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

DEDET#95ACT

Romeo Okwara

Top 20% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2020 Team Carrier · #303

Height6'4"

Weight255 lb

BornJun 17, 1995

Age31

CollegeNotre Dame See College Stats

ConferenceIndependent

Rookie yr2016

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 63 · #1766 · Above Average

Worth 63 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 39% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 4 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +15.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

4 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

+15.8

Avg surplus

peak +34

4 seasons × ~15.8 surplus ≈ VORP 63

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%
2016	—	NYG	9	—	18	6	12	2	5	1.0	8.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	368	35.4%	182	39.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	NYG	4	—	3	1	2	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	82	19.8%	26	19.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	DET	14	—	37	26	11	8	14	7.5	29.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	716	77.0%	40	12.5%	3	1	0.3	61.8	1.0	23	9	6	11	2	0.0
2019	—	DET	12	—	26	12	14	1	10	1.5	12.5	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	605	60.4%	82	20.3%	5	2	0.4	47.9	6.2	15	5	8	6	2	0.1
2020	—	DET	16	—	39	27	12	11	18	10.0	39.0	0	1	3	1	0	1	—	0.0%	749	67.3%	204	45.4%	2	2	1.0	102.1	3.5	31	10	10	0	9	0.2
2021	—	DET	3	—	6	3	3	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	188	79.3%	21	19.8%	2	2	1.0	131.2	-1.0	6	3	2	5	0	0.0
2022	—	DET	4	—	8	3	5	2	2	2.0	6.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	119	37.6%	21	15.0%	0	0	—	—	—	2	0	0	1	0	0.0
2023	—	DET	8	—	9	3	6	1	5	2.0	8.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	248	23.3%	77	19.7%	0	0	—	—	—	7	2	3	0	2	0.2
Career		—	70	—	146	81	65	26	58	25.0	109.0	0	6	6	1	0	1	—	0.0%	3,075	50.0%	653	23.9%	12	7	—	—	—	84	29	29	23	15	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	Sfty	VAL
2016	21	NYG	9	0*	18	6	12	2	5	1.0	8.0	2	0	—	0	4.7
2017	22	NYG	4	0*	3	1	2	0	2	0.0	2.0	0	0	—	0	1.3
2018	23	DET	14	12*	37	26	11	8	14	7.5	29.5	1	1	—	0	13.3
2019	24	DET	12	8*	26	12	14	1	10	1.5	12.5	0	1	—	0	7.2
2020	25	DET	16	11*	39	27	12	11	18	10.0	39.0	1	3	1	1	18.9
2021	26	DET	3	3*	6	3	3	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	—	0	—
2022	27	DET	4	0*	8	3	5	2	2	2.0	6.0	0	0	—	0	3
2023	28	DET	8	0*	9	3	6	1	5	2.0	8.0	2	1	—	0	5
Career			70	34*	146	81	65	26	58	—	—	6	6	1	1	53.4

* 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%
2016	21	NYG	16	0*	—	0.0%	368	35.4%	182	39.5%
2017	22	NYG	6	0*	—	0.0%	82	19.8%	26	19.0%
2018	23	DET	15	12*	—	0.0%	716	77.0%	40	12.5%
2019	24	DET	14	8*	—	0.0%	605	60.4%	82	20.3%
2020	25	DET	16	11*	—	0.0%	749	67.3%	204	45.4%
2021	26	DET	4	3*	—	0.0%	188	79.3%	21	19.8%
2022	27	DET	5	0*	—	0.0%	119	37.6%	21	15.0%
2023	28	DET	16	0*	—	0.0%	248	23.3%	77	19.7%
Career			92	34*	—	—	3,075	—	653	—

* 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	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	23	DET	15	12*	3	1	0.3	61.8	1.0	23	9	6	11	2	0.0
2019	24	DET	14	8*	5	2	0.4	47.9	6.2	15	5	8	6	2	0.1
2020	25	DET	16	11*	2	2	1.0	102.1	3.5	31	10	10	0	9	0.2
2021	26	DET	4	3*	2	2	1.0	131.2	-1.0	6	3	2	5	0	0.0
2022	27	DET	5	0*	0	0	—	—	—	2	0	0	1	0	0.0
2023	28	DET	16	0*	0	0	—	—	—	7	2	3	0	2	0.2
Career			70	34*	12	7	—	—	—	84	29	29	23	15	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 65 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 65 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 65 × longevity 1 = KV-H 65· confidence 86%

What builds the career mark of 61

On-field 47

Availability 14

On-field production Staying available

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

2016bestavg 52elite 702023

Team Carrier Evidence

Ranked #303 of 600 by seasons where high individual production happened on low-win teams. Score aggregates only tracked StatVault categories.

Full board

Total Score

1 qualifying season

2020 DET·5 team wins#10

Sacks · 10 · score 32

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Sacks leader13

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: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.935See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.935Snap share50%Def snaps3,075ReliableCV 0.35

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 · 2016

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

EDGE · 2016 class

4.90s

40-Yard

Low · 24th pct

Pos 24thAll 27thClass Pos 28thClass All 30th

33"

Vertical

Below avg · 45th pct

Pos 45thAll 44thClass Pos 54thClass All 55th

120"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 64thClass Pos 76thClass All 68th

23 reps

Bench

Below avg · 40th pct

Pos 40thAll 63thClass Pos 36thClass All 72th

7.38s

3-Cone

Below avg · 31th pct

Pos 31thAll 32thClass Pos 42thClass All 37th

4.53s

Shuttle

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 25thClass Pos 28thClass All 31th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl3Solo2Ast1TFL1QBHits1Sk1.0Dis3.0

College Stats

Notre DameCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Notre Dame), 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.

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Romeo inherited the Detroit Lions DL room from Damon Harrison (2018–2019), and handed it to Julian Okwara (2020–2023).

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

2023final season
Last recorded season with DET
2018team change
Joined DET (from NYG)
2016signing
Entered the NFL with NYG

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 255 lb

Frame

265 lb at 4.90s

Size-speed

33" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

23 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2021	DET	0	W3Questionable· ShoulderW4Questionable· Shoulder
2019	DET	0	W10Questionable· GroinW11Questionable· Groin
2017	NYG	1	W6Out· Knee

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 71

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

C2016

F2017

B+2018

C+2019

A2020

D2022

C+2023

Availability

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

70%

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
2016	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2017	0	0	0	0
2018	7.5	0.5	9+1.5	0.5
2019	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2020	10	0.6	11+1	0.6
2022	2	0.5	9+7	0.5
2023	2	0.3	4+2	0.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

63 career value over replacement — #1766 all-time of 4,642. 9/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Fan Rating

Rate Romeo Okwara — All-Time

Tap a star to rate

Explore More

Similar Players

Dorance Armstrong

96% match

Alex Okafor

94% match

Armonty Bryant

94% match

Andre Branch

92% match

Lawrence Jackson

92% match

Compare Romeo Okwara vs Player Report data error

Romeo Okwara

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

Team Carrier Evidence

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2016

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator