Zach Brown is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Brown in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Brown's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.
Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 22–23 | TEN | 16 | — | 89 | 65 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5.5 | 24.5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 23–24 | TEN | 16 | — | 88 | 69 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 4.0 | 20.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 757 | 72.1% | 99 | 21.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 24–25 | TEN | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 4 | 7.0% | — | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 25–26 | TEN | 16 | — | 76 | 54 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 490 | 47.4% | 87 | 19.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 26–27 | BUF | 16 | — | 133 | 81 | 52 | 11 | 8 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 977 | 91.6% | 127 | 27.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 27–28 | WAS | 13 | — | 120 | 77 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 2.5 | 19.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 834 | 96.8% | 32 | 8.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 28–29 | WAS | 16 | — | 87 | 60 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 703 | 67.4% | 3 | 0.6% | 49 | 36 | 0.7 | 85.8 | 2.6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 29–30 | PHI | 6 | — | 29 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 268 | 67.2% | 36 | 21.8% | 13 | 9 | 0.7 | 87.3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Career | — | 100 | — | 622 | 422 | 200 | 59 | 32 | 17.5 | 108.5 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | 45 | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 9 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
74 career value over replacement — #1588 all-time of 4,695. 10.6/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #52 (Rd 2) · TEN · 2012 · +13.4 vs expected KV-H
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