Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Penn State
Zane Durant
DT • 6'1" • 294 lbs • Lake Nona, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zane Durant shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
95
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
66
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
92
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Zane Durant built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Lake Nona, FL wearing No. 28, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Zane Durant's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 41
- Overall
- No. 181
- NFL Team
- Buffalo Bills
Zane Durant, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Penn State. Zane Durant shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 89
- TFL
- 21
- Sacks
- 10
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Zane Durant quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · DT
- Career Tackles
- 89
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Penn State
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Lake Nona · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Lake Nona · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 5 · Pick 41 · Buffalo Bills
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DT 64th (top 28%) · Big Ten 208th (top 27%) · National 1,742nd (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 14.9 |
| 2023 Postseason | Penn State | 9 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 27.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Penn State | 9 | 16 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 27.8 |
| 2024 Postseason | Penn State | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 57.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Penn State | 15 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Penn State | 8 | 25 | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 57.4 |
Related Context
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Zane Durant played DT for Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zane Durant recorded 89 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Penn State paired 18 primary output with 23.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 28.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
28.6
Usage
8.1
Consistency
64
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 1.5. Villanova: 1. Oregon: 0. UCLA: 2. Northwestern: 2. Ohio State: 0. Indiana: 3. Nebraska: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 1 by 19.2. Villanova: 1 by 14.2. Oregon: 4 by 16.7. UCLA: 4 by 36.7. Northwestern: 8 by 53.3. Ohio State: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 3 by 42.5. Nebraska: 2 by 38.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.8 · Games = 3 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
53.3 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/23 | vs NebraskaSplash game | W 37-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs IndianaSplash game | L 24-27 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Ohio State | L 14-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs NorthwesternSplash game | L 21-22 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ UCLASplash game | L 37-42 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Oregon | L 24-30 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Villanova | W 52-6 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Nevada | W 46-11 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Zane Durant story
Zane Durant built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Lake Nona, FL wearing No. 28, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Zane Durant's career was his defensive production: 89 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 1 interception across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Zane Durant's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Penn State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202220232023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 2 | 13.6 | 2.9 | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Penn State | 8.5 | 17.3 | 4.2 | 6.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Penn State | 8.5 | 17.3 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Penn State | 18 | 23.7 | 6.5 | 9.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Penn State | 18 | 23.7 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Penn State | 12.5 | 28.6 | 8.1 | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northwestern
Week 5 · W 41-13 · Conference game
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 1 Indiana
Week 11 · L 24-27 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Illinois
Week 5 · W 21-7 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
77 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 77 takeover score.
#4
@ Minnesota
Week 13 · W 26-25 · Conference game
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.
#5
@ West Virginia
Week 1 · W 34-12
2.5
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Penn State
18 primary output · 23.7 efficiency · 6.5 usage
57.7
#2
2024 Regular Season · Penn State
57.7
18 primary · 23.7 efficiency · 6.5 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Penn State
57.4
12.5 primary · 28.6 efficiency · 8.1 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
13
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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