Zach Cunningham stats

Last played for the Detroit Lions, 2025

Linebacker · #52

Age 31 · 6' 3"

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Zach Cunningham played 9 NFL seasons, 2017 to 2025.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
106
TOT
716
SOLO
453
AST
263
SACK
6.5
INT
1
PD
23
FF
5

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2017HOU169048421.5061
2018HOU1410773340.0152
2019HOU1614299432.0020
2020HOU16164106583.0021
2021HOU/TEN149351420.0031
2022TEN6241590.0010
2023PHI138554310.0040
2024DEN74220.0000
2025DET47520.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career Postseason

GP
5
TOT
43
SOLO
28
AST
15
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
5
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
106
TOT
6.8
SOLO
4.3
AST
2.5
SACK
0.1
INT
0.0
PD
0.2
FF
0.0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2017HOU165.63.02.60.10.00.40.1
2018HOU147.65.22.40.00.10.40.1
2019HOU168.96.22.70.10.00.10.0
2020HOU1610.36.63.60.20.00.10.1
2021HOU/TEN146.63.630.00.00.20.1
2022TEN64.02.51.50.00.00.20.0
2023PHI136.54.22.40.00.00.30.0
2024DEN70.60.30.30.00.00.00.0
2025DET41.81.30.50.00.00.00.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Bio

Age
31 yearsDec 2, 1994
Height
6' 3"
Debut
2017
Birthplace
Pinson, AL
Draft
2017Rd 2, Pk 57
College
Vanderbilt

Latest performance

Zach Cunningham

Oct 20 · vs TB · W 24-9

TOT
1
SOLO
1
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2025

58% of his club's special-teams snaps a game (64 in 4 games); 62% in week 7.

His special-teams snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %
1GB1354%
2CHI1959%
3BAL1757%
7TB1562%

NFL snap counts, every player

2017 NFL combine

OLB, 6'3", 234 lb · Vanderbilt

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.67s52nd
Vertical jump35"59th
Broad jump10' 5"87th
Bench press (225 lb)15 reps3rd
3-cone drill7.03s67th
20-yard shuttle4.29s52nd

Percentile: the share of OLBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2017 combine

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Mon, Oct 20vsTBW 24-91100
Mon, Sep 22atBALW 38-302200
Sun, Sep 14vsCHIW 52-214200
Sun, Sep 07atGBL 27-130000
Sun, Jan 12atBUFL 31-70000
Sun, Jan 05vsKCW 38-01100

What were Zach Cunningham's career stats?

Zach Cunningham played 9 seasons for the Texans, the Titans, the Eagles, the Broncos and the Lions. He recorded 716 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 1 interception. His best season was 2020: 164 tackles and 3.0 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

9 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2017 to 2025

Zach Cunningham led the NFL in tackles (2020); finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

All-time career rank

  • 185th in tackles (716)

Among the 9,779 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

Zach Cunningham college stats

Zach Cunningham played 3 seasons at Vanderbilt Commodores (2014 to 2016): 294 tackles, 6 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Zach Cunningham's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2014Vanderbilt Commodores67373001.51000
2015Vanderbilt Commodores102703204.53000
2016Vanderbilt Commodores1257154302000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

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Playoff games

Zach Cunningham played 6 games across 5 NFL postseasons — 1 won, 5 lost.

Zach Cunningham's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2024BUFL 31-700.00
2023TBL 32-990.00
2021CINL 19-16100.00
2019BUFW 22-19 OT90.00
2019KCL 51-3170.00
2018INDL 21-780.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.