#96

Peyton Zdroik

Senior defensive lineman for Air Force. 2025: 1 sack, 6 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

DL · Air Force · Sr. · #96

6′0″ · 275 lb · Brentwood, CA

CFB Index 50 · #212 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Air Force for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

QB hurries: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sack · 2025

6 TFL · 36 tackles · 9 hurries

Best game: 2 TFL, 4 tackles, vs New Mexico

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Air Force. 2025: 1 sack, 6 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

His career, year by year

Peyton Zdroik

DL · Air Force · Sr · #96

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. He has spent four seasons in the Air Force defensive front. The receipt: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Army — Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Troy Calhoun — 28-22 over that span.

2022Air Force10-3HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

2023Air Force9-4HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Air Force5-7HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

2025Air Force4-8HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

50Rotational starter #212 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (85th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#27 / 2975 · 99th pct

Tackles for loss#406 / 2975 · 85th pct

6.0

Tackles#1060 / 2975 · 64th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1348 / 2975 · 53rd pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.7	0.2	0.0
Road6g	2.5	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.8	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Troy Calhoun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #212 of 420 edge rushers

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #14 of 35 Mountain West DLs

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Air Force	36	16	6.0	1.0	1	--	--
2024	Air Force	18	15	6.5	3.0	--	--	--
2023	Air Force	32	16	6.5	4.5	--	--	--
2022	Air Force	27	16	9.0	5.5	--	--	--
Career		113	63	28.0	14.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 49–13

vs Bucknell

2 TOT

Dominant 36-point win at home against Bucknell.

With C. Harris — 66 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · J. Johnson — 112 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.1 · 5 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 49-13vs Bucknell	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 30-49@ Utah State	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 37-49vs Boise State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 35-44vs Hawai'i	4	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 31-34@ Navy	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 48-51@ UNLV	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Wyoming	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 17-20vs Army	5	4	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 11	W 26-16@ San José State	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 16-26@ UConn	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 3-20vs New Mexico	4	3	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 42-21@ Colorado State	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		36	16	6.0	1.0	—	1