2020 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Appeared in seven games.
2019 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Selected Academic All-Big Ten.
Season: Appeared in 13 games, primarily on special teams.
Idaho (8/31): Made an 8-yard grab. at Maryland (9/27): Had a career-long 10-yard reception.
2018 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in one game...One of 16 true freshmen to make their collegiate debut...One of 40 players to make their first Penn State appearance.
Kent State (9/15): Made his collegiate debut...Caught an 8-yard pass. Iowa (10/27): Named the coaching staff's Scout Team Offensive Player of the Week.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letterman for head coach Tim Bigelow at Camp Hill High School...Was a team captain as a senior...Helped the Lions to back-to-back Division 3 Class A Championships in 2014 and 2015...Claimed a first-team spot on USA Today’s All-USA Pennsylvania Football Team as a senior...Selected to Pennsylvania Football Writers All-State Class 2A first team as a senior...Collected Pennsylvania Football News (PFN) All-Class 2A first-team accolades as a senior and honorable-mention honors as a junior...Selected all-state in 2015...Earned All-Mid Penn Capital League honors four times, including first-team honors on both offense and defense in 2017...Had 40 catches for 1,060 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior...Registered 49 receptions for 793 yards and 11 touchdowns as a sophomore...Had 47 receptions for 658 yards and seven scores as a freshman...Rated a four-star prospect by all three major recruiting outlets – 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals...Ranked as the No. 111 overall prospect, No. 4 tight end and No. 2 recruit in Pennsylvania by 247Sports...Rated as the No. 283 overall prospect, No. 7 tight end, No. 9 recruit in Pennsylvania and No. 30 in the region by ESPN...Ranked as the No. 122 overall recruit, No. 4 tight end and No. 3 prospect in Pennsylvania by Rivals...Lettered in basketball three times and track & field three times...Won the State Class AA Championship in the 110-meter hurdles in 2017...Claimed district titles in the 110-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles three times each...Won district crowns in the high jump as a sophomore and junior, as well as 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay titles in both 2015 and 2016...Was a member of the National Honor Society...Was a four-time distinguished scholar.
PERSONAL
Full name is Zackery Patrick Kuntz...Son of Kitty and Francis Kuntz...Has three brothers, Franny, Christian and Brandon, and one sister, Anna...Brothers, Christian and Brandon, both attended Penn State...Father, Francis, played football at the University of Maryland...Brother, Christian, played football at Penn State...Sister, Anna, played basketball at West Chester University...Hobbies include hanging out with friends and family...Volunteered at the Little Lions Football Camp and Basketball Rising Stars Camp...Planning to major in marketing with aspirations of becoming a successful businessman after a long NFL career...Born June 6, 1999 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.