2008 Football Roster
Roster

Zach Goebel
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Mater Dei HS
2007:
Appeared in nine games on the defensive line and special teams...finished the season with seven tackles, three solo...recorded a season-high three tackles in his first collegiate action against Lambuth...also recorded a tackle-for-loss in that contest...registered two assisted tackles against Southeast Missouri.HIGH SCHOOL: Following his senior campaign, Goebel was selected as Indiana’s top linebacker by the state’s football coaches and all-state by the Associated Press, the Bloomington Herald-Times and the Indiana Football Coaches Association...helped guide Mater Dei High School to a sectional and regional championship as a linebacker and quarterback in the fall of 2006...the Wildcats advanced to the class 3A semifinals and finished with an 11-3 record...over his final three seasons, Goebel helped Mater Dei compile a 29-9 record...set school career records for first-hit tackles, total tackles, tackles for a loss and blocked kicks...as a senior he recorded 157 tackles and four quarterback sacks...following his senior season, he was named Midwest Sports Publishing 3A Indiana Unsung Player of the Year, Evansville Courier All-Metro Player of the Year, Indiana Football Guide Top 26 and Indiana Football Digest Prime Time 25...as a quarterback, Goebel threw for 2,550 yards and 23 touchdowns in 2006...his 2,550 yards ranked sixth in the state of Indiana and was the sixth-best ever total by a Mater Dei quarterback...after his junior campaign, Goebel earned a spot on the Bloomington Herald-Times and the Indiana Football Coaches Association Junior All-State First Team...served as a defensive captain in 2004, 2005 and 2006, as an offensive captain in 2006 and as a team captain in 2006...Goebel was also a four-year varsity starter on Mater Dei’s wrestling team...ranked second in Indiana in his weight class his senior season.
PERSONAL: Full name is Zachary M. Goebel...born on April 13, 1988...Son of Mike and Mary Ann Goebel ... has one sister, McKenzie, and one brother, Billy...his uncles, Gary and Andy Goebel, played college football at the University of Evansville, and his cousin, Eric Goebel, played at Indiana State and Evansville...plans to major in education.