ZachCalzada

2025 – Graduate
• Transferred to Kentucky after two seasons at Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas (2023-24)
• Also had stops at Auburn (2022) and Texas A&M (2019-21)
• Has played in 38 career games (23 at Incarnate Word and 15 at Texas A&M) with 32 starts (22 at UIW and 10 at Texas A&M)
• Career stats include 731 of 1,163 completions for 8,707 passing yards with 73 touchdowns and 28 interceptions … • Also has 179 rushes for 381 yards and 11 scores
• Is 23-9 in his career as a starter
• In two seasons and 23 games at UIW, passed for 6,144 yards and 53 scores and went 17-5 as a starter
• Saw action in 15 games in three seasons at Texas A&M and went 6-4 as a starter … Completed 196-of-352 passes for 2,318 yards and 19 scores … Totaled 40 rushes for -9 yards and a rushing TD

2024 – Senior (UIW)
• Started in all 14 games and led the Cardinals to the FCS playoffs
• Passed for 3,791 yards and 35 touchdowns, completing 347-of-528 passes (66 percent) and averaging 270.8 pass yards per game
• Also rushed for 332 yards and five scores
• Had a 400-yard passing game and four additional 300+ yard performances
• Named a Walter Payton Award finalist, given to FCS’s top player
• Led FCS in passing touchdowns
• Named First Team All-Southland Conference and SLC Player of the Year

2023 – r-Junior (UIW)
• Played in nine games with eight starts
• Went 6-2 as a starter
• Threw for 2,353 yards and 18 touchdowns in eight games and added another five rushing scores
• Earned a bevy of honors, including Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year, First-Team SLC All-Conference and led the league in total offense, pass yards per game, pass efficiency, completions, pass yards and yards per attempts

2022 – Junior (Auburn)
• Injured his shoulder and did not play

2021 – r-Sophomore (Texas A&M)
• Appeared in 12 games with 10 starts
• Passed for 2,185 yards and 17 scores
• Had a career day in the win over No. 1 Alabama, completing 21-of-31 passing for 285 yards and three touchdowns
• Named SEC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Tide
• Earned A&M’s Offensive Unselfish Leadership Award and Toughness Award …

2020 –  Sophomore (Texas A&M)
• Redshirt season
• Did not appear in a game in 2020

2019 – Freshman (Texas A&M)
• Played in three games and threw for 133 yards and two TDs

High School
• Came out of high school as an Under Armour All-American after completing 238-of-467 passes for 3,429 yards and 29 touchdowns at Lanier High School in Sugar Hill, Georgia
• Added 11 career touchdowns on the ground
• Completed 122-of-240 pass attempts and 14 touchdowns as a senior
• Coached by Korey Mobbs

Personal
• Born in Atlanta, Georgia
• Son of Hector and Colleen Calzada
• Has one sister, Carolyn Calzada, who played three seasons of soccer at Texas A&M and was a three-time All-SEC selection … Currently a graduate transfer at Notre Dame
• Dad, Hector, was an All-American swimmer at Tulane
• Earned a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management from Texas A&M in May of 2022 … Earned a master’s of business administration from Incarnate Word in the fall of 2024 … Currently working on an undergraduate certificate in business

Zach Says
• Nickname is “Big Z”
• After football, his dream job is to be a Fortune 100 CEO
• The highlight of his life so far is finding his faith and foundation in God
• His sports hero is Michael Penix Jr. because he went through adversity and still became a first-round draft pick
• Three words to describe him are resilient, growing and strong