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Ed Oliver Buffalo Bills · #91

Defensive Tackle · 6' 1", 287 lbs · Houston, TX · Age 29

Ed Oliver is a Defensive Tackle for the Buffalo Bills, drafted 9th overall, 2019. In 2026 he recorded 9 tackles, 0.5 sacks.

Defensive TackleDrafted 9th overall8-yr veteran
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Buffalo Bills · #91 · Defensive Tackle
Ed Oliver
Season avg9 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0 int
Career avg252 tkl · 30.5 sacks · 1 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
9tkl
0.5sacks
0int
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Scouting report

Ed Oliver — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

C+
Defensive Tackle · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Ed Oliver is a Defensive Tackle for the Buffalo Bills, drafted 9th overall, 2019. In 2026 he recorded 9 tackles, 0.5 sacks.
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Pass rush
B-
Run D
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Splash
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Pass rush
Strong · defense
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Run defense
Excellent · defense
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C
Disruption
Solid · defense
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C
Splash plays
Solid · defense
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C+
Ball skills
Solid · defense
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Act II

Where Ed Oliver stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #502 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
234Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Ed Oliver — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

A+
Tackling
9 TKL
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Pass rush
0.5 SACK
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Coverage
0 PD
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0 FF
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The engine

How the model sees Ed Oliver

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
1.6
sacks
0.6–2.6
13
tackles
5–21
1
ff
0–2
0
pd
0–0
5
games
0–9
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 8-season history below.
What moves the sacks line vs last season
Last season 1 → projected 2 sacks
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
-0.1
Net vs last season+1.1 sacks
Everything it reads
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8 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 29 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 14 / 3 / 3
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Ed Oliver career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGTklSackFFPDINT
201916435120
202016333130
202117414130
202213342.5130
202316519.5031
202414293300
20253123100
2026 in progress · 3 games390.5000
Career9825230.58141
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Buffalo Bills built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record
86off index
99def index
+51net
95%playoff odds
60roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A- (86), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 78, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Ed Oliver

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1997-12-12

The beginning

Ed Oliver is a Defensive Tackle for the Buffalo Bills, in his 8th NFL season.

Buffalo Bills

Turning pro

Drafted 9th overall, 2019 as a Defensive Tackle.

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Ed Oliver is a Buffalo Bills defensive tackle, drafted 9th overall, 2019.

Chapter

Across 8 seasons (2019–2026) he has recorded 252 tackles, 31 sacks and 1 interception.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 9 tackles, 1 sack and 0 interceptions in 2026.

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Oliver's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 1"
Weight
287 lbs
Draft
9th overall, 2019
Born
Houston, TX
Age
29
Jersey
#91
Background

Ed Oliver is from Houston, TX and is 29 years old. He was drafted 9th overall, 2019 and plays defensive tackle at 6' 1", 287 lbs.

Over 8 seasons (2019–2026) he has recorded 252 tackles, 30.5 sacks and 1 interceptions. Oliver is currently on the Buffalo Bills roster.

The person

Ed Oliver is a rotational pass rusher who has generated 30.5 sacks and 252 tackles across 8 seasons (2019–2026).

Pass rush30.5 career sacks with 8 forced fumbles.
Run defense252 career tackles up front.
Best season9.5 sacks in 2023.
First-round pedigree9th overall, 2019.
Durability98 career games played.
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FAQ

Ed Oliver — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Ed Oliver, answered.

What position does Ed Oliver play?
Ed Oliver is a Defensive Tackle for the Buffalo Bills.
When was Ed Oliver drafted?
Ed Oliver was drafted 9th overall, 2019.
How many seasons has Ed Oliver played?
8 (2019–2026).
What are Ed Oliver's career stats?
He has recorded 252 tackles, 31 sacks and 1 interception.
Ed Oliver career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Target share
0%
WOPR 0.00

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
12
since 2020
Games missed
8
listed Out
Lower-body
9
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk3 · Hip (Questionable)2025 Wk20 · Biceps (Questionable)2025 Wk6 · Ankle2025 Wk5 · Ankle (Questionable)2025 Wk4 · Ankle (Out)2025 Wk3 · Ankle (Out)

Home surface: a_turf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 7 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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