Usage Score
8.3
Player Dossier
2021-2025Stanford
Zach Buckey
DE • 6'3" • 270 lbs • Bakersfield, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zach Buckey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.
Efficiency
13.7
Consistency
37.1
Season Value
22.1
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Stanford
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- Stanford
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: California
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 Buckey, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Stanford. Zach Buckey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.
Zach Buckey played DE for Stanford. Across 5 tracked seasons, Zach Buckey recorded 26 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Stanford.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Stanford paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Stanford
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
13.7
Usage
8.3
Consistency
37.1
Best Game by takeover score
Notre Dame
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 1. Virginia: 2. Pittsburgh: 0. North Carolina: 0.5. Notre Dame: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 1 by 14.2. Virginia: 3 by 32.5. Pittsburgh: 1 by 4.2. North Carolina: 1 by 9.2. Notre Dame: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Losses0.7 · Games = 5
First Half1 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs First Half
All Games0.7 · Games = 5
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Virginia
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Virginia
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Stanford
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
20212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Stanford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Stanford | 2 | 7 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Stanford | 9.5 | 19.3 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Stanford | 3.5 | 13.7 | 8.3 | -6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
California
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
7.5
Primary metric
7.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.6 takeover score.
#2
Virginia
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.9 takeover score.
#3
Arizona
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.9 takeover score.
#4
Hawai'i
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#5
Hawai'i
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 21.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2022 Regular Season · Stanford
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · 0 usage
33.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · Stanford
30.4
9.5 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 7.1 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Stanford
22.1
3.5 primary · 13.7 efficiency · 8.3 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2026 · Rating 0.845
John Hersey · Arlington Heights, IL
- Committed To
- Central Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
Career Facts
1
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
26
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 19 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.