Zach Line

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Zach Line
Zach Line.JPG
Zach Line in the dress of the Minnesota Vikings (2015)
Position (s):
Fullback 		Jersey numbers:
48, 42
born on May 26, 1990
Career information
Active : 2013 - 2019
Undrafted in 2013
College : SMU
Teams
Career statistics
Running attempts     36
run yards     114
average     3.2
Pass catches     20th
Yards in passing     161
Touchdowns total     6th
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

  • No notable successes

Zach Line (* 26. May 1990 in Oxford , Michigan ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of the full backs . He played for the New Orleans Saints and the Minnesota Vikings .

college

Line, who had offers from several universities, chose Southern Methodist University (SMU) and played college football for their team, the Mustangs . In 50 games he was able to run a total of 4,185 yards and achieve 47 touchdowns .

NFL

Minnesota Vikings

In the 2013 NFL Draft , Line was initially ignored. Despite impressive performance in college, he was able to equalize the touchdown school record of Eric Dickerson , he was considered by experts to be too slow. He was then signed by the Minnesota Vikings as a free agent . His professional career got off to a slow start at first. In his rookie season he only ran three times and only managed to catch a pass. In the following season it was used only once.
In the 2015 season he was called up several times, and although he mainly acted as a pre-blocker, mostly for Adrian Peterson , he was able to score his first three touchdowns himself. 2016 was similar, but Line was left without a score.

New Orleans Saints

In August 2017 he was signed by the New Orleans Saints , but released before the start of the regular season . After the veteran John Kuhn missed the rest of the season due to injury, Line was signed again. Through his block work, he had a large share in the greatly improved running game of the Saints and helped to enable the outstanding performances of Mark Ingram junior and Alvin Kamara .

In April 2018, the Saints extended his contract for another two years.

On January 15, 2020, Line announced his retirement.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ College stats on sports-reference.com, accessed April 5, 2018
  2. ^ Draft profile on nfl.com, accessed April 5, 2018
  3. ↑ Times-Picayune report of August 23, 2017, accessed April 5, 2018
  4. ^ New Orleans Saints make 37 roster moves. neworleanssaints.com, September 2, 2017, accessed May 25, 2019 .
  5. ^ Advocate's report of October 3, 2017, accessed on April 5, 2018
  6. ↑ Times-Picayune report of April 5, 2018, accessed April 5, 2018
  7. ↑ Charean Williams: Saints fullback Zach Line announces retirement on profootballtalk.nbcsports.com. January 15, 2020, accessed on January 17, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Line, Zach
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxford , Michigan