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

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Tim Settle

Top 36% all-time pass rushersReliable Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2020

Height6'3"

Weight315 lb

BornJul 11, 1997

Age29

CollegeVirginia Tech See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 5, Pick 163 · WAS

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a above-average career — the kind of consistent contributor every roster needs. Solid availability (exceptional availability — almost never missed time) added to their value.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 49 · #2092 · Above Average

Worth 49 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 46% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +9.8 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

3 replaced

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+9.8

Avg surplus

peak +20

5 seasons × ~9.8 surplus ≈ VORP 49

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%
2018	—	WAS	6	—	7	5	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	134	15.9%	122	31.8%	0	0	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	2	0.2
2019	—	WAS	11	—	13	8	5	2	5	2.0	9.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	314	29.1%	107	27.8%	0	0	—	—	—	7	2	3	0	1	0.1
2020	—	WAS	14	—	19	12	7	5	7	5.0	17.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	347	33.2%	95	21.8%	0	0	—	—	—	10	3	2	3	2	0.1
2021	—	WAS	9	—	13	7	6	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	210	19.3%	98	23.8%	0	0	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	2	0.1
2022	—	BUF	13	—	14	6	8	4	2	1.0	7.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	373	38.0%	50	14.8%	1	0	0.0	39.6	1.0	3	1	1	0	2	0.1
2023	—	BUF	12	—	12	7	5	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	379	35.3%	57	14.9%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-7.0	3	1	1	0	4	0.2
2024	—	HOU	15	—	30	23	7	10	10	5.0	25.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	625	56.7%	63	14.3%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-3.0	14	4	5	0	3	0.1
2025	—	HOU	10	—	15	6	9	3	1	1.0	5.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	383	52.6%	42	13.3%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-4.0	1	0	0	0	6	0.3
Career		—	90	—	123	74	49	30	27	15.0	72.0	0	4	1	3	0	0	—	0.0%	2,765	35.0%	634	20.3%	4	3	—	—	—	41	14	12	3	22	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2018	21	WAS	6	0*	7	5	2	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	1.9
2019	22	WAS	11	0*	13	8	5	2	5	2.0	9.0	0	0	—	5.5
2020	23	WAS	14	0*	19	12	7	5	7	5.0	17.0	0	0	—	9.3
2021	24	WAS	9	0*	13	7	6	4	0	0.0	4.0	0	0	1	3.3
2022	25	BUF	13	0*	14	6	8	4	2	1.0	7.0	1	1	1	6.2
2023	26	BUF	12	0*	12	7	5	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	—	4.5
2024	27	HOU	15	10*	30	23	7	10	10	5.0	25.0	0	0	1	11.6
2025	28	HOU	10	6*	15	6	9	3	1	1.0	5.0	3	0	—	4
Career			90	16*	123	74	49	30	27	—	—	4	1	3	46.3

* 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%
2018	21	WAS	16	0*	—	0.0%	134	15.9%	122	31.8%
2019	22	WAS	15	0*	—	0.0%	314	29.1%	107	27.8%
2020	23	WAS	16	0*	—	0.0%	347	33.2%	95	21.8%
2021	24	WAS	16	0*	—	0.0%	210	19.3%	98	23.8%
2022	25	BUF	15	0*	—	0.0%	373	38.0%	50	14.8%
2023	26	BUF	17	0*	—	0.0%	379	35.3%	57	14.9%
2024	27	HOU	17	10*	—	0.0%	625	56.7%	63	14.3%
2025	28	HOU	12	6*	—	0.0%	383	52.6%	42	13.3%
Career			124	16*	—	—	2,765	—	634	—

* 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	21	WAS	16	0*	0	0	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	2	0.2
2019	22	WAS	15	0*	0	0	—	—	—	7	2	3	0	1	0.1
2020	23	WAS	16	0*	0	0	—	—	—	10	3	2	3	2	0.1
2021	24	WAS	16	0*	0	0	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	2	0.1
2022	25	BUF	15	0*	1	0	0.0	39.6	1.0	3	1	1	0	2	0.1
2023	26	BUF	17	0*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-7.0	3	1	1	0	4	0.2
2024	27	HOU	17	10*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-3.0	14	4	5	0	3	0.1
2025	28	HOU	12	6*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-4.0	1	0	0	0	6	0.3
Career			124	16*	4	3	—	—	—	41	14	12	3	22	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 53

On-field 38.7

Availability 14.3

On-field production Staying available

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

2018bestavg 502025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 8% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

8% of the all-time Sacks leader8

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: 89%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Solid

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:2.785See leaderboard →

Disruption/1002.785Snap share35%Def snaps2,765VolatileCV 0.53

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within interior d-line, 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 defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2018

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

DL · 2018 class

5.37s

40-Yard

Low · 4th pct

Pos 4thAll 3thClass Pos 13thClass All 5th

23.5"

Vertical

Low · 3th pct

Pos 3thAll 1thClass Pos 10thClass All 2th

96"

Broad Jump

Low · 4th pct

Pos 4thAll 2thClass Pos 11thClass All 2th

7.95s

3-Cone

Low · 19th pct

Pos 19thAll 6thClass Pos 22thClass All 4th

4.83s

Shuttle

Low · 14th pct

Pos 14thAll 6thClass Pos 17thClass All 6th

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl4Solo2Ast2TFL1Dis1.0

College Stats

Virginia TechImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2016	—	17	7	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	36	21	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		53	28	—	—	—	4.0	4.0	0	0	0	0	—	—

Reference Graph

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

2018 Draft Class· this player went #163

#154Siran NealDB #155Scott QuessenberryC #156Troy FumagalliTE #157Tyler ConklinTE #158Andrew BrownDT #159Daurice FountainWR #160Ogbo OkoronkwoDE #161Jermaine CarterLB #164Natrell JamersonDB #165Jaylen SamuelsRB #166Wyatt TellerG #167Daniel CarlsonK #168Jamarco JonesOT #169Jordan WilkinsRB #170Darius PhillipsCB #171Mike WhiteQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Tim inherited the Washington Commanders DL room from Jonathan Allen (2017–2024), and handed it to Daron Payne (2018–2025).

Marc Boutte 1994–1999Rich Owens 1995–1997Kenard Lang 1997–2001Dana Stubblefield 1998–2000Dan Wilkinson 1998–2002Marco Coleman

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 HOU
2024team change
Joined HOU (from BUF)
2022team change
Joined BUF (from WAS)
2018draft
Drafted by WAS — Round 5, Pick 163

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 315 lb

Frame

329 lb at 5.37s

Size-speed

23.5" vert / 96" broad

Explosion

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2022	BUF	0	W2Doubtful· CalfW3Questionable· Calf
2019	WAS	1	W11Out· Hamstring
2018	WAS	0	W16Questionable· Pectoral

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 8-season peers. See all →

peak 61

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

F2018

C+2019

B2020

C2021

C2022

C2023

B2024

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

93%

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
2018	0	0	0	0
2019	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2020	5	0.4	6+1	0.4
2021	0	0	0	0
2022	1	0.1	1	0.1
2023	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2024	5	0.3	6+1	0.3
2025	1	0.1	2+1	0.1

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

Career Value · VORP

49 career value over replacement — #2092 all-time of 4,642. 6.1/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #163 (Rd 5) · WAS · 2018 · +25.9 vs expected KV-H

56actual

30.1 expected · Δ+25.9

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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 · 2018

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2018 Draft Class· this player went #163

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography