Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-3vs Robert Morris | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 24-38@ BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-45@ UCF | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#26
Zae Jennings
Junior safety on Buffalo's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 192 lb · Cincinnati, OH · Winton Woods
In transfer portal — destination TBD (from West Virginia)
Recruiting
3★
ATH recruit
No. 1139 nationally · Signed with West Virginia
Last played in 2025.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior safety on Buffalo's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Virginia in 2024.
Zae Jennings
Two seasons at Buffalo, two different head coaches: Chad Scott and Rich Rodriguez. The receipt: 1 tackles, 1 TFL against UCF — Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20243 games
- Signed with West Virginia3-star out of Winton Woods
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
West Virginia
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
Buffalo
Coaching transition mid-career: Maurice Linguist → Pete Lembo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025West Virginia
DestinationTBD
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024West Virginia6-7HC: Chad Scott · Run-leaning
2025West Virginia4-8HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Pass share
54.9%
113 pass / 93 run
Plays / game
68.7
3 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
117 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Background
Previous School: Transfer from West Virginia where he played in 21 games over two seasons… had six tackles and a tackle for loss… graduate of Winton Woods High School where he was a two-time All-Conference selection… named All-Ohio as a senior… had 25 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, four pass…
The secondary · Buffalo
- #6Miles Greer74 tackles · 2025
- #9Keontez Bradley28 tackles · 2025
- Kobi Blackwell20 tackles · 2025
- #7John Keough14 tackles · 2025
- #26Zae Jennings3 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · Buffalo team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology