Zack Annexstad

Position:
QB
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 220
Hometown:
Norseland, Minn.
High School:
IMG Academy
Letters:
1
Class:
Redshirt Junior

PRONUNCIATION

HONORS
Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2019)

CAREER: Has started seven career games and has a 3-4 record • started career 3-0 to become first Gopher freshman quarterback to ever start and win first three games of career • led a fourth-quarter comeback victory against Fresno State in 2018.

2021 • JUNIOR SEASON: Competed at Colorado, seeing his first game action at quarterback since Oct. 20, 2018, at Nebraska • played at Northwestern and led Minnesota on its final scoring drive of the game.

2020 • SOPHOMORE SEASON: Did not see game action.

2019: Missed the season after sustaining an injury during training camp.

2018 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Named starting quarterback by coach P.J. Fleck on Aug. 20, 2018 • believed to be the second walk-on true freshman quarterback to start a season opener, joining Baker Mayfield who started his first game at Texas Tech in 2013 after walking on • started the first seven games of the season and played in eight total • hampered for the second half of the season with an injury • completed 97 passes for 1,277 yards (third most all-time for a Minnesota freshman) and nine touchdowns (tied for third most all-time for a Minnesota freshman with Tanner Morgan). Game-by-Game: Became the first true freshman to start the season at quarterback for the Gophers since 1980 (Tim Salem) when he was under center against New Mexico State • completed 16 passes for 220 yards and two touchdowns (both touchdowns went to Tyler Johnson) against New Mexico State • led team to 522 yards of total offense and his 220 yards were the most by a Gopher freshman in his debut since redshirt freshman Alan Holt threw for 275 yards against Michigan State in 1985 • completed 16-of-26 passes for 175 yards against Fresno State and lead a fourth quarter comeback victory • completed 12 passes for 142 yards and two touchdowns against Miami • completed 14 passes for 169 yards and one touchdown at Maryland • completed 17 passes for 218 yards and three touchdowns against Iowa • completed 13 passes for 218 yards at Ohio State • threw for 135 yards and one touchdown at Nebraska before leaving at halftime with an injury • missed the Indiana game with an injury and did not play at Illinois • saw his first action since leaving the Nebraska game with an injury when he played as a reserve against Purdue.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. • wore No. 18 for the Ascenders • as a senior, completed 63-of-112 passes for 940 yards and 10 touchdowns, as he helped lead IMG Academy to an undefeated season • finished career with 1,137 passing yards and 14 touchdowns • was the starting quarterback at Mankato West as a sophomore in 2015, but was sidelined by an ankle injury • three-star recruit by 247Sports • the No. 45 ranked pro-style quarterback and No. 214 overall recruit in Florida by 247Sports • enrolled at Minnesota in January 2018.

PERSONAL: Son of Scott and Jennifer Annexstad • brother, Brock, is a receiver for the Gophers • father, Scott, played at Minnesota from 1982-83 and then saw time with Kansas City and Washington in the NFL • cousin, Sam Dekker, played basketball at Wisconsin from 2012-15 and has played in the NBA for the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers and Cleveland Cavaliers.