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| Date of birth: May 2, 1976 | |
| Place of birth: St. Petersburg, Florida | |
| High School: Lincoln High School Tallahassee, Florida |
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| Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | Weight: 315 lb (143 kg) |
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| College: University of Florida | |
| NFL Draft: 1999 / Round: 3 / Pick: 81 | |
| Debuted in 1999 for the Tennessee Titans | |
| Last played in 2006 for the Tennessee Titans | |
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2006 | |
| Games played | 87 |
| Games started | 58 |
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| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Zachary Paul Piller (born May 2, 1976) is a former American college and professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons during the late 1990s and 2000s. Piller played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Tennessee Titans of the NFL.
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Early years
Piller was born in St. Petersburg, Florida.[1] He attended Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, Florida,[2] where he high school football for the Lincoln Trojans. Piller was a starting offensive and defensive lineman for the Trojans.
College career
Piller initially accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, where he played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team. After his freshman year ended, he transferred to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1996 to 1998.[3] Piller was a sophomore letterman on the 1996 Gators squad that defeated the in-state rival Florida State Seminoles in the Sugar Bowl to win the national championship. As a senior team captain in 1998, he was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection.[3]
Piller graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport sciences in 2006.
Professional career
The Tennessee Titans selected Piller in the third round (eighty-first overall pick) in the 1999 NFL Draft,[4] and he played for the Titans from 1999 to 2006.[5] After playing eighty-seven game for the Titans (and starting in fifty-eight of them),[1] Piller was released by the team on February 20, 2007.
Piller was signed by the Detroit Lions on March 23, 2007; he was released on May 3. Piller signed with the New York Giants on June 7, 2007, only to be released again on September 2. After spending two seasons out of football, Piller was drafted by the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League (UFL) in the UFL Premiere Season Draft in 2009. He signed with the team on August 17,[6] but was released before the season began.
See also
- Florida Gators
- Florida Gators football, 1990–1999
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
- History of Tennessee Titans
- List of Florida Gators football players
- List of University of Florida alumni
References
- ^ a b Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Zach Piller. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Zach Piller. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ^ a b 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 97, 103, 125, 185 (2011). Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ^ Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, 1999 National Football League Draft. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ^ National Football League, Historical Players, Zach Piller. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ^ "United Football League Signs 21 Players to Florida Tuskers' Roster". PR Newswire. August 17, 2009. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/united-football-league-signs-21-players-to-florida-tuskers-roster-62239927.html. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
Bibliography
- Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0794822983.
- Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
- Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). ISBN 1-58261-514-4.
- McCarthy, Kevin M., Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). ISBN 978-0-7385-0559-6.
- Nash, Noel, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). ISBN 1-57167-196x.
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