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The swarm of the Iowa football team comes out of the tunnel into Kinnick Stadium full of fans with a bright blue sky.

#31 Zach Derby Season 2009-10

PositionTE
Weight220 lbs
Height6-3
ClassRS Fr.
HometownIowa City, Iowa
HometownIowa City, Iowa
High SchoolCity

2012 – – Played in all 12 games, with three starts . . . recorded six receptions for 48 yards . . . saw action in 18-17 win over Northern Illinois, recording two receptions for 10 yards . . . saw action in 9-6 loss to Iowa State . . . had no receptions vs. ISU, recording one assisted tackle on special teams . . . saw action in 27-16 win over Northern Iowa as offense gained 429 yards total offense, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 32-31 loss to Central Michigan, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 31-13 win over Minnesota as offense gained 374 yards total offense . . . had no offensive statistics vs. Minnesota while recording one assisted tackle on defense . . . saw action in 19-16 win at Michigan State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 38-14 loss to Penn State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 28-17 loss at Northwestern, but had no statistics . . . started as second tight end in 24-21 loss at Indiana, but had no statistics . . . started as second tight end in 27-24 loss to Purdue . . . career-best four receptions for 38 yards vs. Purdue . . . saw action in 42-17 loss at Michigan, but had no statistics . . . started at second tight end in 13-7 loss to Nebraska, but had no statistics.

2011 – – Saw action in all 13 games, with five starts . . . recorded 12 catches for 117 yards . . . started at wide receiver in 34-7 opening win over Tennessee Tech, collecting one reception for five yards . . . saw action in triple-overtime loss at Iowa State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 31-27 win over Pittsburgh as offense gained 475 yards total offense . . . career-bests in receptions and yards with two catches for 25 yards vs. Pitt . . . started at tight end in 45-17 win over Louisiana-Monroe for first career start, recording one reception for nine yards as offense gained 453 yards total offense . . .started at tight end in 13-3 loss at Penn State, recording career-high three receptions for 21 yards . . . started at tight end in 41-31 win over Northwestern as offense gained 379 yards total offense, but had no statistics . . . started at tight end in 45-24 win over Indiana as offense gained 456 yards total offense . . . two receptions for 26 yards vs. Hoosiers . . . started at tight end in 22-21 loss at Minnesota, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 24-16 win over 13th-ranked Michigan, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 37-21 loss to Michigan State, matching career-best with three receptions for 31 yards . . . saw action in 31-21 win at Purdue as offense, with one KO return as offense gained 408 yards total offense . . . saw action in 20-7 loss at Nebraska, but had no statistics . . . saw action in Insight Bowl loss to Oklahoma, but had no receptions.

2010 – – Saw action in 10 games, recording one reception for 17 yards . . . saw action in 37-7 opening win over Eastern Illinois, recording one reception for 17 yards as offense gained 435 yards total offense . . . saw action in 35-7 win over Iowa State as offense gained 479 yards total offense, but had no statistics . . . did not see action in 34-27 loss at Arizona . . . saw action in 45-0 win over Ball State as offense gained 562 yards total offense, but had no statistics . . . did not see action in 24-3 win over Penn State . . . saw action in 38-28 win at Michigan, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 31-30 loss to Wisconsin, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 37-6 win over fifth-ranked Michigan State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 18-13 win at Indiana, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 21-17 loss at Northwestern, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 20-17 loss to Ohio State, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 27-24 loss at Minnesota, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 27-24 Insight Bowl win over 12th-ranked Missouri, but had no statistics.

2009 Honors – – Team Leader Award, Special Teams . . . 2009 – – Did not see any game action.

2008 – – Redshirted after joining team as a walk-on. High school honors – – first team all-conference as a senior and junior after earning second team honors as a sophomore . . . Career – – helped prep team reach state football playoffs as a senior . . . member of prep basketball team that won Class 4A state title as a senior.

Personal – – Born 2/02/90 . . . pre-business major . . . parents are Kelly and John Derby . . . father was a four-year letterman (1988-91) as an Iowa linebacker . . . one of five players from Iowa City on the Iowa roster . . . attended same high school as WR Jay Chelf, OL James Ferentz and TE Steve Ferentz . . . high school coach was Dan Sabers.