Ezekiel Ansah ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Ansah in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Ansah a career score of 83, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Ezekiel Ansah

1× Pro BowlTop 4% all-time pass rushersAll-Time Great🌅 Early Bloomer · 2015

Height6'5"

Weight275 lb

BornMay 29, 1989

Age37

CollegeBYU See College Stats

ConferenceIndependent

Rookie yr2013

Draft2013 · Rd 1, Pick 5 · DET

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

All-Time GreatExplore archetypes →

A top 5% all-time edge rusher — a career that puts them among the greatest at their position in NFL history. Their excellent per-snap efficiency underscores the elite level they operated at.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 159 · #576 · High-Value

Worth 159 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 13% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 7 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.7 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

7 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.7

Avg surplus

peak +48

7 seasons × ~22.7 surplus ≈ VORP 159

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%
2013	—	DET	13	—	32	19	13	7	11	8.0	26.0	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	554	62.9%	8	4.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	DET	16	—	49	37	12	13	26	7.5	46.5	0	0	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	663	63.3%	4	3.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	DET	16	—	45	37	8	15	34	14.5	63.5	0	1	4	2	0	0	—	0.0%	657	62.9%	67	14.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	DET	12	—	34	20	14	7	15	2.0	24.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	496	58.7%	5	5.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	DET	13	—	40	35	5	15	17	12.0	44.0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	516	54.9%	4	3.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	DET	6	—	11	7	4	3	7	4.0	14.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	146	34.4%	8	4.7%	0	0	—	—	—	9	2	3	0	1	0.1
2019	—	SEA	10	—	16	10	6	3	8	2.5	13.5	0	2	2	2	0	0	—	0.0%	338	46.2%	5	4.0%	2	0	0.0	39.6	-0.5	10	3	4	0	4	0.2
2020	—	SF	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	34	30.5%	1	4.0%	0	0	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	—
Career		—	88	—	227	165	62	63	118	50.5	231.5	0	4	12	5	0	0	—	0.0%	3,404	51.7%	102	5.6%	2	0	—	—	—	20	6	7	0	5	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2013	24	DET	13	9*	32	19	13	7	11	8.0	26.0	1	2	—	13.5
2014	25	DET	16	10*	49	37	12	13	26	7.5	46.5	0	3	—	19.3
2015	26	DET	16	10*	45	37	8	15	34	14.5	63.5	1	4	2	24.3
2016	27	DET	12	8*	34	20	14	7	15	2.0	24.0	0	0	—	9.2
2017	28	DET	13	8*	40	35	5	15	17	12.0	44.0	0	1	1	18.6
2018	29	DET	6	0*	11	7	4	3	7	4.0	14.0	0	0	—	5.7
2019	30	SEA	10	0*	16	10	6	3	8	2.5	13.5	2	2	2	7.4
Career			86	45*	227	165	62	63	118	—	—	4	12	5	98

* 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	24	DET	14	9*	—	0.0%	554	62.9%	8	4.5%
2014	25	DET	16	10*	—	0.0%	663	63.3%	4	3.8%
2015	26	DET	16	10*	—	0.0%	657	62.9%	67	14.6%
2016	27	DET	13	8*	—	0.0%	496	58.7%	5	5.3%
2017	28	DET	14	8*	—	0.0%	516	54.9%	4	3.8%
2018	29	DET	7	0*	—	0.0%	146	34.4%	8	4.7%
2019	30	SEA	11	0*	—	0.0%	338	46.2%	5	4.0%
2020	31	SF	2	—	—	0.0%	34	30.5%	1	4.0%
Career			93	45*	—	—	3,404	—	102	—

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

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	29	DET	7	0*	0	—	—	—	9	2	3	1	0.1
2019	30	SEA	11	0*	2	0.0	39.6	-0.5	10	3	4	4	0.2
2020	31	SF	2	—	0	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	—
Career			20		2	—	—	—	20	6	7	5	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 83 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 83 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 82.6 × longevity 1 = KV-H 83· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 77

On-field 60.7

Availability 16.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2013bestavg 74elite 702019

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 26% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

26% of the all-time Sacks leader26

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

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: 96%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Elite

