Zevi Eckhaus
| Washington State Cougars – No. 4 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Culver City (Culver City, California) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Zevi Eckhaus is an American football quarterback for the Washington State Cougars. He previously played for the Bryant Bulldogs.
High school career
[edit]Eckhaus attended Culver City High School in Culver City, California. As a freshman, Eckhaus became the first player in school history to start as a freshman at any position.[1] As a senior, he passed for 1,893 yards and 24 touchdowns during a shortened five-game season.[2] He finished his high school career throwing for a school-record 10,210 yards and 137 touchdowns, before committing to play college football at Bryant University.[3]
College career
[edit]Bryant
[edit]As a freshman, Eckhaus made ten starts, throwing for 2,392 yards and 21 touchdowns, and was named the NEC Offensive Rookie of the Year as a result.[4] As a junior, he threw for 2,907 yards and 28 touchdowns and was named the Big South–OVC Offensive Player of the Year.[5] His 28 touchdown passes tied the single-season school record, and his 75 career touchdown passes set the career-school record.[6] In the final game of his junior season against Southeast Missouri State, Eckhaus threw for 394 yards and a career-high six touchdowns, leading Bryant to a 45–21 victory.[7][8] At the conclusion of his junior year, Eckhaus entered the transfer portal.[9][10]
Washington State
[edit]After originally committing to Jacksonville State, Eckhaus flipped his commitment to Washington State University to play for the Washington State Cougars.[11][12] Entering the 2024 season, Eckhaus competed with John Mateer for Washington State's starting quarterback job, with Eckhaus being named the back-up to Mateer to begin the season.[13][14][15]
Statistics
[edit]| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
| Bryant Bulldogs | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 11 | 10 | 7–3 | 233 | 371 | 62.8 | 2,392 | 6.4 | 21 | 3 | 133.1 | 71 | 242 | 3.4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | 4–7 | 253 | 416 | 60.8 | 3,228 | 7.8 | 26 | 15 | 139.4 | 72 | 165 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 6–5 | 238 | 379 | 62.8 | 2,907 | 7.7 | 28 | 7 | 147.9 | 78 | 353 | 4.5 | 1 |
| Washington State Cougars | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 61 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 206.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career | 34 | 32 | 17−15 | 728 | 1,171 | 62.2 | 8,541 | 7.3 | 76 | 25 | 140.6 | 221 | 760 | 3.4 | 5 |
References
[edit]- ^ Goodyear, Greg; Weiner, Larry (June 27, 2019). "Quarterback Zevi Eckhaus Receives All-State Honors". www.culvercitynews.org. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ Sondheimer, Eric (April 19, 2021). "Indelible image: Zevi Eckhaus comforts brothers after final game". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ Finley, Steve (April 29, 2021). "Zevi Eckhaus: Culver City's greatest of all time". www.culvercitynews.org. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ Steele, Ian (November 25, 2021). "Bryant QB Zevi Eckhaus Wins NEC Rookie of the Year". ABC6. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ "Bryant's Zevi Eckhaus earns national accolades". WPRI.com. November 22, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ Koch, Bill. "Bryant's star quarterback will play elsewhere next season. Here's what Zevi Eckhaus said". The Providence Journal. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ "Eckhaus, Bryant close out Big South chapter the right way". New England Football Journal. November 21, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ "Zevi Eckhaus throws for 394 yards and 6 touchdowns in Bryant's 45-21 win over SEMO". CBSSports.com. November 18, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ "Bryant QB Zevi Eckhaus enters transfer portal". WPRI.com. December 5, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ Steele, Ian (December 4, 2023). "Bryant QB Zevi Eckhaus Enters Transfer Portal". ABC6. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ Donaldson, Maxwell. "Jax State football transfer commit Zevi Eckhaus flips to Washington State". Gadsden Times. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ "Why WSU QB Zevi Eckhaus committed without taking a visit — and why he's glad he did". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ "A closer look at WSU's QB battle between John Mateer and Zevi Eckhaus". The Seattle Times. April 10, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ "WSU to announce starting quarterback next Monday". krem.com. August 12, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
- ^ Sports, Austin Getz and Brock Craven-SWX Local (August 20, 2024). "Dickert, Mateer praise Eckhaus after he was named WSU's QB2: "He's gonna be ready if his number is called"". Nonstop Local SWX Sports. Retrieved August 21, 2024.