Zacch Pickens

Former defensive lineman at South Carolina. 2022: 2.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

DL · South Carolina · Sr. · #6

6′4″ · 305 lb · Anderson, SC

CFB Index 79 · #33 of 278 interior linemenLow confidenceChicago — drafted 2023, Rd 3, Pick 1, #64 overall

Recruiting

5★

DT recruit

No. 8 nationally · Signed with South Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at South Carolina. 2022: 2.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to South Carolina in 2019.
Drafted round 3 by the Chicago in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at South Carolina, 8 sacks — drafted at #64 overall by Chicago.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20198 games

Signed with South Carolina5-star out of T.L. Hanna

202112 games

All-SEC

2023

Drafted by Chicagoround 3, pick 64

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#8 national

CFB

College

South Carolina

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #64

Chicago · 2023

Badges

Top-10 Recruit

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019–2020

Will Muschamp

South Carolina

2021–2022

Shane Beamer

South Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Shane Beamer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ChicagoEntering 4th NFL season

#64Rd 3 · Pick 1

ChicagoEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019South Carolina4-8HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

2020South Carolina2-8HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2021South Carolina7-6HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning

2022South Carolina8-5HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

79All-Conference level #33 of 278?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (85th percentile). Strength: sacks (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#329 / 2755 · 85th pct

Sacks#443 / 2755 · 83rd pct

2.5

Passes defended#492 / 2755 · 78th pct

Tackles#769 / 2755 · 72nd pct

Tackles for loss#761 / 2755 · 70th pct

4.0

Solo tackles#916 / 2755 · 66th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th 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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Road5g	4.8	0.8	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.4	0.3	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #33 of 278 interior linemen

Former five-star. Now #33 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	South Carolina	42	22	4.0	2.5	3	--	--
2021	South Carolina	38	23	5.0	4.0	1	--	--
2020	South Carolina	35	16	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2019	South Carolina	16	8	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		131	69	11.5	7.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 63–38

vs Tennessee

1 PD · 1 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 25-point win at home against Tennessee.

With S. Rattler — 438 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.9 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · J. Vann — 2 rec · 78 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 30-44@ Arkansas	12	4	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 3	L 7-48vs Georgia	6	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 56-20vs Charlotte	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 50-10vs South Carolina State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-14@ Kentucky	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 30-24vs Texas A&M	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 10-23vs Missouri	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 38-27@ Vanderbilt	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 6-38@ Florida	2	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 12	W 63-38vs Tennessee	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 31-30@ Clemson	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		42	22	4.0	2.5	—	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Zacch Pickens

20198 games

202112 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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