Zach Nemechek

Height:
6-3
Weight:
249
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Quinter

CAREER HONORS
2014
-- First Team Academic All-Big 12
2013
-- First Team Academic All-Big 12
2012
-- First Team Academic All-Big 12
2011
-- First Team Academic All-Big 12

CAREER: A hard-nosed player who contributed on special teams early in his career before seeing an increased role on offensive as both a fullback and tight end as an upperclassman... Played in 50 career games... Helped the 2014 Senior Class finish with a 38-14 combined record over the last four years, including a Big 12-best 27-9 conference record.

2014 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Played in all 13 games, making a start in the Senior Day game against Kansas... Recorded his first-career carry against the Jayhawks, a three-yard rush... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.

2013 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Played in every game with a start against TCU... Returned two kickoffs for 11 yards against North Dakota State and one for 14 yards at Kansas as an up-man... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.

2012: Appeared in 13 games on special teams and as a reserve fullback... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.

2011: Played in the final 12 games, mainly on special teams... Picked up First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades.

2010: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Quinter under head coach Greg Woolf... Was a two time all-state pick as a fullback, while he also recorded 250 career tackles and 22 sacks on defense... Led team to a 12-1 record and a state championship as a senior... Also lettered four years in basketball and track, and three years in baseball.

PERSONAL: Zach W. Nemechek was born August 20, 1992, in Quinter, Kan... Son of Victor and Pam Nemechek... Has three siblings, Emily, Hannah and Josh... Is related to former NFL players Grant and Tracey Wistrom... An Eagle Scout who is majoring in pre-dentistry.