CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Game: 2023: Posted three tackles for loss at Northwestern (9/30), Penn State’s first defensive tackle to record three or more tackles for loss against a Big Ten opponent since Curtis Cothran against Wisconsin in 2016...Became PSU’s first defensive tackle to register three or more tackles for loss in a game since Tyrell Chavis against Akron in 2017.
2023 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Appeared in all 13 games, making 11 starts...Finished with 17 tackles (12 solo) to go along with 5.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, a fumble recovery and a quarterback hurry...Named the coaching staff's Defensive Player of the Game (Northwestern, 9/30).
Awards: Earned All-Big Ten honorable mention laurels from the media.
West Virginia (9/2): Made first career start...Recorded two tackles. Delaware (9/9): Made a career-high four tackles (2 solo)...Posted a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss. at Illinois (9/16): Recorded a solo stop. at Northwestern (9/30): Secured a career-high three tackles for loss to go along with a sack...Matched his career best in tackles with four...Solo sack came in the fourth quarter. at Ohio State (10/21): Posted two solo stops, including a tackle for loss in the fourth quarter. Indiana (10/28): Made two tackles. at Maryland (11/4): Recovered a fumble in the first quarter, the first of his career. Michigan (11/11): Assisted on a tackle. vs. Ole Miss (12/30): Made a solo stop.
2022 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in all 13 games...Made five tackles and one sack.
at Purdue (9/1): Assisted on a tackle. Maryland (11/12): Recorded three total tackles...Tallied his first career sack. at Rutgers (11/19): Assisted on one tackle.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letterman for head coach Anthony Paradiso at Lake Nona High School...Two-time team captain...Ranked No. 6 in the 2021 Orlando Sentinel Super 60 rankings...Earned Florida 8A second-team All-Conference honors in 2020...Named the 2020 Team MVP...Earned Lake Nona’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2019 and 2020...Was a 2019 Pro Bowl all-star participant, placing first in the offensive and defensive line gauntlet...Finished 2021 with 66 tackles, 15 sacks, 28 tackles for loss, 38 QB hurries, four forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, four rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown...Holds the single-season sack record in 2021, while also owning the career sack and tackle record at Lake Nona...As a junior, posted 40 tackles (24 solo), 15.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and two recoveries (one returned for a 55-yard touchdown)...Recorded 28 tackles (17 solo) during his sophomore season to go along with 7.5 tackles for loss and one sack...Tallied 35 stops (19 solo) as a freshman with six tackles for loss, two sacks, eight hurries and a fumble recovery...Rated a four-star prospect by 247Sports, On3, Rivals and ESPN...Ranked as the No. 296 overall recruit, No. 38 defensive lineman and No. 36 prospect in Florida by 247Sports...Graded the No. 303 player overall, No. 38 defensive lineman and No. 36 player in Florida by On3...Rated the No. 22 defensive tackle and No. 40 player in Florida by Rivals...Tabbed the No. 271 overall recruit, No. 21 defensive tackle, No. 112 player in the region and No. 36 player in Florida by ESPN...Also lettered in track and field, throwing shot put, and weightlifting...Owns the school record for the shot put...Placed eighth in the state in the shot put in 2020.
PERSONAL
Full name is Zane Marquis Alexander Durant....Son of Rojina and Marcus Durant...Has three sisters, Arielle, Gabrielle and Danielle...Father, Marcus, played football at Florida A&M University (1990-95)...Sister, Arielle, played basketball at FIU (2010-14)...Sister, Gabrielle, ran track and field at UCF (2014-19)...Enjoys fishing and gaming in his free time...Has participated in a variety of civic opportunities with the Gamma Phi Delta Sorority to support the needs of families in the Orlando area...Also has volunteered with the Lake Nona Junior Lions football program...Plans on majoring in human development and family studies at Penn State...Would like to pursue a career as a dietitian who specializes in food and nutritional services for athletes.