Zach Harrison: DE · Ohio State · #9.
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Zach Harrison
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Fourth year in the Ohio State defensive front. That makes three straight seasons on the honors list: All-Big Ten again in 2022. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Michigan — Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 7 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Los Angeles Times Nov 1
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ohio State | 31 | 18 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021 | Ohio State | 33 | 22 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2020 | Ohio State | 14 | 6 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Ohio State | 24 | 14 | 5.5 | 3.5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 102 | 60 | 25.0 | 12.0 | 10 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-10vs No. 5 Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-12vs Arkansas State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 77-21vs Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-10vs Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-20@ Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 54-10vs Iowa | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-31@ No. 13 Penn State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-7@ Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 56-14vs Indiana | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 43-30@ Maryland | 5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 23-45vs No. 3 Michigan | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
 Bowl | L 41-42vs No. 1 Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 18 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 1 | 4 |
Week 12 · 2022
W 43-30
at Maryland
2 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out Maryland on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
11%4 sacksTFL rate
23%7 TFLHurry rate
19%6 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
37%4 of 10 pressures31 tackles · 7 for loss · 3.5 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Ryan Day — 42-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Pass share
47.3%
409 pass / 455 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
Team sack rate
2.8%
430 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former five-star. Now #59 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Ohio State, 12 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #75 overall by the Atlanta Falcons.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Ryan Day.
Next stop · NFL
Atlanta FalconsEntering 4th NFL season
Atlanta FalconsEntering 4th NFL season
