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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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

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	—

Career arc · VAL by season

6 seasons · peak 7.6 in 2023

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.

What he added · wins above replacement

1.4 career wins over 6 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL

Best season · 2023 · +0.6 wins

Defence+0.6

Latest season · 2024 ·

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2019	21–22	BUF	15	9*	38	19	19	5	8	5.0	18.0	0	2	1	—	0	3.6
2020	22–23	BUF	15	9*	30	20	10	6	6	3.0	15.0	0	3	1	—	0	1.5
2021	23–24	BUF	16	10*	36	24	12	10	14	4.0	28.0	0	3	1	—	0	2.3
2022	24–25	BUF	12	8*	29	15	14	9	14	2.5	25.5	0	3	1	1	1	2.1
2023	25–26	BUF	16	11*	42	25	17	14	16	9.5	39.5	1	3	0	—	0	7.6
2024	26–27	BUF	12	9*	28	13	15	5	13	3.0	21.0	0	0	3	—	0	1.2
2025	27–28	BUF	3	—	11	9	2	7	5	3.0	15.0	0	0	1	—	0	—
2026	28–29	BUF	3	—	9	3	6	1	4	0.5	5.5	0	0	0	1	0	—
Career			92		223	128	95	57	80	30.5	167.5	1	14	8	2	1	18.3

* 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%
2019	21–22	BUF	16	9*	—	0.0%	556	53.3%	16	3.9%
2020	22–23	BUF	16	9*	—	0.0%	578	54.9%	9	2.2%
2021	23–24	BUF	17	10*	—	0.0%	623	57.4%	—	0.0%
2022	24–25	BUF	13	8*	—	0.0%	527	59.5%	4	1.2%
2023	25–26	BUF	16	11*	—	0.0%	730	71.3%	5	1.4%
2024	26–27	BUF	14	9*	—	0.0%	603	66.9%	2	0.6%
2025	27–28	BUF	3	—	—	0.0%	108	59.3%	—	0.0%
2026	28–29	BUF	3	—	—	0.0%	117	51.7%	—	0.0%
Career			—		—	—	—	—	—	—

Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.

* 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	21–22	BUF	16	9*	1	1	1.0	100.0	4.0	12	4	3	3	0.1
2020	22–23	BUF	16	9*	0	0	—	—	—	16	9	4	3	0.1
2021	23–24	BUF	17	10*	0	0	—	—	—	18	4	9	2	0.0
2022	24–25	BUF	13	8*	0	0	—	—	—	16	2	11	1	0.0
2023	25–26	BUF	16	11*	1	0	0.0	0.0	-2.0	19	3	5	7	0.1
2024	26–27	BUF	14	9*	2	1	0.5	56.2	-4.0	19	6	10	1	0.0
2025	27–28	BUF	3	—	0	0	—	—	—	4	0	1	0	0.0
Career			95		4	2	—	—	—	104	28	43	17	—

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

Game Log

Wk	Opp	Yds	TD	FP
W1	HOU	—	—	—
W3	LAC	—	—	—
W4	NE	—	—	—

Source: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0) · 2016–2026 · 3 games

Splits

6 games · 2025–2026

Folded from the per-game logs on file. Home/away, result, month and division come from the NFL schedule feed; where a game has no schedule row those dimensions leave it out rather than guess, and the count is shown.

Home / Away2 rows

Home / Away	G
Home	3
Away	3

Wins / Losses2 rows

Wins / Losses	G
Wins	4
Losses	2

Regular season / Postseason1 row

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 47.7

Availability 17.3

On-field production

By opponent	G
vs ATL	1
vs BAL	1
vs CAR	1
vs HOU	1
vs LAC	1
vs NE	1

By month	G
September	3
October	3

Division games	G
Division	1
Non-division	5

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Ed Oliver

Combined Season Grid

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Game Log

Splits

KV-H Anatomy

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