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10 Zeke Sanchez
Zeke Sanchez
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Weight:
    183
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Indianapolis, Ind.
  • High School:
    Warren Central
  • Position:
    K
  • fg
    4-6
  • pat
    30-39
  • pts
    42

Bio

Junior (2023): Converted 30-of-39 extra points and went 4-for-6 in field goal tries with a long of 36 yards...Went 3-for-3 on field goals of 29 yards and closer...30 PATs rank third-most in a season at Defiance while 42 kicking points ranked sixth in program history and the HCAC...Named HCAC Honorable Mention for the second consecutive season

Sophomore (2022): Played in all 10 games...Recorded one tackle...Converted five of six field goal attempts and 23 of 28 extra points...Named to HCAC All-Conference Honorable Mention Team.

Freshman (2021): Played in two games.

Prep: Earned three letters in football at Warren Central ... Member of 2018 Indiana 6A State Championship winning team.

Personal: Son of Francisco Sanchez and Nohemi Hernandez ... Majoring in business administration with a minor in strength and conditioning.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35
  Total Conference
Field goals made 4 4
Field goal attempts 6 5
Field goal % 67% 80%
Field goal long 36 36
P-A-T made 30 21
P-A-T attempts 39 29
P-A-T % 77% 72%
Points 42 33

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - 0
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 0 0 0 4 5 4
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 0 1 0 5 5 5
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 2 2 26 1 2 7
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 0 0 0 3 3 3
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 0 0 0 1 2 1
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 1 1 27 3 4 6
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 1 2 36 6 7 9
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 0 0 0 4 6 4
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 0 0 0 3 5 3

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 1 - - - - 0
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 1 - - - - 0
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 1 - - - - 0
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 1 - - - - 0
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 1 - - - - 0
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 1 - - - - 0
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 1 - - - - 0
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 1 - - - - 0
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 1 - - - - 0
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 4 - - - - - - 4 0 0 0 0
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 5 - - - - - - 5 0 - 0 0
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 7 - - - - - - 1 2 0 0 0
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 3 - - - - - - 3 0 0 0 0
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 1 - - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 6 - - - - - - 3 1 0 0 0
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 9 - - - - - - 6 1 0 0 0
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 4 - - - - - - 4 0 0 0 0
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 3 - - - - - - 3 0 0 0 0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 2 #2 Mount Union L, 45-6 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Adrian (Mich.) W, 34-17 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 16 at Kalamazoo L, 42-35 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 27-21 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 7 Mt. St. Joseph L, 62-21 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 14 Franklin (Ind.) L, 35-21 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 21 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 36-6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 28 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 51-27 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 4 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 78-54 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Nov 11 Bluffton L, 42-35 1 0 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2021-22 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 22 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2021-22 2 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 22 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2021-22 2 - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - -
Total 22 - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2021-22 2 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 10 5 6 83% 29 23 28 82% 38
2023-24 10 4 6 67% 36 30 39 77% 42
Total 22 9 12 75% 36 53 67 79% 80

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2021-22 2 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 22 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2021-22 2 - - - - 0 .0
2022-23 10 - - - - 0 .0
2023-24 10 - - - - 0 .0
Total 22 - - - - 0 .0

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2021-22 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 38 3.8 - - - - - - 23 5 0 0
2023-24 42 4.2 - - - - - - 30 4 0 0
Total 80 3.6 - - - - - - 53 9 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2021-22 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 22 2 0 2.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 4 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 4 - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - -
Month                
September 4 - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 4 6 67% 36 30 39 77% 42
Conference 7 4 5 80% 36 21 29 72% 33
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 0 0 - 0 11 16 69% 11
Away 5 4 6 67% 36 19 23 83% 31
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 4 4 5 80% 36 14 18 78% 26
Losses 6 0 1 0% 0 16 21 76% 16
Month                  
September 4 2 3 67% 26 10 12 83% 16
October 4 2 3 67% 36 13 16 81% 19
November 2 0 0 - 0 7 11 64% 7

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 4 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 10 - - - - 0 .0
Conference 7 - - - - 0 .0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 - - - - 0 .0
Away 5 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 4 - - - - 0 .0
Losses 6 - - - - 0 .0
Month              
September 4 - - - - 0 .0
October 4 - - - - 0 .0
November 2 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 42 4.2 - - - - - - 30 4 0 0
Conference 33 4.7 - - - - - - 21 4 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 11 2.2 - - - - - - 11 0 0 0
Away 31 6.2 - - - - - - 19 4 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 26 6.5 - - - - - - 14 4 0 0
Losses 16 2.7 - - - - - - 16 0 0 0
Month                        
September 16 4.0 - - - - - - 10 2 0 0
October 19 4.8 - - - - - - 13 2 0 0
November 7 3.5 - - - - - - 7 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 10 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 7 1 0 1.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 1 0 1.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 6 1 0 1.0 .2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month                                
September 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 4 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 2 1 0 1.0 .5 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Photos

Zeke Sanchez action photo 1
Mount Union vs. Defiance

9/2/2023 1:30 PM EDT

Zeke Sanchez action photo 2
Mount Union vs. Defiance

9/2/2023 1:30 PM EDT