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Zachary Copeland

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Zachary Copeland
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    210
  • Hometown:
    St-Thomas, ON
  • Position:
    K/P
  • Year:
    3
  • High School:
    Parkside C.I.
  • Major:
    Human Kinetics
  • Team:
    Football
  • avg
    41.8
  • in 20
    2
Bio

CAREER HONOURS

  • 3x U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian (2020-21, 2023-24, 2024-25)

THIRD YEAR (2025)

Appeared in regular season action as both a kicker and punter for the Gee-Gees... Converted 16 of 23 field goal attempts, including a long of 49 yards, while also making 19 of 20 extra point attempts… Finished the season with 67 total points, ranking among the OUA leaders in total points while providing consistent production in the kicking game throughout the 2025 season.

SECOND YEAR (2023):

Appeared in all eight regular season and one playoff game primarily as the team’s kickoff specialist… Tallied 1388 yards on 24 kickoffs for an average of 57.8 yards ranking third in the OUA… Added five punts for 187 yards for an average of 37.4 yards.

FIRST YEAR (2022)

Dressed every game, including the Gee-Gees two postseason appearances… Acted as Ottawa’s kickoff specialist…  Totaled 1,992 yards on 36 kickoffs (average 55.3) during the regular season, third in the OUA… In the post season, totaled 394 yards in 7 kickoffs, averaging 56.3 yards, second in the OUA. 

REDSHIRT YEAR (2021)

Dressed for one regular season game – Oct. 21 versus Queen’s…Did not impact eligibility.

