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

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Ed Oliver

Top 14% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone📈 Late Developer · 2023

Height6'1"

Weight287 lb

BornDec 12, 1997

Age

Career Value · VORP

106 career value over replacement — #1068 all-time of 4,695. 17.7/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #9 (Rd 1) · BUF · 2019 · +6.5 vs expected KV-H

68actual

61.5 expected · Δ+6.5

💔+38.2 stolen VORP·2.16 szns lost

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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	21–22	BUF	16	—	38	19	19	5	8	5.0	18.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	556	53.3%	16	3.9%	1	1	1.0	100.0	4.0	12	4	3	0	3	0.1
2020	22–23	BUF	16	—	30	20	10	6	6	3.0	15.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	578	54.9%	9	2.2%	0	0	—	—	—	16	9	4	0	3	0.1
2021	23–24	BUF	17	—	36	24	12	10	14	4.0	28.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	623	57.4%	—	0.0%	0	0	—	—	—	18	4	9	0	2	0.0
2022	24–25	BUF	13	—	29	15	14	9	14	2.5	25.5	0	3	1	1	0	1	—	0.0%	527	59.5%	4	1.2%	0	0	—	—	—	16	2	11	0	1	0.0
2023	25–26	BUF	16	—	42	25	17	14	16	9.5	39.5	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	730	71.3%	5	1.4%	1	0	0.0	0.0	-2.0	19	3	5	0	7	0.1
2024	26–27	BUF	14	—	28	13	15	5	13	3.0	21.0	0	0	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	603	66.9%	2	0.6%	2	1	0.5	56.2	-4.0	19	6	10	0	1	0.0
2025	27–28	BUF	3	—	11	9	2	7	5	3.0	15.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	108	59.3%	—	0.0%	0	0	—	—	—	4	0	1	0	0	0.0
2026	28–29	BUF	3	—	9	3	6	1	4	0.5	5.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	117	51.7%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	98	—	223	128	95	57	80	30.5	167.5	1	14	8	2	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2	—	—	—	104	28	43	0	17	—

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A top 20% all-time edge rusher with reliable availability and excellent per-snap efficiency. The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 106 · #1068 · High-Value

Worth 106 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 24% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+17.7

Avg surplus

peak +37

6 seasons × ~17.7 surplus ≈ VORP 106