A.J. Epenesa

LB · BUF/PHI · 2020–2026

Born September 15, 1998 · College Iowa · Drafted 2020, round 2, pick 54 (BUF) · 6-6, 280 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2020	BUF	10	14	1.0	4	3	0	1	0
2020 playoffs	BUF	3	3	0.0	1	0	0	1	0
2021	BUF	14	14	1.5	9	2	0	1	0
2021 playoffs	BUF	2	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2022	BUF	9	16	6.5	10	7	0	5	2
2022 playoffs	BUF	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	BUF	14	20	6.5	10	7	2	8	1
2023 playoffs	BUF	2	1	0.0	1	1	0	1	0
2024	BUF	16	39	6.0	11	8	0	2	2
2024 playoffs	BUF	3	8	0.0	1	2	0	0	0
2025	BUF	15	32	2.5	9	2	2	4	0
2025 playoffs	BUF	2	2	0.0	0	0	0	2	0
2026	PHI	4	7	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
Career	PHI	82	142	24.0	53	29	4	22	5

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2020	BUF	14	–	–	290	30.9
2020 playoffs	BUF	3	–	–	71	33.6
2021	BUF	14	–	–	328	37.6
2021 playoffs	BUF	2	–	–	45	32.8
2022	BUF	15	–	–	369	38.0
2022 playoffs	BUF	2	–	–	60	42.6
2023	BUF	15	–	–	378	40.8
2023 playoffs	BUF	2	–	–	47	42.3
2024	BUF	17	–	–	606	55.5
2024 playoffs	BUF	3	–	–	95	59.0
2025	BUF	16	–	–	432	47.0
2025 playoffs	BUF	2	–	–	51	40.8

Game logs

2026 game log (4 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2026-09-13	vs WAS	W 24–22	2	0
4	2026-10-04	vs LA	L 20–24	1	0
5	2026-10-11	@ JAX	L 17–19	1	1
7	2026-10-26	vs DAL	L 21–38	3	0

2025 game log (17 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2025-09-07	vs BAL	W 41–40	1	0.0	0	0
2	2025-09-14	@ NYJ	W 30–10	0	0.0	0	0
3	2025-09-18	vs MIA	W 31–21	2	0.0	0	0
4	2025-09-28	vs NO	W 31–19	3	1.0	0	0
5	2025-10-05	vs NE	L 20–23	2	0.5	0	1
6	2025-10-13	@ ATL	L 14–24	3	0.0	0	0
8	2025-10-26	@ CAR	W 40–9	4	1.0	1	1
9	2025-11-02	vs KC	W 28–21	0	0.0	0	0
11	2025-11-16	vs TB	W 44–32	3	0.0	0	0
12	2025-11-20	@ HOU	L 19–23	3	0.0	0	0
13	2025-11-30	@ PIT	W 26–7	1	0.0	0	0
14	2025-12-07	vs CIN	W 39–34	3	0.0	1	1
16	2025-12-21	@ CLE	W 23–20	3	0.0	0	0
17	2025-12-28	vs PHI	L 12–13	1	0.0	0	0
18	2026-01-04	vs NYJ	W 35–8	3	0.0	0	1
P19	2026-01-11	@ JAX	W 27–24	1	0.0	0	0
P20	2026-01-17	@ DEN	L 30–33 OT	1	0.0	0	2

2024 game log (19 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2024-09-08	vs ARI	W 34–28	1	0.0	0
2	2024-09-12	@ MIA	W 31–10	3	0.0	0
3	2024-09-23	vs JAX	W 47–10	2	1.0	0
4	2024-09-29	@ BAL	L 10–35	1	0.0	0
5	2024-10-06	@ HOU	L 20–23	1	0.0	0
6	2024-10-14	@ NYJ	W 23–20	4	2.0	0
7	2024-10-20	vs TEN	W 34–10	3	1.0	1
8	2024-10-27	@ SEA	W 31–10	1	0.0	0
9	2024-11-03	vs MIA	W 30–27	2	0.0	0
10	2024-11-10	@ IND	W 30–20	3	1.0	0
11	2024-11-17	vs KC	W 30–21	4	0.0	1
13	2024-12-01	vs SF	W 35–10	1	0.0	0
14	2024-12-08	@ LA	L 42–44	4	0.0	0
15	2024-12-15	@ DET	W 48–42	2	0.0	0
16	2024-12-22	vs NE	W 24–21	3	0.0	0
17	2024-12-29	vs NYJ	W 40–14	4	1.0	0
P19	2025-01-12	vs DEN	W 31–7	1	0.0	0
P20	2025-01-19	vs BAL	W 27–25	6	0.0	0
P21	2025-01-26	@ KC	L 29–32	1	0.0	0

