Zach Piller

Games played:	87
Games started:	58

Zach Piller
No. 76, 69
Position:	Guard
Personal information
Born:	May 2, 1976 (age 47); St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	315 lb (143 kg)
Career information
High school:	Lincoln (Tallahassee, Florida)
College:	Florida
NFL draft:	1999 / Round: 3 / Pick: 81
Career history
	Tennessee Titans (1999–2006); Detroit Lions (2007); New York Giants (2007); Florida Tuskers (2009)*;
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
	Bowl Alliance National Championship (1996); Second-team All-SEC (1998);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	87
Games started:	58
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Zachary Paul Piller (born May 2, 1976) is an American former college and professional

guard in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons during the late 1990s and 2000s. Piller played college football for the University of Florida, where he was a member of a national championship team in 1996. Thereafter, he played professionally for the Tennessee Titans

of the NFL.

Early years

Piller was born in St. Petersburg, Florida.^[1] but primarily grew up in Tallahassee, Florida and attended Lincoln High School^[2] where he was a starting offensive lineman for the Lincoln Trojans high school football team.

College career

Piller initially accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia, where he played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team. After his freshman year ended, he transferred to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1996 to 1998.^[3] Piller was a sophomore letterman on the 1996 Gators squad that defeated the in-state rival Florida State Seminoles in the Sugar Bowl to win the national championship. As a senior team captain in 1998, he was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection.^[3]

Piller graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science in 2006.

Professional career

The

1999 NFL Draft.^[4] He played for the Titans from 1999 to 2006.^[5] After playing eighty-seven games for the Titans (and starting in fifty-eight of them),^[1]

Piller was released by the team on February 20, 2007.

Piller was signed by the

UFL Premiere Season Draft in 2009. He signed with the team on August 17,^[6]

but was released before the season began.

References

^ ^a ^b Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Zach Piller. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Zach Piller Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
^ ^a ^b 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 97, 103, 125, 185 (2011). Retrieved August 31, 2011.
^ "1999 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
^ National Football League, Historical Players, Zach Piller. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
^ "United Football League Signs 21 Players to Florida Tuskers' Roster". PR Newswire. August 17, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2011.