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Zach VanValkenburg

Iowa · Edge Rusher · 2019-21

SACKS
9
TFL
24
TKL
94

Career totals · 3 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2019 to 2021, VanValkenburg recorded 94 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss and 9 sacks.

In 17-0 that career earns a 70 overall, the 18th-highest edge rusher rating at Iowa since 1990 and No. 119 among all edge rushers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2020
    • Second-team all-conference
  2. 2021
    • Second-team all-conference

Season by Season

Zach VanValkenburg season-by-season statistics at Iowa
SeasonTklTFLSacks
2019600
2020308.53.5
202158155.5
Total9423.59

Seasons with tracked stats at Iowa. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Iowa Teammates

  1. 91Jay Higgins2020-24LB
  2. 90Jack Campbell2019-22LB
  3. 90Cooper DeJean2021-23CB
  4. 90Daviyon Nixon2018-20EDGE
  5. 88Kaden Wetjen2022-25WR
  6. 86Kaleb Johnson2022-24RB
  7. 80Kaevon Merriweather2018-22S
  8. 80Riley Moss2018-22CB
  9. 75Joe Evans2018-23EDGE
  10. 75Dane Belton2019-21S

Full Iowa all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 93Aidan HutchinsonMichigan · 2018-21EDGE
  2. 93Will Anderson Jr.Alabama · 2020-22EDGE
  3. 90T'Vondre SweatTexas · 2019-23EDGE
  4. 90Jordan DavisGeorgia · 2018-21EDGE
  5. 90Abdul CarterPenn State · 2022-24EDGE
  6. 90Calijah KanceyPittsburgh · 2020-22EDGE
  7. 90Jalen CarterGeorgia · 2020-22EDGE
  8. 90Kayvon ThibodeauxOregon · 2019-21EDGE

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Sources: Wikipedia (Zach VanValkenburg) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.