Zane Zandier: LB · Virginia.
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Zane Zandier
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Virginia. The first career honor came in 2020: ACC Linebacker Player of the Week. On tape: 15 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Duke, Week 4, 2020.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
79 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 38-20vs Duke | 15 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 23-41@ No. 1 Clemson | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-38vs NC State | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-40@ Wake Forest | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-19@ No. 11 Miami | 10 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-41vs No. 15 North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-17vs Louisville | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-15vs Abilene Christian | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 43-32vs Boston College | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 15-33@ Virginia Tech | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 33 | 7.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%8 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups79 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall — 28-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 7.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 9.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
51.3%
378 pass / 359 run
Plays / game
73.7
10 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
409 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
79 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Virginia, 252 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bronco Mendenhall.
