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Zachary Steever enters his sixth year with the Philadelphia Eagles after being elevated to director of football research and strategy during the 2026 offseason. In his role, Steever applies data analysis and quantitative modeling to support decision-making across football operations, including roster construction and game preparation.

Prior to his current post, Steever served as the assistant director of football research and strategy in 2025, contributing to a football operations staff that helped capture back-to-back NFC East Championship titles, the division's first repeat winner in over two decades.

Zachary Steever enters his sixth year with the Philadelphia Eagles after being elevated to director of football research and strategy during the 2026 offseason. In his role, Steever applies data analysis and quantitative modeling to support decision-making across football operations, including roster construction and game preparation.

Prior to his current post, Steever served as the assistant director of football research and strategy in 2025, contributing to a football operations staff that helped capture back-to-back NFC East Championship titles, the division's first repeat winner in over two decades.

Steever spent the 2023-24 campaigns as a senior quantitative analyst after beginning his NFL career as a quantitative analyst in 2021. During that four-year window, the Eagles advanced to Super Bowl LVII and defeated Kansas City in Super Bowl LIX.

A native of Gowanda, NY, Steever attended the University at Buffalo where he earned a bachelor's degree, master's degree and PhD in industrial engineering. As a PhD student, he worked with the NFL league office developing algorithms and optimization models for constructing the NFL schedule.

Steever currently resides in Philadelphia, PA, with his wife, Zoe.