Zach Wiegert
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| Position: | Offensive guard | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 16, 1972 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Fremont, Nebraska | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 309 lb (140 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Fremont (NE) Bergan | ||||||||
| College: | Nebraska | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38 | ||||||||
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| Games played: | 145 |
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| Games started: | 137 |
| Fumbles recovered: | 10 |
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Zachary Allen Wiegert (born August 16, 1972) is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons. He played college football for the University of Nebraska, earned All-American honors, and was a member of a national championship team. A second-round pick in the 1995 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the St. Louis Rams, Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans of the NFL.
Wiegert was born in Fremont, Nebraska. He attended Archbishop Bergan High School in Fremont, and played high school football for the Bergan Knights.
Wiegert attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team from 1991 to 1994. From his sophomore through senior seasons, he started 37 consecutive games at right tackle. In his 46-game Cornhuskers career, Wiegert gave up just one quarterback sack while earning first-team All-Big Eight Conference honors in 1992, 1993 and 1994. He earned second-team All-America honors in 1993, helping lead Nebraska to an undefeated regular season and an Orange Bowl appearance.
As a senior in 1994, he was the winner of the Outland Trophy, awarded to the nation's top interior lineman, and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. Wiegert blocked for a Cornhuskers offense that led the NCAA in rushing yards for the eleventh time, averaging 340 yards per game on the ground, and Nebraska won its first national football championship since 1971. He was also the UPI Lineman of the Year, the Touchdown Club of Columbus Offensive Lineman of the Year, and a finalist for the Lombardi Award.
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