North Carolina · L 10-15
No tackles.
Grambling · W 63-7 · FCS
No tackles.
Arkansas State · W 31-7
No tackles.
UCF · L 13-21
No tackles.
Chapman has tackles in 4 of TCU’s 8 games: none in the other 4.
Zachary Chapman
Three seasons in the TCU linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against BYU — Week 5, 2026.
6 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Last game (Wk 9): 1 tackle.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 4 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | L 10-17vs No. 10 BYU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 17-6@ Baylor | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-24vs West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 22-16vs Kansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Oct. 31 · W 22-16 vs Kansas, play by play
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: coverage — 2 passes defended in the 4 games with play by play.
How TCU’s defense played that day
Kansas’s 12 drives: 8 stopped (2 takeaways) · 4 scored. While the game was within a score they held 5 of 9.
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles, including 2 passes broken up, tied for 2nd-most passes broken up in FBS that week.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Ratings of the games shown run from +0 to +17 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
3 seasons under Sonny Dykes — 22-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
50.8%
270 pass / 261 run
Plays / game
66.4
8 games
Team sack rate
7.6%
302 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #5 of 7 Big 12 EDGEs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 26 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Sonny Dykes.
