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Zac Diles

{{Short description|American football player (born 1985)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Zac Diles

| image = Zac Diles.jpg

| caption = Diles in 2010 with the Houston Texans

| number = 54, 53, 91

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|6|11}}

| birth_place = Abilene, Texas, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 245

| high_school = Tulare Union
(Tulare, California)

| college = Kansas State

| draftyear = 2007

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 218

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Total tackles

| statvalue1 = 244

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 1.0

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 3

| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue4 = 1

| statlabel5 = Interceptions

| statvalue5 = 1

| pfr = DileZa99

}}

Zachary Lee Diles (born June 11, 1985) is an American former professional football linebacker. He was selected by the Houston Texans in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL draft. He played college football at Kansas State.

He was also a member of the St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, and Cleveland Browns.

Early life

Diles attended Tulare Union High School, but did not gain any post-season recognition in football.

College career

Diles was a two-year starter at Fresno City College in 2003 and 2004. He totaled 70 tackles in 2004 and 60 in 2003. In his two seasons the team had a 16-5 record and in 2004 Diles was named All.CVC

He finished his college career at Kansas State. He did not start in 2005 at Kansas State but still finished fourth on the team with 50 tackles (27 solos), adding two sacks, a pair of quarterback pressures, 5.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage and three forced fumbles. Diles earned honorable mention All-Big 12 in 2006. He ranked second on the team and eighth in the conference with 99 tackles (38 solos) while starting all 13 games at middle linebacker. He added 3.5 sacks with two pressures and was credited with 7.5 stops for losses. He recovered one fumble, deflected two passes and intercepted another.

In 24 games at Kansas State, Diles started 13 contests. He produced 149 tackles (65 solos) with 5.5 sacks, 13 stops for losses and four pressures. He caused three fumbles, recovered another, knocked down two passes and had one interception.

Professional career

{{nfl predraft

| height ft = 6

| height in = 0+1/8

| weight = 240

| dash = 4.78

| ten split = 1.65

| twenty split = 2.73

| shuttle = 4.22

| cone drill = 7.16

| vertical = 33+1/2

| broad ft = 9

| broad in = 5

| bench = 22

| wonderlic =

| hand span =

| note = All values from KSU Pro Day{{Cite web |date=March 25, 2009 |title=Zac DIles |url=http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=66966&draftyear=2007&genpos=ILB |access-date=April 16, 2009 |website=NFL Draft Scout.com}}

}}

=Houston Texans (first stint)=

Diles was selected in the 7th round of the 2007 NFL draft. As a rookie in 2007 Diles played mostly on special teams. In 2008, he started 8 games as the Texans strong-side linebacker and made 66 tackles. In 2009, he moved to weakside linebacker and made 64 tackles and forced two fumbles. In 2010, he was again the starting weakside linebacker and totaled 81 tackles.

=St. Louis Rams=

He was signed to a free agent contract on July 29, 2011. He was released in the final cutdown after the fourth preseason game.

=Tampa Bay Buccaneers=

Diles signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on September 4, 2011. He was cut on December 3, 2011.

=Indianapolis Colts=

The Indianapolis Colts claimed Diles off waivers on December 6. After playing in four games for the Colts in 2011, and recording two tackles, Diles was waived on February 7, 2012.

=Tennessee Titans (first stint)=

Diles signed with the Tennessee Titans on May 1, 2012.{{cite web | last=Alper | first=Josh | title=Titans sign Zac Diles | website=NBC Sports | date=2012-05-01 | url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/titans-sign-zac-diles | access-date=2025-05-18}}

=Kansas City Chiefs=

On April 12, 2013, Diles signed with the Kansas City Chiefs.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130415013830/http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article-2/Chiefs-Sign-Free-Agent-LB-Zac-Diles/89308e53-62db-44a7-8e17-76ad4bc63d26 Chiefs Sign Free Agent LB Zac Diles] He was released before the season.

=Tennessee Titans (second stint)=

Diles signed with the Titans on October 17, 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.titansonline.com/news/article-1/Titans-Add-LB-Zac-Diles-to-Roster/d6c99dfb-49d2-43da-8b40-707b12ea1415|title = Titans Add LB Zac Diles to Roster}} Diles was released by the Titans on December 3, 2013.[https://twitter.com/TennesseeTitans/status/408008542239469568 Additionally, the #Titans placed FB Collin Mooney on injured reserve (knee). They've waived LB Zac Diles and S Shann Schillenger.]

=Cleveland Browns (first stint)=

Diles signed a contract with the Cleveland Browns after he worked out for them during their voluntary minicamp.{{Cite web |last=Alper |first=Josh |title=Browns reportedly signing Zac Diles too |date=May 2014 |url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/01/browns-reportedly-signing-zac-diles-too/ |access-date=May 1, 2014 |publisher=Pro Football Talk}}

=Houston Texans (second stint)=

Diles signed with the Texans on October 28, 2014.

=Cleveland Browns (second stint)=

Diles was signed by the Browns on November 19, 2014.{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/d/dile00400.html | title=Zac Diles | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=24 August 2024}} He played in four games for the team before being released on December 16, 2014.

NFL career statistics

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! colspan="2"| Legend

Bold

| Career high

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Tackles

!colspan="5"| Interceptions

!colspan="4"| Fumbles

GPGSCmbSoloAstSckTFLIntYdsTDLngPDFFFRYdsTD
2007HOU

| 11 || 0 || 15 || 13 || 2 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2008HOU

| 8 || 8 || 66 || 47 || 19 || 1.0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0

2009HOU

| 16 || 12 || 62 || 45 || 17 || 0.0 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0

2010HOU

| 15 || 10 || 82 || 59 || 23 || 0.0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

rowspan="2" | 2011IND

| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

TAM

| 7 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2012TEN

| 6 || 1 || 11 || 7 || 4 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

2013TEN

| 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

rowspan="2" | 2014CLE

| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

HOU

| 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

colspan="2"|7431244179651.015100033100

References

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External links

  • [http://www.colts.com/team/roster/Zac-Diles/57ba0664-055f-4c21-860e-df6df08b9bff Indianapolis Colts bio]
  • [http://www.kstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3062&SPID=212&DB_OEM_ID=400&ATCLID=157448&Q_SEASON=2006 Kansas State Wildcats bio]

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Category:1985 births

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Category:Players of American football from Abilene, Texas

Category:Tulare Union High School alumni

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