Andre Branch is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Branch in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Branch's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

DEMIA#50ACT

Andre Branch

Top 19% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker🌅 Early Bloomer · 2013

Height6'5"

Weight263 lb

BornJul 14, 1989

Age37

CollegeClemson See College Stats

Rookie yr2012

Draft2012 · Rd 2, Pick 38 · JAX

Archetype Intelligence

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A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 74 · #1534 · Above Average

Worth 74 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 34% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +12.3 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+12.3

Avg surplus

peak +20

6 seasons × ~12.3 surplus ≈ VORP 74

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2012	—	JAX	9	—	11	9	2	0	3	1.0	4.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	JAX	14	—	37	30	7	10	9	6.0	25.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	593	52.5%	79	22.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	JAX	9	—	18	12	6	2	4	3.0	9.0	0	3	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	330	49.1%	4	3.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	JAX	12	—	22	16	6	4	5	4.0	13.0	0	4	2	1	1	0	—	0.0%	597	62.9%	1	3.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	MIA	16	—	46	24	22	8	12	5.5	25.5	0	1	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	773	67.9%	95	21.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	MIA	12	—	23	12	11	5	8	4.5	17.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	561	61.4%	7	4.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	MIA	14	—	24	16	8	5	5	1.5	11.5	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	483	51.1%	39	17.3%	1	0	0.0	39.6	12.0	13	8	3	3	6	0.2
Career		—	86	—	181	119	62	34	46	25.5	105.5	0	14	8	4	1	0	—	0.0%	3,337	57.5%	225	12.1%	1	0	—	—	—	13	8	3	3	6	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2012	23	JAX	9	—	11	9	2	0	3	1.0	4.0	1	1	1	0	4.6
2013	24	JAX	14	8*	37	30	7	10	9	6.0	25.0	3	0	—	0	11.6
2014	25	JAX	9	0*	18	12	6	2	4	3.0	9.0	3	2	1	0	6.9
2015	26	JAX	12	8*	22	16	6	4	5	4.0	13.0	4	2	1	1	10.6
2016	27	MIA	16	11*	46	24	22	8	12	5.5	25.5	1	2	—	0	13.9
2017	28	MIA	12	9*	23	12	11	5	8	4.5	17.5	1	0	—	0	8.9
2018	29	MIA	14	7*	24	16	8	5	5	1.5	11.5	1	1	1	0	7.7
Career			86	43*	181	119	62	34	46	—	—	14	8	4	1	64.2

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2013	24	JAX	16	8*	—	0.0%	593	52.5%	79	22.3%
2014	25	JAX	9	0*	—	0.0%	330	49.1%	4	3.5%
2015	26	JAX	13	8*	—	0.0%	597	62.9%	1	3.0%
2016	27	MIA	16	11*	—	0.0%	773	67.9%	95	21.9%
2017	28	MIA	14	9*	—	0.0%	561	61.4%	7	4.4%
2018	29	MIA	14	7*	—	0.0%	483	51.1%	39	17.3%
Career			82	43*	—	—	3,337	—	225	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	29	MIA	14	7*	1	0	0.0	39.6	12.0	13	8	3	3	6	0.2
Career			14	7*	1	0	—	—	—	13	8	3	3	6	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 65 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 65 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 7 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 64.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 65· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 62

On-field 46.1

Availability 15.9

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2012bestavg 61elite 702018

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 13% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

13% of the all-time Sacks leader13

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 94%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:3.641See leaderboard →

Disruption/1003.641Snap share57.5%Def snaps3,337ConsistentCV 0.18

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2012

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

EDGE · 2012 class

4.67s

40-Yard

Above avg · 72th pct

Pos 72thAll 48thClass Pos 73thClass All 47th

32.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 39th pct

Pos 39thAll 39thClass Pos 43thClass All 39th

120"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 71th pct

Pos 71thAll 64thClass Pos 69thClass All 68th

19 reps

Bench

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 38thClass Pos 7thClass All 36th

7.19s

3-Cone

Above avg · 60th pct

Pos 60thAll 46thClass Pos 55thClass All 39th

4.25s

Shuttle

Strong · 77th pct

Pos 77thAll 65thClass Pos 89thClass All 63th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Defense

Tkl1Solo1

College Stats

ClemsonCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Clemson), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2012 Draft Class· this player went #38

#30A.J. JenkinsWR #31Doug MartinRB #32David WilsonRB #33Brian QuickWR #34Coby FleenerTE #35Courtney UpshawDE #36Derek WolfeDE #37Mitchell SchwartzOT #39Janoris JenkinsCB #40Amini SilatoluOT #41Cordy GlennOT #42Jonathan MartinOT #43Stephen HillWR #44Jeff AllenG #45Alshon JefferyWR #46Mychal KendricksLB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Andre inherited the Jacksonville Jaguars DL room from Jason Babin (2012–2013), and handed it to Ryan Davis (2013–2015).

Jeff Lageman 1995–1997Kelvin Pritchett 1995–1998Joel Smeenge 1995–2000Clyde Simmons 1996–1997Tony Brackens 1996–2003Renaldo Wynn

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2018final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2016team change
Joined MIA (from JAX)
2012draft
Drafted by JAX — Round 2, Pick 38

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 263 lb

Frame

259 lb at 4.67s

Size-speed

32.5" vert / 120" broad

Explosion

19 reps

Bench power

Injury History

11 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	MIA	1	W4Out· KneeW5Questionable· KneeW6Questionable· KneeW17Questionable· Knee
2017	MIA	0	W7Questionable· KneeW8Questionable· GroinW9Questionable· GroinW15Questionable· KneeW16Questionable· Knee
2015	JAX	3	W1Out· KneeW2Out· KneeW3Out· Knee
2014	JAX	7	W8Out· GroinW9Out· GroinW10Out· GroinW12Out· GroinW14Out· GroinW15Out· GroinW16Out· Groin

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 7-season peers. See all →

peak 68

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C2012

B+2013

C+2014

B2015

B2016

B2017

C+2018

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 7 seasons.

81%

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2012	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2013	6	0.4	7+1	0.4
2014	3	0.3	6+3	0.3
2015	4	0.3	6+2	0.3
2016	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3
2017	4.5	0.4	6+1.5	0.4
2018	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

74 career value over replacement — #1534 all-time of 4,642. 10.6/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #38 (Rd 2) · JAX · 2012 · +15.2 vs expected KV-H

65actual

49.8 expected · Δ+15.2

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2012

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2012 Draft Class· this player went #38

Franchise Succession

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