#13

Zach Duncan

Senior defensive lineman for Charlotte. 2017: 3 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 38 tackles.

DL · Charlotte · Sr. · #13

6′3″ · 262 lb · Kernersville, NC

Charlotte 2017 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Charlotte. 2017: 3 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 38 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Charlotte in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WDE recruit

No. 2998 nationally · Signed with Charlotte

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Two seasons at Charlotte, 3 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with Charlotte2-star out of East Forsyth

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2998 national

CFB

College

Charlotte

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Brad Lambert — 5-19 over that span.

2016Charlotte4-8HC: Brad Lambert · Run-leaning

2017Charlotte1-11HC: Brad Lambert · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile). Strength: sacks (87th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#188 / 2682 · 91st pct

Sacks#316 / 2682 · 87th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#351 / 2682 · 86th pct

7.0

Tackles#1010 / 2682 · 62nd pct

Solo tackles#1386 / 2682 · 47th pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th 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

2017 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.2	0.6	0.4	0.0
Road4g	4.2	1.0	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.3	0.8	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tim Albin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Charlotte	38	17	7.0	3.0	--	--	--
2016	Charlotte	7	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		45	19	7.0	3.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2017

W 25–24

vs UAB

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With H. Klugh — 154 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 59.8 · 140 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD · A. Hart — 43 AVG · 51 LONG · 7 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week