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

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Zach Miller

Top 25% all-time TEsHigh-End Starter📈 Late Developer · 2016

Height6'5"

Weight245 lb

BornOct 4, 1984

Age41

CollegeNebraska-Omaha; Nebraska See College Stats

Rookie yr2009

Draft2009 · Rd 6, Pick 180 · JAX

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality tight end with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 58 · #1882 · Above Average

Worth 58 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 42% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 5 of 5 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +11.6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

5 cleared

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

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+11.6

Avg surplus

peak +25

5 seasons × ~11.6 surplus ≈ VORP 58

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	Receiving									Rushing								Defense													Snap Counts
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2009	—	JAX	10	—	27	21	212	2	77.8%	10.1	7.9	—	10	1	3	0	3.0	0.0	1	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	JAX	10	—	26	20	216	1	76.9%	10.8	8.3	—	10	2	9	0	4.5	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	IND	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	JAX	2	—	7	4	42	1	57.1%	10.5	6.0	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	CHI	12	—	46	34	439	5	73.9%	12.9	9.5	—	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	580	58.0%	—	0.0%	129	31.9%
2016	—	CHI	10	—	64	47	486	4	73.4%	10.3	7.6	—	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	510	83.2%	—	0.0%	6	5.5%
2017	—	CHI	8	—	35	20	236	2	57.1%	11.8	6.7	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	314	61.9%	—	0.0%	5	9.0%
2017	—	GB	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	55	—	205	146	1,631	15	71.2%	11.2	8.0	—	77	3	12	0	4.0	0.0	1	33.3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	1,404	67.7%	—	0.0%	140	15.5%

Career EPA57.1·-1 rushing · 58 receiving·9.5/season

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	VAL
2009	25	JAX	10	—	1	3	3.0	0.0	1	100.0	6.4
2010	26	JAX	10	—	2	9	4.5	0.0	0	0.0	5.4
Career			20		3	12	4.0	—	1	—	41

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2009	25	JAX	10	—	27	21	212	2	77.8%	10.1	7.9	—	10
2010	26	JAX	10	—	26	20	216	1	76.9%	10.8	8.3	—	10
2011	27	JAX	2	—	7	4	42	1	57.1%	10.5	6.0	—	2
2015	31	CHI	12	9*	46	34	439	5	73.9%	12.9	9.5	—	17
2016	32	CHI	10	8*	64	47	486	4	73.4%	10.3	7.6	—	28
2017	33	CHI	8	5*	35	20	236	2	57.1%	11.8	6.7	—	10
Career			52	22*	205	146	1,631	15	71.2%	11.2	8.0	—	77

* 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%
2015	31	CHI	15	9*	580	58.0%	—	0.0%	129	31.9%
2016	32	CHI	10	8*	510	83.2%	—	0.0%	6	5.5%
2017	33	CHI	8	5*	314	61.9%	—	0.0%	5	9.0%
Career			33	22*	1,404	—	—	—	140	—

* 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	Rec AirYd
2009	25	—	—	—	—	0.0	12.8	101
2010	26	—	—	—	—	-0.6	2.9	190
2011	27	—	—	—	—	—	2.4	73
2015	31	—	—	9*	—	—	23.9	312
2016	32	—	—	8*	—	—	20.3	427
2017	33	—	—	5*	—	—	-4.7	298
Career				22*	—	—	—	1,401

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 60 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 60 of 100, era-normalized against rec yds/g peers across 5 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 60 × longevity 1 = KV-H 60· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 58

On-field 45.3

Availability 12.7

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rec yds/g)

2009bestavg 58elite 702017

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 9% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

9% of the all-time Receptions leader9

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

9.51 EPA/season over 6 seasons53

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

Tight Ends · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Yards / snap:0.827 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.827Touch rate0.103EPA/snap0.028Snap share67.7%Off snaps1,404ConsistentCV 0.11

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

College Stats

Nebraska-Omaha; NebraskaCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Nebraska-Omaha; Nebraska), 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.

2009 Draft Class· this player went #180

#169Frank SummersFB #172David BuehlerK #173Javon RingerRB #174Tom BrandstaterQB #175Quinten LawrenceDB #176Spencer AdkinsOLB #177Don CareyDB #179Morgan TrentCB #181Andrew GardnerG #182Jarius WynnDT #183Cary HarrisFS #184Bear PascoeTE #185Cedric PeermanRB #186Robert HensonLB #187Brandon UnderwoodCB #188Brice McCainCB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Zach inherited the Chicago Bears TE room from Martellus Bennett (2013–2015), and handed it to Trey Burton (2018–2019).

Tim Wrightman 1985–1986Cap Boso 1987–1991Jim Thornton 1988–1991Keith Jennings 1991–1997Chris Gedney 1993–1995Ryan Wetnight

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2017final season
Last recorded season with CHI
2015team change
Joined CHI (from JAX)
2009draft
Drafted by JAX — Round 6, Pick 180

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'5" / 245 lb

Frame

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2016	CHI	0	W5Questionable· RibsW6Questionable· RibsW7Questionable· Ribs
2015	CHI	0	W9Questionable· ShoulderW13Questionable· RibsW14Questionable· RibsW15Questionable· RibsW17Questionable· Toe
2011	JAX	0	W1Questionable· KneeW5Doubtful· Shoulder
2010	JAX	1	W17Out· Concussion
2009	JAX	2	W1Out· KneeW2Out· Knee

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 5-season peers. See all →

peak 63

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

C+2009

C+2010

B2015

B+2016

C+2017

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 6 seasons.

57%

Era Translator

Rec Yds 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 Rec Yds	Rec Yds/G	→ 2025 Rec Yds	→ 2025 /G
2009	212	21.2	343+131	20.2
2010	216	21.6	352+136	20.7
2015	439	36.6	612+173	36
2016	486	48.6	846+360	49.8
2017	236	29.5	514+278	30.2

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

Career Value · VORP

58 career value over replacement — #1882 all-time of 4,642. 11.6/season above a replacement-level TE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #180 (Rd 6) · JAX · 2009 · +33.1 vs expected KV-H

60actual

26.9 expected · Δ+33.1

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Rushing

Receiving

Snap Counts

Advanced (EPA)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2009 Draft Class· this player went #180

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator