Zach Rowell
Zach Rowell
Wins his gap play after play. Zach Rowell has been at Stanford through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 3 tackles, 0.5 sacks against California — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Troy Taylor → Frank Reich. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tavita Pritchard
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 20–13
vs Florida State
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Stanford
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Stanford
Returning around him
- 2 Stanford players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -6 net (6 in / 12 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Stanford · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #46 · 2026 recruiting class #37
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jacob Sykes’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Quin Williams's junior season at Georgia Southern (2022).
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