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Zack Baun

Linebacker, Philadelphia Eagles · #53.

Player facts

Team: Philadelphia Eagles
Position: Linebacker
Number: 53
Born: Dec 30, 1996 (age 29)
Birthplace: Brown Deer, WI, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 225 lbs
College: Wisconsin
Experience: 7 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	36	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	3	6.5	11	0
Career	398	237	161	9	6	2	0	4	10	2.5	0	10	16	36	40	0

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	vs JAX	L 19-17	11	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Mon, Sep 28	@ CHI	L 27-7	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ TEN	W 24-20	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs WSH	W 24-22	12	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	0

Last 4 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Zack Baun (born December 30, 1996) is an American professional football linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers and was selected by the New Orleans Saints 10th in the third round of the 2020 NFL draft (Pick 74). He played four years with the Saints before having a breakout year with the Eagles, being named a Pro Bowler and a first-team All-Pro, and finishing fifth in Defensive Player of the Year voting.

From Wikipedia’s article on Zack Baun, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Baun grew up in West Bend, Wisconsin and initially attended West Bend East High School. His family moved to Brown Deer, Wisconsin after his sophomore year and he transferred to Brown Deer High School, where he played basketball and football and ran track. Baun moved from playing wide receiver at West Bend to quarterback and linebacker at Brown Deer. As a senior, Baun was named the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) State Offensive Player of the Year and was also named Dave Krieg State Quarterback of the Year after passing for 1,936 yards and 20 touchdowns and rushing for 1,837 yards and a state-leading 39 touchdowns. Baun committed to play college football at Wisconsin with the intention of gray shirting his freshman year. In basketball, Baun was a starter for Brown Deer's 2013 WIAA Division II State Championship team and he placed in the Division II state track championship in both the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes.

College career

Baun redshirted his true freshman season after breaking his left foot going into the season. He appeared in 12 games as a redshirt freshman, making 15 tackles (3.5 for loss) with a forced fumble. Baun missed the entirety of his redshirt sophomore season after re-injuring his left foot during spring practices. Baun was named a starter at outside linebacker for the Badgers going into his redshirt junior season and finished the season as the team's third-leading tackler with 63 stops (7.5 for a loss) with 2.5 sacks, 3 pass breakups, one interception and a fumble recovery.

Baun entered his redshirt senior season on the watchlist for the Butkus Award and was voted to be a team captain. He was named midseason All-American by the Associated Press and Sporting News after leading the Badgers in sacks (6), tackles for loss (10.5), and forced fumbles (2) through the first six games of the season. Baun finished the season with 76 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks and was named first team All-Big Ten and a first team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and the Walter Camp Football Foundation.

From Wikipedia’s article on Zack Baun, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