2015: Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team Defense…USA College Football All-America First Team Defense…D2Football.com All-America Honorable Mention…Don Hansen Football Gazette Third Team All-Super Region One…Started all 11 games for the Chargers, finishing second on the team with a career-high 114 total tackles, including 37 solo…Also finished second with 8.5 tackles for 26 yards lost…Added two forced fumbles with one recovery, one sack and four pass breakups…Closed out the season with seven double digit tackle games…Opened the year with 11 tackles each against Slippery Rock (9/5) and Bentley (9/11)…Added two tackles for loss, including a sack, against Bentley…Matched his stretch of three straight games with double digit tackles with 12 against Assumption (10/9), 11 against Stonehill (10/17) and 10 against LIU Post (10/24)…Closed out his collegiate career with his best game of the season compiling a career-high 18 tackles in the Northeast-10 Championship Game against Assumption (11/14)…Included were 1.5 tackles for loss, while forcing and recovering a fumble and breaking up pass.
2014: Northeast-10 All-Conference Second Team Defense...Started all 11 games for the Chargers, collecting 96 tackles, second most on the team...Also second on the squad with 50 solo stops...Finished with five tackles for loss, while adding two forced fumbles with four recoveries, one sack and one interception...Finished five games with double figure tackles, including a season-high 15, including a season-best for all players of 12 solo tackles, against Saint Anselm (11/8)…Also closed out that game three tackles for loss, one forced fumble and three fumble recoveries…Began his New Haven career with 10 tackles against West Chester, while also adding a forced fumble with a recovery, a quarterback huddle and a pass breakup…Included in his five double digit tackle games were a stretch of three straight against Southern Connecticut State (11/11), American International (10/18) and Merrimack (10/25)…His only sack of the season came against Merrimack and pushed the Warriors back eight yards.
Prior to New Haven: Saw action in 24 total games at Indiana at fullback and special teams…Returned one kick for 13 yards in 2012.
High School: Safety and running back for head coach Greg Vaughan at Saint Francis...Made 234 tackles with 11 interceptions, including a 100-yard TD return, in career...Also rushed 48 times for 432 yards (9.0 average)...Earned first team all-state recognition from the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News...Helped lead St. Francis to back-to-back state championships in 2008 and 2009 after reaching the title game in 2007...Collected first team all-state from the Detroit News in 2008...Rated the No. 14 prospect in Michigan and the No. 48 outside linebacker nationally by Scout.com...Also a member of the basketball and track team...Also an honor roll student and scholar-athlete.
Personal: Son of Tim and Helen Zakrzewski...Has a brother, John and a sister, Krysta...Brother John plays football at the College of the Holy Cross.
