Uchenna Nwosu

Nwosu's QB-pressure ranking: from #93 in 2018 to a tied-#9 peak in 2022 — then two injury collapses and a 2025 comeback to #44.

Nwosu's eight-year career in one table: a slow rise from fringe pressure guy (#93 league-wide in 2018) to tied-#9 in 2022 — the year he signed in Seattle and posted career-high 9.5 sacks and 26 QB hits in the regular season.

Two back-to-back injury seasons (6 games each) sent him all the way to #185 in 2024. The 2025 comeback to #44 is a real recovery — not a full return to the 2022 peak, but a demonstrable bounce-back from near-irrelevance.

2022: tied-#9 in the NFL with 26 QB hits (reg season) — Nwosu's Seattle debut was his best NFL year by every metric.

The 2022 Seattle season was Nwosu's leap: from a 5-sack rotational piece to a 9.5-sack, 26 QB hit, 12 TFL featured edge rusher in the regular season.

He finished tied for #9 in the NFL in QB hits — tied with Myles Garrett and Haason Reddick, and just behind Micah Parsons (#8, 27). Ahead of him that year were only Nick Bosa, Maxx Crosby, Chris Jones, Matthew Judon, Montez Sweat, Dexter Lawrence, and Quinnen Williams.

The 26 QB hits in one regular season represent more than he had in any other two years combined (his second-best is 17 in both 2021 and 2025).

2023 and 2024 combined: just 12 games due to back-to-back season-ending injuries.

After the 2022 breakout, Nwosu played just 12 games combined across 2023-2024 — both seasons cut short by significant injuries (a torn pec in 2023, a quad/thigh injury in 2024).

That's the context for the 2025 comeback at age 28: a player whose Seattle career was on the brink of becoming a one-year story.

2025 bounce-back: 7 sacks, 17 QB hits, 7 TFL across 18 games — his best production since the 2022 peak.

The 2025 numbers are closer to his 2022 peak than to the injury-shortened middle years. 17 QB hits across 18 games is essentially identical to the 2021 LAC line (17 QB hits in 17 games) — pre-breakout but consistent.

For a player who was potentially heading toward backup-rotation status after two injury years, 7 sacks at age 28 in a full slate re-establishes him as a starter.

Career QB hit rate of 0.96/game ranks Nwosu #31 among 211 edge rushers since 2018 — ahead of DeMarcus Lawrence, right behind Khalil Mack.

Among the 211 LBs, DEs, and edge rushers with at least 40 regular-season games since 2018, Nwosu ranks #31 in QB hit rate at 0.96 per game.

That puts him one notch below Khalil Mack (1.01) and Cameron Jordan (1.00) — Hall of Fame–caliber pressure generators — and just above DeMarcus Lawrence (0.95).

This is the durable signal in Nwosu's career: even in quiet stat years, his QB hit rate stays in the top tier of the league's edge class. The sack rate (0.34/game, career) is more volatile; the hit rate shows consistent pressure that doesn't always finish.