2017 Football Roster
Roster
Zach Abercrumbia
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Dallas
- High School:
- Skyline
HONORS
C-USA Honor Roll, 2016
All-Conference USA (coaches) 2018 (honorable mention)
All-Conference USA (Phil Steele) 2018 (third team)
2018
Co-captain who was third on the team with a career-high 55 tackles, the most by an Owl NT since Houston Texan Christian Covington had 59 in 2013... Led the team with six hurries and two fumble recoveries and was tied for third with 4.5 TFL... ... Credited with a career-high nine tackles vs. UTSA... Credited with a pair for loss and also a pair of hurries... Had set his previous career best with six tackles at Houston and matched that vs. Wake Forest... Tied for the team lead with five tackles at Hawai’i.
2017
Played in a career-best 12 games (all starts) and reached career highs in tackles (37), unassisted (24), assists (13), TFL (4) and sacks (2)... Established a single game high with five tackles vs. Army and matched that total in back-to-back efforts vs. LA Tech and at UAB... Credited with a career-high 1.5 TFLs at Pitt including his second sack of the year... Also credited with a sack in the opener vs. Stanford in the Sydney Cup.
2016
Preseason second team selection by Phil Steele and enjoyed a strong start to his sophomore year before an injury cut season short... Started the first four games before seeing his season end due to an upper body injury that required surgery... Matched his career-high with four tackles twice (Army and North Texas)... Credited with his first career sack vs. Baylor... Granted a medical hardship after the season.
2015
True freshman who saw action in 11 of 12 games... Had the best game of young career vs. LA Tech, finishing with four tackles including sharing his first TFL... Set up the Owls' 1st TD at UTEP with his first career forced fumble... Blocked a PAT vs. Southern Miss... Credited with his first career tackle at Texas.
Skyline High School
All-District 9-6A, All-Area and second-team APSE All-State selection as a senior at Skyline High for coach Reggie Samples… Led Skyline to the 6A D1 semifinals… Team captain… Finished with 81 tackles, 22 of which were for loss (14 sacks), 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery and 20 quarterback hurries… Ranked by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football as the #6 defensive tackle in its postseason edition and at #87 in their final Texas 150…Member of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Texas Top 300 and listed as one of the top 25 defensive tackles…Member of the National Honor Society… Who’s Who in High School… Ranked in the top 15% of his graduating class.
Personal
Full name: Zachary Lamont Abercrumbia... Born: June 30, 1997 at Dallas, Texas. ... Parents: Billy and Sherry Abercrumbia (two brothers, two sisters)... Sister, Sherena, played basketball at Lon Morris and Hampton... Rice major: Sports Management... Rice College: Sid Richardson.
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