Player Dossier

2018-2021

Florida

Zachary Carter

DL • 6'4" • 290 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Zachary Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

39%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

32

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Player Story

Zachary Carter built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Tampa, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Zachary Carter's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9404

Hillsborough · Tampa, FL

Committed To
Florida
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 31
Overall
No. 95
NFL Team
Cincinnati Bengals

Zachary Carter, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Florida. Zachary Carter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
105
TFL
28
Sacks
17.5
QB hurries
20
Passes defended
8
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Zachary Carter quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida · DL
Career Tackles
105
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 42 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Florida
Top game
South Carolina
Recruit profile
4-star · Hillsborough · Florida
High school pipeline
Hillsborough · 26 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 3 · Pick 31 · Cincinnati Bengals
Latest roster
No. 6 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
31 tackles · DL 168th (top 18%) · SEC 146th (top 23%) · National 1,385th (top 24%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida581012026.3
2019 PostseasonFlorida133-0--041.9
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida132764.542041.9
2020 PostseasonFlorida121-01-071.9
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida12359.55112171.9
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida123111.5832064.2

Related Context

Zachary Carter played DL for Florida. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zachary Carter recorded 105 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Florida paired 28.5 primary output with 36.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 36.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Postseason · Florida

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.4

Efficiency

36.3

Usage

10.6

Consistency

63.5

Best Game by takeover score

South Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 1. Ole Miss: 1.5. South Carolina: 5. Texas A&M: 1. Missouri: 1.5. Georgia: 5. Arkansas: 2. Vanderbilt: 3.5. Kentucky: 2.5. Tennessee: 2.5. LSU: 0. Alabama: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma: 1 by 14.2. Ole Miss: 3 by 27.5. South Carolina: 8 by 83.3. Texas A&M: 3 by 22.5. Missouri: 1 by 19.2. Georgia: 0 by 50. Arkansas: 3 by 32.5. Vanderbilt: 4 by 51.7. Kentucky: 2 by 33.3. Tennessee: 4 by 41.7. LSU: 5 by 20.8. Alabama: 2 by 38.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.9 · Games = 8 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · -1.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Carolina

Best efficiency game

83.3 vs South Carolina

Result
Thu 12/31@ OklahomaL 20-5511000
Sun 12/20vs AlabamaSplash gameL 46-5222210
Sun 12/13vs LSUL 34-3752000
Sat 12/5@ TennesseeSplash gameW 31-19421.5010
Sat 11/28vs KentuckySplash gameW 34-102010.501
Sat 11/21@ VanderbiltSplash gameW 38-17410.5001
Sun 11/15vs ArkansasSplash gameW 63-3531110
Sat 11/7@ GeorgiaSplash gameW 44-2800000
Sat 10/31vs MissouriW 41-17100.5000
Sat 10/10@ Texas A&ML 38-4131100
Sat 10/3vs South CarolinaSplash gameW 38-24831.501.500
Sat 9/26@ Ole MissW 51-35310.5000

Player Story

Zachary Carter story

Zachary Carter built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Tampa, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Zachary Carter's career was his defensive production: 105 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, 17.5 sacks, and 8 passes defended across 42 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Florida. 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 Zachary Carter's production has multiple signals. With 42 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Florida.

The arc is straightforward: Zachary Carter 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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    Florida

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonFlorida414.72.5
2019 PostseasonFlorida16.522.35.512.5
2019 Regular SeasonFlorida16.522.35.50
2020 PostseasonFlorida28.536.310.612
2020 Regular SeasonFlorida28.536.310.60
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida24.530.49.5-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs South Carolina

Week 5 · W 38-24 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 1 · W 35-14

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Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Georgia

Week 10 · W 44-28 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#4

@ South Carolina

Week 8 · W 38-27 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Vanderbilt

Week 12 · W 38-17 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Florida

28.5 primary output · 36.3 efficiency · 10.6 usage

71.9

#2

2020 Regular Season · Florida

71.9

28.5 primary · 36.3 efficiency · 10.6 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Florida

64.2

24.5 primary · 30.4 efficiency · 9.5 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

19

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games