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2024 Football Roster

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49 Zach McNees

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 235
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hillsboro, Mo.
  • Highschool Hillsboro

Biography

Has earned three letters (2021, 2022, 2023) ...

Athletic Awards 
CCIW Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 2, 2023)
CCIW Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 13, 2023)
First Team All-CCIW (2023)

2023: Started in all 10 games … Tallied 46 tackles, 27 solo and 19 assisted, to go along with 4 quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles, 7 pass breakups, one blocked kick … Led the team with 20.5 tackles for loss and 9 sacks … Career-high of 8 tackles and 3 sacks against Elmhurst, Nov. 11 … Another career-high of 5 tackles for loss against Millikin Sept. 30 … Named team’s Defensive MVP and “Best Lineman” …

2022: Started all 10 games … Tallied 39 tackles, 25 solo and 14 assisted, to go along with four quarterback hurries, one forced fumble, and two pass breakups … Led team with 16 tackles for loss and ranked second on the team with 7.5 sacks … Posted career-high of six tackles twice … Noticed a career-best four tackles for loss and three sacks in IWU’s win at Elmhurst, Nov. 12 …

2021: Appeared in six games … Tallied seven tackles, four solo and three assisted … Credited with 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks, including a career-high 1.5 sacks for eight yards against Elmhurst, Oct. 2 … Posted season-high three tackles against North Park, Oct. 30 …

HILLSBORO: Three-year letterwinner in football as a defensive end and outside linebacker ... Also lettered in wrestling at 195# and as a discus thrower in track and field ... Three-time All-Jefferson County Athletic Association in football ... Two-time all-district in football ... Named all-region twice in wrestling as a three-time Missouri state qualifier ... Finished fifth in the 195# weight class as a senior ... Qualified for the state track meet twice in discus ... 

PERSONAL: Majoring in health promotion and fitness management at Illinois Wesleyan ... Other interests include snowboarding, hiking, and playing basketball ...

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 96

    2021Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 205 lbs
    96
  • 49

    2022Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 220 lbs
    49
  • 49

    2023Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 220 lbs
    49
  • 49

    2024Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 235 lbs
    49