A fifth-round draft pick out of Michigan, Zach Gentry began his football journey as a quarterback. That is even the position he was recruited to play by Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh. It took him a year of convincing before he finally came to agree that a move to tight end was in the best interests of his future.
It helped that he had the body for it. Standing at 6’8”, he has packed the pounds on his frame, able to push 270 pounds at the top end of the scale, though recently he has spoken about wanting to play at lighter weights.