Former defensive end at Western Kentucky. 2024: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.
6′2″ · 258 lb · Starkville, MS
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 453 nationally · Signed with Oklahoma
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive end at Western Kentucky. 2024: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.
Zach Edwards
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Zach Edwards has played for three head coaches across six seasons and three programs. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against New Mexico State, Week 11, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Western Kentucky, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Tyson Helton.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (4th 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
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Troy | 19 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Louisville | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Louisville | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Louisville | 1 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 36 | 18 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 4 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 31–0
1 TOT
Dominant 31-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.
With T. Finley — 351 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.4 · 13 rush yds (3 car) · K. Johnson — 14 rush yds (2 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-63@ Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 31-0vs Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 26-21vs Toledo | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-21@ Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-17vs UTEP | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-14@ Sam Houston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-14vs Kennesaw State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-28@ New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 11 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Louce Julien’s 2024 season.
Matches Louce on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA