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

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Samson Ebukam

Top 17% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2023

Height6'3"

Weight245 lb

BornMay 9, 1995

Age31

CollegeEastern Washington See College Stats

ConferenceBig Sky

Rookie yr2017

Draft2017 · Rd 4, Pick 125 · LA

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 103 · #1082 · High-Value

Worth 103 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 24% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 8 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.9 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

8 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12.9

Avg surplus

peak +31

8 seasons × ~12.9 surplus ≈ VORP 103

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%
2017	—	LA	10	—	22	20	2	1	4	2.0	7.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	351	32.1%	257	51.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	LA	16	—	35	20	15	6	6	3.0	15.0	1	1	3	2	2	0	—	0.0%	693	68.9%	126	25.8%	13	8	0.6	33.8	1.7	26	19	4	79	11	0.2
2019	—	LA	16	—	44	23	21	5	10	4.5	19.5	0	4	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	565	50.6%	163	33.9%	11	7	0.6	75.2	1.9	15	5	5	57	5	0.1
2020	—	LA	13	—	25	12	13	3	7	4.5	14.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	363	34.8%	222	50.2%	1	0	0.0	39.6	-3.0	13	5	3	29	3	0.1
2021	—	SF	15	—	35	18	17	5	11	4.5	20.5	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	555	51.2%	72	20.6%	4	1	0.3	44.8	1.0	16	5	5	3	1	0.0
2022	—	SF	14	—	31	16	15	6	13	5.0	24.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	559	59.4%	41	13.3%	5	3	0.6	105.0	-2.6	15	2	7	10	1	0.0
2023	—	IND	17	—	49	31	18	10	17	9.5	36.5	0	1	3	—	0	0	—	0.0%	702	59.9%	—	0.0%	8	6	0.8	77.1	-1.5	21	3	8	10	6	0.1
2025	—	IND	14	—	32	21	11	5	8	2.0	15.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	415	43.7%	2	3.5%	6	5	0.8	104.9	4.8	9	3	4	3	1	0.0
Career		—	115	—	273	161	112	41	76	35.0	152.0	1	9	11	6	2	0	—	0.0%	4,203	50.1%	883	28.4%	48	30	—	—	—	115	42	36	191	28	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2017	22	LA	10	0*	22	20	2	1	4	2.0	7.0	0	0	1	—	0	5.7
2018	23	LA	16	11*	35	20	15	6	6	3.0	15.0	1	1	3	2	2	13
2019	24	LA	16	8*	44	23	21	5	10	4.5	19.5	0	4	1	2	0	10.9
2020	25	LA	13	0*	25	12	13	3	7	4.5	14.5	0	1	1	—	0	9.2
2021	26	SF	15	9*	35	18	17	5	11	4.5	20.5	0	1	1	—	0	10.7
2022	27	SF	14	9*	31	16	15	6	13	5.0	24.0	0	1	1	1	0	11.3
2023	28	IND	17	10*	49	31	18	10	17	9.5	36.5	0	1	3	—	0	16.8
2025	30	IND	14	0*	32	21	11	5	8	2.0	15.0	0	0	0	1	0	7.9
Career			115	47*	273	161	112	41	76	—	—	1	9	11	6	2	85.5

* 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%
2017	22	LA	16	0*	—	0.0%	351	32.1%	257	51.8%
2018	23	LA	16	11*	—	0.0%	693	68.9%	126	25.8%
2019	24	LA	16	8*	—	0.0%	565	50.6%	163	33.9%
2020	25	LA	16	0*	—	0.0%	363	34.8%	222	50.2%
2021	26	SF	17	9*	—	0.0%	555	51.2%	72	20.6%
2022	27	SF	15	9*	—	0.0%	559	59.4%	41	13.3%
2023	28	IND	17	10*	—	0.0%	702	59.9%	—	0.0%
2025	30	IND	14	0*	—	0.0%	415	43.7%	2	3.5%
Career			127	47*	—	—	4,203	—	883	—

* 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	LA	16	11*	13	8	0.6	33.8	1.7	26	19	4	79	11	0.2
2019	24	LA	16	8*	11	7	0.6	75.2	1.9	15	5	5	57	5	0.1
2020	25	LA	16	0*	1	0	0.0	39.6	-3.0	13	5	3	29	3	0.1
2021	26	SF	17	9*	4	1	0.3	44.8	1.0	16	5	5	3	1	0.0
2022	27	SF	15	9*	5	3	0.6	105.0	-2.6	15	2	7	10	1	0.0
2023	28	IND	17	10*	8	6	0.8	77.1	-1.5	21	3	8	10	6	0.1
2025	30	IND	14	0*	6	5	0.8	104.9	4.8	9	3	4	3	1	0.0
Career			111	47*	48	30	—	—	—	115	42	36	191	28	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 67 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 67 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 67.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 67· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 65

On-field 47.2

Availability 17.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2017bestavg 64elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 18% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

18% of the all-time Sacks leader18

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.116See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.116Snap share50.1%Def snaps4,203ReliableCV 0.25

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+).

Postseason Career

10 playoff games

Defense

Tkl21Solo15Ast6TFL2QBHits6Sk3.0Dis11.0PD1FF1

College Stats

Eastern WashingtonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Eastern Washington), 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.

2017 Draft Class· this player went #125

#114Samaje PerineRB #116Carl LawsonDE #117Josh ReynoldsWR #118Mack HollinsWR #119Tarik CohenRB #120Ben GedeonOLB #123Montae NicholsonFS #124Jalen Reeves-MaybinLB #127Michael RobertsTE #128Josh MaloneWR #129David SharpeOT #130Julie'n DavenportOT #131Deatrich WiseDE #133Ryan SwitzerWR #134Jamaal WilliamsRB #135Joshua DobbsQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Samson inherited the Los Angeles Rams DL room from Morgan Fox (2016–2020), and handed it to Dante Fowler Jr. (2018–2019).

Sean Gilbert 1992–1995D'Marco Farr 1994–2000Kevin Carter 1995–2000Leslie O'Neal 1996–1997Jeff Zgonina 1997–2002Grant Wistrom

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 IND
2023team change
Joined IND (from SF)
2021team change
Joined SF (from LA)
2017draft
Drafted by LA — Round 4, Pick 125

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 245 lb

Frame

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	SF	0	W10Doubtful· Quadricep / AchillesW11Questionable· Quadricep / Achilles
2021	SF	0	W5Questionable· HamstringW8Questionable· 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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 72

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

C+2017

B2018

B2019

B2020

B2021

B2022

A2023

C+2025

Availability

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

96%

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
2017	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2018	3	0.2	3	0.2
2019	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2020	4.5	0.3	6+1.5	0.4
2021	4.5	0.3	5+0.5	0.3
2022	5	0.4	6+1	0.4
2023	9.5	0.6	10+0.5	0.6
2025	2	0.1	2	0.1

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

Career Value · VORP

103 career value over replacement — #1082 all-time of 4,642. 12.9/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #125 (Rd 4) · LA · 2017 · +33.5 vs expected KV-H

67actual

33.5 expected · Δ+33.5

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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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2017 Draft Class· this player went #125

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

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