Andrew Van Ginkel ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Van in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Van a career score of 72, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Andrew Van Ginkel

1× Pro BowlTop 10% all-time pass rushersIron Man📈 Late Developer · 2024

Height6'4"

Weight242 lb

BornJul 1, 1995

Age31

CollegeWisconsin; Iowa Western CC; South Dakota See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 5, Pick 151 · MIA

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end edge rusher defined as much by exceptional availability — almost never missed time as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 133 · #751 · High-Value

Worth 133 points of value above a freely-available replacement linebacker — top 17% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +26.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

2 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+26.6

Avg surplus

peak +41

5 seasons × ~26.6 surplus ≈ VORP 133

Combined Season Grid

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

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced (EPA)					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%	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	—	MIA	6	—	11	9	2	4	4	1.0	9.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	197	45.3%	96	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	1.0	86.1	0.7	4	0	3	24	2	0.1
2020	—	MIA	13	—	39	22	17	7	10	5.5	22.5	0	4	2	1	1	0	—	0.0%	480	46.6%	324	70.9%	—	—	—	—	—	6	5	0.8	94.4	1.7	11	0	5	65	5	0.1
2021	—	MIA	17	—	52	34	18	9	20	4.0	33.0	0	7	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	801	72.3%	277	59.1%	—	—	—	—	—	29	23	0.8	102.0	1.5	31	12	14	115	14	0.2
2022	—	MIA	13	—	33	16	17	3	4	0.5	7.5	1	2	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	334	31.5%	306	67.1%	—	—	—	—	—	16	14	0.9	60.2	-0.5	8	4	3	25	3	0.1
2022	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2023	—	MIA	17	—	58	31	27	8	19	6.0	33.0	1	8	0	1	1	0	—	0.0%	726	65.7%	138	29.9%	—	—	—	—	—	25	17	0.7	61.7	1.7	20	3	10	40	9	0.1
2024	—	MIN	17	—	70	41	29	18	19	11.5	48.5	2	6	1	—	2	0	—	0.0%	922	81.5%	1	5.0%	—	—	—	—	—	22	19	0.9	72.5	0.5	26	5	9	110	5	0.1
2025	—	MIN	12	—	51	25	26	11	13	7.0	31.0	1	10	0	2	0	0	—	0.0%	582	75.8%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	26	16	0.6	63.8	5.4	16	1	7	50	4	0.1
Career		—	95	—	314	178	136	60	89	35.5	184.5	5	37	4	5	4	0	—	0.0%	4,042	59.8%	1,142	47.0%	—	—	—	0	0	127	97	—	—	—	116	25	51	429	42	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2019	24	MIA	6	0*	11	9	2	4	4	1.0	9.0	0	0	0	1	0	3
2020	25	MIA	13	0*	39	22	17	7	10	5.5	22.5	0	4	2	1	1	10.1
2021	26	MIA	17	12*	52	34	18	9	20	4.0	33.0	0	7	1	—	0	11.2
2022	27	MIA	13	0*	33	16	17	3	4	0.5	7.5	1	2	0	—	0	5.9
2023	28	MIA	17	11*	58	31	27	8	19	6.0	33.0	1	8	0	1	1	12
2024	29	MIN	17	14*	70	41	29	18	19	11.5	48.5	2	6	1	—	2	16.1
2025	30	MIN	12	9*	51	25	26	11	13	7.0	31.0	1	10	0	2	0	11.3
Career			95	46*	314	178	136	60	89	—	—	5	37	4	5	4	69.6

* 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%
2019	24	MIA	6	0*	—	0.0%	197	45.3%	96	50.0%
2020	25	MIA	16	0*	—	0.0%	480	46.6%	324	70.9%
2021	26	MIA	17	12*	—	0.0%	801	72.3%	277	59.1%
2022	27	MIA	17	0*	—	0.0%	334	31.5%	306	67.1%
2023	28	MIA	17	11*	—	0.0%	726	65.7%	138	29.9%
2024	29	MIN	17	14*	—	0.0%	922	81.5%	1	5.0%
2025	30	MIN	12	9*	—	0.0%	582	75.8%	—	0.0%
Career			102	46*	—	—	4,042	—	1,142	—

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

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2022	27	—	—	0*	—	—	—	0	0
Career					—	—	—	0	0

