DETB#91ACT

Da'Quan Bowers

Solid Contributor

Height6'4"

Weight288 lb

BornFeb 23, 1990

Age36

CollegeClemson See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2011

Draft2011 · Rd 2, Pick 51 · TB

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a developmental — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 9 · #3668 · Role Player

Worth 9 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 80% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 1 of 4 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

1 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

Avg surplus

peak +9

1 seasons × ~9 surplus ≈ VORP 9

Combined Season Grid

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

2 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2011	—	TB	12	—	22	19	3	10	4	1.5	15.5	0	4	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	TB	9	—	12	9	3	6	7	3.0	16.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	TB	7	—	7	2	5	0	3	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	206	23.7%	11	4.4%
2014	—	TB	9	—	18	8	10	2	3	1.5	6.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	344	44.5%	51	20.3%
2015	—	TB	3	—	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	39	21.0%	2	7.0%
Career		—	40	—	62	39	23	18	17	7.0	42.0	0	6	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	589	29.8%	64	10.6%

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FR	VAL
2011	21	TB	12	—	22	19	3	10	4	1.5	15.5	4	1	8.4
2012	22	TB	9	—	12	9	3	6	7	3.0	16.0	1	—	7.2
2013	23	TB	7	0*	7	2	5	0	3	1.0	4.0	0	—	3
2014	24	TB	9	0*	18	8	10	2	3	1.5	6.5	1	1	4.7
2015	25	TB	3	—	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	—	—
Career			40		62	39	23	18	17	—	—	6	2	23.3

* 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%
2013	23	TB	13	0*	—	0.0%	206	23.7%	11	4.4%
2014	24	TB	11	0*	—	0.0%	344	44.5%	51	20.3%
2015	25	TB	3	—	—	0.0%	39	21.0%	2	7.0%
Career			27		—	—	589	—	64	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 48 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 48 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 4 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.93

Longevity

career length

Blend 52.2 × longevity 0.93 = KV-H 48· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 51

On-field 39.2

Availability 11.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2011bestavg 502014

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 4% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

4% of the all-time Sacks leader4

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.952See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.952Snap share29.7%Def snaps589Emerging

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, 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 edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2011

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

EDGE · 2011 class

4.92s

40-Yard

Low · 20th pct

Pos 20thAll 25thClass Pos 17thClass All 25th

22 reps

Bench

Below avg · 32th pct

Pos 32thAll 56thClass Pos 34thClass All 52th

College Stats

ClemsonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Clemson), 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.

2011 Draft Class· this player went #51

#43Kyle RudolphTE #44Titus YoungWR #45Rahim MooreFS #46Orlando FranklinOT #47Lance KendricksTE #48Stefen WisniewskiG #49Ben IjalanaOT #50Marcus GilchristS #52Marvin AustinDT #53Stephen PaeaDT #54Jaiquawn JarrettFS #55Rodney HudsonC #56Shane VereenRB #57Mikel LeshoureRB #58Torrey SmithWR #59Greg LittleWR

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Da'Quan inherited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers DL room from Adrian Clayborn (2011–2014), and handed it to George Johnson (2011–2015).

Mark Wheeler 1992–1995Santana Dotson 1992–1995Eric Curry 1993–1997Chidi Ahanotu 1993–2004Brad Culpepper 1994–1999Warren Sapp

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2015final season
Last recorded season with TB
2011draft
Drafted by TB — Round 2, Pick 51

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 288 lb

Frame

280 lb at 4.92s

Size-speed

22 reps

Bench power

Injury History

2 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2014	TB	1	W1Out· AbdomenW2Questionable· Abdomen
2013	TB	1	W7Questionable· ToeW11Questionable· ConcussionW14Questionable· KneeW16Out· Knee
2012	TB	0	W15Questionable· Not Injury Related / Hamstring

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 4-season peers. See all →

peak 54

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

C+2011

B2012

C2013

C+2014

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 5 seasons.

60%

Era Translator

Sacks 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 Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2011	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2012	3	0.3	6+3	0.3
2013	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2014	1.5	0.2	3+1.5	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

9 career value over replacement — #3668 all-time of 4,642. 2.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeMiss ↓

Pick #51 (Rd 2) · TB · 2011 · -0.9 vs expected KV-H

48actual

48.9 expected · Δ−0.9

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2011

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2011 Draft Class· this player went #51

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography