2016 Football
Tyler Zielenske
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 181
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Letters:
- 3
- Hometown:
- Oxford, Ga.
- High School:
- Walnut Grove HS
2014 FCS Placekicker Watch List (CFPA)
2015 at MERCER: Played in all 11 games during junior season … Served as Mercer’s kick-off specialist … Averaged 62.3 yards per kick-off in 2015 … Finished with 12 touchbacks … Helped Mercer lead the SoCon in kick-off return defense with an average return against of 20.3 yards.
2014 at MERCER: Played in 10 games as a sophomore, spending time at both kicker and punter … Finished the season 1-for-2 on field goal attempts with a season-long of 24 yards … Converted 22 of his 23 point-after attempts … Led the team with an average of 39 yards per punt … Closed the year with 19 punts for 741 yards … Had six punts downed inside the 20-yard line … Recorded a season-long punt of 52 yards in a win over Austin Peay (Oct. 11) … Kicked a season-best five punts against Wofford (Nov. 22).
2013 at MERCER: Played in 11 games as the team’s primary kicker during redshirt freshman season … Finished the year 10-of-12 for field goals … Ranked second on the team with 77 points … Connected on all 10 attempts from inside 40 yards … Made two or more field goals in five contests … Converted 47 of 48 point-after attempts … Had a season-best 39-yard field goal in a victory over Campbell (Oct. 26) … Recorded first career tackle in victory over Drake (Sep. 28).
HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years of varsity football under head coach O.J. Soto at Walnut Grove High School … Named First Team All-Region during junior and senior seasons and earned First Team All-County honors during final three seasons … Named team’s Player of the Year following senior campaign … Lettered for years in soccer.
PERSONAL: Born on July 18, 1994 in Atlanta to parents Doug and Tvette Zielenske … Chose Mercer because of its close proximity to home and its academics … Undecided on a major.
