TB Tampa Bay Buccaneers · DL· #94

Calijah Kancey

Age
25
Height
6'0"
Weight
280 lbs
College
Pittsburgh
Drafted
2023, No. 19 overall (TB)
Experience
4th NFL season

44

Overall grade

102nd of 132 edge rushers

Well below typical

below average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

The number holding him back is tackles for loss per 100 snaps: 0.0, 95th of 132.

Lately he is playing better. Pressures per 100 snaps is 4.1 over the last 2 games (74 snaps), against 1.7 before that. A few plays could easily explain this. Worth watching, not worth believing yet.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 5 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the edge rushers in the league.

  • Pressures per 100 snaps2.676th of 132
  • Sacks per 100 snaps0.084th of 132small sample
  • Tackles for loss per 100 snaps0.095th of 132

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying edge rushers. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among edge rushers after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 2: 44th percentileWeek 3: 31st percentileWeek 4: 29th percentileWeek 5: 43rd percentile43rd

Season rank holding near the 43rd percentile since Wk 2.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

Pressures per 100 snaps game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamesnapsSeason rank after
1vs CIN5.040–
2vs CLE0.03744th pct
3vs MIN0.04031st pct
4vs GB0.03429th pct
5vs DAL7.54043rd pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 38 snaps can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every edge rusher with at least 80 snaps. Right on the strip is better.

Pressures per 100 snaps

Typical

2.6

76th of 132 edge rushers · bottom 44%

Sacks, hits and hurries as Pro Football Reference charts them, for every 100 snaps he plays. A pass rusher is doing his job on plays that never become a sack.

The box score: A sack total misses most of what a rusher does and depends on how many snaps he plays.

Does it show up in winning? Across 233 games league-wide, teams won 60% of the time when their edge rusher was in the best third on pressures per 100 snaps, and 47% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 4.1 (74) vs 1.7 before+9.3grade points upLeaning that way

Sample still growing · 191 snaps · true level likely 0.7 to 4.5

Sacks per 100 snaps

Below typical

0.0

84th of 132 edge rushers · bottom 38%

Sacks for every 100 snaps he plays. Rare, so it swings fast; pressures are the steadier read.

The box score: A sack total ignores how many snaps he played.

Does it show up in winning? Across 233 games league-wide, a good or bad game on sacks per 100 snaps from a edge rusher has not lined up much with his team winning (47% wins in the best third, 60% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 0.0 (74) vs 0.0 beforeevenWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 191 snaps · true level likely -0.9 to 0.9

Tackles for loss per 100 snaps

Below typical

0.0

95th of 132 edge rushers · bottom 29%

Plays he ends behind the line of scrimmage, for every 100 snaps.

The box score: Tackles for loss are counted, but never against the snaps he played.

Does it show up in winning? Across 233 games league-wide, a good or bad game on tackles for loss per 100 snaps from a edge rusher has not lined up much with his team winning (53% wins in the best third, 55% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 0.0 (74) vs 0.0 beforeevenWithin the noise

Sample still growing · 191 snaps · true level likely -0.9 to 0.9

Playing time

He has played in 5 of his team's 5 games with snap counts, on the field for about 64% of the team's defensive plays when he plays.

Each column is a game: the share of his team's defensive snaps he played. 80% means about 8 of every 10 plays. “Out” means he did not play; a question mark means snap counts are not posted yet. Shaded games are the recent stretch.

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Calijah Kancey game by game
GameResultSnapsTklSoloAstTFLSacksPressPBUIntMissedPressures/100TFL/100
Wk 1 vs CINL 27–3362%0000020015.00.0
Wk 2 vs CLEL 19–2364%1100000000.00.0
Wk 3 vs MINL 16–2368%2200000000.00.0
Wk 4 vs GBL 14–1757%0000000000.00.0
Wk 5 vs DALW 24–1667%1010030007.50.0

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among edge rushers. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Calijah Kancey box score totals
StatTotalRank
Tackles4117th of 132
Solo tackles394th of 132
Assisted tackles1120th of 132
Tackles for loss098th of 132
Sacks084th of 132
Pressures549th of 132
Passes defended050th of 132
Interceptions010th of 132
Missed tackles128th of 132

Players with a similar profile

The edge rushers whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.