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

DEDEN#99ACT

Zach Allen

1× Pro Bowl1× All-ProTop 12% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2024

Height6'4"

Weight285 lb

BornAug 20, 1997

Age28

CollegeBoston College See College Stats

ConferenceAtlantic Coast

Rookie yr2019

Draft2019 · Rd 3, Pick 65 · ARI

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Above-average snap-level impact reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 99 · #1140 · High-Value

Worth 99 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 26% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 6 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +16.5 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

+16.5

Avg surplus

peak +28

6 seasons × ~16.5 surplus ≈ VORP 99

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%
2019	—	ARI	3	—	8	6	2	1	3	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	144	48.5%	20	20.0%	0	0	—	—	—	3	0	3	0	1	0.1
2020	—	ARI	11	—	32	17	15	5	6	2.0	13.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	505	57.0%	52	16.4%	0	0	—	—	—	8	2	4	0	2	0.1
2021	—	ARI	14	—	42	24	18	5	14	4.0	23.0	1	4	0	3	1	0	—	0.0%	685	70.5%	63	16.7%	3	2	0.7	31.9	-4.0	18	4	10	0	4	0.1
2022	—	ARI	13	—	41	17	24	10	20	5.5	35.5	0	8	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	660	78.9%	60	17.5%	3	3	1.0	90.3	-1.3	25	7	12	7	2	0.0
2023	—	DEN	17	—	56	23	33	8	24	5.0	37.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	911	80.7%	100	21.4%	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	27	7	13	0	2	0.0
2024	—	DEN	16	—	55	26	29	15	40	8.5	63.5	0	1	0	—	0	1	—	0.0%	964	88.7%	71	16.5%	3	1	0.3	43.7	-3.3	47	7	29	0	5	0.1
2025	—	DEN	17	—	37	13	24	4	47	7.0	58.0	0	6	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	797	70.8%	67	14.1%	0	0	—	—	—	50	7	32	1	5	0.1
Career		—	91	—	271	126	145	48	154	32.0	234.0	1	23	1	3	1	1	—	0.0%	4,666	70.7%	433	17.5%	10	7	—	—	—	178	34	103	8	21	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
2019	22	ARI	3	0*	8	6	2	1	3	0.0	4.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
2020	23	ARI	11	7*	32	17	15	5	6	2.0	13.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	7.2
2021	24	ARI	14	11*	42	24	18	5	14	4.0	23.0	1	4	0	3	1	0	11.4
2022	25	ARI	13	10*	41	17	24	10	20	5.5	35.5	0	8	0	—	0	0	13.4
2023	26	DEN	17	14*	56	23	33	8	24	5.0	37.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	14.5
2024	27	DEN	16	14*	55	26	29	15	40	8.5	63.5	0	1	0	—	0	1	20
2025	28	DEN	17	12*	37	13	24	4	47	7.0	58.0	0	6	0	—	0	0	16.4
Career			91	68*	271	126	145	48	154	—	—	1	23	1	3	1	1	82.9

* 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	22	ARI	4	0*	—	0.0%	144	48.5%	20	20.0%
2020	23	ARI	13	7*	—	0.0%	505	57.0%	52	16.4%
2021	24	ARI	15	11*	—	0.0%	685	70.5%	63	16.7%
2022	25	ARI	13	10*	—	0.0%	660	78.9%	60	17.5%
2023	26	DEN	17	14*	—	0.0%	911	80.7%	100	21.4%
2024	27	DEN	16	14*	—	0.0%	964	88.7%	71	16.5%
2025	28	DEN	17	12*	—	0.0%	797	70.8%	67	14.1%
Career			95	68*	—	—	4,666	—	433	—

* 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	22	ARI	4	0*	0	0	—	—	—	3	0	3	0	1	0.1
2020	23	ARI	13	7*	0	0	—	—	—	8	2	4	0	2	0.1
2021	24	ARI	15	11*	3	2	0.7	31.9	-4.0	18	4	10	0	4	0.1
2022	25	ARI	13	10*	3	3	1.0	90.3	-1.3	25	7	12	7	2	0.0
2023	26	DEN	17	14*	1	1	1.0	79.2	-5.0	27	7	13	0	2	0.0
2024	27	DEN	16	14*	3	1	0.3	43.7	-3.3	47	7	29	0	5	0.1
2025	28	DEN	17	12*	0	0	—	—	—	50	7	32	1	5	0.1
Career			95	68*	10	7	—	—	—	178	34	103	8	21	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 71 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 71 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 6 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 70.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 71· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 68

