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

DEMIA#92ACT

Zach Sieler

Top 11% all-time pass rushersElite Playmaker📈 Late Developer · 2024

Height6'6"

Weight300 lb

BornSep 7, 1995

Age30

CollegeFerris State See College Stats

ConferenceGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic

Rookie yr2018

Draft2018 · Rd 7, Pick 238 · BAL

Archetype Intelligence

Elite PlaymakerExplore archetypes →

A top 20% all-time edge rusher who consistently made an impact across multiple seasons. Average per-snap value reinforces the playmaking ability.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 111 · #986 · High-Value

Worth 111 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 22% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 7 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +18.5 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

+18.5

Avg surplus

peak +34

6 seasons × ~18.5 surplus ≈ VORP 111

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	—	BAL	1	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	17	11.5%	—	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	MIA	6	—	11	5	6	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	2	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	BAL	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	117	22.6%	18	14.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	—	2TM	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	4	3	0	0	2	0.2
2020	—	MIA	16	—	45	27	18	11	11	3.5	25.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	533	50.6%	89	25.2%	1	0	0.0	39.6	4.0	14	3	7	0	4	0.1
2021	—	MIA	17	—	52	23	29	6	3	2.0	11.0	0	3	1	2	0	0	—	0.0%	518	46.6%	179	38.4%	0	0	—	—	—	9	4	3	0	5	0.1
2022	—	MIA	17	—	61	32	29	7	12	3.5	22.5	0	4	2	—	0	0	—	0.0%	877	76.8%	186	41.0%	2	2	1.0	85.4	-3.5	16	4	8	0	2	0.0
2023	—	MIA	17	—	60	29	31	11	22	10.0	43.0	1	4	1	2	1	0	—	0.0%	856	77.3%	191	41.4%	3	2	0.7	30.6	-2.0	27	7	9	0	8	0.1
2024	—	MIA	15	—	54	27	27	13	19	10.0	42.0	1	2	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	748	80.5%	149	38.0%	4	2	0.5	22.9	2.0	22	3	8	0	5	0.1
2025	—	MIA	17	—	46	28	18	10	9	5.5	24.5	0	1	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	779	72.6%	145	33.6%	4	4	1.0	105.2	-4.3	12	2	4	0	4	0.1
Career		—	120	—	329	171	158	59	78	35.5	172.5	2	16	5	6	1	0	—	0.0%	4,445	54.8%	957	33.1%	14	10	—	—	—	104	26	39	0	30	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	VAL
2018	23	BAL	1	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	—
2019	24	MIA	6	0*	11	5	6	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	2	0	—	0	2.9
2020	25	MIA	16	8*	45	27	18	11	11	3.5	25.5	0	0	0	—	0	12.2
2021	26	MIA	17	0*	52	23	29	6	3	2.0	11.0	0	3	1	2	0	8.9
2022	27	MIA	17	13*	61	32	29	7	12	3.5	22.5	0	4	2	—	0	12.9
2023	28	MIA	17	13*	60	29	31	11	22	10.0	43.0	1	4	1	2	1	18.6
2024	29	MIA	15	12*	54	27	27	13	19	10.0	42.0	1	2	1	1	0	18
2025	30	MIA	17	12*	46	28	18	10	9	5.5	24.5	0	1	0	1	0	12.2
Career			106	58*	329	171	158	59	78	—	—	2	16	5	6	1	85.7

* 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	23	BAL	2	—	—	0.0%	17	11.5%	—	0.0%
2019	24	BAL	7	0*	—	0.0%	117	22.6%	18	14.5%
2020	25	MIA	16	8*	—	0.0%	533	50.6%	89	25.2%
2021	26	MIA	17	0*	—	0.0%	518	46.6%	179	38.4%
2022	27	MIA	17	13*	—	0.0%	877	76.8%	186	41.0%
2023	28	MIA	17	13*	—	0.0%	856	77.3%	191	41.4%
2024	29	MIA	15	12*	—	0.0%	748	80.5%	149	38.0%
2025	30	MIA	17	12*	—	0.0%	779	72.6%	145	33.6%
Career			108	58*	—	—	4,445	—	957	—

* 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	MissTkl	Miss%
2019	24	2TM	7	0*	0	0	—	—	—	4	3	0	2	0.2
2020	25	MIA	16	8*	1	0	0.0	39.6	4.0	14	3	7	4	0.1
2021	26	MIA	17	0*	0	0	—	—	—	9	4	3	5	0.1
2022	27	MIA	17	13*	2	2	1.0	85.4	-3.5	16	4	8	2	0.0
2023	28	MIA	17	13*	3	2	0.7	30.6	-2.0	27	7	9	8	0.1
2024	29	MIA	15	12*	4	2	0.5	22.9	2.0	22	3	8	5	0.1
2025	30	MIA	17	12*	4	4	1.0	105.2	-4.3	12	2	4	4	0.1
Career			106	58*	14	10	—	—	—	104	26	39	30	—

* 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 71.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 72· confidence 96%

What builds the career mark of 67

On-field 48.2

Availability 18.8

On-field production Staying available

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

2019bestavg 65elite 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: 93%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Above average

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:4.398See leaderboard →

Disruption/1004.398Snap share54.8%Def snaps4,445ReliableCV 0.27

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+).

Postseason Career

2 playoff games

Defense

Tkl10Solo3Ast7TFL1QBHits5Sk2.0Dis8.0PD1FR1TD1

College Stats

Ferris StateCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Ferris State), 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.

2018 Draft Class· this player went #238

#229Jason SandersK #230Leon JacobsOLB #231Travin HowardLB #232James LooneyDE #233Jordan MailataOT #235Zaire FranklinOLB #236Bo ScarbroughRB #237Nick BawdenRB #239Hunter BradleyLS #240Richie JamesWR #241Greg StromanCB #243Keion CrossenDB #244Justin LawlerLB #245Will ClappC #247Logan CookeP #249Logan WoodsideQB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Zach inherited the Miami Dolphins DL room from Christian Wilkins (2019–2023), and handed it to Raekwon Davis (2020–2023).

Marco Coleman 1992–1995Tim Bowens 1994–2004Trace Armstrong 1995–2000Shane Burton 1996–1998Daryl Gardener 1996–2001Kenny Mixon

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 MIA
2019team change
Joined MIA (from BAL)
2018draft
Drafted by BAL — Round 7, Pick 238

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 300 lb

Frame

Injury History

3 career games missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2024	MIA	2	W8Out· EyeW9Out· Eye
2019	MIA	1	W14Out· Not Injury RelatedW16Questionable· AnkleW17Questionable· Ankle / Thumb

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 79

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

D2019

B2020

C+2021

B2022

A2023

A2024

B2025

Availability

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

91%

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	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	0.2
2021	2	0.1	2	0.1
2022	3.5	0.2	4+0.5	0.2
2023	10	0.6	10	0.6
2024	10	0.7	11+1	0.7
2025	5.5	0.3	6+0.5	0.3

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

111 career value over replacement — #986 all-time of 4,642. 15.9/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #238 (Rd 7) · BAL · 2018 · +49.2 vs expected KV-H

72actual

22.8 expected · Δ+49.2

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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

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2018 Draft Class· this player went #238

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator