2023 Football Roster

60 Zach Heckman

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position OG
  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 320
  • Hometown Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Highschool Fossil Ridge
  • Major Chemical Engineering (B.S.) / Engineering Technology & Management (M.S.) / Chemical Engineering (M.S.)

Biography

2023: Received master's degrees in chemical engineering and engineering & technology management in May 2024 ... Second-Team All-RMAC … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society member ... NFFCC Academic All-Colorado First Team ... First-Team Academic All-RMAC … Started all 15 games at left guard … Part of an offensive line that helped Mines produce NCAA Division II’s #2 total offense and #3 scoring offense … Orediggers ranked in the national top 20 in first downs (#2), passing efficiency (#3), third down conversions (#3), passing offense (#6), rushing offense (#18), and fewest tackles for loss allowed (#20) … Mines averaged 46.5 points and 508.7 yards of offense per game, including 204.7 yards per game on the ground.

2022: Received a B.S. in chemical engineering in May 2023 ... RMAC Summit Award winner … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Started five games at left guard before suffering a season-ending injury in the Chadron State game … Part of an offensive line that helped Mines lead the nation in scoring offense, red zone offense, and first downs while ranking #7 in NCAA D-II in total offense, #6 in passing offense, and #6 in fewest tackles for loss allowed, while protecting Harlon Hill Award winner John Matocha … Helped produce 1,000-yard rusher Michael Zeman … Mines averaged 44.6 points and 467 yards of total offense per game.

2021: RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … NFFCC First-Team Academic All-Colorado ... Started the first four games of the season at left tackle before suffering a season-ending injury ... Part of an offensive line that helped Mines average 176.7 yards per game on the ground, 409.3 yards of total offense per game, and 38.64 points per game.

2019: NFFCC First-Team Academic All-Colorado … Honorable Mention All-RMAC … Appeared in 11 games with eight starts as a true freshman … Made six starts at right tackle and two at left tackle … Part of an offensive line that at the end of the regular season ranked in the NCAA D-II top-10 in first downs (2nd), total offense (8th), and rushing offense (6th) ... Mines set a single-season record for rushing yards at 3,269 and had top team rushing games of 440, 400, and 395 yards, including six games of 275+ yards with a 1,000-yard rusher in Michael Zeman.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year team captain at Fossil Ridge ... Second-Team All-Colorado as a senior ... First-Team All-Conference in 2018 ... Named First-Team Academic All-State in both football and track & field ... Was a thrower for track & field and also played basketball.

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Historical Player Information

  • 66

    2019Freshman

    OT
    6'4" 295 lbs
    66
  • 60

    2020Sophomore

    OT
    6'4" 295 lbs
    60
  • 60

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    OT
    6'5" 310 lbs
    60
  • 60

    2022Redshirt Junior

    OG
    6'5" 310 lbs
    60
  • 60

    2023Redshirt Senior

    OG
    6'5" 320 lbs
    60