Zachary Chapman

Senior edge rusher for TCU. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

EDGE · TCU · Sr.

6′5″ · 265 lb · Missouri City, TX

CFB Index 35 · #297 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to TCU for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETvs Arkansas StateAmon G. Carter StadiumTCU by 20

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

1.5

sacks · 2025

3 TFL · 28 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 3 tackles, vs Baylor

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 edge rusher for TCU. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to TCU in 2023.

His career, year by year

Zachary Chapman

EDGE · TCU · Sr

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. He has spent two seasons in the TCU defensive front. The receipt: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against West Virginia — Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Sonny Dykes — 18-8 over that span.

2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning

2025TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

35Below cohort / limited sample #297 of 420?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Sacks#707 / 2975 · 74th pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Tackles#1469 / 2975 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#2127 / 2975 · 26th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.0
Road6g	2.5	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.3	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #297 of 420 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #297 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #5 of 7 Big 12 EDGEs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	TCU	28	9	3.0	1.5	--	--	--
2024	TCU	24	11	3.0	3.0	--	--	--
Career		52	20	6.0	4.5	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 48-14@ North Carolina	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 3	W 42-21vs Abilene Christian	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 24-27@ Arizona State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 35-21vs Colorado	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 28-41@ Kansas State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 42-36vs Baylor	3	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 9	W 23-17@ West Virginia	5	1	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 11	L 17-20vs Iowa State	4	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 13-44@ BYU	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 17-14@ Houston	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 45-23vs Cincinnati	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		28	9	3.0	1.5	—

How he plays

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 games

28Tackles

9Solo

3TFL

1.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

28 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 80.5 sacks

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.

2026 Outlook

TCU

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Edge · TCU

Returning around him

3 TCU players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -2 net (12 in / 14 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

TCU · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #40 · 2026 recruiting class #47

DNA match

Player DNA

Versatile End

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kofi Asare’s 2025 season.

Kofi Asare

83%match

Florida · 2025

Nate Johnson

App State · 2024

82%

David Santiago

Michigan State · 2025

82%

Ochaun Mathis

Nebraska · 2022

NFL Rd 6

82%

Jake Saltonstall

New Mexico · 2021

80%

Matches Kofi on

Height

Sack rate

Weight

Differs from Kofi on

Class year (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Tyree Weathersby's sophomore season at Tennessee (2025).

Tyree Weathersby

91%match

Tennessee · 2025

Keona Davis

Nebraska · 2025

87%

David Santiago

Michigan State · 2025

86%

Dominic Lolesio

Arizona · 2024

86%

Breeon Ishmail

Purdue · 2025

85%

Matches Tyree on

Class year

Height

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Zachary Chapman

Lance Ingold

Northern Illinois · 2025

84%

David Santiago

Michigan State · 2025

82%

Jordan Mack

Coastal Carolina · 2025

80%

Marco Jones

Texas A&M · 2025

79%

Kash Dillon

Utah · 2025

79%

The defensive line · TCU

#97Paul OyewaleEDGE · Sr.7.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#92Ansel Din-MbuhDT · Sr.6.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#16Koron HaywardEDGE · Sr.3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
Zachary ChapmanEDGE · Sr.3 tackles for loss · 2025
#95Markis DealDT · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025

16 more on the roster · TCU team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2023

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Versatile End

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The defensive line · TCU