2018 Football Roster
Roster
Zack Heeman
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 310
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Budd Lake, N.J.
- High School:
- Mount Olive
2019 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2018 Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
2018 AFCA Good Works Team
2018 Academic Excellence Award
2018 Academic All-Big Ten
2018 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2017 Academic All-Big Ten
2015 Academic All-Big Ten
2018 (Redshirt Senior): Played in all 12 games on the offensive line ... named a semifinalist for the 2018 William V. Campbell Trophy (9/26), an award which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation ... named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (7/9) and to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/5) ... picked up Academic Excellence Award (12/2) for being the team's most elite scholar-athlete ... played left guard on Senior Day versus No. 16 Penn State (11/17) ... made season debut in the opener against Texas State (9/1) ... nominated for the AFCA Good Works Team (7/17).
2017 (Redshirt Junior): Played in five games ... recognized as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (7/10) for a GPA of at least 3.7 during the academic year ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/6) ... saw action at right tackle in the wins at Illinois (10/14) and versus Purdue (10/21) ... made season debut in the win over Morgan State (9/16).
2016 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in four games with one start on the offensive line ... saw action at right tackle against No. 9 Penn State (11/19) ... made first start of the season at left tackle versus No. 4 Michigan (10/8) ... appeared in the win over Howard (9/10), as the offense rushed for 375 yards and allowed just one sack.
2015 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in seven games with two starts at left guard ... one of 22 in the program named Academic All-Big Ten (12/9) ... made first career start at left guard in win at Army (11/21), helping offense run for 254 yards with no sacks allowed ... also started versus Maryland (11/28) the following week ... saw action versus Washington State (9/12), at Wisconsin (10/31), at No. 16 Michigan (11/7) and versus Nebraska (11/14) ... made collegiate debut in the opening win over Norfolk State (9/5), as the offense rushed for 291 yards and allowed no sacks.
2014 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... redshirted.
Prior to Rutgers: Played high school football at Mount Olive for coach Jarred Luciani ... named Star-Ledger Second Team All-State, First Team All-Group IV and First Team All-Morris County as a senior ... one of the New Jersey nominees for the prestigious McDonald's All-American Game ... also a high-caliber high school basketball player, reaching 1,000 varsity points as a junior ... additionally competed on the track and field team and set the school shot put record with a 51'3" toss ... opted not to play football during sophomore season ... played offensive tackle and guard, defensive end and special teams once returning to football as a junior ... rated a three-star recruit according to Scout and 247Sports.com.
Personal: A graduate student in the counseling psychology program.
