Player Dossier

2019-2024

Tulsa

Zach Marcheselli

LB • 6'2" • 227 lbs • Broken Arrow, OK, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Zach Marcheselli shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

52%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

70

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

64

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Tulsa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
TCU • Tulsa
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Florida

Player Story

Zach Marcheselli built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Broken Arrow, OK wearing No. 21, spending time with TCU and Tulsa. The clearest part of Zach Marcheselli's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8633

Broken Arrow · Broken Arrow, OK

Committed To
TCU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Zach Marcheselli, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Tulsa. Zach Marcheselli shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
67
TFL
10
Sacks
1

Quick Answers

Zach Marcheselli quick answers

Latest team and position
Tulsa · LB
Career Tackles
67
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Tulsa
Top game
South Florida
Recruit profile
3-star · Broken Arrow · TCU
High school pipeline
Broken Arrow · 30 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
47 tackles · LB 315th (top 26%) · American Athletic 68th (top 11%) · National 713th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonTCU00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonTCU00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonTCU45-0--038.3
2022 Regular SeasonTCU68-0--038.2
2023 Regular SeasonTCU570.50--014.8
2024 Regular SeasonTulsa11479.51--061.4

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024TCU to TulsaP4 to G5/FCS77.7Dec 18, 2023

Zach Marcheselli played LB for TCU and Tulsa. Across 6 tracked seasons, Zach Marcheselli recorded 67 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Tulsa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Tulsa paired 10.5 primary output with 27.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 27.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across TCU, Tulsa.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Florida

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2024 Regular Season · Tulsa

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

27.3

Usage

7.9

Consistency

52

Best Game by takeover score

South Florida

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northwestern State: 2.5. Arkansas State: 1. Oklahoma State: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0.5. North Texas: 0. Army: 0. Temple: 0.5. UTSA: 1. East Carolina: 0. South Florida: 3. Florida Atlantic: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northwestern State: 5 by 45.8. Arkansas State: 3 by 22.5. Oklahoma State: 6 by 35. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 17.5. North Texas: 3 by 12.5. Army: 2 by 8.3. Temple: 6 by 30. UTSA: 7 by 39.2. East Carolina: 3 by 12.5. South Florida: 6 by 55. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 8 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Florida

Best efficiency game

55 vs South Florida

Result
Sat 11/30vs Florida AtlanticL 16-6331100
Sat 11/23@ South FloridaSplash gameL 30-6365210
Fri 11/15vs East CarolinaL 31-3831000
Sat 10/26vs UTSAW 46-4573100
Sat 10/19@ TempleL 10-20630.5000
Sat 10/5vs ArmyL 7-4922000
Sat 9/28@ North TexasL 20-5232000
Sat 9/21@ Louisiana TechW 23-20300.5000
Sat 9/14vs Oklahoma StateL 10-4561100
Sat 9/7@ Arkansas StateL 24-2830100
Fri 8/30vs Northwestern StateSplash gameW 62-28522.5000

Player Story

Zach Marcheselli story

Zach Marcheselli built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Broken Arrow, OK wearing No. 21, spending time with TCU and Tulsa. The clearest part of Zach Marcheselli's career was his defensive production: 67 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 26 career games in the available record. His career also includes 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Zach Marcheselli's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    TCU

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Tulsa

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonTCU0
2020 Regular SeasonTCU00
2021 Regular SeasonTCU05.21.20
2022 Regular SeasonTCU05.61.10
2023 Regular SeasonTCU1.58.82.71.5
2024 Regular SeasonTulsa10.527.37.99

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ South Florida

Week 13 · L 30-63 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

85 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#2

vs Northwestern State

Week 1 · W 62-28

2.5

Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Oklahoma State

Week 3 · L 10-45

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Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Houston

Week 3 · W 36-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#5

vs UTSA

Week 9 · W 46-45 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

46.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Tulsa

10.5 primary output · 27.3 efficiency · 7.9 usage

61.4

#2

2021 Regular Season · TCU

38.3

0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 1.2 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · TCU

38.2

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games