* 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%
2019	24	MIA	6	0*	3	3	1.0	86.1	0.7	4	0	3	24	2	0.1
2020	25	MIA	16	0*	6	5	0.8	94.4	1.7	11	0	5	65	5	0.1
2021	26	MIA	17	12*	29	23	0.8	102.0	1.5	31	12	14	115	14	0.2
2022	27	MIA	17	0*	16	14	0.9	60.2	-0.5	8	4	3	25	3	0.1
2023	28	MIA	17	11*	25	17	0.7	61.7	1.7	20	3	10	40	9	0.1
2024	29	MIN	17	14*	22	19	0.9	72.5	0.5	26	5	9	110	5	0.1
2025	30	MIN	12	9*	26	16	0.6	63.8	5.4	16	1	7	50	4	0.1
Career			102	46*	127	97	—	—	—	116	25	51	429	42	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 72 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 72 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 71.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 72· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 67

On-field 49.9

Availability 17.1

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 64elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 18% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

18% of the all-time Sacks leader18

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: 90%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.703See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.703Snap share59.8%Def snaps4,042ReliableCV 0.22

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 linebackers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2019

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

EDGE · 2019 class

38"

Vertical

Strong · 89th pct

Pos 89thAll 87thClass Pos 86thClass All 85th

123"

Broad Jump

Strong · 85th pct

Pos 85thAll 78thClass Pos 86thClass All 79th

17 reps

Bench

Low · 6th pct

Pos 6thAll 27thClass Pos 9thClass All 31th

6.89s

3-Cone

Elite · 94th pct

Pos 94thAll 82thClass Pos 94thClass All 89th

4.14s

Shuttle

Elite · 92th pct

Pos 92thAll 83thClass Pos 83thClass All 84th

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl4Solo1Ast3TFL1QBHits1Sk1.0Dis3.0

College Stats

Wisconsin; Iowa Western CC; South DakotaImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2015	South Dakota	56	—	—	—	—	9.0	9.0	6	—	2	3	—	—
2017	Wisconsin	39	—	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	2	—	2	1	—	—
2018	Wisconsin	59	—	—	—	—	5.5	5.5	3	—	2	0	—	—
Career		154	0	—	—	—	21.0	21.0	11	0	6	4	—	—

Reference Graph

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

2019 Draft Class· this player went #151

#142Ben Burr-KirvenLB #143Ryan ConnellyILB #144Marvell TellCB #145Matt GayK #146Amani OruwariyeCB #148Dre GreenlawLB #149Hunter RenfrowWR #150Kingsley KekeDE #152Qadree OllisonRB #153Ross PierschbacherC #154Jordan ScarlettRB #155Mack WilsonLB #156Justin HollinsLB #157Blake CashmanLB #158Mike JacksonCB #159Byron CowartDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Andrew inherited the Miami Dolphins LB room from Jerome Baker (2018–2023), and handed it to Elandon Roberts (2020–2022).

Bryan Cox 1991–1995Dwight Hollier 1992–1999Zach Thomas 1996–2007Derrick Rodgers 1997–2002Jason Taylor 1997–2011Robert Jones

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with MIN
2024team change
Joined MIN (from MIA)
2019draft
Drafted by MIA — Round 5, Pick 151

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 242 lb

Frame

38" vert / 123" broad

Explosion

17 reps

Bench power

Injury History

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Designations
2024	MIN	W14Questionable· Thigh
2023	MIA	W15Questionable· Oblique
2022	MIA	W1Questionable· IllnessW4Questionable· Illness
2021	MIA	W11Questionable· Back

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 78

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

D2019

B+2020

B2021

C2022

B+2023

A2024

B+2025

Availability

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

95%

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
2019	1	0.2	3+2	0.2
2020	5.5	0.4	7+1.5	0.4
2021	4	0.2	4	0.2
2022	0.5	0	1+0.5	0
2023	6	0.4	6	0.4
2024	11.5	0.7	12+0.5	0.7
2025	7	0.6	10+3	0.6

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

133 career value over replacement — #751 all-time of 4,642. 19/season above a replacement-level LB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #151 (Rd 5) · MIA · 2019 · +39 vs expected KV-H

72actual

33 expected · Δ+39

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All-Time Rank & Honors

Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2019

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #151

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator