Zach Cunningham

ILB · HOU/TEN/PHI/DEN/DET · 2017–2025

Born December 2, 1994 · College Vanderbilt · Drafted 2017, round 2, pick 57 (HOU) · 6-3, 230 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2017	HOU	16	89	1.5	2	5	0	6	1
2018	HOU	14	107	0.0	2	3	1	5	2
2018 playoffs	HOU	1	8	0.0	1	0	0	1	0
2019	HOU	16	142	2.0	3	7	0	2	0
2019 playoffs	HOU	2	16	0.0	1	2	0	2	0
2020	HOU	16	164	3.0	4	7	0	2	1
2021	HOU	14	93	0.0	1	7	0	3	1
2021 playoffs	TEN	1	10	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
2022	TEN	5	24	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2023	PHI	13	85	0.0	1	2	0	4	0
2023 playoffs	PHI	1	9	0.0	0	0	0	2	0
2024	DEN	2	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2025	DET	3	7	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Career	DET	99	715	6.5	13	32	1	23	5

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2017	HOU	16	–	–	796	79.4
2018	HOU	14	–	–	743	81.0
2018 playoffs	HOU	1	–	–	61	91.0
2019	HOU	16	1	1.6	932	87.9
2019 playoffs	HOU	2	1	1.2	140	100.0
2020	HOU	16	1	1.6	920	84.9
2021	HOU/TEN	14	–	–	632	70.9
2021 playoffs	TEN	1	–	–	43	68.3
2022	TEN	6	–	–	203	49.6
2023	PHI	13	–	–	710	79.5
2023 playoffs	PHI	1	–	–	70	100.0
2024	DEN	3	–	–	15	8.9
2025	DET	3	–	–	14	7.4

Game logs

2025 game log (3 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
2	2025-09-14	vs CHI	W 52–21	4
3	2025-09-22	@ BAL	W 38–30	2
7	2025-10-20	vs TB	W 24–9	1

2024 game log (2 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
11	2024-11-17	vs ATL	W 38–6	3	0.0	0	0
18	2025-01-05	vs KC	W 38–0	1	0.0	0	0

2023 game log (14 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2023-09-10	@ NE	W 25–20	4	0
2	2023-09-14	vs MIN	W 34–28	8	0
3	2023-09-25	@ TB	W 25–11	4	0
4	2023-10-01	vs WAS	W 34–31 OT	13	0
5	2023-10-08	@ LA	W 23–14	4	0
6	2023-10-15	@ NYJ	L 14–20	4	0
7	2023-10-22	vs MIA	W 31–17	2	0
8	2023-10-29	@ WAS	W 38–31	5	2
9	2023-11-05	vs DAL	W 28–23	10	1
11	2023-11-20	@ KC	W 21–17	7	1
12	2023-11-26	vs BUF	W 37–34 OT	10	0
14	2023-12-10	@ DAL	L 13–33	9	0
18	2024-01-07	@ NYG	L 10–27	5	0
P19	2024-01-15	@ TB	L 9–32	9	2

2022 game log (5 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2022-09-11	vs NYG	L 20–21	7	0
2	2022-09-19	@ BUF	L 7–41	5	1
3	2022-09-25	vs LV	W 24–22	4	0
8	2022-10-30	@ HOU	W 17–10	4	0
9	2022-11-06	@ KC	L 17–20 OT	4	0

2021 game log (15 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2021-09-12	vs JAX	W 37–21	7	1
2	2021-09-19	@ CLE	L 21–31	7	0
3	2021-09-23	vs CAR	L 9–24	14	0
5	2021-10-10	vs NE	L 22–25	3	1
6	2021-10-17	@ IND	L 3–31	4	0
7	2021-10-24	@ ARI	L 5–31	1	0
8	2021-10-31	vs LA	L 22–38	4	0
9	2021-11-07	@ MIA	L 9–17	8	0
11	2021-11-21	@ TEN	W 22–13	11	1
12	2021-11-28	vs NYJ	L 14–21	8	0
15	2021-12-19	@ PIT	L 13–19	6	0
16	2021-12-23	vs SF	W 20–17	4	0
17	2022-01-02	vs MIA	W 34–3	6	0
18	2022-01-09	@ HOU	W 28–25	10	0
P20	2022-01-22	vs CIN	L 16–19	10	0

