Zelmar Vedder is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Houston.
Vedder erases the deep middle of the field. Transferred to Houston from Sacramento State. On tape: 4 tackles against Arizona State, Week 9, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 7 passes 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Houston | 19 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
| Career | 19 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-0vs Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-9@ Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 36-20vs Colorado | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-24@ Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 11-35vs No. 11 Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-28vs Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-16@ No. 24 Arizona State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 35-45vs West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-27@ UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-17vs TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-35vs LSU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
37%7 pass breakupsTackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL19 tackles · 7 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Fritz
Pass share
41.4%
377 pass / 534 run
Plays / game
70.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
384 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #255 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #33 of 42 Big 12 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%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
