
Quarterback
6-1 • 210 •
Senior
Boardman, Ohio
Boardman High
School
Career Notes: Set school career records for passing attempts
(1,094), completions (654), touchdowns (51), yardage (7,643),
200-yard games (13) and completion percentage (59.8)...started 47
games at quarterback, including every game his final four years...averaged
161.0 yards passing per game...led YSU to 26 wins in his final three
years...set school mark for total offensive yards (8,277) while
ranking second in total offensive plays (1,326)...was responsible
for 57 touchdowns in his career - third most in school history...his
passing efficiency rating of 128.17 was fifth...one of just seven
QBs in school history a 300-yard passing game.
2007: Second-team
All-Gateway selection and First-Team
Academic All-Gateway...for the third
consecutive year was named to the
FCS Academic All-Star team...started
all 11 games at
quarterback...completed 173-of-277
passes for 1,845 yards and seven
touchdowns...set school record with
a 62.7 completion percentage...had
213 yards rushing on 57 attempts and
a score...averaged 3.7 yards per
carry...best passing game was
298-yard performance in season
finale against Western
Illinois...was 23-of-32 against the
Leathernecks and tosses two TD
passes...completed 10-of-18 passes
at Ohio State for 86 yards...against
South Dakota State completed
18-of-23 attempts for 167
yards...had 38 yards rushing on
seven carries against the
Jackrabbits...was 12-of-24 for 140
yards and two TDs against Stony
Brook...tossed a season-long
44-yarder against the Seawolves...had
four rushes for 32 yards, including
a long of 24 yards...completed
11-of-16 passes for 146 yards
against Lock Haven...had 45 yards on
four carries against the Bald
Eagles...scored on a season-long
25-yard run in the third
quarter...completed 13-of-23 passes
for 169 yards against Missouri
State...had 45 yards rushing on
seven carries...was 19-of-32 at
Southern Illinois for 164
yards...had a season-high 13 carries
against the Salukis for 24
yards...in win over Southern Utah
was 15-of-26 for 164 yards...caught
a five-yard pass on a deflection to
himself...was 14-of-30 for 155 yards
against Illinois State...had 29
yards rushing on seven carries...at
UNI, completed 25-of-35 passes for
245 yards and a score...had six
rushes for 12 yards...at Indiana
State, was 11-of-18 for 111
yards...had 2,058 total offensive
yards for the campaign...was the HBK
Offensive Player of the Game against
Southern Utah, Indiana State and
Western Illinois...team captain...earned his fourth
letter...Gateway Presidents Council
Academic Award Recipient...Gateway
Commissioner's Academic Excellence
Award Recipient...Named to Gateway
Honor Roll.
2006: Honorable Mention All-Gateway and First-Team
Academic All-Gateway...for the second straight year was named to the FCS Academic All-Star Team...started all 14 games at
quarterback…completed 171-of-302 passes for 2,086 yards and 14
touchdowns…had a career year rushing the football...finished
with 334 yards on 82 attempts and four touchdowns...averaged 4.1
yards a carry...best throwing game was a 24-of-40 contest which
featured a career-high 314 yards against James Madison in the first
round of the Football Championship Series playoffs...the 314 yards
are the eighth most in a game in
school history and most by a Guin
since 1995...connected with
seven different receivers against the Dukes...hit T.J. Peterson a
school-record-tying 11
times, including a 30-yard strike...the 30-yard gain came on a
3rd-and-15 play from the YSU seven-yard line with just over four
minutes remaining and YSU trailing 31-28...six-yard scoring toss and
two-point conversion connection with Peterson cut deficit to 31-28
with 8:06 left...had 327 total offensive yards in the game, the
seventh most in school history...best rushing game was 110-yard performance on 12
rushes at Illinois State...had a career-long 37-yard rush and scored
on a one-yard run against the Redbirds...threw for five
touchdowns in the first two games of the season…was 10-of-13 for 118
yards and two touchdowns in opener against Slippery
Rock…connected with Rory Berry for a 20-yard score and Da’Michael
Horne for a 21-yard touchdown…threw a season-high three
touchdown passes and had 178 yards on a 12-of-21 effort against Maine…hit Peterson for touchdowns of 42 and 16 yards and Louis Irizarry for a
