Player Dossier

2014-2017

Central Michigan

Zach Oakley

DB • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Osceola, IN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Zach Oakley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

43

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

45

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Central Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Central Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Player Story

Zach Oakley built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Osceola, IN wearing No. 10, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Zach Oakley's career was his field-position...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7864

Penn · Mishawaka, IN

Committed To
Central Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Zach Oakley, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Postseason · Central Michigan. Zach Oakley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
9

Quick Answers

Zach Oakley quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Michigan · DB
Career Tackles
9
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 12 games
Best season
2015 Postseason · Central Michigan
Top game
Kansas
Recruit profile
2-star · Penn · Central Michigan
High school pipeline
Penn · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
1 tackles · DB 801st (top 100%) · Mid-American 547th (top 100%) · National 5,744th (top 100%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-
2015 PostseasonCentral Michigan30-0--050
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan30-0--050
2016 PostseasonCentral Michigan60-0--038.2
2016 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan68-0--038.2
2017 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan31-0--037.2

Related Context

Zach Oakley played DB for Central Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zach Oakley recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Central Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Postseason

Central Michigan paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Central Michigan

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

8.1

Usage

3.6

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kansas: 1. Ohio: 0. Toledo: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

20 vs Kansas

Result
Sat 10/14vs ToledoL 10-3011000
Sat 10/7@ OhioW 26-23
Sat 9/9@ KansasW 45-271

Player Story

Zach Oakley story

Zach Oakley built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a defensive back from Osceola, IN wearing No. 10, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Zach Oakley's career was his field-position work: 11 punts and 503 punting yards across 12 career games in the available record. His career also includes 9 tackles and 77 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Zach Oakley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Central Michigan

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0
2015 PostseasonCentral Michigan000
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan000
2016 PostseasonCentral Michigan05.61.10
2016 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan05.61.10
2017 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan18.13.61

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kansas

Week 2 · W 45-27

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Ball State

Week 6 · W 24-21 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

10.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.

#3

vs UNLV

Week 3 · W 44-21

0

Havoc Plays

7.5 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Northern Illinois

Week 7 · W 34-28 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Oklahoma State

Week 2 · W 30-27

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Postseason · Central Michigan

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

50

#2

2015 Regular Season · Central Michigan

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Central Michigan

38.2

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.1 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games