Zac Dawe: DL · BYU · #99.
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Zac Dawe
Wins the gap play after play. Three seasons in the BYU defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Houston — Week 7, 2020.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-3@ Navy | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-7vs Troy | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20vs UTSA | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-26@ Houston | 8 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 52-14vs Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-10vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 51-17@ No. 21 Boise State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 66-14vs North Alabama | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-22@ No. 14 Coastal Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 28-14vs San Diego State | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 16 | 6.0 | 2.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%7 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
5%2 hurries43 tackles · 7 for loss · 2 sacks.
3 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 25-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
47.6%
371 pass / 408 run
Plays / game
70.8
11 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
43 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at BYU, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kalani Sitake.
