Senior defensive end for Stanford. 2025: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 8 tackles.
6′3″ · 270 lb · Bakersfield, CA
The numbers
sack · 2025
1.5 TFL · 8 tackles
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 3 tackles, at Virginia
Statement game5 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 3 sacksat California (FBS) · L 21-24
Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end for Stanford. 2025: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 8 tackles.
Zach Buckey
Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. Zach Buckey has been at Stanford through three head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Notre Dame — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: David Shaw, Troy Taylor, and Frank Reich. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tavita Pritchard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-23@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-48@ Virginia | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 20-35vs Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 15-20@ North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-49vs Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Stanford
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive end · Stanford
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Stanford · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #50 · 2026 recruiting class #37
Player DNA
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Kamari Stephens’s 2023 season.
Matches Kamari on
Differs from Kamari on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Khordae Sydnor's junior season at Vanderbilt (2024).
Matches Khordae on