Zayne Anderson: LB · BYU · #23.
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Zayne Anderson
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Five seasons in the BYU linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Coastal Carolina — Week 14, 2020.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 1 | W 55-3@ Navy | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-7vs Troy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20vs UTSA | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-26@ Houston | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-14vs Texas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-10vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 66-14vs North Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-22@ No. 14 Coastal Carolina | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 15 | W 28-14vs San Diego State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
41tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
5%2 pass breakups41 tackles.
5 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 38-26 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
47.6%
371 pass / 408 run
Plays / game
70.8
11 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Five seasons at BYU, 159 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 35 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kalani Sitake.
