Freshman (2013): Saw action in nine games, two as a starter ... Finished the year with 14 total tackles ... Had a season-best four stops at Marist (10/26) ... Was credited with his only sack at Florida Tech (9/7).
High School: Attended Northwest High School in Germantown, Md., before transferring to Steinbrenner High School in Lutz, Fla. … Played defensive line, defensive end and center … Averaged 5.5 tackles a game and totaled 2.5 sacks … In a game for Steinbrenner, recorded a fumble recovery for a touchdown … Also wrestled, played lacrosse and competed in track and field (shot put) ... Was a Florida Bright Futures Medallion Scholarship recipient ... Received the President’s Achievement Award ... Was involved in the Civil Air Patrol.
Personal: Full name Zackary Thomas Boryla … Was born on March 19, 1994, in Raleigh, N.C. … Father is Matthew Boryla, mother is Dee Boryla Lett, and step father is Jeffrey Lett … Has two sisters, McKenna Boryla (20) and Genny Lett (19), and one brother, Matthew Boryla (22) … His cousin, Vince Boryla, was a basketball All-American at Notre Dame and Denver, won an Olympic Gold Medal in 1948 in London ... He went on to play professionally for the New York Knicks before later becoming the teams’ head coach and general manager … Cousin, Mike Boryla (Vince’s son), played football at Stanford before a career as a quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles (1974-76) and Tampa Bay Bucs (1978) ... At the 1976 Pro Bowl he threw two touchdown passes in the final minutes of the game to lead the NFC to a 23-20 win … Chose Stetson because of the small class sizes, the historic downtown, and the opportunity to play Division I football ... Is an Integrative Health Science major and has plans to go on to medical school.
