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Zechariah Rodriguez-Brown

Senior cornerback for New Mexico State. 2025: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 17 tackles.

CB · New Mexico State · Sr. · #21

5′11″ · 185 lb · La Puente, CA

CFB Index 56 · #152 of 364 cornersLow confidence

How he plays

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

Passes defended: 94th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

Best game: 1 INT, 1 PBU, 3 tackles, at Liberty

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior cornerback for New Mexico State. 2025: 1 interception, 6 pass breakups, 17 tackles.

The full story, with sources

Zechariah Rodriguez-Brown

CB · New Mexico State · Sr · #21

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Second year in the New Mexico State secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Western Kentucky — Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	New Mexico State	17	9	2.5	6	1	--
2024	New Mexico State	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		18	10	2.5	6	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 19-3vs Bryant	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 21-14vs Tulsa	0	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 14-49@ Louisiana Tech	1	0	0.5	—	0
Wk 6	W 37-10vs Sam Houston	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 27-30@ Liberty	3	2	0.0	1	1	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 9	L 17-24vs Missouri State	2	2	1.0	—	2
Wk 10	L 16-35@ Western Kentucky	3	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-24vs Kennesaw State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 9-42@ Tennessee	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 34-31@ UTEP	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 24-31vs Middle Tennessee	2	1	0.0	—	0
Total		17	9	2.5	1	6

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 19–3

vs Bryant

1 tackles · 1 pass breakups

With M. Dean — 46.1 yards per punt · 7 punts · 4 inside the 20 · L. Fife — 227 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 6.6 · 1 rush yds (7 car)

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Tony Sanchez — 7-17 over that span.

2024New Mexico State3-9HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-heavy

2025New Mexico State4-8HC: Tony Sanchez · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #152 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#144 / 2975 · 94th pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Solo tackles#2127 / 2975 · 26th pct

Tackles#2235 / 2975 · 24th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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.

Defensive profile

Defender profile · Production by role

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

17 tkl · 2 TFL · 6 PD · 1 INT

PD rate

35%6 pass breakups

Interceptions

1interceptions

Tackle volume

17tackles this season

17 tackles · 2 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 1 interception.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.7
Road5g	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+7g	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

52.3%

101 pass / 92 run

Plays / game

64.3

3 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

107 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #152 of 364 corners

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #9 of 19 Conference USA CBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Zechariah Rodriguez-Brown

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

2025 snapshot

Defensive profile

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

How he plays

DNA match

Ball Hawk