Zak Kustok
| Position: | Quarterback |
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | February 24, 1979 |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 203 lb (92 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Orland Park (IL) Sandburg |
| College: | Northwestern |
| Undrafted: | 2002 |
| Career history | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Zak Adam Kustok (born February 24, 1979) is an American businessman who was starting quarterback for the Northwestern Wildcats from 1999 to 2001. He originally matriculated at Notre Dame, but suffered from a change in the offensive game plan when Bob Davie replaced Lou Holtz, who had recruited him. Early in his second season in 1998 he left the program and joined Northwestern after its fifth game in 1999. Despite playing only two and a half seasons for Northwestern, he is the current Northwestern record holder for many quarterback rushing and passing statistics, including single season and career rushing touchdowns, career rushing yardage, career and single-season consecutive games with a touchdown pass and career consecutive pass attempts without an interception. He was a 2001 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award finalist.
As a sophomore, Kustok led Lincoln-Way Central High School to a SICA West championship. By the time he was a sophomore during the 1994–95 school year, he was as well known as one of the best football prospects in the Chicago metropolitan area as he was as a scholar who ranked first in his class of 925 students. He also started at point guard on the basketball team.
Kustok was unhappy at Lincoln-Way, so his family moved from Frankfort, Illinois to Orland Park, Illinois. Thus, as a junior, he transferred to Sandburg High School, and he led them to an 11–0 start to their season and a second round of the 1995 Class 6A playoffs win against Schaumburg High School before losing to Romeoville High School in the quarterfinals. Entering his senior season in 1996, he was the top-rated quarterback in the Chicago area and one of 9 local players ranked among the nation's top 100. Although he was a standout in football, he earned a Chicago Tribune prep athlete of the week award for his basketball performance both as a junior and as a senior. In the spring, before his senior season, he announced that he intended to attend Notre Dame. Kustok chose Notre Dame over Northwestern. Kustok earned the 1997 Tribune Scholar Athlete of the Year award from the Chicago Tribune.
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