Zack Mills

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Zachary Eric Mills (born May 1, 1982) is a former American football quarterback. He was an All-Big Ten selection and four-year starter at Penn State University. He is currently an assistant football coach at Clearfield Area High School in suburban Clearfield. [1]

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[edit] High School

Mills attended Urbana High School in Frederick County, Maryland from 1996-2000, where Mills led the team to consecutive 2A state championships in 1998 and 1999, going undefeated both years. In the course of his high school career he broke Maryland public school records both for passing yards (5,638) and touchdown passes (59) and won countless awards including first team All-CMC and first team All-Mid-Maryland. Mills was also a standout on the basketball team.

[edit] College

As the quarterback of the Nittany Lions from 2001 to 2004, Mills led the team to the Capital One Bowl following the 2002 season. That season, he was named All-Big Ten. Mills was a three-time Davey O'Brien Award finalist and was presented with the 2004 Hall Foundation Award as Penn State's outstanding senior football player.

Mills holds many Penn State passing and total offense records: He finished his career with a school record 7,796 yards of total offense, his 41 career touchdown passes and his 16 career 200-yard passing games both tie school records. Mills is the first Nittany Lion under head coach Joe Paterno to throw, catch, and run for a touchdown in a single game (in 2004 versus Akron). He wore jersey number 7.

He graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology.


Preceded by
Matt Seneca		 Penn State Starting Quarterback
2001-2004		 Succeeded by
Michael Robinson

[edit] NFL

Mills spent the 2005 preseason in the Washington Redskins' training camp as an undrafted free agent, but was released before the season began. He wore jersey number 14.

[edit] Coaching

In February 2006, Mills was hired as an assistant coach by incoming Temple head coach (and fellow Penn State alumnus), Al Golden.

[edit] Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers

Much publicity surrounded Mills' signing with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers of the af2, a minor league of the Arena Football League. [2]. After four days of training camp, however, Mills announced abruptly that he was leaving the team, citing a lack of passion for the game.[3]

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