Zach Morton

DL · Akron · Sr. · #3

Akron 2022 alumnus

This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Zach Morton

DL · Akron · Sr · #3

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

Recruit

★★★

#721 national

CFB

College

Akron

2021–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2022

2 coaches

2021

Oscar Rodriguez

Akron

2022

Joe Moorhead

Akron

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Oscar Rodriguez → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Akron2-10HC: Oscar Rodriguez · Run-leaning

2022Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Akron	28	12	8.0	3.5	3	1	--
2021	Akron	31	11	1.0	1.0	--	1	--
Career		59	23	9.0	4.5	3	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 44–12

at Northern Illinois

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

Dominant 32-point win on the road against Northern Illinois.

How he plays

Play style

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jacob Busic’s 2021 season.

Jacob Busic

88%match

Navy · 2021

Thomas Incoom

Central Michigan · 2021

83%

Zach VanValkenburg

Iowa · 2021

All-Big Ten

83%

Wesley Bailey

Rutgers · 2022

78%

Ethan Downs

Oklahoma · 2022

75%

Matches Jacob on

Height

TFL rate

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Eku Leota's junior season at Auburn (2022).

Eku Leota

94%match

Auburn · 2022

All-Big Ten

Brennan Jackson

Washington State · 2022

NFL Rd 5

86%

Elijah O'Neal

Arizona State · 2025

82%

C.J. Nunnally

Purdue · 2025

82%

Jaylen Harrell

Michigan · 2022

NFL Rd 7

81%

Matches Eku on

Class year

Hurry rate

Weight