Zaydrius Rainey-Sale
Washington Huskies
88
Great

Zaydrius Rainey-Sale

Washington HuskiesAverage
WLBDefenseGreat
Projected Starter

Is Zaydrius Rainey-Sale starting?

Zaydrius Rainey-Sale is the projected starter at WLB for Washington Huskies.

Sophomore · #23 · 6'2", 240 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Washington Huskies

  1. 12388Zaydrius Rainey-SaleStarter
  2. 22574Donovan Robinson Jr.

Washington Starting Lineup

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Up next for Washington

Washington plays Penn State at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Bethel, ranked #100 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 21 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 88 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #100 NatlTeam Share3%
Tacoma, WA
Jersey
#23
Class
SO
Height
6'2"
Weight
240 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20252111

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9500
National Rank
#100
High School
Bethel
Hometown
Spanaway, WA

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 67th-percentile production (×0.94 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 88.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 67% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 for role

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

Nov 1WNEBTKL 10
TKL
10
SOLO
6
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 17-10

Oct 17WPURTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 38-26

Oct 10LIOWATKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 41-24

Oct 3LUSCTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 25-21

Sep 27LMINNTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
7
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-24

Sep 19WEWUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 48-16

Sep 12WUSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 16-14

Sep 6WWSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-10

Zaydrius Rainey-Sale's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

The People's Ratings

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Team Role

21 tkl · 1 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement38%
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