Usage / Role
51%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2016-2020BYU
Zayne Anderson
LB • 6'2" • 210 lbs • Stansbury Park, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zayne Anderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
48
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · BYU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- BYU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Zayne Anderson built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Stansbury Park, UT wearing No. 23, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Zayne Anderson's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- BYU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Zayne Anderson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · BYU. Zayne Anderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 159
- TFL
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Zayne Anderson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- BYU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 159
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · BYU
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Stansbury · BYU
- High school pipeline
- Stansbury · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 41 tackles · LB 233rd (top 21%) · FBS Independents 18th (top 9%) · National 469th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | BYU | 7 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39 |
| 2016 Regular Season | BYU | 7 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39 |
| 2017 Regular Season | BYU | 12 | 61 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 43.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | BYU | 4 | 36 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 64.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | BYU | 2 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 45.2 |
| 2020 Postseason | BYU | 11 | 4 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| 2020 Regular Season | BYU | 11 | 37 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 24 |
Related Context
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Zayne Anderson played LB for BYU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Zayne Anderson recorded 159 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with BYU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
BYU paired 3 primary output with 45 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 17.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UCF
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Postseason · BYU
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
17.4
Usage
2.7
Consistency
6.1
Best Game by takeover score
UCF
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCF: 1. Navy: 1. Troy: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. UTSA: 0. Houston: 0. Texas State: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. North Alabama: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. San Diego State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCF: 4 by 26.7. Navy: 2 by 18.3. Troy: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2. UTSA: 3 by 12.5. Houston: 7 by 29.2. Texas State: 2 by 8.3. Western Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. North Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Coastal Carolina: 8 by 33.3. San Diego State: 7 by 29.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 10 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UCF
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs Coastal Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/23 | vs UCF | W 49-23 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 12/13 | vs San Diego State | W 28-14 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | @ Coastal Carolina | L 17-22 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | vs North Alabama | W 66-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/1 | vs Western Kentucky | W 41-10 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/25 | vs Texas State | W 52-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Houston | W 43-26 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | vs UTSA | W 27-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 45-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/27 | vs Troy | W 48-7 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 9/8 | @ Navy | W 55-3 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Zayne Anderson story
Zayne Anderson built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Stansbury Park, UT wearing No. 23, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Zayne Anderson's career was his defensive production: 159 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 6 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with BYU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Zayne Anderson's production has multiple signals. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across BYU.
The arc is straightforward: Zayne Anderson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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BYU
2016-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201620172018201920202020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Postseason | BYU | 0 | 6.5 | 1.2 | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | BYU | 0 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | BYU | 4 | 24.5 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | BYU | 3 | 45 | 12.1 | -1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | BYU | 1.5 | 28.4 | 7.8 | -1.5 |
| 2020 Postseason | BYU | 2 | 17.4 | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | BYU | 2 | 17.4 | 2.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Wisconsin
Week 3 · W 24-21
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Utah
Week 1 · L 12-30
1.5
Havoc Plays
81.4 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.
#3
vs California
Week 2 · L 18-21
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Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#4
vs Portland State
Week 1 · W 20-6
2
Havoc Plays
65.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.
#5
@ UNLV
Week 11 · W 31-21
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · BYU
3 primary output · 45 efficiency · 12.1 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · BYU
45.2
1.5 primary · 28.4 efficiency · 7.8 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · BYU
43.2
4 primary · 24.5 efficiency · 4.8 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
2
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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