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Player Bio: Zach Krula



ASU: Tall, massive lineman who returned to full health during the spring after missing the entire 2006 season and all but three games of the 2005 season due to injury...was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA for 2007...moved from guard to right tackle for his senior season and started seven games at the position in 2007...was one of eight Sun Devils and one of five Sun Devil offensive linemen to have already earned his undergraduate degree prior to his senior season...played in 24 career games with 15 starts.

2007: Played in eight games with seven starts...appeared in his first game in nearly two full years when he started in the opener against San Jose State on Sept. 1...did not appear in the season's final five games due to injury.

2006: Missed the entire season due to injury.

2005: Started the season's first three games at right guard before suffering a season-ending ankle injury against Northwestern (Sept. 17)...during the three games in which he played, ASU's offense gained an average of 630.7 yards-per-game of total offense and scored an average of 48.7 points.

2004: Saw action in nine games with five starts at right guard...contributed to a passing offense that led the Pac-10 and ranked fifth in the nation at 317.3 yards per game...was recognized as a Hard Hat Player for his work in ASU's winter strength and conditioning program.

2003: Played in four games as a backup to second-team All-Pac-10 selection Regis Crawford at right guard.

2002: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2002 graduate of Sacramento's Valley High School...earned PrepStar honorable-mention All-America selection...earned All-Sacramento area honors as an offensive linemen as a senior...earned second-team All-Delta League accolades as a junior and first-team All-Delta league honors as a senior...also named first-team all-city as a senior...captained the football team as a senior...his team was co-champion in the Delta League in his junior year...lettered four years in football...attended football camps at Nebraska and Nike (Stanford) and wrestling camp at Oklahoma...three-year varsity shot putter and discus thrower...four-year wrestler who was ranked fourth in the area...went 38-7 as a wrestler and was the Delta League champion and subsectional runner-up in his senior year...co-captained the wrestling team...set school records for discus, shotput and most pins in wrestling...was a member of the Athletic Council as a junior and Student Athletic Director as a senior...Homecoming King as a senior...a member of the Honor Roll at Valley High...nominated for the school's prestigious Silver Viking Award...coached by Jay Whinery at Valley.

PERSONAL: Earned his degree (B.I.S., interdisciplinary studies (education and sociology)) in May of 2007..interested in a career as an elementary school teacher (second or third grade)...parents are Gary (sheet metal foreman) and Joyce (medical transcriber)...has two sisters, Rachel (27) and Melissa (25)...attended same high school as former Sun Devils Ishmael Thrower and Grayling Love...listed when his high school football team started coming together as a team as his most exciting sports experience...hobbies are fishing, hunting and hanging out with friends...born July 30, 1984 in Bay City, Texas...full name is Zachary Benjamin Krula.

Krula's Career Statistics

  Zach Krula
Zach Krula
Player Profile
Class:
Graduate Student

Hometown:
Sacramento, Calif.

High School:
Valley

Height / Weight:
6-7 / 320

Position:
Offensive Tackle

Experience:
2V

YearG/GS
20034/0
20049/5
20053/3
2006DNP-Injured
Career16/8