Michigan's Profile for Zoltan Mesko

Tim is a Romanian-born graduate of Twinsburg H.S. in Twinsburg, OH where he averaged 44 yards per punt during his career as a punter, and also connected on 21-of-28 field goal attempts. He placed first in punting at the Dick Pierce Camp in 2002-03-04 and was named the Most Valuable Performer at the Ray Guy Kicking Academy in 2004. He was also selected a USA Today second-team All-USA selection and a Parade Magazine All-American. He participated in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl selection and was a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete award recipient. Zoltan earned first-team all-conference and was named the Cleveland Touchdown Club Award winner in his conference, which is given to the best scholar-athlete. He also received the Western Reserve Conference Cleveland Touchdown Club Award and Akron Touchdown Club Award. He was listed as a first-team All-Sun Newspaper and earned first-team All-Ohio as a senior. Mesko was named first-team all-state by Cleveland Plain Dealer and received first-team All-Western Reserve Conference, North Division, honors as a junior and senior. He was named a three-star prospect, No. 2 kicker in country and No. 36 player in Ohio by Rivals.com, and was rated the No. 47 overall prospect in the entired Midwest by SuperPrep Magazine. Coming out, he was rated an All-America Midwest prospect by Prep Star Magazine and was selected to participate in 2005 Big 33 Football Classic for Ohio and Pennsylvania seniors.

At Michigan, Zoltan redshirted in 2005, and saw his first game action during the 2006 season when he played in all 13 games at punter and punted 50 times for 2079 yards, a 41.6-yard average, with 17 punts downed inside the opposition's 20-yard line. He also had eight boots of 50 yards or better that season. As a redshirt sophomore in 2007, he finished fifth in the Big Ten and 53rd nationally in punting average, with 70 punts for 2876 yards (41.1 avg.), and 22 boots inside the 20-yard line. 22 of his 70 punts were fair caught. In 2008, he was named a Ray Guy Award semifinalistand an All-Big Ten first team (coaches and media) selection. Mesko was also named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award and Academic All-Big Ten. he received the U-M Athletic Academic Achievementaward, and was the #1 punter in the Big Ten and 19th nationally in punting average (42.95 avg.) His 42.95 per punt average this season ranks sixth in program history. Zoltan punted 80 times for 3,436 yards, both school records and was the only U-M player to punt for more than 3,000 yards in one season. He had a career-best 25 punts of 50 yards or better and knocked 24 punts inside the opposition's 20-yard line. He kicked a 50-yard punt or better in nine of 12 games. Senior Bowl measurements - arm: 32.9" hand: 10.0" Notes: Tall and athletic with long arms, looks like an H-back.

Big leg. One of the true draftable punters in the country. Gets the ball high and deep consistently, and will consistently post hang times of 4.6-5.1 second. Can kick a FG in an emergency.

Not a great poor weather punter yet, despite playing in Michigan. Lacks the HUGE leg that gets people drafted as a punter in the early rounds. Accuracy and coffin-corner work is average.

6-7th rounder, and should be one of only a couple of kicking specialists drafted.

Your Projected NFL Draft Round: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Undrafted

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