Zach Hannibal: DB · Louisiana Tech · #2.
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Zach Hannibal
Erases the deep middle of the field. Rated a two-star prospect, with six seasons of snaps at Louisiana Tech since. The first one came in 2020: All-Conference USA. On tape: 4 tackles against Rice, Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Louisiana Tech | 16 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2020 | Louisiana Tech | 25 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Louisiana Tech | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 2018 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 64 | 40 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 34-35@ Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-42vs SE Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 37-39vs SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-17vs North Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34@ No. 23 NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-19@ UTEP | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-32vs Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-35@ Rice | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 16 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 4 · 2021
W 24-17
vs North Texas
2 tackles · 1 pass breakup · 2 solo tackles
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
16tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL16 tackles · 2 pass breakups.
6 seasons under Skip Holtz — 42-33 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Skip Holtz
Pass share
52.0%
411 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
65.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
434 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #201 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons at Louisiana Tech, 64 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Skip Holtz.
