Ezekiel Ansah

DE · DET/SEA · 2013–2019

Born May 29, 1989 · College BYU · Drafted 2013, round 1, pick 5 (DET) · 6-5, 275 lb

2nd-team All-Pro (2015) · Pro Bowl (2015)

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	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2013	DET	12	32	8.0	11	7	1	2
2014	DET	16	49	7.5	26	13	0	3
2014 playoffs	DET	1	2	1.0	4	1	0	0
2015	DET	16	47	14.5	34	15	1	4
2016	DET	12	35	2.0	15	7	0	0
2016 playoffs	DET	1	9	2.0	5	2	0	0
2017	DET	13	43	12.0	17	15	0	1
2018	DET	6	11	4.0	7	3	0	0
2019	SEA	9	18	2.5	8	3	2	2
2019 playoffs	SEA	1	1	0.0	1	0	0	0
Career	SEA	84	235	50.5	118	63	4	12

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2015	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl

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
2016	DET	13	–	–	490	59.0
2016 playoffs	DET	1	–	–	43	61.4
2017	DET	14	–	–	511	55.0
2018	DET	7	–	–	145	35.4
2019	SEA	11	–	–	334	46.1
2019 playoffs	SEA	1	–	–	12	18.8
2020	SF	2	–	–	34	30.1

Game logs

2019 game log (10 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
4	2019-09-29	@ ARI	W 27–10	5	1.0	0
5	2019-10-03	vs LA	W 30–29	1	0.0	0
6	2019-10-13	@ CLE	W 32–28	2	0.0	0
8	2019-10-27	@ ATL	W 27–20	1	0.0	0
9	2019-11-03	vs TB	W 40–34 OT	1	0.0	0
12	2019-11-24	@ PHI	W 17–9	4	1.5	0
13	2019-12-02	vs MIN	W 37–30	1	0.0	1
16	2019-12-22	vs ARI	L 13–27	1	0.0	1
17	2019-12-29	vs SF	L 21–26	2	0.0	0
P18	2020-01-05	@ PHI	W 17–9	1	0.0	0

2018 game log (6 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2018-09-10	vs NYJ	L 17–48	4	1.0
9	2018-11-04	@ MIN	L 9–24	1	1.0
11	2018-11-18	vs CAR	W 20–19	2	1.0
12	2018-11-22	vs CHI	L 16–23	3	1.0
13	2018-12-02	vs LA	L 16–30	0	0.0
14	2018-12-09	@ ARI	W 17–3	1	0.0

2017 game log (13 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2017-09-10	vs ARI	W 35–23	1	0.0
2	2017-09-18	@ NYG	W 24–10	5	3.0
4	2017-10-01	@ MIN	W 14–7	3	0.0
5	2017-10-08	vs CAR	L 24–27	2	1.0
6	2017-10-15	@ NO	L 38–52	2	0.0
8	2017-10-29	vs PIT	L 15–20	2	0.0
9	2017-11-06	@ GB	W 30–17	2	0.0
12	2017-11-23	vs MIN	L 23–30	2	1.0
13	2017-12-03	@ BAL	L 20–44	5	0.0
14	2017-12-10	@ TB	W 24–21	7	1.0
15	2017-12-16	vs CHI	W 20–10	1	0.0
16	2017-12-24	@ CIN	L 17–26	7	3.0
17	2017-12-31	vs GB	W 35–11	4	3.0

2016 game log (13 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2016-09-11	@ IND	W 39–35	2	0.0
6	2016-10-16	vs LA	W 31–28	1	0.0
7	2016-10-23	vs WAS	W 20–17	2	0.0
8	2016-10-30	@ HOU	L 13–20	2	0.0
9	2016-11-06	@ MIN	W 22–16 OT	5	0.0
11	2016-11-20	vs JAX	W 26–19	4	0.0
12	2016-11-24	vs MIN	W 16–13	0	0.0
13	2016-12-04	@ NO	W 28–13	2	0.0
14	2016-12-11	vs CHI	W 20–17	2	0.0
15	2016-12-18	@ NYG	L 6–17	5	1.0
16	2016-12-26	@ DAL	L 21–42	7	1.0
17	2017-01-01	vs GB	L 24–31	3	0.0
P18	2017-01-07	@ SEA	L 6–26	9	2.0

2015 game log (16 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2015-09-13	@ LAC	L 28–33	2	1.0	0
2	2015-09-20	@ MIN	L 16–26	7	1.0	0
3	2015-09-27	vs DEN	L 12–24	3	0.0	0
4	2015-10-05	@ SEA	L 10–13	3	2.0	0
5	2015-10-11	vs ARI	L 17–42	1	1.0	0
6	2015-10-18	vs CHI	W 37–34 OT	1	0.0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs MIN	L 19–28	4	1.0	0
8	2015-11-01	@ KC	L 10–45	4	1.0	0
10	2015-11-15	@ GB	W 18–16	2	0.0	0
11	2015-11-22	vs LV	W 18–13	1	1.0	0
12	2015-11-26	vs PHI	W 45–14	4	3.5	0
13	2015-12-03	vs GB	L 23–27	3	1.0	0
14	2015-12-13	@ LA	L 14–21	2	1.0	0
15	2015-12-21	@ NO	W 35–27	2	0.0	0
16	2015-12-27	vs SF	W 32–17	5	0.0	0
17	2016-01-03	@ CHI	W 24–20	3	1.0	1

2014 game log (17 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2014-09-08	vs NYG	W 35–14	1	0.5
2	2014-09-14	@ CAR	L 7–24	4	0.5
3	2014-09-21	vs GB	W 19–7	2	0.0
4	2014-09-28	@ NYJ	W 24–17	5	0.0
5	2014-10-05	vs BUF	L 14–17	4	0.0
6	2014-10-12	@ MIN	W 17–3	5	2.5
7	2014-10-19	vs NO	W 24–23	4	0.0
8	2014-10-26	@ ATL	W 22–21	1	1.0
10	2014-11-09	vs MIA	W 20–16	6	1.0
11	2014-11-16	@ ARI	L 6–14	3	0.0
12	2014-11-23	@ NE	L 9–34	3	0.0
13	2014-11-27	vs CHI	W 34–17	2	1.0
14	2014-12-07	vs TB	W 34–17	1	1.0
15	2014-12-14	vs MIN	W 16–14	1	0.0
16	2014-12-21	@ CHI	W 20–14	2	0.0
17	2014-12-28	@ GB	L 20–30	5	0.0
P18	2015-01-04	@ DAL	L 20–24	2	1.0

2013 game log (12 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2013-09-08	vs MIN	W 34–24	3	0.5	0
2	2013-09-15	@ ARI	L 21–25	1	0.0	0
3	2013-09-22	@ WAS	W 27–20	7	2.0	0
4	2013-09-29	vs CHI	W 40–32	1	0.0	1
5	2013-10-06	@ GB	L 9–22	2	0.5	0
6	2013-10-13	@ CLE	W 31–17	3	0.0	0
8	2013-10-27	vs DAL	W 31–30	2	0.0	0
12	2013-11-24	vs TB	L 21–24	2	2.0	0
13	2013-11-28	vs GB	W 40–10	3	2.0	0
14	2013-12-08	@ PHI	L 20–34	4	0.0	0
16	2013-12-22	vs NYG	L 20–23 OT	3	1.0	0
17	2013-12-29	@ MIN	L 13–14	1	0.0	0