Zykiesis Cannon: DB · Louisville · #24.
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Zykiesis Cannon
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Two seasons in the Louisville secondary to date. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Wake Forest — Week 9, 2017.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
69 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Louisville | 69 | 43 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 5 | -- |
| 2016 | Louisville | 67 | 36 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | 136 | 79 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 8 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-28vs Purdue | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 47-35@ North Carolina | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-47vs No. 3 Clemson | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-3vs Kent State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-10vs Murray State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 25-39@ No. 24 NC State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 42-45vs Boston College | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-28@ Florida State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 32-42@ Wake Forest | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 38-21vs Virginia | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-10vs Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 44-17@ Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
 Bowl | L 27-31vs No. 24 Mississippi State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 69 | 43 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
69tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL69 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 5 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Bobby Petrino — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 6.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bobby Petrino
Pass share
48.5%
464 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
73.5
13 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
500 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
69 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Louisville, 136 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bobby Petrino.
