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Jersey Number 29
Zach Sinor
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 223
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Castroville, TX
- High School:
- Medina Valley
Bio
Pronounced SIGH-ner
2015 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
2016 Second-Team All-Big 12 (Associated Press)
2016 Second-Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2016 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2016 Ray Guy Award Semifinalist
Was the nation’s best punter in 2016 at pinning opponents inside their own 20-yard line ... Finished his career ranked fifth in Oklahoma State history with 195 punt attempts and ninth in school history with 42.2 yards per punt, though those stats don’t really capture his biggest strengths of target punting and pinning opponents deep.
2018 (Senior): Missed the entire non-conference portion of the schedule to injury ... Played an important role in Oklahoma State leading the Big 12 in net punting ... Punted 26 times for an average of 45.5 yards per punt and a long of 67 yards ... His average of 45.5 yards per punt led the Big 12 in conference games only ... Six of his punts were downed inside the 20 ... His 26 punts yielded 127 return yards ... Tied for third in the Big 12 with seven punts of 50 yards or longer during conference play.
2017 (Junior): Punted 38 times for an average of 43.1 yards per punt, which was the highest yards-per-punt average of his career to this point ... Hit a season-long 57-yard punt against TCU ... Was an important figure in the Cowboys’ win at Texas, punting nine times for an average of 41.6 yards to keep the Longhorns at bay in a close, low-scoring game ... Perhaps his best performance came in OSU’s win over Iowa State when he punted five times for an average of 44.6 yards and three of his five punts were downed inside the 20 ... Punted twice for an average of 46.0 yards with one downed inside the 20 in the Cowboys’ bowl victory over No. 22 Virginia Tech.
2016 (Sophomore): A semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award presented to America’s top punter and a Second-Team All-Big 12 selection by the Associated Press and coaches ... First-Team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Led all FBS punters with 62.5 percent of his punts being downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, a figure that was nearly 10 percent better than any other punter in the country, as the second-place finisher (Utah’s Mitch Wishnowsky) came in at 53.1 percent ... Despite punting only 56 times on the season, Sinor’s 35 punts downed inside the 20 led the nation ... Due largely to his ability to target punt with hang time, OSU ranked second nationally by allowing only 15 punt return yards all season (0.94 yards per punt return) ... Sinor’s performance was perhaps the most significant reason why the Cowboys ranked No. 1 nationally in opponents’ starting field position, starting on average at their own 23.8-yard line ... The Cowboys held their opponents to either zero yards or negative yards on punt returns seven times in 13 games ... Killed all three of his punts inside of TCU’s own 20 yard line, and the Frogs’ average starting field position after Sinor’s punts was their own six-yard line, completely neutralizing TCU’s KaVonte Turpin, one of the nation’s best return men ... Punted four times for an average of 47.8 yards, with three of those punts downed inside the 20-yard line in the Cowboys’ Alamo Bowl win over No. 10 Colorado ... Against OU, he didn’t allow a single return on six punts and he downed three inside the 20-yard line with a long of 58 yards ... Punted six times for an average of 47.7 yards in OSU’s win over Pitt, while four of his six punts were downed inside the 20 and the other two were longer than 50 yards, including a 65-yard blast that matched his career long ... Had a big role in the Cowboys’ second-biggest comeback in school history against Iowa State, punting nine times for an average of 40.4 yards, while five of his punts were downed inside the 20 and two of his punts were longer than 50 yards ... His five punts downed inside the 20 matched the third-best single season effort in school history and those nine punts yielded two returns for a total of -9 yards ... With the game on the line and the Cowboys holding a seven-point lead inside the 1:00 mark, he downed ISU at their own 10-yard line and put the Cowboy defense in great position to seal the win ... Averaged 44.8 yards per punt and downed three of his four punts inside the 20-yard line vs. West Virginia ... Punted three times for 130 yards (43.3 yards per punt), with two of his three punts being downed inside the 20-yard line and the third being downed right at the 20 in the win over Texas Tech ... Named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the week for his performances against Pitt and West Virginia.