2023 game log (16 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2023-09-11	@ NYJ	L 16–22 OT	1	0.0	0	0
2	2023-09-17	vs LV	W 38–10	0	0.0	0	1
3	2023-09-24	@ WAS	W 37–3	1	1.0	1	1
4	2023-10-01	vs MIA	W 48–20	0	0.0	0	1
5	2023-10-08	vs JAX	L 20–25	4	2.0	0	3
6	2023-10-15	vs NYG	W 14–9	3	1.0	0	0
7	2023-10-22	@ NE	L 25–29	2	0.0	0	0
8	2023-10-26	vs TB	W 24–18	2	1.0	0	0
9	2023-11-05	@ CIN	L 18–24	1	0.0	0	0
10	2023-11-13	vs DEN	L 22–24	3	1.5	0	0
11	2023-11-19	vs NYJ	W 32–6	1	0.0	0	0
12	2023-11-26	@ PHI	L 34–37 OT	1	0.0	0	1
14	2023-12-10	@ KC	W 20–17	0	0.0	1	1
17	2023-12-31	vs NE	W 27–21	1	0.0	0	0
P19	2024-01-15	vs PIT	W 31–17	0	0.0	0	1
P20	2024-01-21	vs KC	L 24–27	1	0.0	0	0

2022 game log (10 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2022-09-08	@ LA	W 31–10	2	1.5	0
2	2022-09-19	vs TEN	W 41–7	2	0.0	0
5	2022-10-09	vs PIT	W 38–3	1	1.0	1
8	2022-10-30	vs GB	W 27–17	0	0.0	1
10	2022-11-13	vs MIN	L 30–33 OT	3	1.0	2
13	2022-12-01	@ NE	W 24–10	2	1.0	0
14	2022-12-11	vs NYJ	W 20–12	5	1.0	1
16	2022-12-24	@ CHI	W 35–13	1	1.0	0
18	2023-01-08	vs NE	W 35–23	0	0.0	0
P20	2023-01-22	vs CIN	L 10–27	1	0.0	0

2021 game log (16 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2021-09-12	vs PIT	L 16–23	0	0.0	0
2	2021-09-19	@ MIA	W 35–0	1	0.0	0
3	2021-09-26	vs WAS	W 43–21	1	0.0	0
4	2021-10-03	vs HOU	W 40–0	0	0.0	0
5	2021-10-10	@ KC	W 38–20	0	0.0	0
8	2021-10-31	vs MIA	W 26–11	3	0.0	0
9	2021-11-07	@ JAX	L 6–9	1	0.5	0
10	2021-11-14	@ NYJ	W 45–17	0	0.0	0
11	2021-11-21	vs IND	L 15–41	1	0.0	0
12	2021-11-25	@ NO	W 31–6	2	0.0	0
13	2021-12-06	vs NE	L 10–14	1	0.0	0
14	2021-12-12	@ TB	L 27–33 OT	1	0.0	0
17	2022-01-02	vs ATL	W 29–15	2	0.0	0
18	2022-01-09	vs NYJ	W 27–10	1	1.0	1
P19	2022-01-15	vs NE	W 47–17	0	0.0	1
P20	2022-01-23	@ KC	L 36–42 OT	2	0.0	0

2020 game log (13 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
3	2020-09-27	vs LA	W 35–32	1	1.0	0
5	2020-10-13	@ TEN	L 16–42	1	0.0	0
6	2020-10-19	vs KC	L 17–26	1	0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	@ NYJ	W 18–10	2	0.0	0
10	2020-11-15	@ ARI	L 30–32	1	0.0	0
12	2020-11-29	vs LAC	W 27–17	2	0.0	0
13	2020-12-07	@ SF	W 34–24	1	0.0	0
15	2020-12-19	@ DEN	W 48–19	0	0.0	1
16	2020-12-28	@ NE	W 38–9	2	0.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs MIA	W 56–26	3	0.0	0
P18	2021-01-09	vs IND	W 27–24	1	0.0	0
P19	2021-01-16	vs BAL	W 17–3	1	0.0	0
P20	2021-01-24	@ KC	L 24–38	1	0.0	1