Zack Mills
Zachary Eric Mills (born May 1, 1982) is a former
High school
Mills attended Urbana High School with Nate A. Foster in Frederick County, Maryland from 1996 to 2000, where he led the school's football team to consecutive 2A state championships in 1998 and 1999, going undefeated both years. In the course of his high school career he broke Maryland public school records both for passing yards (5,638) and touchdown passes (59) and won countless awards including first team All-CMC and first team All-Mid-Maryland. Mills was also a standout on the basketball team.
College
As the quarterback of the
Mills holds many Penn State passing and total offense records: He finished his career with a school record 7,796 yards of total offense, 41 career touchdown passes (since broken by Daryll Clark, Matt McGloin, Christian Hackenberg, and Trace McSorley, and 16 career 200-yard passing games. Mills is the first Nittany Lion under head coach Joe Paterno to throw, catch, and run for a touchdown in a single game (in 2004 versus Akron). He wore jersey number 7.
He graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology.
NFL
Mills spent the 2005 preseason in the
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers
Mills signed with the
Coaching
In 2006, Mills served as an assistant coach at
References
- The Scranton Times Tribune.
External links
- "Passing into history: Mills moves on from PSU career, leaves behind lasting QB legacy", Jenny Vrentas, The Digital Collegian, March 3, 2005
- "Mills' agent optimistic about NFL prospects," The Digital Collegian, March 16, 2005
- "NFL draft analysis for Zack Mills"
- "Passing into History," The Digital Collegian, March 3, 2005
- "Zack Mills Named Senior MVP At Nittany Lion Football Banquet" gopsusports.com, December 12, 2004
- PSU’s Mills enjoying retirement, The Citizens' Voice, July 20, 2007.
- Haverford School Football, haverfordpafootball.vnsports.com, January 5, 2012.