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

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Ziggy Hood

Top 39% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2010

Height6'3"

Weight305 lb

BornFeb 16, 1987

Age39

CollegeMissouri See College Stats

Rookie yr2009

Draft2009 · Rd 1, Pick 32 · PIT

Archetype Intelligence

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A quality edge rusher with a above-average career — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 51 · #2033 · Above Average

Worth 51 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 45% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 6 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +8.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 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

+8.5

Avg surplus

peak +12

6 seasons × ~8.5 surplus ≈ VORP 51

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%
2009	—	PIT	6	—	6	3	3	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	—	PIT	13	—	14	9	5	5	7	3.0	15.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	—	PIT	13	—	24	12	12	1	4	1.5	6.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	—	PIT	14	—	36	19	17	4	3	3.0	10.0	0	3	0	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	—	PIT	14	—	33	20	13	4	4	3.0	11.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	633	58.9%	68	13.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	—	JAX	14	—	24	17	7	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	419	36.9%	89	19.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	—	CHI	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	37	26.0%	1	4.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	WAS	16	—	31	15	16	4	6	1.0	11.0	0	3	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	660	60.7%	101	22.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	WAS	10	—	22	10	12	0	2	0.5	2.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	539	52.9%	75	16.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	MIA	8	—	8	3	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	216	30.1%	54	16.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	2TM	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	1	0.1
Career		—	123	—	198	108	90	21	31	14.0	66.0	0	11	1	5	0	0	—	0.0%	2,504	44.2%	388	15.5%	0	0	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	1	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2009	22	PIT	6	—	6	3	3	1	2	1.0	4.0	2	0	1	3.1
2010	23	PIT	13	—	14	9	5	5	7	3.0	15.0	1	0	—	8.6
2011	24	PIT	13	—	24	12	12	1	4	1.5	6.5	1	0	—	5.9
2012	25	PIT	14	—	36	19	17	4	3	3.0	10.0	3	0	2	8
2013	26	PIT	14	9*	33	20	13	4	4	3.0	11.0	0	0	1	7.7
2014	27	JAX	14	0*	24	17	7	2	3	1.0	6.0	0	0	1	5.8
2016	29	WAS	16	10*	31	15	16	4	6	1.0	11.0	3	1	—	8.4
2017	30	WAS	10	8*	22	10	12	0	2	0.5	2.5	0	0	—	3.6
2018	31	MIA	8	0*	8	3	5	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	0	—	2.2
Career			108	27*	198	108	90	21	31	—	—	11	1	5	53.3

* 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%
2013	26	PIT	16	9*	—	0.0%	633	58.9%	68	13.9%
2014	27	JAX	16	0*	—	0.0%	419	36.9%	89	19.4%
2015	28	CHI	2	—	—	0.0%	37	26.0%	1	4.0%
2016	29	WAS	16	10*	—	0.0%	660	60.7%	101	22.7%
2017	30	WAS	15	8*	—	0.0%	539	52.9%	75	16.7%
2018	31	MIA	13	0*	—	0.0%	216	30.1%	54	16.3%
Career			78	27*	—	—	2,504	—	388	—

* 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	31	2TM	13	0*	0	0	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	1	0.1
Career			13		0	0	—	—	—	3	3	0	0	1	—

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

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 55 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 55 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 54.8 × longevity 1 = KV-H 55· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 52

On-field 36.1

Availability 15.9

On-field production Staying available

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

2009bestavg 502018

All-Time Standing

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

Depth

of 100

Reached 7% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

7% of the all-time Sacks leader7

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: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Interior D-Line · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.439See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.439Snap share47.9%Def snaps2,467VolatileCV 0.56

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 · 2009

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

DL · 2009 class

4.83s

40-Yard

Elite · 93th pct

Pos 93thAll 32thClass Pos 83thClass All 28th

33"

Vertical

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 44thClass Pos 79thClass All 39th

108"

Broad Jump

Above avg · 62th pct

Pos 62thAll 19thClass Pos 81thClass All 25th

34 reps

Bench

Strong · 87th pct

Pos 87thAll 97thClass Pos 86thClass All 98th

7.50s

3-Cone

Above avg · 73th pct

Pos 73thAll 24thClass Pos 79thClass All 24th

4.55s

Shuttle

Above avg · 70th pct

Pos 70thAll 24thClass Pos 96thClass All 21th

Postseason Career

4 playoff games

Defense

Tkl13Solo11Ast2TFL2QBHits3Sk2.0Dis7.0

College Stats

MissouriCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Missouri), 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 #32

#24Peria JerryDT #25Vontae DavisCB #26Clay MatthewsOLB #27Donald BrownRB #28Eric WoodC #29Hakeem NicksWR #30Kenny BrittWR #31Chris WellsRB #33Louis DelmasFS #34Patrick ChungS #35James LaurinaitisILB #36Brian RobiskieWR #37Alphonso SmithDB #38Rey MaualugaOLB #39Eben BrittonOT #40Ron BraceDT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Ziggy inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers DL room from Brett Keisel (2004–2014), and handed it to Steve McLendon (2010–2015).

Donald Evans 1990–1993Joel Steed 1992–1999Kevin Henry 1993–2000Brentson Buckner 1994–1996Oliver Gibson 1995–1998Orpheus Roye

Similar Players

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

Movementderived from season history

2018team change
Joined MIA (from WAS)
2018final season
Last recorded season with MIA
2016team change
Joined WAS (from CHI)
2015team change
Joined CHI (from JAX)
2014team change
Joined JAX (from PIT)
2009draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 1, Pick 32

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'3" / 305 lb

Frame

300 lb at 4.83s

Size-speed

33" vert / 108" broad

Explosion

34 reps

Bench power

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2018	MIA	0	W16Questionable· HamstringW17Questionable· Hamstring
2017	WAS	1	W17Out· Elbow

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 9-season peers. See all →

peak 59

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

D2009

C+2010

C+2011

C+2012

C+2013

C+2014

C+2016

C2017

C2018

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 10 seasons.

82%

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
2009	1	0.2	3+2	0.2
2010	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2011	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1
2012	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2013	3	0.2	4+1	0.2
2014	1	0.1	1	0.1
2016	1	0.1	1	0.1
2017	0.5	0.1	1+0.5	0.1
2018	0	0	0	0

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

Career Value · VORP

51 career value over replacement — #2033 all-time of 4,642. 5.7/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #32 (Rd 1) · PIT · 2009 · +0.1 vs expected KV-H

55actual

54.9 expected · Δ+0.1

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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 · 2009

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2009 Draft Class· this player went #32

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography