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Rashan Gary

Age
28
Height
6'5"
Weight
277 lbs
College
Michigan
Drafted
2019, No. 12 overall (GB)
Experience
8th NFL season
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49

Overall grade

76th of 132 edge rushers

Typical

about average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

Rashan grades about average among edge rushers so far, with no number far from the middle.

Lately he is playing better. Pressures per 100 snaps is 5.7 over the last 2 games (88 snaps), against 1.5 before that. The change points one way, but a few plays could still explain it.

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 snaps3.159th of 132
  • Missed tackles7%28th of 58small sample
  • Sacks per 100 snaps0.476th of 132
  • Tackles for loss per 100 snaps0.491st 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: 40th percentileWeek 3: 25th percentileWeek 4: 50th percentileWeek 5: 56th percentile56th

Season rank climbed: 40th to 56th 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 NYG2.441–
2vs WAS2.24640th pct
3vs BAL0.04825th pct
4vs HOU7.93850th pct
5vs TB4.05056th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 45 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

3.1

59th of 132 edge rushers · top 45%

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: 5.7 (88) vs 1.5 before+16.3grade points upA clear change

Sample still growing · 223 snaps · true level likely 1.2 to 5.1

Sacks per 100 snaps

Typical

0.4

76th of 132 edge rushers · bottom 44%

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: 1.1 (88) vs 0.0 before+13.3grade points upLeaning that way

Sample still growing · 223 snaps · true level likely -0.3 to 1.2

Tackles for loss per 100 snaps

Below typical

0.4

91st of 132 edge rushers · bottom 32%

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: 1.1 (88) vs 0.0 before+10.1grade points upLeaning that way

Sample still growing · 223 snaps · true level likely -0.3 to 1.2

Missed tackles

Typical

7%lower is better

28th of 58 edge rushers · top 49%

The share of his tackle chances he missed. Fewer is better.

The box score: Tackle totals reward the player who gets the most chances, not the one who finishes them.

Does it show up in winning? Across 96 games league-wide, a good or bad game on missed tackles from a edge rusher has not lined up much with his team winning (50% wins in the best third, 41% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 11% (9) vs 0% before−12.2grade points downWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 14 tackle chances · true level likely -7% to 22%

Playing time

He has played in 5 of his team's 5 games with snap counts, on the field for about 67% 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.

Rashan Gary game by game
GameResultSnapsTklSoloAstTFLSacksPressPBUIntMissedPressures/100TFL/100Missed
Wk 1 vs NYGL 20–2859%2110010002.40.00%
Wk 2 vs WASW 37–2065%3210010002.20.00%
Wk 3 vs BALL 31–3475%1100000000.00.0–
Wk 4 vs HOUW 34–3069%2201130007.92.60%
Wk 5 vs TBL 16–2469%5320020014.00.014%

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.

Rashan Gary box score totals
StatTotalRank
Tackles1346th of 132
Solo tackles920th of 132
Assisted tackles476th of 132
Tackles for loss173rd of 132
Sacks146th of 132
Pressures727th 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.

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