Derek Zahler Bio - The University of California Official Athletic Site

Derek Zahler Bio - The University of California Official Athletic Site

An improving linebacker who could contend for playing time, particularly on special teams...has played both the inside and outside linebacker positions at Cal and will concentrate on the exterior this fall...has excellent strength and intensity...turned down scholarship offers from several schools, including Wyoming and New Mexico, to walk-on at Cal...

1999...was expected to contend for playing time and play a key role on special teams until he injured his back the second week of the season and ended up sitting out the year...

1998...came to Cal in 1998 and redshirted.

High School/Personal: Earned first team All-Colorado honors after leading Boulder HS to a 10-2 record...played inside linebacker and tight end...earned all-league honors in wrestling and lettered in baseball and track and field...recruited by several WAC schools as well as a number of Ivy League schools...an excellent student who plans to major in economics at Cal...father, Norm, wrestled at Oregon in the early 1970s...mother is Trudy...born May 2, 1980 in Newport Beach, CA.

  Derek Zahler
Derek Zahler
Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Boulder, Colo.

High School:
Boulder

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 225

Position:
LB

Birthdate:
05/02/1980

Experience:
SQ