Zach Long

Position:
Kicker
Height:
6-3
Weight:
190
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Tampa, Fla.
High School:
Hillsborough HS
Prev School:
Troy

Bowling Green

2024 | Junior

Appeared in all seven games this season as the kicker on kickoffs

2024 | Junior

Appeared in all 13 of BGSU's games as the kickoff specialist, including the last six as the team's primary kicker
Went 13-of-19 on field goal attempts, went 22-for-22 on PATs and registered 70 kickoffs on the season
Notched his first career field goal in the win vs. Kent State
Made two field goals and a career-best five PATs in the victory at Toledo
Posted three field goals in the win at Central Michigan
Made a career-long 50-yard field goal in the victory vs. Wester Michigan
Recorded three field goals in the win at Ball State
Registered a 41-yard field goal against Miami (OH)
Made a 38-yard field goal in the 68 Ventures Bowl against Arkansas State

Troy

Troy, Ala.

• Appeared in 25 career games over three seasons (2021-2023) at Troy
• Redshirted the 2021 season
• Used primarily as the kickoff specialist with 70 career touchbacks

Hillsborough High School

Tampa, Fla.

• Played at Hillsborough High School for head coach Earl Garcia
• Helped lead Hillsborough High School to a pair of district championships
• The Terriers posted a combined 16-5 overall record his final two seasons
• Finished his career 87-of-90 in extra-point attempts and 19-of-26 in field goals, with a long of 53 yards
• Booted a school record 51-yard field goal before reestablishing the record with his 53-yard kick
• Also holds the school record for points in career by a kicker (146)
• First-team all-conference as a kicker and punter
• Two-time Kohl's National Kicker of the Week during the 2020 season
• Named the Hillsborough High School Outstanding Special Teams Player of the Year in both 2019 and 2020
• National Kicking Rankings Five-Star Kicker

Personal

• Son of Jessica Raia-Long and Michael Long
• Father played Sprint football at Army West Point
• Played competitive soccer for 10 years, including five years in the US Soccer Development Academy and two years in the MLS Next Academy