Senior linebacker for Iowa State. 2025: 5 tackles.
6′2″ · 250 lb · Melbourne, FL
The numbers
tackles · 2025
1 PBU
Best game: 3 tackles, at Arkansas State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Iowa State. 2025: 5 tackles.
Zach Lovett
He has spent three seasons in the Iowa State linebacker corps. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Arkansas State — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Matt Campbell.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Matt Campbell — 26-13 over that span.
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 · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Iowa State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Iowa State | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Iowa State | 11 | 6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 26 | 10 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-7vs South Dakota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-16@ Arkansas State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 30-38@ Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24@ Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
2026 Outlook
Iowa State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Iowa State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Iowa State · Last season: 8-4 (AP #22) · Talent rank #68 · 2026 recruiting class #54