Zach Zenner - NFL Running Back
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Episode 460
Zach Zenner is an NFL running back who came into the league in 2015 with the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent following a stellar college career at South Dakota State. He rushed for 2,000 yards in 2012, 2013 and 2014 with the Jackrabbits and was an Academic All-American in his senior season of 2014.
After coming to the NFL, Zenner made his debut in 2015, and in 2016 he burst onto the national stage, rushing for 67 yards and two touchdowns on Monday Night Football against the Dallas Cowboys. He went on to play two more seasons in Detroit in 2017 and 2018.
In 2019, Zenner lived a whirlwind football life seeing action with the Saints, Cardinals and Dolphins.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Zenner about his crazy 2019 season, how he stayed positive in the midst of being released multiple times, how his faith in Jesus became real during his time in college, and what he envisions himself doing in 10 years.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.9 | This episode of Sports Spectrum with Zach Zener, NFL running back, is brought to you by Compassion International, the most trusted child development ministry in the world. |
| 0:30.3 | For more information about how you can help release a child from poverty, you can check out the website, Compassion.com slash sports spectrum. Compassion.com |
| 0:39.8 | slash Sports Spectrum and pray about sponsoring a child today. Zach Zenter is our guest here today on |
| 0:48.4 | Sports Spectrum. Zach's got a pretty crazy story. This is a guy who went undrafted in 2015 from South Dakota State, |
| 0:56.5 | the Jack Rabbits, where he played his college ball. He was pretty good there. |
| 0:59.9 | Rush for 2,000 yards in each of the 2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons with South Dakota State. |
| 1:08.3 | But then he was undrafted, did not get picked by a team in the NFL, but signed with |
| 1:12.2 | Detroit and played in the Lions with the Lions from 2015 to 2018. |
| 1:18.1 | I remember as a Cowboys fan in 2016 on Monday night football watching this kid, Zach Zener, |
| 1:25.9 | rushing for two touchdowns and 67 yards in a great first half |
| 1:30.3 | in a game against Dallas. |
| 1:32.0 | I think the game Dallas eventually ended up winning, but I remember seeing Zach Zener |
| 1:36.1 | and like, who is this Zach Zner dude? |
| 1:38.4 | And he kind of thrusted himself onto the Monday night stage and played a pretty good game |
| 1:42.5 | against the Dallas Cowboys who had the |
| 1:44.9 | best record in the NFC that year at 13 and 3. Since then, Zach played a few years with the Lions. |
| 1:51.4 | And then in 2019, that's when things got a little crazy. So he signs a deal with the Lions in March, |
| 1:59.8 | gets released in August, sits around for six, eight weeks. |
| 2:03.3 | I'm sure he wasn't sitting around. |
| 2:04.6 | He was obviously working out, staying ready. |
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