2023 Football Roster

8 Zach Hester

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position DE
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 255
  • Hometown Palmer Lake, Colo.
  • Highschool Palmer Ridge
  • Major Geological Engineering

Biography

2023: Received a B.S. in geological engineering in December 2023 … First-Team All-RMAC … NFFCC First-Team All-Colorado … D2football.com Preseason Elite 100 ... Started all 15 games at defensive end … Compiled 29 total tackles with 5.5 for a loss and 2.5 sacks … Forced two fumbles and recovered two … Had four hurries and one batted pass … Forced fumbles at CSU Pueblo and against Central Washington … Made recoveries against Colorado Mesa and Kutztown.

2022: Second-Team All-RMAC ... NFFCC First-Team All-Colorado … Started all 16 games at defensive end … Disruptive edge rusher produced 47 total tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, and 6.0 sacks … Had a team-best seven hurries … Generated two forced fumbles and a recovery … Also batted a pass and had a blocked punt in the NCAA First Round vs. CSU Pueblo … Had three tackles for loss with a sack and a forced fumble in the national championship game vs. Ferris State … Also had a sack and three tackles in the national semifinal vs. Shepherd … Forced a fumble vs. Western Colorado and recovered another in the NCAA Second Round vs. Minnesota State … Top tackle game was a six-stop effort at Western.

2021: D2CCA Second-Team All-Region … First-Team All-RMAC … First-Team All-NFFCC … Started five times in 13 appearances at defensive end … Top d-line producer for the Orediggers with 37 total tackles including 11.5 TFL and 7.5 sacks … Was second on the team in sacks and third in tackles for loss … Recovered fumbles against Western Oregon and CSU Pueblo, and caused one against Western Oregon … Had at least a half-TFL in 11 different games.

2019: Appeared in 11 games on the defensive line … Compiled 14 tackles with 2.0 for a loss and a half sack … Top game was a three-tackle, 1.5-TFL day against Western Colorado.

2018: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: All-state selection for Palmer Ridge ... Played tight end and defensive end ... Named All-Colorado in 2017 ... Third all-time in career sacks in the state ... Seventh-best single-season sack total in Colorado history ... Three-time all-conference pick ... Team's defensive MVP ... Also lettered in basketball ... Team captain ... Leadership councilman ... Committment Award winner in 2016 ... Believe Award winner in 2017 ... DECA state contestant in 2017.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    DE
    6'3" 225 lbs
  • 98

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    DE
    6'3" 225 lbs
    98
  • 91

    2020Redshirt Sophomore

    DE
    6'3" 225 lbs
    91
  • 91

    2021Redshirt Junior

    DE
    6'3" 225 lbs
    91
  • 8

    2022Redshirt Senior

    DE
    6'3" 235 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2023Redshirt Senior

    DE
    6'3" 255 lbs
    8