La'Kendrick Van Zandt: S · TCU · #20.
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La'Kendrick Van Zandt
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons in the TCU secondary to date. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Texas — Week 5, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Duquesne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-32vs California | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-42vs SMU | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-32vs Texas | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 31-52@ No. 4 Oklahoma | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-29vs West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 12-31@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-28vs No. 14 Baylor | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-63@ No. 10 Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-28vs Kansas | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-48@ Iowa State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 23 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Week 2 · 2021
W 34-32
vs California
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Edged out California at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
33tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%4 TFL33 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gary Patterson
Pass share
39.9%
310 pass / 466 run
Plays / game
64.7
12 games
Team sack rate
8.6%
336 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at TCU, 92 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Jerry Kill. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
