Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-24@ Utah | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | Season-high -1 yds |
| Total | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
#18
Dante Zanders
Senior tight end for Florida. 2023: 1 catch, -1 receiving yard.
6′5″ · 245 lb · Boca Raton, FL
Florida 2023 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
TE recruit
No. 636 nationally · Signed with Florida
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Florida. 2023: 1 catch, -1 receiving yard.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida in 2018.
Dante Zanders
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Three seasons at Florida, two different head coaches: Dan Mullen and Billy Napier. The receipt: 1 receptions against Utah — Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida, 74 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2018
- Signed with Florida3-star out of Boca Raton
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Florida
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
2 coaches2020
Florida
Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Florida8-4HC: Dan Mullen · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning
2023Florida5-7HC: Billy Napier · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 REC/g, -1.0 YDS/g, -1.0 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jon Sumrall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Complete TE
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
TE
His 2022 production profile sits closest to TJ Banks’s 2022 season.
Matches TJ on
Total EPA (college ability)
EPA / play (adj)
Recruiting rating
Differs from TJ on
Reception volume (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Dylan Leonard's sophomore season at Georgia Tech (2021).
Matches Dylan on
Yards / reception
Total EPA (college ability)
Reception volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Dante Zanders
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology