The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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2015 RECRUITING ISSUE PERSONAL Zachary Paul Gentry was born Sept. 10, 1996, in Albuquerque, N.M. … Sports a 40-yard dash time of 4.56 … Will be the first member of his family to attend the University of Michigan … Grandfather, Bill, played football at the University of New Mexico and be- came a legendary high school coach in New Mexico, racking up 305 wins to rank third on the state's all-time list … Brother, Sam, is a redshirt junior at New Mexico, serving as a backup punter and quarterback. RANKINGS Consensus rating of the four major recruiting services: four-star prospect, the No. 1 recruit in New Mexico, the No. 10 quarterback nationally and the No. 169 overall player in the country. STATISTICS Career Totals: In three-year career as Eldorado's starting quarterback, completed 552 of 987 pass attempts (55.9 percent) for 7,144 yards with 54 touchdowns … Rushed for 2,183 yards and 47 touchdowns … His 7,144 passing yards and 47 rushing scores both rank sixth all time in New Mexico high school history, and his 54 passing touchdowns rank 10th. Senior Season: Started all 12 games for an Eagles team that went 10-2 and advanced to the Class 6A state semi- finals … Accounted for at least three touchdowns (running and passing) in 11 of 12 contests … Completed 201 of 337 attempts (59.6 percent) for 2,975 yards with 26 touchdowns … Also rushed for 1,057 yards and 22 scores … Completed 21 of 40 attempts for 282 yards with two touchdowns and an interception in a 21-14 Class 6A quarterfinal playoff win over Cibola, scoring the game-winning touchdown on a one-yard run after completing 5 of 5 throws for 42 yards on Eldorado's 75-yard drive … Threw for 462 yards and three scores (with two picks) on 30-of-51 passing (58.8 percent), and scored two rushing touchdowns, in a 64-43 loss to Rio Rancho in the state semifinals … Named the 2014 New Mexico Gatorade Player of the Year … Selected first-team all-state and Albu- querque Journal first-team All-Metro. Junior Season: Started all 10 games under center for an Eagles team that went 4-6 and failed to qualify for the Class 5A state playoffs … Completed 175 of 317 pass attempts (55.2 per- cent) for 1,751 yards with 10 touch- downs … Rushed for 821 yards and 16 touchdowns … Named Class 5A second-team all-state and first-team All-Metro by the Albuquerque Journal. Sophomore Season: Started all 14 ZACH GENTRY QUARTERBACK 6-7 • 230 ELDORADO HIGH SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. RANKINGS STARS NAT. POS. STATE ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 105 4 — ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 118 9 1 ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 175 8 1 ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ 278 19 1