Zahmir Dawud
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
54
Depth

Zahmir Dawud

Rutgers Scarlet KnightsRebuilding
RESDefenseDepthTRANSFER · Villanova
3rd String

Is Zahmir Dawud starting?

Zahmir Dawud is listed 3rd string at RES for Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

Redshirt junior · #12 · 5'11", 185 lbs

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Depth at RES · Rutgers Scarlet Knights

  1. 11274Dylan LonerganStarter
  2. 2754Kevin Levy
  3. 31254Zahmir DawudYou
  4. 4154Kaj Sanders
  5. 55640Tyler Needham

Rutgers Starting Lineup

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Up next for Rutgers

Rutgers plays Wisconsin away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of North Brunswick Township, ranked #1,403 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 5 tackles, 2 INT, 1 PBU. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 54 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,403 NatlTeam Share2%
North Brunswick, NJ
Jersey
#12
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
185 lbs
Transfer
Villanova

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—521

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8500
National Rank
#1403
High School
North Brunswick Township
Hometown
North Brunswick, NJ

Why this rating?

On a 67-rated defense; 56th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.60 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 54. Capped to the teammate ahead of them on the depth chart.

Team defense (SP+)
67
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 56% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 49% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 for role; −12 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 4LIUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 47-15

Sep 25WHOWTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 58-7

Zahmir Dawud's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

5 tkl · 1 PD · 2 INT
Usage / Involvement22%
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