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:7.344See leaderboard →

Disruption/1007.344Snap share54.8%Def snaps3,370ReliableCV 0.29

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 · 2013

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

EDGE · 2013 class

4.56s

40-Yard

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 66thClass Pos 92thClass All 71th

34.5"

Vertical

Above avg · 64th pct

Pos 64thAll 59thClass Pos 57thClass All 66th

118"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 61th pct

Pos 61thAll 55thClass Pos 45thClass All 53th

21 reps

Bench

Below avg · 25th pct

Pos 25thAll 50thClass Pos 32thClass All 53th

7.11s

3-Cone

Above avg · 69th pct

Pos 69thAll 55thClass Pos 50thClass All 51th

4.26s

Shuttle

Strong · 75th pct

Pos 75thAll 64thClass Pos 97thClass All 68th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl12Solo8Ast4TFL3QBHits10Sk3.0Dis16.0

College Stats

BYUCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (BYU), 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.

2013 Draft Class· this player went #5

#1Eric FisherOT #2Luke JoeckelG #3Dion JordanDE #4Lane JohnsonOT #6Barkevious MingoOLB #7Jonathan CooperG #8Tavon AustinWR #9Dee MillinerCB #10Chance WarmackG #11D.J. FlukerG #12D.J. HaydenDB #13Sheldon RichardsonDT #14Star LotuleleiDT #15Kenny VaccaroS #16EJ ManuelQB #17Jarvis JonesOLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ezekiel inherited the Detroit Lions DL room from Devin Taylor (2013–2016), and handed it to George Johnson (2014–2017).

Jerry Ball 1987–1992Dan Owens 1990–1999Kelvin Pritchett 1991–2004Tracy Scroggins 1992–2001Robert Porcher 1992–2003Shane Bonham

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2020team change
Joined SF (from SEA)
2020final season
Last recorded season with SF
2019team change
Joined SEA (from DET)
2013draft
Drafted by DET — Round 1, Pick 5

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 275 lb

Frame

271 lb at 4.56s

Size-speed

34.5" vert / 118" broad

Explosion

21 reps

Bench power

Injury History

7 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	SF	1	W5Out· Biceps
2019	SEA	0	W1Questionable· ShoulderW2Questionable· ShoulderW4Questionable· BackW7Questionable· AnkleW8Questionable· AnkleW14Questionable· NeckW15Questionable· NeckW19Questionable· Neck
2018	DET	2	W2Questionable· ShoulderW3Questionable· ShoulderW4Out· ShoulderW5Out· ShoulderW7Questionable· ShoulderW8Questionable· ShoulderW9Questionable· ShoulderW10Questionable· ShoulderW11Questionable· ShoulderW12Questionable· Shoulder
2017	DET	1	W1Questionable· KneeW2Questionable· KneeW3Questionable· KneeW4Questionable· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· KneeW9Questionable· KneeW10Doubtful· BackW11Out· BackW12Questionable· BackW14Questionable· Ankle+1 more
2016	DET	3	W2Questionable· ShoulderW3Out· AnkleW4Out· AnkleW5Out· AnkleW6Questionable· AnkleW7Questionable· AnkleW9Questionable· AnkleW11Questionable· AnkleW12Questionable· AnkleW13Questionable· AnkleW14Questionable· AnkleW15Questionable· Shoulder
2015	DET	0	W4Questionable· GroinW14Questionable· Hamstring / Elbow
2014	DET	0	W3Questionable· Knee
2013	DET	0	W4Questionable· AbdomenW10Doubtful· AnkleW11Questionable· AnkleW15Questionable· Shoulder

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 7-season peers. See all →

peak 91

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

A2013

B+2014

A+2015

C+2016

A+2017

C+2018

C+2019

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

73%

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
2013	8	0.6	10+2	0.6
2014	7.5	0.5	8+0.5	0.5
2015	14.5	0.9	15+0.5	0.9
2016	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2017	12	0.9	15+3	0.9
2018	4	0.7	11+7	0.7
2019	2.5	0.3	4+1.5	0.3

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

159 career value over replacement — #576 all-time of 4,642. 22.7/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

2 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #5 (Rd 1) · DET · 2013 · +21.2 vs expected KV-H

83actual

61.8 expected · Δ+21.2

💔+49 stolen VORP·2.16 szns lost

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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 · 2013

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2013 Draft Class· this player went #5

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography