Zayin West: DE · Kent State.
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Zayin West
Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. Arrived as a two-star recruit; five seasons of production at Kent State since. On tape: 5 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Toledo, Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 0 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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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kent State | 34 | 23 | 11.5 | 4.5 |
| 2021 | Kent State | 54 | 28 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | Kent State | 23 | 16 | 3.5 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | Kent State | 50 | 20 | 4.0 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | Kent State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 167 | 89 | 22.5 | 10.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-45@ Washington | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-33@ No. 7 Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-10vs Long Island University | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 22-39@ No. 1 Georgia | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-24vs Ohio | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Miami (OH) | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 31-52@ Toledo | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-27vs Akron | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 10 | L 20-27vs Ball State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-6@ Bowling Green | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-31vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 13 | W 30-27@ Buffalo | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 23 | 11.5 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
13%4 sacksTFL rate
34%12 TFLHurry rate
3%1 hurryPressure-to-sack conversion
82%4 of 6 pressures34 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Sean Lewis — 24-31 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Pass share
40.4%
349 pass / 514 run
Plays / game
71.9
12 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #86 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Kent State, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 43 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Sean Lewis.