seven-yard score…was 12-of-20 for 95 yards against Penn
State…completed 12-of-22 passes for 181 yards and a 48-yard
touchdown to fullback Demetrius Ison against UC Davis…was 8-of-14
for 150 yards and two touchdowns against Missouri State…hit Max King
from nine yards out and Peterson for a 48-yard strike in the third
quarter against the Bears…completed 13-of-21 passes for 130 yards at
Western Illinois…threw for a 208 yards on a 17-of-30
effort against Northern Iowa…completed 9-of-17 passes for 93 yards
at Illinois State…threw for 129 yards and a touchdown in a 13-for-19
day against Southern Illinois…hit Irizarry in the end zone from 18
yards out for the game tying score with 5:01 remaining in the fourth
quarter…completed 7-of-17 passes for 83 yards against Western
Kentucky…in playoff win over Illinois State was 11-of-21 for
146 yards...had a two-yard scoring
run...entered the season with minus-11 yards rushing in his career,
before running for 334 yards…had a 23-yard touchdown run
against UC Davis…ran for 29 yards on nine attempts
and scored from seven yards out against Southern Illinois…rushed for
44 yards on eight carries at Western Kentucky…had 28 yards on
10 carries against Appalachian
State...had a 21-yard carry against
the Mountaineers...completed
13-of-27 passes for 150 yards
against ASU...had 2,420 yards of
total offense for the year...that
number ranked as the fifth most in a
season in school history...was named the Hill, Barth & King Offensive Player of the Game against UC
Davis and Illinois State…threw
two interceptions in final five
games (141 attempts)...in regular
season participated in 658 plays
(out of 717)...most were 75 at
Illinois State...had 77 total plays
against JMU...also named
the Haines Family Player of the Game
by the YSU radio broadcast crew at
Illinois State and against James Madison...was
the Wachovia Securities Leadership
Award Winner against Illinois
State...earned
his third letter...Gateway
Commissioner's Academic Excellence
Award Recipient...Named to Gateway
Honor Roll.
2005: First-team Academic All-Gateway selection...named to the
Division I-AA Academic All-Star Team...started all 11 games at
quarterback...completed 154-of-258 passes for 1,949 yards...had 14
touchdowns while throwing just six interceptions...posted a 59.7
completion percentage...threw for more than 200 yards on six
occasions...became the first Penguin to throw for over 200 yards six
times in a year since Ron Jaworski in 1972...tied a school record
with four touchdown passes at Liberty...became the seventh
quarterback in school history to accomplish the feat...had touchdown
passes in eight games...was 11-of-14 for 107 yards and a score
against Slippery Rock...had a nine-yard touchdown pass...was
21-of-32 for 201 yards and a score versus Northeastern...had a
two-yard scoring toss...at Liberty was an impressive 10-of-12 for
205 yards and four scores...had scoring throws of 66, 43, 27 and 10
yards...was 6-of-19 for 29 yards at Pitt...finished 13-of-26 for 171
yards and one touchdown against Illinois State...threw a 21-yard
touchdown pass versus the Redbirds...was 13-of-16 for 129 yards at
Indiana State...completed 15-of-32 passes for 202 yards and a
39-yard touchdown pass against Western Illinois...was 13-of-18 for
105 yards versus Missouri State...was 20-of-38 for 264 yards and a
touchdown at UNI...had a 10-yard scoring toss...was 18-of-31 for a
career-high 291 yards and two touchdowns at Southern
Illinois...threw a 72-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Marshall, the
longest completion of the season...also had a 17-yard scoring
strike...the 291 yards were the most in a game since Oct. 11, 1997
(300 by Demond Tidwell vs. Buffalo)...was 14-of-20 for 245 yards and
three touchdowns in season finale against Western Kentucky...had
scoring throws of 41, five and two yards against the
Hilltoppers...completed 26 passes of 20 yards or more...ranked 23rd
in Division I-AA in passing efficiency...credited with 38 rushing
attempts...had a season-long rush of 16 yards at Southern
Illinois...also had a 14-yard jaunt at UNI...had two attempts
against Slippery Rock for a season-high 16 yards...HBK Offensive
Player of the Game against Liberty and Southern Illinois...earned
his second letter.
