Preston Zachman

Honors and Awards 2022: Academic All-Big Ten 2021: Academic All-Big Ten 2024 Season: Started all 12 games at safety for the Badgers … made a career-high 58 tackles (39 solos), two interceptions, three TFLs and four pass breakups … posted a team-high 10 tackles and an interception in a win over Rutgers (Oct. 12) … tallied an interception and pass breakup at USC (Sept. 28) … recorded eight tackles in consecutive weeks against Penn State (Oct. 26) and Iowa (Nov. 2) 2023 Season: Played in all 13 games, making five starts … earned second letter ... totaled 49 tackles and two interceptions … notched a then-season-high seven tackles at Purdue (Sept. 22) … logged nine tackles (six solos) against Iowa (Oct. 14) … logged his first interception of the season against Ohio State (Oct. 28), stopping a Buckeye scoring chance in the red zone … grabbed a game-sealing INT in overtime against Nebraska (Nov. 18) 2022 Season: Played in six games before missing the rest of the season due to injury … totaled 11 tackles and 0.5 TFLs … grabbed his first career INT in the season opener vs. Illinois State (9/3) … made a career-high three tackles at Ohio State (9/24) 2021 Season: Did not appear in any games 2020 Season: Redshirt season ... appeared in 1 game for UW ... made collegiate debut against Michigan on Nov. 14 High School: Three-star recruit by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals … led Southern Columbia to 16-0 record and 888-82 scoring margin as a senior in 2019 … part of three state championship teams at Southern Columbia, finishing with record of 63-1 … earned first-team all-state linebacker honors as a senior from the Pennsylvania Football Writers … scored 38 passing touchdowns, 7 receiving touchdowns, 7 rushing touchdowns and 4 defensive touchdowns during his prep career … passed for 1,925 yards and 30 touchdowns his senior year while rushing 370 yards and 6 scores … also posted 26 tackles, 3 interceptions and one fumble recovery as a senior … threw for 597 yards and 8 touchdowns as a junior along with 19 catches for 381 yards, 4 receiving touchdowns, 31 tackles, 2 interceptions and 2 fumble recoveries … also competed in baseball and wrestling … head coach was Jim Roth Personal: Parents are Karl and Amy Zachman ... has two siblings, Kaden and Marcus ... father, Karl, played basketball at Rider University and Bloomsburg University