Zach Atkins - 2026 Football Roster
Nov 13 (Fri)
8:15 PM
Zach Atkins
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Fifth
- Hometown:
- Olathe, Kan.
- High School:
- Blue Valley Southwest
- Prev School:
- Northwest Missouri State
- Major:
- Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Ethnic Studies
AT COLORADO
CAREER: Has played in 15 games with eight starts over two seasons and has 23 receptions for 177 yards and one rushing touchdown.
2026 (Fifth-Year): Has played in three games, with one start. Has three receptions for 28 yards. Preseason: Shriners Children’s 1000 watch list; fourth-team All-Big 12 (Athlon, Phil Steele).
Game by Game:
- vs. Weber State (Sept. 12, W 52-21): 3 catches for 28 yards.
- at Northwestern (Sept. 19, L 7-41): played.
- at Baylor (Sept. 26, L 13-23) (start): played.
2025 (Fourth-Year): Played in all 12 games with seven starts, including the final five, and was fourth on the team with 20 receptions for 149 yards, ranking 16th among Big 12 tight ends in catches and 17th in yards through the regular season. Scored his first touchdown as a Buff against Houston, recovering a Ryan Staub fumble in the end zone, which also counted as his first career carry.
AS A TRANSFER
Rated an .8500 transfer prospect by 247Sports, which ranked him the No. 294 player overall and the No. 12 tight end in the portal (as of Dec. 18, 2024). Joined Colorado with two years to play two.
AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE (2022-24)
Played three seasons for head coach Rich Wright and caught 30 passes for 360 yards and four touchdowns, a two-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll selection.
2024 (Third-Year): Caught 18 passes for 179 yards and three touchdowns.
2023 (Second-Year): Caught 12 passes for 181 yards and a touchdown in his first season of action.
2022 (First-Year): Redshirted.
AT BLUE VALLEY SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach Anthony Orrick and finished his career with 133 receptions for 1,961 yards and 16 touchdowns. As a senior, caught 79 passes for 1,055 yards and nine touchdowns and was a first-team all-state wide receiver, a finalist for the Otis Taylor Award as the top receiver in the Kansas City area, first-team all-conference and all-Blue Valley, and a Kansas City Shrine Bowl selection. As a junior, had 42 receptions for 802 yards and seven touchdowns.