On-field 50.3

Availability 17.7

On-field production Staying available

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

2020bestavg 68elite 702025

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 16% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

16% of the all-time Sacks leader16

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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Excellent

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:5.551See leaderboard →

Disruption/1005.551Snap share70.7%Def snaps4,666ReliableCV 0.36

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 · 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

5.00s

40-Yard

Low · 12th pct

Pos 12thAll 21thClass Pos 15thClass All 23th

32"

Vertical

Below avg · 34th pct

Pos 34thAll 35thClass Pos 42thClass All 37th

112"

Broad Jump

Below avg · 29th pct

Pos 29thAll 31thClass Pos 25thClass All 24th

24 reps

Bench

Above avg · 50th pct

Pos 50thAll 69thClass Pos 69thClass All 73th

7.34s

3-Cone

Below avg · 35th pct

Pos 35thAll 34thClass Pos 32thClass All 37th

4.36s

Shuttle

Above avg · 58th pct

Pos 58thAll 47thClass Pos 56thClass All 45th

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl18Solo11Ast7TFL2QBHits6Sk2.5Dis10.5

College Stats

Boston CollegeImported college table

College Defense

Season	School	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2015	Boston College	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0	0	—	—
2016	Boston College	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	0	2	—	—
2017	Boston College	—	47	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	0	0	—	—
2018	Boston College	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	7	—	1	2	—	—
Career		0	93	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	15	0	1	4	—	—

Reference Graph

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

2019 Draft Class· this player went #65

#57J.J. Arcega-WhitesideWR #58Trysten HillDT #59Parris CampbellWR #60Nasir AdderleyFS #61Taylor RappSAF #62Andy IsabellaWR #63Juan ThornhillSAF #64DK MetcalfWR #66Diontae JohnsonWR #68Jachai PoliteLB #69Josh OliverTE #70Darrell HendersonRB #71Dre'Mont JonesDE #72Germaine PrattLB #73David MontgomeryRB #74Devin SingletaryRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Zach inherited the Arizona Cardinals DL room from Corey Peters (2016–2021), and handed it to J.J. Watt (2021–2022).

Eric Swann 1991–1999Michael Bankston 1992–1997Clyde Simmons 1994–1995Simeon Rice 1996–2000Mark Smith 1997–2000Russell Davis

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 DEN
2023team change
Joined DEN (from ARI)
2019draft
Drafted by ARI — Round 3, Pick 65

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'4" / 285 lb

Frame

281 lb at 5.00s

Size-speed

32" vert / 112" broad

Explosion

24 reps

Bench power

Injury History

9 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	DEN	0	W12Questionable· Not injury related - resting player / Heel
2022	ARI	4	W14Questionable· IllnessW15Out· HandW16Out· HandW17Out· HandW18Out· Hand
2021	ARI	0	W17Questionable· AnkleW18Questionable· Ankle
2019	ARI	5	W5Out· NeckW6Questionable· NeckW7Out· NeckW8Out· NeckW9Out· NeckW10Out· Neck

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 6-season peers. See all →

peak 74

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

C+2020

B2021

B+2022

B2023

B+2024

B+2025

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
2020	2	0.2	3+1	0.2
2021	4	0.3	5+1	0.3
2022	5.5	0.4	8+2.5	0.4
2023	5	0.3	5	0.3
2024	8.5	0.5	9+0.5	0.5
2025	7	0.4	7	0.4

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

99 career value over replacement — #1140 all-time of 4,642. 16.5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #65 (Rd 3) · ARI · 2019 · +24.1 vs expected KV-H

71actual

46.9 expected · Δ+24.1

💔+21.9 stolen VORP·1.33 szns lost

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Archetype Intelligence

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 · 2019

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

College Defense

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2019 Draft Class· this player went #65

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator