Max Ziebarth

2024: Saw action in all 14 games, mostly on special teams and as a reserve tight end ... caught lone pass of the season for 7 yards against North Dakota State. 2023: Played in all 11 games as a reserve tight end and on special teams ... caught lone pass of the season against Lindenwood, running seven yards for first career touchdown reception. 2022: Redshirted. Normal West HS: Started three years on varsity for head coach Nathan Fincham … named an IHSFCA Class 6A First-Team All-State selection following senior season … also named an All-Big 12 Conference First-Team selection, after recording 29 catches for 461 yards with four touchdowns … averaged 15.9 yards per catch and helped lead team to the state playoffs … caught 16 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns for West in the five-game spring season in 2021, which earned him first-team all-conference honors as a team captain … team qualified for the state playoffs … as a sophomore, tallied 220 yards receiving and scored five touchdowns to earn all-conference honorable mention plaudits … was a two-time IHSA All-State Academic Team selection … also a standout on the basketball court at West, earning all-conference honors. Personal: Born October 27, 2003 in Bloomington, Illinois … son of Andy and Jill Ziebarth … one of two children … his father, Andy, was a three-time all-conference selection in the 1990’s for the Redbirds … his great grandfather, Hank Keiser, was a pitcher for Navy … was a three-time conference scholar-athlete selection.