Linebacker, Vanderbilt, 2013–16
Zach Cunningham
- Number
- No. 41
- Height
- 6′4″
- Hometown
- Pinson, AL
- Born
- Dec 12, 1994, in Pinson, Alabama
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Zach Cunningham played linebacker at Vanderbilt (2013–16). He was a consensus All‑American in 2016. The Houston Texans took Cunningham in round 2, No. 57 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
19tackles, career highat Georgia, 2016Honors
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 125 | 71 | 16.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 of 12 | 38 | 14 | 52 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Vanderbilt | 41 | ILB | |
| 2014 | Vanderbilt | 41 | ILB | |
| 2015 | Vanderbilt | 41 | ILB | |
| 2016 | Vanderbilt | 41 | ILB | 6′4″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2016 Vanderbilt 13 games, 125 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. South Carolina | L 10–13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 47–24 | 10 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Georgia Tech | L 7–38 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Western Kentucky | W 31–30 | 9 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Florida | L 6–13 | 14 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | at Kentucky | L 13–20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | at Georgia | W 17–16 | 19 | 6 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 22 | vs. Tennessee State | W 35–17 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at Auburn | L 16–23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Missouri | L 17–26 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Ole Miss | W 38–17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | vs. Tennessee | W 45–34 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. NC State | L 17–41 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3½″ |
| Weight | 234 lb |
| Arm length | 34⅜″ |
| Hand size | 9¼″ |
| Wingspan | 82⅜″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.67 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.58 sW |
| Vertical jump | 35″ |
| Broad jump | 10′5″ |
| Bench press | 15 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.03 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.29 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 100 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Houston Texans | 16 | 83 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2018 | Houston Texans | 14 | 101 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Houston Texans | 16 | 128 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | Houston Texans | 16 | 151 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | Tennessee Titans | 14 | 86 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Tennessee Titans | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Eagles | 13 | 81 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Denver Broncos | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Detroit Lions | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 100 | 660 | 6.5 | 1 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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