Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter: OG · Michigan · #65.
Zak Zinter
All-America (Consensus) in 2023 made it three straight seasons on the honors list.
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Awards
A four-star recruit at guard for Michigan -- now a genuine All-American.
Offensive line play doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
The unit he anchors ranks 14th nationally in passing-downs success rate this season. See the full unit breakdown →
Michigan has produced 17 All-Conference offensive linemen and 2 All-Americans. 17 have gone on to the NFL Draft since 2013. Trevor Keegan went on to the NFL out of this room (2024).
Selector Grid · 2023
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
Four seasons at Michigan, drafted
- 2024 Drafted in round 3, No. 85 by the Cleveland
- 2023 Michigan HarbaughYear 4 · on the roster, no stat lineAll-AmericaAll-conference
- 2022 Michigan HarbaughYear 3 · on the roster, no stat lineAll-conference
- 2021 Michigan HarbaughYear 2 · on the roster, no stat lineAll-conference
- 2020 Michigan HarbaughYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- High school Buckingham Browne & Nichols SchoolNorth Andover, MA · Class of 2020Four-star, No. 249 in the 2020 class. Signed with Michigan.Also from Buckingham Browne & Nichols School: Ronan Hanafin (Clemson), Tyler Martin (Massachusetts), Brett Elliott (Duke) and 3 more.
How it ended
a Unanimous All-American season (2023) — drafted at #85 overall by the Cleveland Browns.
2020
- Signed with MichiganFour-star, out of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
2021
- All-Big Tensecond
2022
- All-Big Tenfirst
2023
- All-Americafirst · 10 selectors
- All-Big Tenfirst
2024
- Drafted by Cleveland Brownsround 3, pick 85
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · UNANIMOUS
Unanimous AA (2023)
Named to 10 first-team selectors
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jim Harbaugh.
Next stop · NFL
Cleveland BrownsEntering 3rd NFL season
Cleveland BrownsEntering 3rd NFL season