Running back, Penn State, 2010–⁠14

Zach Zwinak

Number
No. 28
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Frederick, MD

Zach Zwinak played running back at Penn State (2010–⁠14).

Career highs

179rushing yards, career highvs. Wisconsin, 20123rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Purdue, 20136catches, career highvs. Northwestern, 2012

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011*Penn State372.305
2012*Penn State2031,0004.9650
2013Penn State2109894.71261
2014Penn State401122.8318
Career4562,1084.62161

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012*Penn State201778.8131
2013Penn State3279.0019
Career232048.9131

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Penn State28RB
2011Penn State28RB
2012Penn State28RB
2013Penn State28RB
2014Penn State28RB6′1″

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Penn State1970.0234th (n=226)0.073.523%0.01
2014Penn State40-0.04––-1.79%–

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Penn State 6 games, 112 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.UCFW 26–⁠241232112––
Sep 6vs.AkronW 21–⁠31030018––
Sep 13atRutgersW 13–⁠102707––
Sep 20vs.MassachusettsW 48–⁠792827––
Sep 27vs.NorthwesternL 6–⁠294805––
Oct 11atMichiganL 13–⁠183703––
2013 Penn State 12 games, 989 rushing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31vs.SyracuseW 23–⁠17246101115
Sep 7vs.Eastern MichiganW 45–⁠774322013
Sep 14vs.UCFL 31–⁠3421128338119
Sep 21vs.Kent StateW 34–⁠01565320––
Oct 5atIndianaL 24–⁠441772013––
Oct 12vs.MichiganW 43–⁠4082408––
Oct 26atOhio StateL 14–⁠633803––
Nov 2vs.IllinoisW 24–⁠1762507––
Nov 9atMinnesotaL 10–⁠2426150138––
Nov 16vs.PurdueW 45–⁠2126149316––
Nov 23vs.NebraskaL 20–⁠2335149011––
Nov 30atWisconsinW 31–⁠2422115061––
2012 Penn State 10 games, 1,000 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 8atVirginiaL 16–⁠17320214
Sep 22vs.TempleW 24–⁠131894015112
Sep 29atIllinoisW 35–⁠719100214––
Oct 6vs.NorthwesternW 39–⁠2828121116652
Oct 20atIowaW 38–⁠14165207224
Oct 27vs.Ohio StateL 23–⁠35124209212
Nov 3atPurdueW 34–⁠921134018215
Nov 10atNebraskaL 23–⁠3221141150237
Nov 17vs.IndianaW 45–⁠2229135121116
Nov 24vs.WisconsinW 24–⁠213617912435
2011 Penn State 2 games, 7 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.Indiana StateW 41–⁠71101––
Sep 24vs.Eastern MichiganW 34–⁠62605––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2015
Height6′1″
Weight233 lb
40-yard dash4.64 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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