Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 52-0vs Rice | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#24
Mark Zackery IV
Sophomore cornerback on Notre Dame's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 184 lb · Indianapolis, IN · Ben Davis
Returning to Notre Dame for 2026
Recruiting
4★
CB recruit
No. 181 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 cornerback on Notre Dame's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2025.
Mark Zackery IV
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. This is his second year in the same secondary at Notre Dame. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Rice — Week 2, 2026.
2 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
20257 games
- Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of Ben Davis
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Notre Dame
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Marcus Freeman — 12-2 over that span.
2025Notre Dame10-2HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2026Notre Dame2-0HC: Marcus Freeman · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 10 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Notre Dame
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Notre Dame
Returning around him
- 6 Notre Dame players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -9 net (7 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Notre Dame · Last season: 10-2 (AP #9) · Talent rank #6 · 2026 recruiting class #5
DNA match
Player DNA
Cover Corner
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Avieon Terrell’s 2023 season.
76%match
NFL Rd 2 · Pk 16
Matches Avieon on
PD rate
Height
Class year
Differs from Avieon on
Weight (lower)
Tackle volume (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Isaiah Buxton's freshman season at San Diego State (2025).
Matches Isaiah on
Class year
Tackle volume
PD rate
The secondary · Notre Dame
- #8Adon Shuler52 tackles · 2025
- #9Tae Johnson48 tackles · 2025
- #2Dylahn McKinney34 tackles · 2025
- #15Leonard Moore31 tackles · 2025
- #24Mark Zackery IV10 tackles · 2025
13 more on the roster · Notre Dame team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology