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 15% all-time pass rushersFranchise Cornerstone📈 Late Developer · 2023

Height6'1"

Weight287 lb

BornDec 12, 1997

Age28

CollegeHouston See College Stats

ConferenceAmerican Athletic

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 1, Pick 9 · BUF

Archetype Intelligence

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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 105 · #1047 · High-Value

Worth 105 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 24% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +17.5 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

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+17.5

Avg surplus

peak +36

6 seasons × ~17.5 surplus ≈ VORP 105

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	—	BUF	15	—	38	19	19	5	8	5.0	18.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	556	53.3%	16	9.0%	1	1	1.0	100.0	4.0	12	4	3	0	3	0.1
2020	—	BUF	15	—	30	20	10	6	6	3.0	15.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	578	54.9%	9	5.8%	0	0	—	—	—	16	9	4	0	3	0.1
2021	—	BUF	16	—	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	—	BUF	12	—	29	15	14	9	14	2.5	25.5	0	3	1	1	0	1	—	0.0%	527	59.5%	4	4.0%	0	0	—	—	—	16	2	11	0	1	0.0
2023	—	BUF	16	—	42	25	17	14	16	9.5	39.5	1	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	730	71.3%	5	4.6%	1	0	0.0	0.0	-2.0	19	3	5	0	7	0.1
2024	—	BUF	12	—	28	13	15	5	13	3.0	21.0	0	0	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	603	66.9%	2	4.5%	2	1	0.5	56.2	-4.0	19	6	10	0	1	0.0
2025	—	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
Career		—	89	—	214	125	89	56	76	30.0	162.0	1	14	8	1	0	1	—	0.0%	3,725	60.4%	36	5.6%	4	2	—	—	—	104	28	43	0	17	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2019	22	BUF	15	9*	38	19	19	5	8	5.0	18.0	0	2	1	—	0	10.4
2020	23	BUF	15	9*	30	20	10	6	6	3.0	15.0	0	3	1	—	0	10.1
2021	24	BUF	16	10*	36	24	12	10	14	4.0	28.0	0	3	1	—	0	12.5
2022	25	BUF	12	8*	29	15	14	9	14	2.5	25.5	0	3	1	1	1	10.6
2023	26	BUF	16	11*	42	25	17	14	16	9.5	39.5	1	3	0	—	0	15.2
2024	27	BUF	12	9*	28	13	15	5	13	3.0	21.0	0	0	3	—	0	10.6
2025	28	BUF	3	—	11	9	2	7	5	3.0	15.0	0	0	1	—	0	—
Career			89	56*	214	125	89	56	76	—	—	1	14	8	1	1	69.4

* 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	22	BUF	16	9*	—	0.0%	556	53.3%	16	9.0%
2020	23	BUF	16	9*	—	0.0%	578	54.9%	9	5.8%
2021	24	BUF	17	10*	—	0.0%	623	57.4%	—	0.0%
2022	25	BUF	13	8*	—	0.0%	527	59.5%	4	4.0%
2023	26	BUF	16	11*	—	0.0%	730	71.3%	5	4.6%
2024	27	BUF	14	9*	—	0.0%	603	66.9%	2	4.5%
2025	28	BUF	3	—	—	0.0%	108	59.3%	—	0.0%
Career			95	56*	—	—	3,725	—	36	—

* 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	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	22	BUF	16	9*	1	1	1.0	100.0	4.0	12	4	3	3	0.1
2020	23	BUF	16	9*	0	0	—	—	—	16	9	4	3	0.1
2021	24	BUF	17	10*	0	0	—	—	—	18	4	9	2	0.0
2022	25	BUF	13	8*	0	0	—	—	—	16	2	11	1	0.0
2023	26	BUF	16	11*	1	0	0.0	0.0	-2.0	19	3	5	7	0.1
2024	27	BUF	14	9*	2	1	0.5	56.2	-4.0	19	6	10	1	0.0
2025	28	BUF	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	4	0	1	0	0.0
Career			95	56*	4	2	—	—	—	104	28	43	17	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 68 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 68 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 67.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 68· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 47.5

Availability 17.5

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 65elite 702024

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 15% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

15% of the all-time Sacks leader15

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: 91%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.966See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.966Snap share60.4%Def snaps3,725VolatileCV 0.61

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within interior d-line, 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 linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. 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.

DL · 2019 class

36"

Vertical

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 73thClass Pos 96thClass All 67th

120"

Broad Jump

Elite · 98th pct

Pos 98thAll 64thClass Pos 96thClass All 65th

32 reps

Bench

Strong · 80th pct

Pos 80thAll 95thClass Pos 80thClass All 96th

Postseason Career

12 playoff games

Defense

Tkl28Solo12Ast16TFL6QBHits10Sk2.0Dis18.0PD1FR1

College Stats

HoustonImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2016	Houston	65	46	—	—	—	5.0	5.0	6	—	2	0	—	—
2017	Houston	73	47	—	—	—	5.5	5.5	3	—	2	1	—	—
2018	Houston	54	29	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	2	—	1	0	—	—
Career		192	122	—	—	—	13.5	13.5	11	0	5	1	—	—

Reference Graph

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

2019 Draft Class· this player went #9

#1Kyler MurrayQB #2Nick BosaDE #3Quinnen WilliamsDT #4Clelin FerrellDE #5Devin WhiteLB #6Daniel JonesQB #7Josh Hines-AllenDE #8T.J. HockensonTE #10Devin BushLB #11Jonah WilliamsDE #12Rashan GaryLB #13Christian WilkinsDT #14Chris LindstromG #15Dwayne HaskinsQB #16Brian BurnsLB #17Dexter LawrenceDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ed inherited the Buffalo Bills DL room from Jordan Phillips (2018–2025), and handed it to Mario Addison (2020–2021).

Bruce Smith 1985–1999Mike Lodish 1990–1994Phil Hansen 1991–2001Ted Washington 1995–2000Gabe Northern 1996–1999Shawn Price

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with BUF
2019draft
Drafted by BUF — Round 1, Pick 9

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'1" / 287 lb

Frame

36" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

32 reps

Bench power

Injury History

5 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	BUF	2	W5Out· HamstringW6Out· Hamstring
2023	BUF	1	W7Out· ToeW8Questionable· Toe
2022	BUF	2	W2Out· AnkleW3Out· AnkleW4Questionable· AnkleW5Questionable· AnkleW16Questionable· Calf
2021	BUF	0	W17Questionable· Ankle

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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 71

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

B2019

B2020

B2021

C+2022

A2023

C+2024

Availability

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

81%

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
2019	5	0.3	6+1	0.3
2020	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2021	4	0.3	4	0.3
2022	2.5	0.2	4+1.5	0.2
2023	9.5	0.6	10+0.5	0.6
2024	3	0.3	4+1	0.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

105 career value over replacement — #1047 all-time of 4,642. 17.5/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #9 (Rd 1) · BUF · 2019 · +7.6 vs expected KV-H

68actual

60.4 expected · Δ+7.6

💔+23.3 stolen VORP·1.33 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2019

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #9

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography