Anthony Zettel
| No. 69 Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 9, 1992 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | West Branch, Michigan | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 277 lb (126 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Ogemaw Heights High School | ||||||||||
| College: | Penn State | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 6 / Pick: 202 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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| Tackles: | 13 |
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| Sacks: | 1.0 |
| Pass deflections: | 0 |
| Forced fumbles: | 0 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Anthony Joseph Zettel (born August 9, 1992) is an American football defensive end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State.
Zettel attended Ogemaw Heights High School in West Branch, Michigan, where he was a first-team all-state selection as a senior for head coach Andrew Pratley. He recorded 82 solo tackles, 25 assisted tackles and dropped the quarterback in the backfield seven times as a senior.
Zettel also lettered in baseball, basketball and track & field at Ogemaw Heights. As a senior in track, he set the Michigan high school state record in the shot put with a toss of 61 feet, 8 inches (18.83 meters), earning his second straight state championship and breaking both the school record (60'9") and the Division II state record (58'8"). That same year, he finished second in the discus with a heave of 175 feet, 4 inches (53.46 meters). He also participated in sprints, running the 100-meter dash in 11.55 seconds and helping Ogemaw's 400m sprint relay post a season-low 45.95 in 2010.
Zettel was rated as a four-star recruit and was listed as the nation's No. 6 prep defensive end by Rivals.com.
Zettel played inside and outside during a 2014 first-team All-Big Ten season at Penn State and recorded 17 tackles for loss, eight sacks and had three interceptions. He was moved inside in 2015 and his production dipped a bit with 47 tackles, 11 for loss, four sacks and six pass breakups.
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