Former defensive tackle at Houston. 2018: 3 sacks, 14.5 tackles for loss, 54 tackles.
6′3″ · 292 lb · Houston, TX
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 6 nationally · Signed with Houston
Statement game13 tackles · 3.5 TFLat Rice (FBS) · W 45-27
Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive tackle at Houston. 2018: 3 sacks, 14.5 tackles for loss, 54 tackles.
Ed Oliver
Ed Oliver has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Houston. The receipt: 13 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Tulsa — Week 6, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career, closed
Gone at #9 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Houston, 192 tackles — drafted at #9 overall by Buffalo.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Badges
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Major Applewhite. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
BuffaloEntering 8th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (98th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 7.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 6.6 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.7 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2018
W 70–14
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-27@ Rice | 13 | 5 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 45-18vs Arizona | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 49-63@ Texas Tech | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 70-14vs Texas Southern | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 41-26vs Tulsa | 13 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-20@ East Carolina | 6 | 6 | 5.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | W 49-36@ Navy | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-52@ Memphis | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 54 | 29 | 14.5 | 3.0 | — | 2 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 14.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.