Zac Champion

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Zac Champion

College	LA Tech
Conference	WAC
Sport	Football
Position	Quarterback
Jersey #	10
Class	Senior
Nickname	Champ
Career	2003 – present
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	202 lb (92 kg)
Nationality	USA
Born	January 3, 1985 (1985-01-03) (age 23) Birmingham, Alabama
High school	Bessemer Academy, Birmingham, Alabama

Zac Champion (born January 3, 1985, in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American football quarterback and was the starting quarterback of the Louisiana Tech University football team until his graduation following the 2007 seasion.^[1]

His senior year, Champion's Bulldogs went 5-7. Champion passed for 5221 yards and 33 touchdowns. He set a conference record with a conference-low of 3 interceptions for a starting quarterback.^[2]

[edit] Draft Prospects

According to ESPN's Mel Kiper, Zac Champion's performance during the 2006 and 2007 seasons, including his stunning overtime defeat in 2007's game against conference rivals University of Hawaii, has garnered considerable attention from NFL scouts and is considered a likely late first round or early second round draft pick. Sports news website, Rivals.com, projects Champion as high as the 23rd overall pick in the first draft pick.

Champion has expressed interest in succeeding legendary Green Bay Packers retiring quarterback, Brett Favre and Favre himself has shown considerable interest in the young prospect. In an interview on March 6th, 2008 with CNN, Favre was quoted as saying that Champion's "great potential and leadership qualities" would make him a perfect fit for the relatively young talent on the Packers team he led to the playoffs.