Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Iowa State
Zach Petersen
DE • 6'5" • 275 lbs • Long Grove, IA, USA
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Zach Petersen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
89
Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Player Story
Zach Petersen built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive end from Long Grove, IA wearing No. 55, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Zach Petersen's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Iowa State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Zach Petersen, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Iowa State. Zach Petersen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.8 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Zach Petersen quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 107
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Iowa State
- Top game
- Iowa
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · North Scott · Iowa State
- High school pipeline
- North Scott · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 43 tackles · DE 37th (top 14%) · Big 12 63rd (top 14%) · National 844th (top 15%)
Zach Petersen played DE for Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zach Petersen recorded 107 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Iowa State.
Recognition
Honors
- 20212021 All-Big 12 · official_conference_selectionhonorable mention
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