2015 (Freshman): Second team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Was one of just seven freshmen in the country who made the list of candidates for the Ray Guy Award ... Of his 75 punts, 31 were downed inside the 20 with only three touchbacks ... A central figure in OSU allowing only 94 punt return yards on the season - a mark that ranks sixth in school history ... Had eight punts of at least 50 yards on the season, including a season long of 65 yards at Central Michigan ... Named the Big 12 Special Teams player of the week for his performances against West Virginia and TCU ... Had a huge impact on the Cowboys’ overtime win in Morgantown, punting eight times for an average of 44.9 yards with three of his punts downed inside the Mountaineer 20 yard line ... Did his best work in the fourth quarter of that game, hampering the WVU cause with punts of 49 yards, 52 yards and 50 yards on his last three strikes ... For the game, his eight punts resulted in just three punt return yards for West Virginia and he also earned OSU’s special teams player of the game for his performance ... Punted nine times against TCU, with six of those nine punts downed inside the 20 yard line, three downed inside the 10 yard line and two downed inside the TCU five yard line ... His six punts downed inside the 20 against TCU matched a school record set by Barry Vincent against Colorado in 1991 ... Of nine punts against TCU, only one yielded a return of more than two yards ... Stopped a punt at the Iowa State 5-yard line with 1:44 remaining in Oklahoma State’s win in Ames, with the Cowboys holding a four-point lead at the time ... For the season, he punted 75 times for 3,010 yards - an average of 40.1 yards per punt.
2014: Redshirt.
High School: Coached by Steve Hale at Medina Valley … Averaged 43.5 yards on 42 punts as a senior, with 16 punts downed inside the 20-yard line and a long punt of 66 yards … Averaged more than 40 yards per punt over his career … First team selection on Dave Campbell’s Texas Football 2013 all-Texas high school team … Associated Press Sports Editors first team class 4A all-state team, San Antonio Express News first team sub 5A all-area team, first team all-district and Texas High School Football all-elite team Class 4A Region IV as a senior … . Three-time all-district selection … Given the Academic all-excellence award in every year of his high school career … Active in National Honor Society, student council, FCA and FFA … Also recruited by Texas A&M, Iowa State and Tulsa.
Personal: Zachary Joe Sinor was born July 13, 1995, in San Antonio, Texas … Son of Wes and Valerie Sinor … Management major.
2015 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
2016 Second-Team All-Big 12 (Associated Press)
2016 Second-Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2016 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
2016 Ray Guy Award Semifinalist
Was the nation’s best punter in 2016 at pinning opponents inside their own 20-yard line ... Finished his career ranked fifth in Oklahoma State history with 195 punt attempts and ninth in school history with 42.2 yards per punt, though those stats don’t really capture his biggest strengths of target punting and pinning opponents deep.
2018 (Senior): Missed the entire non-conference portion of the schedule to injury ... Played an important role in Oklahoma State leading the Big 12 in net punting ... Punted 26 times for an average of 45.5 yards per punt and a long of 67 yards ... His average of 45.5 yards per punt led the Big 12 in conference games only ... Six of his punts were downed inside the 20 ... His 26 punts yielded 127 return yards ... Tied for third in the Big 12 with seven punts of 50 yards or longer during conference play.
2017 (Junior): Punted 38 times for an average of 43.1 yards per punt, which was the highest yards-per-punt average of his career to this point ... Hit a season-long 57-yard punt against TCU ... Was an important figure in the Cowboys’ win at Texas, punting nine times for an average of 41.6 yards to keep the Longhorns at bay in a close, low-scoring game ... Perhaps his best performance came in OSU’s win over Iowa State when he punted five times for an average of 44.6 yards and three of his five punts were downed inside the 20 ... Punted twice for an average of 46.0 yards with one downed inside the 20 in the Cowboys’ bowl victory over No. 22 Virginia Tech.