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2020-09-10	@ KC	L 20–34	7	0.0	0
2	2020-09-20	vs BAL	L 16–33	15	1.0	0
3	2020-09-27	@ PIT	L 21–28	11	0.0	0
4	2020-10-04	vs MIN	L 23–31	10	0.0	0
5	2020-10-11	vs JAX	W 30–14	10	1.0	0
6	2020-10-18	@ TEN	L 36–42 OT	7	0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	vs GB	L 20–35	11	0.0	0
9	2020-11-08	@ JAX	W 27–25	7	1.0	1
10	2020-11-15	@ CLE	L 7–10	14	0.0	0
11	2020-11-22	vs NE	W 27–20	9	0.0	0
12	2020-11-26	@ DET	W 41–25	9	0.0	0
13	2020-12-06	vs IND	L 20–26	9	0.0	0
14	2020-12-13	@ CHI	L 7–36	8	0.0	1
15	2020-12-20	@ IND	L 20–27	10	0.0	0
16	2020-12-27	vs CIN	L 31–37	14	0.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs TEN	L 38–41	13	0.0	0

2019 game log (18 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2019-09-09	@ NO	L 28–30	5	0.0	0
2	2019-09-15	vs JAX	W 13–12	11	1.0	0
3	2019-09-22	@ LAC	W 27–20	5	0.0	0
4	2019-09-29	vs CAR	L 10–16	14	0.0	0
5	2019-10-06	vs ATL	W 53–32	6	0.0	0
6	2019-10-13	@ KC	W 31–24	5	0.0	0
7	2019-10-20	@ IND	L 23–30	7	0.0	0
8	2019-10-27	vs LV	W 27–24	7	0.0	1
9	2019-11-03	@ JAX	W 26–3	8	0.0	0
11	2019-11-17	@ BAL	L 7–41	11	0.0	0
12	2019-11-21	vs IND	W 20–17	16	0.0	0
13	2019-12-01	vs NE	W 28–22	7	0.5	0
14	2019-12-08	vs DEN	L 24–38	17	0.0	0
15	2019-12-15	@ TEN	W 24–21	14	0.5	0
16	2019-12-21	@ TB	W 23–20	6	0.0	1
17	2019-12-29	vs TEN	L 14–35	3	0.0	0
P18	2020-01-04	vs BUF	W 22–19 OT	9	0.0	1
P19	2020-01-12	@ KC	L 31–51	7	0.0	1

2018 game log (15 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2018-09-09	@ NE	L 20–27	7	0	1
2	2018-09-16	@ TEN	L 17–20	8	0	0
3	2018-09-23	vs NYG	L 22–27	6	0	0
4	2018-09-30	@ IND	W 37–34 OT	7	0	2
5	2018-10-07	vs DAL	W 19–16 OT	10	0	0
6	2018-10-14	vs BUF	W 20–13	13	0	0
7	2018-10-21	@ JAX	W 20–7	10	0	0
8	2018-10-25	vs MIA	W 42–23	2	0	0
12	2018-11-26	vs TEN	W 34–17	7	0	0
13	2018-12-02	vs CLE	W 29–13	2	1	2
14	2018-12-09	vs IND	L 21–24	10	0	0
15	2018-12-15	@ NYJ	W 29–22	7	0	0
16	2018-12-23	@ PHI	L 30–32	12	0	0
17	2018-12-30	vs JAX	W 20–3	6	0	0
P18	2019-01-05	vs IND	L 7–21	8	0	1

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2017-09-10	vs JAX	L 7–29	5	0.0	1
2	2017-09-14	@ CIN	W 13–9	6	0.0	0
3	2017-09-24	@ NE	L 33–36	7	0.0	0
4	2017-10-01	vs TEN	W 57–14	3	0.0	0
5	2017-10-08	vs KC	L 34–42	8	0.0	0
6	2017-10-15	vs CLE	W 33–17	1	0.0	1
8	2017-10-29	@ SEA	L 38–41	1	0.0	0
9	2017-11-05	vs IND	L 14–20	6	0.0	0
10	2017-11-12	@ LA	L 7–33	2	0.0	0
11	2017-11-19	vs ARI	W 31–21	5	0.0	0
12	2017-11-27	@ BAL	L 16–23	4	0.0	0
13	2017-12-03	@ TEN	L 13–24	4	1.0	0
14	2017-12-10	vs SF	L 16–26	9	0.5	1
15	2017-12-17	@ JAX	L 7–45	6	0.0	0
16	2017-12-25	vs PIT	L 6–34	10	0.0	3
17	2017-12-31	@ IND	L 13–22	12	0.0	0