Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016SMU
Zelt Minor
DE • 6'2" • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zelt Minor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for an edge defender
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Reliability
42
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Zelt Minor built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive end from Houston, TX wearing No. 92, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Zelt Minor's career was his defensive production: 31...
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- Committed To
- SMU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Zelt Minor, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · SMU. Zelt Minor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 31
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Zelt Minor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · DE
- Career Tackles
- 31
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lamar · SMU
- High school pipeline
- Lamar · 39 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 92 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · DE 96th (top 27%) · American Athletic 134th (top 26%) · National 1,398th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | SMU | 11 | 31 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54.5 |
Related Context
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Zelt Minor played DE for SMU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zelt Minor recorded 31 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
SMU paired 8.5 primary output with 19.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · SMU
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
19.5
Usage
5.7
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Tulsa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Baylor: 0. Liberty: 1. TCU: 1. Temple: 1.5. Tulsa: 3. Houston: 0. Tulane: 0. Memphis: 0. East Carolina: 1. South Florida: 1. Navy: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Baylor: 2 by 8.3. Liberty: 6 by 35. TCU: 2 by 18.3. Temple: 3 by 27.5. Tulsa: 7 by 59.2. Houston: 3 by 12.5. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 1 by 4.2. East Carolina: 2 by 18.3. South Florida: 1 by 14.2. Navy: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tulsa
Best efficiency game
59.2 vs Tulsa
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Navy | L 31-75 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | vs South Florida | L 27-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ East Carolina | W 55-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Memphis | L 7-51 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Tulane | W 35-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Houston | W 38-16 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ TulsaSplash game | L 40-43 | 7 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Temple | L 20-45 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs TCU | L 3-33 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Liberty | W 29-14 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Baylor | L 13-40 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Zelt Minor story
Zelt Minor built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive end from Houston, TX wearing No. 92, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Zelt Minor's career was his defensive production: 31 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Zelt Minor's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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SMU
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | SMU | 8.5 | 19.5 | 5.7 | 8.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tulsa
Week 6 · L 40-43 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Temple
Week 5 · L 20-45 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
56.4 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.
#3
vs TCU
Week 4 · L 3-33
1
Havoc Plays
38.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.6 takeover score.
#4
vs South Florida
Week 12 · L 27-35 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Liberty
Week 3 · W 29-14
1
Havoc Plays
35.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · SMU
8.5 primary output · 19.5 efficiency · 5.7 usage
54.5
#2
2013 Regular Season · SMU
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · SMU
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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