Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Washington
Zaydrius Rainey-Sale
LB • 6'3" • 225 lbs • Tacoma, WA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zaydrius Rainey-Sale shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Washington
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Washington
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oregon
Player Story
Zaydrius Rainey-Sale built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Tacoma, WA wearing No. 23, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Zaydrius Rainey-Sale's career was his defensive production: 21...
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- Committed To
- Washington
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Zaydrius Rainey-Sale, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Washington. Zaydrius Rainey-Sale shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 21
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Zaydrius Rainey-Sale quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Washington · LB
- Career Tackles
- 21
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Washington
- Top game
- Oregon
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Bethel · Washington
- High school pipeline
- Bethel · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · LB 575th (top 46%) · Big Ten 236th (top 31%) · National 2,006th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Washington | 8 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Washington | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 56.3 |
Related Context
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Zaydrius Rainey-Sale played LB for Washington. Across 1 tracked season, Zaydrius Rainey-Sale recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Washington.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Washington paired 7 primary output with 19.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 19.7 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: Oregon
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 Postseason · Washington
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
19.7
Usage
5.7
Consistency
57.8
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boise State: 0. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 0. Illinois: 2. Wisconsin: 1. Purdue: 1. UCLA: 1. Oregon: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Illinois: 1 by 24.2. Wisconsin: 3 by 22.5. Purdue: 6 by 35. UCLA: 2 by 18.3. Oregon: 4 by 36.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0.2 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
Oregon
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Oregon
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/14 | vs Boise State | W 38-10 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs OregonSplash game | L 14-26 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ UCLA | W 48-14 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Purdue | W 49-13 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Wisconsin | L 10-13 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs IllinoisSplash game | W 42-25 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Michigan | L 7-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Rutgers | W 38-19 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Zaydrius Rainey-Sale story
Zaydrius Rainey-Sale built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Tacoma, WA wearing No. 23, spending time with Washington. The clearest part of Zaydrius Rainey-Sale's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Zaydrius Rainey-Sale's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Washington
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Washington | 7 | 19.7 | 5.7 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Washington | 7 | 19.7 | 5.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 4 Oregon
Week 14 · L 14-26 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 90 Purdue
Week 12 · W 49-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 85 Wisconsin
Week 11 · L 10-13 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
46.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 24 Illinois
Week 9 · W 42-25 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
43.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 98 UCLA
Week 13 · W 48-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
43 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Washington
7 primary output · 19.7 efficiency · 5.7 usage
56.3
#2
2025 Regular Season · Washington
56.3
7 primary · 19.7 efficiency · 5.7 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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