2025 Football Roster
Atkins, Zach
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.

Jersey Number 85
Zach Atkins
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Olathe, Kan.
- High School:
- Blue Valley Southwest
- Prev School:
- Northwest Missouri State
Bio
TRANSFER RANKINGS
- Atkins had a .8500 transfer rating from 247 Sports and was ranked as the No. 294 overall player in the transfer portal and the No. 12 tight end. (As of Dec. 18, 2024)
- He joins Colorado with two years to play two.
- Played three seasons at Northwest Missouri State for head coach Rich Wright.
- In three seasons Atkins caught 30 passes for 360 yards and four touchdowns.
- In 2024 he hauled in 18 receptions for 179 yards and three touchdowns.
- During his first season playing he caught 12 passes for 181 yards and one touchdown in 2023.
- Atkins redshirted in 2022.
- Two-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll
- Played high school football for head coach Anthony Orrick at Blue Valley Southwest.
- He finished his high school career with 133 receptions for 1,961 yards and 16 touchdowns.
- As a senior, he was named a First-Team All-State wide receiver and a finalist for the Otis Taylor Award given to the top wide receiver in the Kansas City Metro Area.
- In his final season, he caught 79 passes for 1,055 yards and nine touchdowns.
- Atkins was selected to play in the Kansas City Shrine Bowl.
- He was also named First-Team All-Conference and a First-Team All-Blue Valley wide receiver.
- Atkins jumped onto the scene as a junior with 42 receptions for 802 yards and seven touchdowns.
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