Player Dossier

2022-2025

Iowa State

Zachary Lovett

LB • 6'2" • 250 lbs • Melbourne, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Zachary Lovett shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

16

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

6

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

28

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Missouri • Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Player Story

Zachary Lovett built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Melbourne, FL, spending time with Iowa State and Missouri. The clearest part of Zachary Lovett's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8986

East St. Louis · Belleville, IL

Committed To
Missouri
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Zachary Lovett, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Iowa State. Zachary Lovett shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
26
TFL
4.5
Sacks
3
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Zachary Lovett quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · LB
Career Tackles
26
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Iowa State
Top game
TCU
Recruit profile
4-star · East St. Louis · Missouri
High school pipeline
Downey · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 0 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
5 tackles · LB 949th (top 75%) · Big 12 445th (top 61%) · National 3,740th (top 61%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonMissouri00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State8113.536-063.7
2024 PostseasonIowa State3510--021.1
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State35-0--021.1
2025 Regular SeasonIowa State45-0-108.1

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023Missouri to Iowa StateP4 to P478.4Dec 5, 2022

Zachary Lovett played LB for Missouri and Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zachary Lovett recorded 26 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Iowa State paired 12.5 primary output with 21.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, Iowa State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

7.7

Usage

1

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 0. Arkansas State: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Colorado: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas State: 3 by 12.5. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Colorado

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Arkansas State

Result
Sat 10/11@ ColoradoL 17-2400001
Sat 10/4@ CincinnatiL 30-3810000
Sat 9/13@ Arkansas StateW 24-1631000
Sat 8/30vs South DakotaW 55-710000

Player Story

Zachary Lovett story

Zachary Lovett built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Melbourne, FL, spending time with Iowa State and Missouri. The clearest part of Zachary Lovett's career was his defensive production: 26 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Zachary Lovett'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

    Missouri

    2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Iowa State

    2023-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonMissouri0
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State12.521.47.712.5
2024 PostseasonIowa State117.25.8-11.5
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State117.25.80
2025 Regular SeasonIowa State17.710

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs TCU

Week 6 · W 27-14 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Miami

Week 1 · W 42-41 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Oklahoma

Week 5 · L 20-50 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

63.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Cincinnati

Week 7 · W 30-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

57.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Ohio

Week 3 · L 7-10

2

Havoc Plays

45.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Iowa State

12.5 primary output · 21.4 efficiency · 7.7 usage

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#2

2024 Postseason · Iowa State

21.1

1 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 5.8 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Iowa State

21.1

1 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 5.8 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games