2018 Football Roster
Roster
La'Kendrick Van Zandt
- Position:
- S
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 206
- Hometown:
- Henderson, Texas
- High School:
- Henderson High School
CAREER HONORS
- 2020 Honorable-Mention All-Big 12
- 2020 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Player of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2020 Co-Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, vs. Texas
2021 | SENIOR
Played in all 12 games with 10 starts ... placed eighth on TCU with 38 stops ... tied for fifth with 3.5 tackles for loss ... posted a sack, as part of three stops, and a quarterback hurry in the 34-32 win over Cal ... had the third fumble recovery of his career in the Oklahoma State game ... totaled five tackles, all solo, in the 52-31 victory at Texas Tech ... also had five stops against Texas ... recorded three stops, including a tackle for loss, to go with a pass breakup in the 31-28 win over Kansas ... also had TFLs against Oklahoma and West Virginia.
2020 | JUNIOR
Tied for the team lead with three takeaways ... had two interceptions and a fumble recovery ... played in all 10 games with nine starts ... placed sixth on TCU with 43 stops and 5.5 for loss ... had at least one TFL in five contests ... earned Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Player of the Week honors after making a game-saving tackle late in the 33-31 win at No. 9 Texas ... caught Keaontay Ingram from behind at the TCU 17 after a 52-yard reception with the Horned Frogs leading by two and less than four minutes to play ... TCU then forced a turnover two plays later to preserve the victory ... totaled a career-best seven tackles, including one for loss, with an interception in the victory in Austin ... returned a backwards pass 24 yards for a touchdown one week earlier in the season opener against Iowa State ... totaled five tackles, including one for loss, and a pass breakup versus the Cyclones ... had a spectacular sideline interception to go with four tackles in the 33-23 win at Baylor ... recorded his first career sack as part of two tackles for loss and six total stops in the 52-10 win over Louisiana Tech ... broke up two passes to go with three tackles against Kansas State ... totaled five tackles, including one for loss, with a PBU in the 34-18 victory versus Texas Tech.
2019 | SOPHOMORE
Played in seven games with four starts, including at both linebacker and safety ... missed five games due to injury ... started at linebacker against UAPB, Kansas and Iowa State and then at strong safety versus Baylor in his final game of the season ... recorded his first career interception with a 12-yard return against Baylor ... had two pass breakups to go with four tackles in his first career start in the UAPB game ... totaled a career-best five stops, all solo, at Iowa State ... had a tackle for loss in the 51-14 win over Kansas.
2018 | REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
Saw action in 10 games … totaled four stops on the season ... had a tackle for a loss in the opener against Southern ... also had stops versus Ohio State and Texas Tech … his first career fumble recovery came on special teams at West Virginia.
2017 | REDSHIRT
Played in the opener against Jackson State, before suffering a season-ending injury ... received a redshirt for the year.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-star recruit by Scout.com ... ranked by 247Sports.com as the No. 3 athlete in Texas and No. 40 nationally ... also the state's No. 76 overall player ... rushed for 1,582 yards and 22 touchdowns as a senior ... totaled 54 tackles his senior year and 51 stops as a sophomore ... recorded one interception and four pass breakups as a junior ... logged three interceptions, one fumble recovery, nine pass breakups, and one defensive touchdown his sophomore year ... chose TCU over Baylor and Oklahoma State.
