Zach Paul

Height:
6-4
Weight:
195
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Broadview Heights, Ohio
High School:
Padua HS

As a Senior (2015): Ray Guy Award nominee … team’s Special Teams Player of the Yea … MAC Specialist of the Week (Nov. 30) … Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 30) … preseason second-team All-MAC by Athlon Sports … played in all 49 games of his career … finished as the Zips’ career leader in punts (275), yards punted (11,529), and punting average (41.9) … saw action in all 13 games … on the season, punted 79 times for 3,276 yards (41.5 average), including 14 longer than 50 yards, 28 inside the 20, and 20 fair catches … in the win over Utah State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, had a career-best five punts land inside the 20 … in the shutout of Kent State, punted just three times for 117 yards (averaging 39.0), including a long of 45 yards … two of those punts landed inside the 20 … his final punt in the fourth quarter was downed at the one-yard line to start Kent’s final drive of the game … in the win over Buffalo, punted seven times for 311 yards (44.4 avg.) … in the win at Miami (Ohio), punted five times for 205 yards (41.0 avg.) … in the win at UMass, punted six times for 275 yards (45.8 avg.) … his long punt of 59 yards came in the fourth quarter before UMass’ final drive … against Central Michigan, punted nine times for 378 yards (42.0 average), with a long of 53 … four punts landed inside the 20 and two were touchbacks … at Bowling Green, punted five times for 196 yards, including a long of 64 yards … in the win at Eastern Michigan, punted four times for 165 yards (41.2 avg.) with three landing inside the 20 … against Ohio, punted five times for 164 yards (32.8 avg.) … in the win at Louisiana, punted three times for 97 yards … in the win over Savannah State, punted just three times for 102 yards … against Pittsburgh, punted nine times for 355 yards (39.4 avg.), including a long of 62 yards … punted 12 times at No. 19 Oklahoma for 557 yards (46.4 avg.) with four landing inside the 20, all career bests … his long was 73 yards.

As a Junior (2014): Second-team All-MAC ... third-team All-MAC by College Sports Madness ... named to the 2014 Ray Guy Award Watch List ... named the Honorable Mention National Punter of the Week by CFPA (Sept. 28) ... appeared in all 12 games ... punted 66 times for 2,806 yards (42.5 avg.) ... his long was 65 yards; 21 of his punts were longer than 50 yards; 24 were inside the 20; 16 were called as fair catches, and 14 were touchbacks ... at Kent State, punted six times for 253 yards (42.2 avg.) with a long punt of 56 yards ... in the win over UMass on a frigid night, punted four times for 125 yards, including a long of 52 ... at Buffalo, punted five times for 185 yards (37.0 avg.), including a long of 55 yards ... punted seven times for 269 yards (38.4 avg.) against Bowling Green ... three punts landed inside the 20 ... at Ball State, punted four times for 194 yards (48.5) with one inside the 20 and one touchback ... punted seven times for 274 yards (39.1 avg.) with two dropping inside the 20 at Ohio ... in the win over Miami, punted four times for 178 yards (44.5 avg.), including a long of 57 yards ... in the win at Pittsburgh, punted seven times for 356 yards, averaging 50.9 yards per punt ... gave the Zips vital field position at crucial times during the game, including the Panthers' final drive of the game which started on the four-yard line ... long punt on the day was a season-long 65 yards with three punts inside the 20 and two touchbacks ... punted six times for 235 yards (40.8 avg.) with a long of 61 yards against Marshall ... at Penn State, punted seven times for 331 yards, averaging 47.3 yards per punt ... gave the Zips vital field position at crucial times during the game ... his long punt on the day was 62 yards ... two punts were inside the 20, and two were touchbacks ... in the win over Howard, he punted four times for 180 yards (45.0 average) with a long of 59 yard ... two landed inside the 20 and two were touchbacks ... also had a 65-yard kickoff.

As a Sophomore (2013): Appeared in all 12 games ... named third-team All-MAC ... named to the Ray Guy Watch List (nation's top punter) ... closed the season averaging 42.9 yards per punt (65 punts), including 15 punts of 50-plus yards ... finished sixth in the MAC and 30th nationally in punting average (42.9 ypp) ... helped the Zips finish second in the MAC and 31st nationally in net punting as a team (38.18 ypp) ... had 17 punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line ... named MAC East Division Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 14 after averaging 45.7 yards per punt (nine punts) at Northern Illinois (Oct. 12), including one 60-yard punt, two touchbacks and two punts inside the opponent 20-yard line ... posted an average over 40.0 yards per punt in 10-of-12 games ... finished with three punts over 60 yards, including two of 65 yards [at Central Florida; vs. James Madison] ... posted nine kickoffs for a 59.3 average, including two touchbacks.

As a Redshirt Freshman (2012): Handled kickoffs and punts in all 12 games ... kicked off 35 times for an average of 59.3 yards per kick and tallied 15 touchbacks ... had 65 punts for an average of 40.9 yards per attempt ... 18 of those punts landed inside the 20, and 13 were of 50-plus yards ... had one punt blocked versus UMass ... responsible for three tackles.

As a Freshman (2011): Redshirted.

High School: Converted 13-of-16 field goals and 56-of-58 point-after attempts in his final two seasons at Padua HS ... scored 95 total points and maintained a 39.7 yards-per-punt average ... All-North Coast League first team ... All-Sun News Team ... team posted a 7-4 record during his junior year and went 8-4 when he was a senior ... team was a regional semifinalist during his senior season ... converted a 54-yard field goal versus Elyria Catholic as a senior ... also competed for the basketball team.

Personal: Born April 18, 1993 ... son of Jeffrey and Linda Paul ... has one younger brother, Jacob ... mechanical engineering major.