Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Wake Forest
Zach Ranson
LB • 6'2" • 233 lbs • Snellville, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zach Ranson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Wake Forest
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Wake Forest
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
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- Committed To
- Syracuse
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Zach Ranson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Wake Forest. Zach Ranson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 17
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Zach Ranson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wake Forest · LB
- Career Tackles
- 17
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Wake Forest
- Top game
- Syracuse
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · DeSoto · Syracuse
- High school pipeline
- DeSoto · 90 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 34 · Junior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · LB 1,225th (top 100%) · ACC 621st (top 100%) · National 5,981st (top 100%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Wake Forest | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 5 | 9 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 32.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
Related Context
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Zach Ranson played LB for Wake Forest. Across 5 tracked seasons, Zach Ranson recorded 17 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Wake Forest.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Wake Forest paired 0 primary output with 7.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Elon
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.7
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Elon
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Elon
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Elon
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8/31 | vs Elon | W 37-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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Wake Forest
2019-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201920192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Wake Forest | 0 | 7.3 | 1.3 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 1 | 9.5 | 1.8 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Wake Forest | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Syracuse
Week 12 · W 45-35 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
53 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53 takeover score.
#2
vs Army
Week 6 · W 45-10
0
Havoc Plays
11.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Elon
Week 4 · W 49-7
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Havoc Plays
10.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Michigan State
Week 1 · L 21-27 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
6.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Duke
Week 13 · W 39-27 · 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.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Wake Forest
0 primary output · 7.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage
39.3
#2
2019 Regular Season · Wake Forest
39.3
0 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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