Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Mississippi State
Zakari Tillman
LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Florence, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zakari Tillman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23 disruption score.
Impact Production
73
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
55
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Player Story
Zakari Tillman built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Florence, MS wearing No. 7, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Zakari Tillman's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Mississippi State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Zakari Tillman, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State. Zakari Tillman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 82
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Zakari Tillman quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 82
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Florence · Mississippi State
- High school pipeline
- Florence · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 47 tackles · LB 311th (top 25%) · SEC 94th (top 13%) · National 707th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 10 | 30 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 65.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 12 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37.6 |
Related Context
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Zakari Tillman played LB for Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Zakari Tillman recorded 82 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Mississippi State paired 11 primary output with 24.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 24.5 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: Ole Miss
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
24.5
Usage
10.7
Consistency
50.3
Best Game by takeover score
Ole Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 0. Florida: 0. Texas: 2. Georgia: 0. Texas A&M: 1. Arkansas: 1. Massachusetts: 1. Tennessee: 0. Missouri: 2. Ole Miss: 4
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. Eastern Kentucky: 6 by 25. Florida: 3 by 12.5. Texas: 2 by 28.3. Georgia: 3 by 12.5. Arkansas: 2 by 18.3. Massachusetts: 5 by 30.8. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 3 by 32.5. Ole Miss: 5 by 60.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 8 · +0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ole Miss
Best efficiency game
60.8 vs Ole Miss
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | @ Ole Miss2+ sacks · Splash game | L 14-26 | 5 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs MissouriSplash game | L 20-39 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | @ Tennessee | L 14-33 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Massachusetts | W 45-20 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Arkansas | L 25-58 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Texas A&M | L 24-34 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Georgia | L 31-41 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ TexasSplash game | L 13-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Florida | L 28-45 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Eastern Kentucky | W 56-7 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Zakari Tillman story
Zakari Tillman built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Florence, MS wearing No. 7, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Zakari Tillman's career was his defensive production: 82 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Zakari Tillman's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Mississippi State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 0 | 6.9 | 1 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 11 | 24.5 | 10.7 | 11 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 8 | 23 | 5.6 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 19 Tennessee
Week 5 · L 34-41 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Ole Miss
Week 14 · L 14-26 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Missouri
Week 13 · L 20-39 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 60 Arizona State
Week 2 · W 24-20
1.5
Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 21 Missouri
Week 12 · L 27-49 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
50.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Mississippi State
11 primary output · 24.5 efficiency · 10.7 usage
65.9
#2
2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State
38.4
0 primary · 6.9 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State
37.6
8 primary · 23 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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