2022: Started the first five games before suffering a season-ending injury ... Caught 12 passes for 144 yards and two touchdowns ... Caught two passes for 12 yards in the win over Virginia Tech ... Had six receptions for 83 yards and a touchdown at Virginia ... Caught three passes for 46 yards and scored the game-winning touchdown at Arkansas State
... Named to preseason Mackey Award Watch List.
2021: First-Team All-Conference USA ...
Phil Steele First-Team All-Conference USA ... Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors ... Played in all 13 games, starting 10 at tight end ... Led ODU and was second in the country among tight ends with 73 receptions ... Second on the team in receiving yards and ninth among tight ends with 692 ... Tied for the team lead and tied for ninth among tight ends with five TD grabs ... Led ODU in receiving in nine-of-13 games ... Had five games of eight catches or more, including a career-high of nine twice ... Had two, 100-yard receiving games ... Caught three passes for 19 yards in the season-opener at Wake Forest. The three grabs were the first three of his collegiate career ... Had three receptions for 61 yards in the win over Hampton, including a season-long 43-yard catch to convert a third down on ODU's opening drive ... Caught four passes for 60 yards and his first career touchdown at Liberty ... Had six receptions for 45 yards and a touchdown against Buffalo ... At UTEP, caught eight passes for 54 yards ... Had three receptions for 23 yards at Marshall ... Had his first career nine catch game for a career-best 119 yards against WKU ... Notched eight grabs for 67 yards and a touchdown in the win over Louisiana Tech ... Recorded third-straight game of eight catches or more, with nine receptions for 102 yards and a TD at FIU ... Totaled five receptions for 38 yards against FAU ... Caught eight passes for 68 yards and a touchdown in the win at Middle Tennessee ... Had five receptions for 18 yards against Charlotte ... Had two grabs for 18 yards in the Myrtle Beach Bowl against Tulsa.
Graduate transfer from Penn State
2020: Played in seven games ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
2019: Appeared in 13 games, primarily on special teams ... Selected Academic All-Big Ten.
2018: Appeared in one game ... Made his collegiate debut against Kent State and had one catch for eight yards.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-time letterman for head coach Tim Bigelow at Camp Hill High School...Was a team captain as a senior...Helped the Lions to back-to-back Division 3 Class A Championships in 2014 and 2015...Claimed a first-team spot on USA Today’s All-USA Pennsylvania Football Team as a senior...Selected to Pennsylvania Football Writers All-State Class 2A first team as a senior...Collected Pennsylvania Football News (PFN) All-Class 2A first-team accolades as a senior and honorable-mention honors as a junior...Selected all-state in 2015...Earned All-Mid Penn Capital League honors four times, including first-team honors on both offense and defense in 2017...Had 40 catches for 1,060 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior...Registered 49 receptions for 793 yards and 11 touchdowns as a sophomore...Had 47 receptions for 658 yards and seven scores as a freshman...Rated a four-star prospect by all three major recruiting outlets – 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals...Ranked as the No. 111 overall prospect, No. 4 tight end and No. 2 recruit in Pennsylvania by 247Sports...Rated as the No. 283 overall prospect, No. 7 tight end, No. 9 recruit in Pennsylvania and No. 30 in the region by ESPN...Ranked as the No. 122 overall recruit, No. 4 tight end and No. 3 prospect in Pennsylvania by Rivals...Lettered in basketball three times and track & field three times...Won the State Class AA Championship in the 110-meter hurdles in 2017...Claimed district titles in the 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles three times each...Won district crowns in the high jump as a sophomore and junior, as well as 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay titles in both 2015 and 2016...Was a member of the National Honor Society...Was a four-time distinguished scholar.
PERSONAL: Full name is Zackary Patrick Kuntz...Son of Francis and Kathleen Kuntz ...Has three brothers, Francis, Christian and Brandon, and one sister, Anna ....Father, Francis, played football at the University of Maryland...Brother, Christian, played football at Penn State ... Sister, Anna, played basketball at West Chester University ... Earned his degree from Penn State in marketing.
ZACK KUNTZ CAREER STATS
| Year |
Games |
Receptions |
Yards |
TD's |
Long |
Avg. |
| 2018* |
1 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
8.0 |
| 2019* |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2020* |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2021 |
13 |
73 |
692 |
5 |
43 |
9.5 |
| 2022 |
5 |
12 |
144 |
2 |
34 |
12.0 |
| TOTAL |
39 |
86 |
844 |
7 |
43 |
9.8 |
* At Penn State
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