Preston Zinter is a linebacker at Rice who has not played in Rice's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Notre Dame.
Rice lists 10 linebackers this season.
Rice is 1-7. Next: at North Texas, Sat Nov 7.
Arrived at Rice from Notre Dame. A game that shows it: 1 tackle against Pittsburgh — Week 12, 2025.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 10 | W 25-10@ Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackle |
| Wk 12 | W 37-15@ No. 23 Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
3 seasons under Marcus Freeman — 34-7 over that span.
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 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
Pass share
44.0%
321 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
60.8
12 games
Team sack rate
3.4%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Marcus Freeman and Scott Abell.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Rice
