North Carolina · W 38-35
6 tackles
The other 7 games average 3 tackles. This one was 3 above.
Zechariah Poyser
The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Rich Rodriguez and Mario Cristobal. The first career honor came in 2024: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against North Carolina — Week 9, 2026.
24 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Fans first named Zechariah Poyser at Stanford.
His game this year: coverage — 2 passes defended in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Miami | 24 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2025 | Miami | 68 | 42 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 77 | 49 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 169 | 109 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 15 | 4 |
Last game (Wk 9): 6 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-6@ Stanford | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 77-7vs Florida A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-20@ Wake Forest | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-3vs Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-13@ Clemson | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-35vs Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-23vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-35@ North Carolina | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 24 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -17 to +12 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL24 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Pass share
47.3%
259 pass / 289 run
Plays / game
68.5
8 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
285 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #423 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #30 of 75 ACC DBs
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%).
2026 is in progress.
Recruited without a star rating, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2024)
Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Rich Rodriguez and Mario Cristobal.
