Senior linebacker for Florida Atlantic. 2025: 22 tackles, 3 tackles for loss.
6′3″ · 225 lb · Woodstock, GA · Milton
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
QB hurries: 72nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
3 TFL
Best game: 5 tackles, 1 TFL, vs Florida A&M
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Florida Atlantic. 2025: 22 tackles, 3 tackles for loss.
Zyere Horton
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Zyere Horton has played for four head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against Florida A&M — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Willie Taggart, Tom Herman, Chad Lunsford, and Zach Kittley. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Unranked recruit. Now #546 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #58 of 61 American Athletic LBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic | 22 | 15 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 29 | 19 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 56–14
vs Florida A&M
1 TFL · 4 SOLO · 5 TOT
Dominant 42-point win at home against Florida A&M.
With C. Veltkamp — 309 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.0 · 13 rush yds (5 car) · L. Lupo — 47 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-39@ Maryland | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-14vs Florida A&M | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 28-38@ Florida International | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-48@ South Florida | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 32-42@ Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 40-21vs Tulsa | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 45-48vs UConn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-42vs East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 15 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
2026 Outlook
Florida Atlantic
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Florida Atlantic
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Florida Atlantic · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #98 · 2026 recruiting class #130
Player DNA
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Prince Bemah’s 2021 season.
Matches Prince on
Differs from Prince on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Kyler Jordan's senior season at Baylor (2025).
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Differs from Kyler on
Player DNA
At Florida Atlantic Graduate (2026) Senior (2025) Drew the season opening start at Maryland and collected three solo tackles in the contest Led the team with seven tackles, including five solo and one for a loss of two yards, in the Owls' 56-14 win over FAMU Credited with five tackles in his FIU...
6 more on the roster · Florida Atlantic team page