Zion Nason is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Louisiana Tech.
Nason wins the gap play after play. Four seasons in the Louisiana Tech defensive front to date. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Southern Miss — Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 0.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Louisiana Tech | 20 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Louisiana Tech | 35 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 69 | 25 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-0vs SE Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-23@ No. 3 LSU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-14vs New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-20vs Southern Miss | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 30-11@ UTEP | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-35@ Kennesaw State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-28vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-14vs Sam Houston | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-28@ Washington State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-28vs Liberty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-30@ Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 23-14vs Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
Week 1 · 2025
W 24-0
vs SE Louisiana
1 interception · 1 tackle · 25 interception return yards
Dominant 24-point win at home against SE Louisiana.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
2%0 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries20 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Sonny Cumbie — 19-31 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Pass share
37.1%
311 pass / 527 run
Plays / game
64.5
13 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
334 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #73 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #8 of 45 Conference USA DLs — his program moves to the Sun Belt for 2026
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%). It was measured on players who stayed in the same conference and is not adjusted for the move to the Sun Belt.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Sonny Cumbie.
