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#61 Zach Stadther
Position: Nose Tackle
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 285
Year: Freshman
City/State: North Little Rock, Ark.
High School: North Little Rock HS
Experience: High School
Zach Stadther
Courtesy: Athletic Department
Release: 07/13/2010

OUTLOOK: Stadther started eight games a season ago and he looks to be a candidate to start again this year at defensive tackle. He has 16 starts and 99 tackles for his career. He started for the White in the Red-White Spring Game and had two tackles with a seven-yard sack. He also had three tackles in the April 16 scrimmage.

2009: He played in all 13 games with starts against Missouri State, Georgia, Alabama, Texas A&M, Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina and East Carolina in the Liberty Bowl. He was 10th on the team with 42 tackles, tied for second with two fumble recoveries and added one tackle for a loss and a half sack. He had four tackles in the opener and five against Georgia with a half tackle for a loss in each game. He made three stops at Alabama. He had one tackle with a fumble recovery against Auburn and four tackles with another fumble recovery at No. 1 Florida. He made six tackles against Mississippi State, three at No. 17 LSU and a season-high seven against East Carolina in the Liberty Bowl victory for 16 of his 42 tackles in the final three games.

2008: Stadther played in all 12 games and started the final eight contests of the year. Named to the SEC All-Freshman team by the league's coaches, he finished fifth on the team with 56 tackles, including 33 solos. He was fifth with four tackles for nine yards in losses and second with eight quarterback hurries. He also had a half sack for three yards and one pass breakup. He had two tackles through the first three games with assisted stops against both Western Illinois and Louisiana-Monroe, but finished the year with 54 stops in the final nine games. He had five tackles with a one-yard TFL at Texas and four tackles against Florida. At Auburn, he had a game-high nine tackles, including eight solo, with two TFLs for four yards and two hurries. He had five tackles at Kentucky and followed with 10 against Ole Miss and seven against Tulsa, including his sack, a TFL and two hurries. He finished the season with four tackles at South Carolina and five against Mississippi State and LSU.

HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior, he amassed more than 100 tackles, 115 assisted stops, including 20 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, four forced fumbles and one fumble recovery for Coach Brad Bolding. He was named to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's All-Arkansas team as a junior and a senior, and to the Associated Press Super Team as a senior. He was rated the No. 65 defensive tackle in the nation and the No. 13 overall player in the state of Arkansas by Rivals. He was ranked No. 17 in the HawgSports.com Natural 21. He was ranked as the No. 13 overall player in the state by Hawgs Illustrated. He was also recruited by Kansas, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 10, 1989, he is the son of Christie and J.D. Stadther. He is majoring in sociology.