2004: Named to the Gateway All-Newcomer Team...started all 11
games at quarterback...completed 154-of-255 passes for 1,822
yards...had 16 touchdowns while throwing just seven
interceptions...finished with a completion percentage of 60.4...that
number ranked third best in school history in a regular
season...percentage rate was the highest for a freshman in school
history...also set school freshman records for completions, attempts
and tied the touchdown mark (Danny Klembara in 1968)...finished
second in yardage, just 33 behind Klembara's mark...the 255 attempts
were the most by a YSU quarterback since 1995 (Mark Brungard)...had
three 200-yard plus passing games, the most in a regular season
since Jeff Ryan in 1999...his yardage total was the most in a
regular season since Ryan in 1999...averaged 165.6 yards passing per
game ranking fifth in the Gateway...finished third in the league in
completion percentage...averaged 11.8 yards per completion...had
third-highest passer rating for a freshman quarterback in Division
I-AA (fourth-best in all of Division I)...pass percentage was also
third highest among freshman in Division I-AA (fourth in all of
Division I)...was third in touchdown passes by a Division I-AA
freshman (fourth in Division I)...also was third in passing yardage
in Division I-AA for freshman (fifth in Division I)...ranked fourth
in attempts by Division I-AA quarterbacks...set a school record by
completing 15 consecutive passes at Western Kentucky in the fourth
quarter...during that sequence his 15 passes went for 153 yards and
six different receivers...had 195 yards while completing 18-of-23
passes in the fourth at WKU...for the game was 28-of-40 for 286
yards with two touchdowns...the 28 completions ranked as the third
most in a game in school history...the 40 attempts were the most in
a game since Brungard's 41 on Oct. 7, 1995...had four completions
over 69 yards...against Slippery Rock, was 14-of-16 for 207 yards
and a touchdown...threw a 72-yard scoring pass to Josh Cayson...was
17-of-32 for 168 yards and a touchdown versus Florida
International...was 4-of-11 for 25 yards at McNeese State...against
Liberty, completed 11-of-16 passes for 158 yards and a score...had a
53-yard touchdown completion to Matt Rycraft...completed 10-of-23
passes for 112 yards versus top-ranked Southern Illinois...was
16-of-22 for 155 yards and two scores against UNI...threw a 73-yard
touchdown pass to Rycraft...completed 14-of-28 throws for 162 yards
and two scores at Illinois State...was 12-of-19 for 140 yards and
two scores against Indiana State...was 10-of-23 for 151 yards and a
touchdown in leading YSU to its first at Western Illinois since
1982...completed 18-of-25 passes for 258 yards and two touchdowns at
SMS...had a 73-yard pass to Mike Roberts in the first
quarter...connected with Shawn Carlson on a 69-yard score in the
third...threw just two interceptions in the final five games (117
attempts)...best completion percentage was in the fourth quarter
(68.2 on 45-of-66 passing)...most yards came in first quarter
(584)...most touchdowns were in the third quarter (five)...credited
with 55 rushes...scored his first career touchdown on a three-yard
run against SRU...had a season-high 28 yards on four attempts
against Indiana State...had a season-long run of 11 yards versus the
Sycamores...had 13 yards on three carries against Liberty...finished
with 1,802 yards of total offense...was the HBK Offensive Player of
the Game against Northern Iowa...earned his first letter.
2003: Granted a medical redshirted after suffering a broken
collarbone in season
opener against Edinboro...played a series against the Fighting Scots
before getting injured...completed
2-of-3 passes for 26 yards,
including a long of 14...also threw
one interception...had a rush for
six yards on the play he was
injured...posted a 4.0 grade-point average in the fall and spring
semesters.
High School: Finished career at Boardman as the fifth
all-time leading passer in school history...threw for 2,802 yards in
his career...as a senior passed for 1,468 yards and 13
touchdowns...also ran for three scores...was a second-team All-Ohio
Division I pick...was a first-team All-Steel Valley Conference and
Northeast Ohio selection...had his season cut short when he suffered
a broken collarbone against Austintown Fitch...as a junior, passed
for 1,450 yards and 17 touchdowns...had two rushing scores...was an
All-SVC and All-Northeast Ohio selection...coach was Garry
Smith...played for the North Squad at the 58th annual Grange
Insurance Ohio All-Star Classic at Crew Stadium in Columbus in
June...was the North MVP in the game completing 8-of-17 passes for
111 yards and a touchdown...also played basketball and baseball for
the Spartans...a standout baseball player... was first-team
all-state third baseman as a junior with a .404 batting average,
while scoring 30 runs and knocking in 36...led Boardman to a 24-4
mark as a junior...also a talented pitcher finished 6-1 with 41
strikeouts on the mound his junior year...named as one of the top
100 senior baseball players in Ohio...his senior year was an
All-Steel Valley Conference selection as a third baseman batting
.409 with 29 RBI and 24 runs scored...as a pitcher, struck out 32 in
40.1 innings pitched...Spartans were the district runners up with a
16-14 mark...coach was Scott Knox...was named the WYTV Male High
School Student-Athlete of the Year...other notable Boardman
quarterbacks were Jeff Ryan who played at YSU from 1998-2001 and
Bernie Kosar who played at Miami (Fla.) and in the NFL...class
Valedictorian...member of the Student Council and National Honor
Society.
Personal: Parents are Tom and Jackie Zetts...born May 29,
1984...brother is Andrew, who is in the U.S. Navy, and sister is
Katherine...major is Secondary Education-Integrated
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