
Tight end, Michigan, 2015–18
Zach Gentry
Lettered 2016–18 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 83
- Height
- 6′8″
- Weight
- 262 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Albuquerque, NM
- Born
- Sep 10, 1996, in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Zach Gentry played tight end at Michigan (2015–18). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Gentry in round 5, No. 141 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
7catches, career highvs. Maryland, 2018112receiving yards, career highvs. Maryland, 2018Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Michigan | 83 | TE | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Michigan | 83 | TE | So. | ||
| 2017 | Michigan | 83 | TE | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Michigan | 83 | TE | Sr. | 6′8″ | 262 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Michigan | 22 | 1.00 | – | – | 22.0 | 4% |
| 2018 | Michigan | 42 | 1.01 | 96th (n=497) | 0.53 | 42.5 | 5% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2018 Michigan 12 games, 32 catches, 514 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at | L 17–24 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| Sep 8 | vs. | W 49–3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sep 15 | vs. | W 45–20 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 32 |
| Sep 22 | vs. | W 56–10 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 21 |
| Sep 29 | at | W 20–17 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 22 |
| Oct 6 | vs. | W 42–21 | 7 | 112 | 0 | 31 |
| Oct 13 | vs. | W 38–13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Oct 20 | at | W 21–7 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 16 |
| Nov 3 | vs. | W 42–7 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 11 |
| Nov 10 | at | W 42–7 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 21 |
| Nov 17 | vs. | W 31–20 | 2 | 83 | 0 | 42 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. | L 15–41 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 27 |
2017 Michigan 9 games, 17 catches, 303 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 36–14 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 36 |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 29–13 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| Sep 23 | at | W 28–10 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 25 |
| Oct 14 | at | W 27–20 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| Oct 28 | vs. | W 35–14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Nov 11 | at | W 35–10 | 3 | 63 | 1 | 33 |
| Nov 18 | at | L 10–24 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| Nov 25 | vs. | L 20–31 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 27 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 19–26 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′8⅛″ | |
| Weight | 265 lb | |
| Arm length | 34⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 9½″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.90 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.69 s | |
| Vertical jump | 29½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′2″ | |
| Bench press | 12 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.40 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.53 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 26 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 19 | 167 | 0 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 19 | 132 | 0 |
| NFL career | 26 | 39 | 303 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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