2024 Football Roster

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Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.

Hank Zilinskas
Jersey Number 58

Hank Zilinskas

  • Position:
    Center
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    285
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Englewood, Colo.
  • High School:
    Cherry Creek
AT COLORADO
2024 (So.)
  • Played in 10 games, starting the first nine of the season.
  • Played the fourth most plays of all lineman with 524.
  • Allowed two sacks, four quarterback hits, and 11 hurries in 380 pass blocking snaps.
  • Had his best game against Cincinnati allowing 0 sacks, hurries, or hits in 36 pass blocking snaps.
2023 (Fr.)
  • Played in 11 games, starting in two of them. Made his first career start in week three against in-state rival, Colorado State. 
  • Made his college debut against TCU in week one on special teams.
  • Started second game of his career on the road in Tempe against Arizona State, earning a win in each of his first two career starts. Missed just one game all season. 
  • Allowed no quarterback hits and only one sack on 104 pass blocking attempts according to PFF.
  • Did not have a penalty called on him on 142 offensive plays.
HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS
  • A three-star prospect by the recruiting services. 
  • ESPN ranks him as the No.21 center in the class and the No. 14 player from Colorado.
  • On3 ranks him as the No.139 interior offensive lineman in the class and the No.14 player from Colorado.
  • 247 ranks him as the No.148 interior offensive lineman and the No.14 player from Colorado.
  • 247 Composite ranks him as the No.1,698 player nationally, the No.126 interior offensive lineman, and the No.14 player from Colorado
  • On3 Consensus ranks him as the No.1,759 player nationally, the No.156 interior offensive lineman, and the No.14 player from Colorado.
AT CHERRY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL
  • Played at Cherry Creek High School under head coach and former Colorado All-American, Dave Logan. 
  • Played four years of varsity and saw the field a significant amount of time in the final three seasons, starting 28 straight games without giving up a sack and helping Cherry Creek to four straight Colorado State Championships and a 45-6 record. 
  • Played on the offensive and defensive line.  
  • Defensively, he finished his career with 84 tackles, eight for a loss with one sack and one fumble recovery. 
  • Senior season Cherry Creek was 12-2, winning a fourth-straight Colorado State Championship, and he anchored a line that averaged 412.5 yards per game, including 235.1 rushing yards per game and 7.0 rushing yards per attempt.  
  • Junior season Cherry Creek was 12-2 taking home a third straight title and his offensive line allowed for an extremely balanced attack as Creek averaged 160.8 rushing and 160.1 passing yards per game. 
  • Sophomore season Cherry Creek was 9-0 in the COVID-shortened season and had another balanced attack averaging 191.9 rushing and 184.3 passing yards per game.  
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