Player Dossier

2018-2024

Western Kentucky

Zach Edwards

DE • 6'2" • 258 lbs • Starkville, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Zach Edwards shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.5

Efficiency

11.4

Consistency

12.5

Season Value

12.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Louisville

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Snapshot

Career Teams
4
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
Oklahoma • Louisville • Troy • Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Zach Edwards, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Louisville. Zach Edwards shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.4 disruption score.

Zach Edwards played DE for Oklahoma, Louisville, Troy, and Western Kentucky. Across 7 tracked seasons, Zach Edwards recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Troy.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Louisville paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma, Louisville, Troy, Western Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

11.4

Usage

3.5

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Unknown: 0. Toledo: 0.5. Boston College: 0. UTEP: 0. Sam Houston: 2. Kennesaw State: 0. New Mexico State: 2

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. Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 2 by 13.3. Boston College: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Sam Houston: 1 by 24.2. Kennesaw State: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico State: 2 by 28.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 5 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.9 vs Wins
First Half0.1 · Games = 4 · -0.9 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 4 · +0.9 vs First Half

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Sam Houston

Best efficiency game

28.3 vs New Mexico State

Result
Sat 11/9@ New Mexico StateW 41-2821002
Wed 10/30vs Kennesaw StateW 31-1411000
Wed 10/16@ Sam HoustonW 31-1411110
Fri 10/11vs UTEPW 44-1711000
Sat 9/28@ Boston CollegeL 20-2110000
Sat 9/21vs ToledoW 26-21210.5000
Sat 9/7vs Unknown10000
Sat 8/31@ AlabamaL 0-6322000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Oklahoma

    2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Louisville

    2019-2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Troy

    2023

    Peak year stop

  4. 4

    Western Kentucky

    2024

    Final stop

Season Progression

20182019202020212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonOklahoma0
2019 Regular SeasonLouisville04.20.50
2020 Regular SeasonLouisville0.59.25.70.5
2021 Regular SeasonLouisville04.20.9-0.5
2022 Regular SeasonLouisville06.31.30
2023 PostseasonTroy411.92.74
2023 Regular SeasonTroy411.92.70
2024 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky4.511.43.50.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Sam Houston

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

#2

Georgia State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.5 takeover score.

#3

New Mexico State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.2 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.3 takeover score.

#5

Louisiana

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 23 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · Louisville

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

35.9

#2

2021 Regular Season · Louisville

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Louisville

34.9

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8824

Deerfield Beach · Deerfield Beach, FL

Committed To
Oklahoma
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

4

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

36

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 23 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.