Rob Zatechka | |
Number: | 73 |
Position: | Guard |
Birth Date: | December 1, 1971 |
Birth Place: | Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lbs: | 313 |
High School: | Lincoln (NE) East |
College: | Nebraska |
Draftyear: | 1995 |
Draftround: | 4 |
Draftpick: | 128 |
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Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 47 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 9 |
Pfr: | ZateRo20 |
Robert Brett Zatechka (born December 1, 1971) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants. He was born to Douglas and Jane Zatechka in 1971.[1] He was selected in the fourth round of the 1995 NFL draft out of the University of Nebraska.[2] In college, he won both the Draddy Trophy and a Walter Byers Scholarship.[3] He was the first Giant draft pick to sign after the 1995 draft.[4]
After his playing days ended, he slimmed down from 320lb to 260lb before returning to school at Omaha, Nebraska's University of Nebraska Medical Center.[5] Zatechka graduated medical school in 2004, completed a residency in anesthesia at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2008, and is currently practicing in Omaha at OrthoNebraska.