A.J. Epenesa
Philadelphia EaglesA.J. Epenesa is an EDGE for the Philadelphia Eagles on a deal paying $1.4M a year through 2026, a $1.3M cap hit in 2026 (updated November 12, 2026).
Model Score by season
Down 5.6 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
A.J. Epenesa Injury StatusNot listed
A.J. Epenesa is not on the injury report as of Nov 11. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
Draft & College
Round 2, pick 54 to the Buffalo Bills in 2020, out of Iowa (Big Ten). He lasted longer than consensus.
In college, 2017-2019, 39 games: 26.5 sacks, 37 TFL, 52 pressures, 101 tackles. Coming out: 5.04s 40 yd, 17 reps bench, 32.5" vertical, 117" broad, 7.34s 3-cone, 4.46s shuttle.
What this pick usually becomes. Of the 320 players taken as a second-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 63% earned a second contract and 57% became starters. The median one started 44 career games.
Contract2026 cap
Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.
Recruited
Class of 2017 · Defensive end · High school: Edwardsville, IL
Iowa
Partial offer list. Offer lists for the 2017 class are partial everywhere we can read them: we hold 3 or more offers for 62 of 4,706 recruits, and we grade only those boards.
College: Iowa 2017-19