#23

Zayne Anderson

Senior linebacker for BYU. 2020: 41 tackles.

LB · BYU · Sr. · #23

6′2″ · 210 lb · Stansbury Park, UT

BYU 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1488 nationally · Signed with BYU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for BYU. 2020: 41 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to BYU in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at BYU, 159 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with BYU3-star out of Stansbury

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1488 national

CFB

College

BYU

2016–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2020

1 coach

2016–2020

Kalani Sitake

BYU

Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 38-26 over that span.

2016BYU9-4HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2017BYU4-9HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2018BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2019BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2020BYU11-1HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (9th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#446 / 2211 · 79th pct

Solo tackles#470 / 2211 · 78th pct

Passes defended#471 / 2211 · 72nd pct

QB hurries#917 / 2211 · 29th pct

Sacks#1032 / 2211 · 27th pct

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Tackles for loss#1821 / 2211 · 9th pct

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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

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road3g	5.7	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	BYU	41	24	0.0	2	--	--
2019	BYU	10	8	0.5	1	--	--
2018	BYU	36	23	1.0	1	1	--
2017	BYU	61	41	0.0	2	2	--
2016	BYU	11	6	0.0	--	--	--
Career		159	102	1.5	6	3	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 55-3@ Navy	2	2	—	1
Wk 4	W 48-7vs Troy	3	1	—	0
Wk 5	W 45-14vs Louisiana Tech	1	0	—	0
Wk 6	W 27-20vs UTSA	3	2	—	0
Wk 7	W 43-26@ Houston	7	5	—	0
Wk 8	W 52-14vs Texas State	2	1	—	0
Wk 9	W 41-10vs Western Kentucky	3	1	—	0
Wk 12	W 66-14vs North Alabama	1	1	—	0
Wk 14	L 17-22@ Coastal Carolina	8	5	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 15	W 28-14vs San Diego State	7	3	—	0
Total		37	21	—	1

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