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
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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.
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%)
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.
Recognition
Honors
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
- 20232023 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
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