2016 Football Roster
Block, Zachary
Jersey Number 49
Zachary Block
- Position:
- Punter/Kicker
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Clermont, Fla.
- High School:
- East Ridge
Bio
2017: As a junior, played in all 12 games as Tulane’s primary punter and kickoff specialist…Took 55 kickoffs for the Green Wave out of 57 total on the year, averaging 60.5 yards per kickoff and recording 21 touchbacks…Took 53 of the team’s 58 punts, averaging 39.2 yards per punt…Placed 16 of his punts inside the 20-yard line…Had five punts of 50+ yards…Had a season-long 65-yard punt against USF…Had a season-high seven punts against Memphis…Member of the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team…Member of the Tulane 3.0 Club.
2016: Played in all 12 games logging 68 total punts for 2,772 yards (40.8 avg)…Recorded 10 punts of 50 yards or more…Punted 21 times inside the opponents 20-yard line…Booted a career long 62-yards vs. Temple on Nov. 19…Executed his first successful onside kick in which he also recorded his first career fumble recovery at Houston on Nov. 12…Logged five punts that were downed within the opponent’s 20-yard line at Tulsa on Oct. 22 - Punted seven times at Tulsa in which his first four punts went 58, 53, 56, and 50 yards…Punted a career best 10 times vs. UL Lafayette on Sept. 24, averaging 40.5 yards per punt…Tallied 45 total kickoffs in which 19 resulted in touchbacks.
2015: Played in eight games as a true freshman at punter…Totaled 47 punts for 1,783 yards (37.9 avg.) with one touchback, 18 fair catches, two punts inside the 20 and a long of 53…Made his collegiate debut at Temple (10/10), notching eight punts for 292 yards (36.5 avg.) with a long of 48 and one inside the 20…posted 11 punts for 427 yards (38.8) and a long of 53 and one touchback vs. UConn (11/7)…Recorded nine punts for 389 yards (43.2 avg.) with a long of 53 and one punt inside the 20 vs. Houston (10/16)…Punted six times for 236 yards (39.3 avg.) and a long of 51 at Memphis (10/31)…Had four punts for 128 yards (32.0 avg.) with a long of 36 at Army (11/14)…Notched four punts for 145 yards (36.2 avg.) with a long of 46 at SMU (11/21)…punted three times for 102 yards (34.0 avg.) vs. Tulsa (11/27)…Tallied two punts for 64 yards (32.0 avg.) at Navy (10/24).
High School: Three-year letterman at East Ridge High where he served as both punter and kicker for coaches Bud O’Hara, Ken Knapczyk and Ashour Peera…Named a five star recruit as both a kicker and punter by KohlsKicking.com while garnering three-star status from ESPN.com and two-star status from Rivals.com…Listed as the No. 11 kicker and No. 21 punter nationally by KohlsKicking.com while being tabbed the No. 16 kicker in the country and the No. 197 recruit in the state to go with a 74 Scout Grade by ESPN.com…Won the punting competition and was listed as the top performing kicker at the National Senior Challenge in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 17-18, 2015…Also won the kickoff competition and listed as the No. 2 prospect at the Southern Showcase Camp in Atlanta, Ga., on Dec. 14, 2014…Lettered three years in soccer…Off the field, was a member of the National Honor Society, Honor Roll and Student Government.
Personal: Majoring in Public Health…Has two sisters.
Block’s Career Highs
Punts 10 vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16
Yards 405 vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16
Long 5 vs. USF, 10/21/17
50+ 4 at Tulsa, 10/22/16
Inside 20 5 at Tulsa, 10/22/16
Kickoffs 10 vs. Southern, 9/10/16
2016: Played in all 12 games logging 68 total punts for 2,772 yards (40.8 avg)…Recorded 10 punts of 50 yards or more…Punted 21 times inside the opponents 20-yard line…Booted a career long 62-yards vs. Temple on Nov. 19…Executed his first successful onside kick in which he also recorded his first career fumble recovery at Houston on Nov. 12…Logged five punts that were downed within the opponent’s 20-yard line at Tulsa on Oct. 22 - Punted seven times at Tulsa in which his first four punts went 58, 53, 56, and 50 yards…Punted a career best 10 times vs. UL Lafayette on Sept. 24, averaging 40.5 yards per punt…Tallied 45 total kickoffs in which 19 resulted in touchbacks.
2015: Played in eight games as a true freshman at punter…Totaled 47 punts for 1,783 yards (37.9 avg.) with one touchback, 18 fair catches, two punts inside the 20 and a long of 53…Made his collegiate debut at Temple (10/10), notching eight punts for 292 yards (36.5 avg.) with a long of 48 and one inside the 20…posted 11 punts for 427 yards (38.8) and a long of 53 and one touchback vs. UConn (11/7)…Recorded nine punts for 389 yards (43.2 avg.) with a long of 53 and one punt inside the 20 vs. Houston (10/16)…Punted six times for 236 yards (39.3 avg.) and a long of 51 at Memphis (10/31)…Had four punts for 128 yards (32.0 avg.) with a long of 36 at Army (11/14)…Notched four punts for 145 yards (36.2 avg.) with a long of 46 at SMU (11/21)…punted three times for 102 yards (34.0 avg.) vs. Tulsa (11/27)…Tallied two punts for 64 yards (32.0 avg.) at Navy (10/24).
High School: Three-year letterman at East Ridge High where he served as both punter and kicker for coaches Bud O’Hara, Ken Knapczyk and Ashour Peera…Named a five star recruit as both a kicker and punter by KohlsKicking.com while garnering three-star status from ESPN.com and two-star status from Rivals.com…Listed as the No. 11 kicker and No. 21 punter nationally by KohlsKicking.com while being tabbed the No. 16 kicker in the country and the No. 197 recruit in the state to go with a 74 Scout Grade by ESPN.com…Won the punting competition and was listed as the top performing kicker at the National Senior Challenge in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 17-18, 2015…Also won the kickoff competition and listed as the No. 2 prospect at the Southern Showcase Camp in Atlanta, Ga., on Dec. 14, 2014…Lettered three years in soccer…Off the field, was a member of the National Honor Society, Honor Roll and Student Government.
Personal: Majoring in Public Health…Has two sisters.
Block’s Career Highs
Punts 10 vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16
Yards 405 vs. UL Lafayette, 9/24/16
Long 5 vs. USF, 10/21/17
50+ 4 at Tulsa, 10/22/16
Inside 20 5 at Tulsa, 10/22/16
Kickoffs 10 vs. Southern, 9/10/16
South Alabama Postgame: HC Jon Sumrall, SPEAR Javion White, RB Zuberi Mobley
Sunday, September 07
Tulane Tuesday: BAN Harvey Dyson - 9/2/25
Wednesday, September 03
Tulane Tuesday: HC Jon Sumrall - 9/2/25
Tuesday, September 02
Tulane Tuesday: WR Omari Hayes - 9/2/25
Tuesday, September 02
