Usage / Role
59%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Maryland
Zahir Mathis
DL • 6'6" • 222 lbs • Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zahir Mathis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
92
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Zahir Mathis built his college career in 2025 as a defensive lineman from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 9, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Zahir Mathis' career was his defensive production: 35...
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- Committed To
- Maryland
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Zahir Mathis, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Maryland. Zahir Mathis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 35
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Zahir Mathis quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · DL
- Career Tackles
- 35
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Maryland
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Imhotep Institute · Maryland
- High school pipeline
- Imhotep Institute · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 35 tackles · DL 97th (top 9%) · Big Ten 137th (top 18%) · National 1,140th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Maryland | 9 | 35 | 8.5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 78.2 |
Related Context
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Zahir Mathis played DL for Maryland. Across 1 tracked season, Zahir Mathis recorded 35 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Maryland paired 18.5 primary output with 36.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 36.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
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 · Maryland
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
2.1
Efficiency
36.8
Usage
13.7
Consistency
76.2
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida Atlantic: 2. Northern Illinois: 2.5. Towson: 2. Wisconsin: 1. Washington: 3. Nebraska: 3. Rutgers: 0. Illinois: 3. Michigan: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 24.2. Northern Illinois: 4 by 41.7. Towson: 3 by 32.5. Wisconsin: 7 by 39.2. Washington: 4 by 46.7. Nebraska: 4 by 46.7. Rutgers: 5 by 20.8. Illinois: 2 by 38.3. Michigan: 5 by 40.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.9 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses2.2 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Nebraska
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | vs MichiganSplash game | L 20-45 | 5 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ IllinoisSplash game | L 6-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Rutgers | L 20-35 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs NebraskaSplash game | L 31-34 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs WashingtonSplash game | L 20-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Wisconsin | W 27-10 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs TowsonSplash game | W 44-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/5 | vs Northern IllinoisSplash game | W 20-9 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Florida AtlanticSplash game | W 39-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Zahir Mathis story
Zahir Mathis built his college career in 2025 as a defensive lineman from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 9, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Zahir Mathis' career was his defensive production: 35 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 9 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Maryland. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Zahir Mathis' production has multiple signals. With 9 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Maryland.
The arc is straightforward: Zahir Mathis moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Maryland
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Maryland | 18.5 | 36.8 | 13.7 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 46 Nebraska
Week 7 · L 31-34 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 13 Washington
Week 6 · L 20-24 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 24 Illinois
Week 12 · L 6-24 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 128 Northern Illinois
Week 2 · W 20-9
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 25 Michigan
Week 13 · L 20-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Maryland
18.5 primary output · 36.8 efficiency · 13.7 usage
78.2
Milestones
6
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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