2016 (Sophomore): A semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award presented to America’s top punter and a Second-Team All-Big 12 selection by the Associated Press and coaches ... First-Team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Led all FBS punters with 62.5 percent of his punts being downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, a figure that was nearly 10 percent better than any other punter in the country, as the second-place finisher (Utah’s Mitch Wishnowsky) came in at 53.1 percent ... Despite punting only 56 times on the season, Sinor’s 35 punts downed inside the 20 led the nation ... Due largely to his ability to target punt with hang time, OSU ranked second nationally by allowing only 15 punt return yards all season (0.94 yards per punt return) ... Sinor’s performance was perhaps the most significant reason why the Cowboys ranked No. 1 nationally in opponents’ starting field position, starting on average at their own 23.8-yard line ... The Cowboys held their opponents to either zero yards or negative yards on punt returns seven times in 13 games ... Killed all three of his punts inside of TCU’s own 20 yard line, and the Frogs’ average starting field position after Sinor’s punts was their own six-yard line, completely neutralizing TCU’s KaVonte Turpin, one of the nation’s best return men ... Punted four times for an average of 47.8 yards, with three of those punts downed inside the 20-yard line in the Cowboys’ Alamo Bowl win over No. 10 Colorado ... Against OU, he didn’t allow a single return on six punts and he downed three inside the 20-yard line with a long of 58 yards ... Punted six times for an average of 47.7 yards in OSU’s win over Pitt, while four of his six punts were downed inside the 20 and the other two were longer than 50 yards, including a 65-yard blast that matched his career long ... Had a big role in the Cowboys’ second-biggest comeback in school history against Iowa State, punting nine times for an average of 40.4 yards, while five of his punts were downed inside the 20 and two of his punts were longer than 50 yards ... His five punts downed inside the 20 matched the third-best single season effort in school history and those nine punts yielded two returns for a total of -9 yards ... With the game on the line and the Cowboys holding a seven-point lead inside the 1:00 mark, he downed ISU at their own 10-yard line and put the Cowboy defense in great position to seal the win ... Averaged 44.8 yards per punt and downed three of his four punts inside the 20-yard line vs. West Virginia ... Punted three times for 130 yards (43.3 yards per punt), with two of his three punts being downed inside the 20-yard line and the third being downed right at the 20 in the win over Texas Tech ... Named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the week for his performances against Pitt and West Virginia.
2015 (Freshman): Second team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Was one of just seven freshmen in the country who made the list of candidates for the Ray Guy Award ... Of his 75 punts, 31 were downed inside the 20 with only three touchbacks ... A central figure in OSU allowing only 94 punt return yards on the season - a mark that ranks sixth in school history ... Had eight punts of at least 50 yards on the season, including a season long of 65 yards at Central Michigan ... Named the Big 12 Special Teams player of the week for his performances against West Virginia and TCU ... Had a huge impact on the Cowboys’ overtime win in Morgantown, punting eight times for an average of 44.9 yards with three of his punts downed inside the Mountaineer 20 yard line ... Did his best work in the fourth quarter of that game, hampering the WVU cause with punts of 49 yards, 52 yards and 50 yards on his last three strikes ... For the game, his eight punts resulted in just three punt return yards for West Virginia and he also earned OSU’s special teams player of the game for his performance ... Punted nine times against TCU, with six of those nine punts downed inside the 20 yard line, three downed inside the 10 yard line and two downed inside the TCU five yard line ... His six punts downed inside the 20 against TCU matched a school record set by Barry Vincent against Colorado in 1991 ... Of nine punts against TCU, only one yielded a return of more than two yards ... Stopped a punt at the Iowa State 5-yard line with 1:44 remaining in Oklahoma State’s win in Ames, with the Cowboys holding a four-point lead at the time ... For the season, he punted 75 times for 3,010 yards - an average of 40.1 yards per punt.
2014: Redshirt.
High School: Coached by Steve Hale at Medina Valley … Averaged 43.5 yards on 42 punts as a senior, with 16 punts downed inside the 20-yard line and a long punt of 66 yards … Averaged more than 40 yards per punt over his career … First team selection on Dave Campbell’s Texas Football 2013 all-Texas high school team … Associated Press Sports Editors first team class 4A all-state team, San Antonio Express News first team sub 5A all-area team, first team all-district and Texas High School Football all-elite team Class 4A Region IV as a senior … . Three-time all-district selection … Given the Academic all-excellence award in every year of his high school career … Active in National Honor Society, student council, FCA and FFA … Also recruited by Texas A&M, Iowa State and Tulsa.
Personal: Zachary Joe Sinor was born July 13, 1995, in San Antonio, Texas … Son of Wes and Valerie Sinor … Management major.
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