Zachary Carter: DL · Florida · #6.
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Zachary Carter
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the Florida defensive front. All-SEC in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Florida State — Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-14vs Florida Atlantic | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 42-20@ South Florida | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 3 | L 29-31vs No. 1 Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-14vs Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-20@ Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-0vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 42-49@ LSU | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-34vs No. 1 Georgia | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-40@ South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 70-52vs Samford | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-24@ Missouri | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-21vs Florida State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 15 | 11.5 | 8.0 | — | 2 |
Week 1 · 2021
W 35-14
3 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 21-point win at home against Florida Atlantic.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
37%12 TFLSack rate
26%8 sacksHurry rate
10%3 hurries31 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 8 sacks.
4 seasons under Dan Mullen — 35-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Mullen
Pass share
45.8%
415 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
75.6
12 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
434 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #225 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Florida, 18 sacks — drafted at #95 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dan Mullen.
Next stop · NFL
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 5th NFL season
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 5th NFL season
