Zahir Mathis is a defensive lineman at Maryland who has not played in Maryland's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Maryland lists 13 defensive linemen this season.
Maryland is 2-6. Next: at Purdue, Sat Nov 7.
Mathis disrupts the pocket from the interior. On tape: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Wisconsin, Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Maryland | 35 | 22 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 1 |
| Career | 35 | 22 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 39-7vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-9vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-17vs Towson | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10@ Wisconsin | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 20-24vs Washington | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-34vs Nebraska | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-35@ Rutgers | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-24@ Illinois | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-45vs No. 18 Michigan | 5 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 22 | 8.5 | 6.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%8 TFLSack rate
17%6 sacksHurry rate
9%3 hurries35 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 6 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Pass share
61.9%
491 pass / 302 run
Plays / game
66.1
12 games
Team sack rate
1.8%
505 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
More tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #187 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #32 of 69 Big Ten DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
