s

40-Yard

Above avg · 60th pct

Pos 60thAll 83thClass Pos 56thClass All 86th

36.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 57th pct

Pos 57thAll 77thClass Pos 41thClass All 73th

120"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 64thClass Pos 31thClass All 65th

17 reps

Bench

Above avg · 66th pct

Pos 66thAll 27thClass Pos 68thClass All 31th

6.82s

3-Cone

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 89thClass Pos 79thClass All 94th

4.16s

Shuttle

Above avg · 53th pct

Pos 53thAll 79thClass Pos 34thClass All 78th

College Stats

Penn StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Penn State), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2019 Draft Class· this player went #146

#138Shareef MillerDE #139Deionte ThompsonSAF #140Ryquell ArmsteadRB #141Zach GentryTE #142Ben Burr-KirvenLB #143Ryan ConnellyILB #144Marvell TellCB #145Matt GayK #148Dre GreenlawLB #149Hunter RenfrowWR #150Kingsley KekeDE #151Andrew Van GinkelOLB #152Qadree OllisonRB #153Ross PierschbacherC #154Jordan ScarlettRB #155Mack WilsonLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Amani inherited the Detroit Lions DB room from Tracy Walker III (2018–2023), and handed it to Will Harris (2019–2023).

Ray Crockett 1989–1993Willie Clay 1992–1995Ryan McNeil 1993–1996Greg Jeffries 1994–1998Ron Rice 1996–2001Bryant Westbrook

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2025team change
Joined BAL (from DAL)
2025final season
Last recorded season with BAL
2024team change
Joined DAL (from DET)
2019draft
Drafted by DET — Round 5, Pick 146

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 205 lb

Frame

205 lb at 4.47s

Size-speed

36.5" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

17 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	DAL	1	W17Out· Foot
2022	DET	0	W2Questionable· Back
2021	DET	1	W16Out· Thumb
2020	DET	0	W12Questionable· Back
2019	DET	3	W6Out· KneeW7Out· KneeW8Out· KneeW9Questionable· Knee

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 5-season peers. See all →

peak 65

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C2019

C+2020

A+2021

C2022

C2024

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

53%

Era Translator

INT translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual INT	INT/G	→ 2025 INT	→ 2025 /G
2019	2	0.4	5+3	0.3
2020	1	0.1	1	0.1
2021	6	0.4	6	0.4
2022	0	0	0	0
2024	1	0.2	3+2	0.2

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

50 career value over replacement — #2035 all-time of 4,642. 10/season above a replacement-level CB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #146 (Rd 5) · DET · 2019 · +30 vs expected KV-H

63actual

33 expected · Δ+30

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2019

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #146

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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