Zach Allen holds the RDE · Starter spot in Denver Broncos’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Zach Allen played 19 games in 2025 with a 70% snap share.

Zach Allen is a seventh-year defensive end for the Denver Broncos who has appeared in 78 regular-season games (68 starts) across four seasons with Arizona (2019-22) and two with Denver (2023-24). In that span, he compiled 259 tackles (138 solo), 25.0 sacks, 17 passes defensed, one interception, one forced fumble, and three fumble recoveries. Allen earned second-team All-Pro honors from the Associated Press in 2024 after recording career highs of 61 tackles (32 solo) and 8.5 sacks while adding 40 quarterback hits. He became the eighth defensive lineman in Broncos history to earn All-Pro recognition. Allen was selected 65th overall in the 2019 NFL Draft by Arizona after playing at Boston College.

Boston Collegethrough 2018

Cardinals2019 – 2022

Broncos2023 — present

CollegeBoston CollegeDraftRound 3 · No. 65 overall · 2019 · ARIAcquiredAcquired from Arizona Cardinals · drafted thereHometownNew Canaan, CT