BEFORE THE GEE-GEES

Attended Parkside Collegiate Institute in St. Thomas, Ont., playing as a kicker/punter and a defensive back…Won the Thames Valley Regional Association junior football championship in grade 10…Appeared in the 2019 CFC Prospects Game and the Canada Cup with Team Ontario…Trained with professional kicker Lirim Hajrullahu in high school.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Punts 42 42
Yards 1756 1756
Average 41.8 41.8
Long 66 66
Inside 20 2 2
Fair caught 0 0
Touch backs 2 2
Blocked 0 0
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Sep 13 at Guelph W, 30-23
Sep 20 Laurier L, 30-24
Oct 5 vs. Carleton L, 20-14
Oct 11 Windsor L, 30-24
Oct 18 Toronto W, 23-16
Oct 25 at Windsor L, 31-24
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 16 at Montreal L, 37-10 - - - - - - - - -
Aug 23 at Waterloo W, 27-12 - - - - - - - - -
Aug 30 York W, 33-17 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 at Western L, 55-29 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Guelph W, 30-23 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Laurier L, 30-24 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 vs. Carleton L, 20-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Windsor L, 30-24 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Toronto W, 23-16 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Windsor L, 31-24 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 16 at Montreal L, 37-10 - - - - - - -
Aug 23 at Waterloo W, 27-12 - - - - - - -
Aug 30 York W, 33-17 0 0 - 0 0 1 0
Sep 6 at Western L, 55-29 - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Guelph W, 30-23 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Laurier L, 30-24 - - - - - - -
Oct 5 vs. Carleton L, 20-14 0 0 - 0 0 2 2
Oct 11 Windsor L, 30-24 0 0 - 0 0 1 1
Oct 18 Toronto W, 23-16 1 17 17.0 17 0 - -
Oct 25 at Windsor L, 31-24 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 16 at Montreal L, 37-10 - - - - - - -
Aug 23 at Waterloo W, 27-12 - - - - - - -
Aug 30 York W, 33-17 - - - - - 1 0
Sep 6 at Western L, 55-29 - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Guelph W, 30-23 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Laurier L, 30-24 - - - - - - -
Oct 5 vs. Carleton L, 20-14 - - - - - 2 2
Oct 11 Windsor L, 30-24 - - - - - 1 1
Oct 18 Toronto W, 23-16 - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Windsor L, 31-24 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 16 at Montreal L, 37-10 - - - - - -
Aug 23 at Waterloo W, 27-12 4 4 48 2 2 14
Aug 30 York W, 33-17 4 4 30 2 2 14
Sep 6 at Western L, 55-29 0 1 0 4 4 4
Sep 13 at Guelph W, 30-23 3 4 39 3 3 12
Sep 20 Laurier L, 30-24 3 4 29 2 2 11
Oct 5 vs. Carleton L, 20-14 0 1 0 1 2 1
Oct 11 Windsor L, 30-24 0 1 0 3 3 3
Oct 18 Toronto W, 23-16 2 4 49 2 2 8
Oct 25 at Windsor L, 31-24 1 2 42 3 3 6
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 16 at Montreal L, 37-10 - - - - - - - -
Aug 23 at Waterloo W, 27-12 5 168 33.6 58 0 0 0 0
Aug 30 York W, 33-17 4 187 46.8 66 0 0 0 0
Sep 6 at Western L, 55-29 7 301 43.0 51 1 0 1 0
Sep 13 at Guelph W, 30-23 7 313 44.7 52 0 0 1 0
Sep 20 Laurier L, 30-24 4 203 50.8 56 0 0 0 0
Oct 5 vs. Carleton L, 20-14 8 345 43.1 48 0 0 0 0
Oct 11 Windsor L, 30-24 3 111 37.0 55 0 0 0 0
Oct 18 Toronto W, 23-16 4 128 32.0 44 1 0 0 0
Oct 25 at Windsor L, 31-24 5 216 43.2 61 3 0 0 0
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 16 at Montreal L, 37-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 23 at Waterloo W, 27-12 - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 30 York W, 33-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 at Western L, 55-29 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Guelph W, 30-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Laurier L, 30-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 vs. Carleton L, 20-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Windsor L, 30-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Toronto W, 23-16 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Windsor L, 31-24 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 16 at Montreal L, 37-10 - - - - - -
Aug 23 at Waterloo W, 27-12 1 - - - - 0
Aug 30 York W, 33-17 1 0 - - - 0
Sep 6 at Western L, 55-29 1 - - - - 0
Sep 13 at Guelph W, 30-23 1 - - - - 0
Sep 20 Laurier L, 30-24 1 - - - - 0
Oct 5 vs. Carleton L, 20-14 1 0 - - - 0
Oct 11 Windsor L, 30-24 1 0 - - - 0
Oct 18 Toronto W, 23-16 1 17 - - - 17
Oct 25 at Windsor L, 31-24 1 - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 16 at Montreal L, 37-10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 23 at Waterloo W, 27-12 15 - - - - - - 2 4 - 1 -
Aug 30 York W, 33-17 14 0 - - - - - 2 4 - 0 -
Sep 6 at Western L, 55-29 5 - - - - - - 4 0 - 1 -
Sep 13 at Guelph W, 30-23 12 - - - - - - 3 3 - 0 -
Sep 20 Laurier L, 30-24 12 - - - - - - 2 3 - 1 -
Oct 5 vs. Carleton L, 20-14 2 0 - - - - - 1 0 - 1 -
Oct 11 Windsor L, 30-24 4 0 - - - - - 3 0 - 1 -
Oct 18 Toronto W, 23-16 9 0 - - - - - 2 2 - 1 -
Oct 25 at Windsor L, 31-24 6 - - - - - - 3 1 - 0 0
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 16 at Montreal L, 37-10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 23 at Waterloo W, 27-12 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 30 York W, 33-17 2 0 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 at Western L, 55-29 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Guelph W, 30-23 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Laurier L, 30-24 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 vs. Carleton L, 20-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 Windsor L, 30-24 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Toronto W, 23-16 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Windsor L, 31-24 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2021-22 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2024-25 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2025-26 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 33 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2021-22 1 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 8 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 8 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 - -
2024-25 8 1 -3 -0.4 -3.0 0 0 2 2
2025-26 8 1 17 2.1 17.0 0 17 4 3
Total 33 3 14 0.4 4.7 0 17 6 5
gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2021-22 1 - - - - - - -
2022-23 8 - - - - - - -
2023-24 8 - - - - - - -
2024-25 8 - - - - - - -
2025-26 8 - - - - - - -
Total 33 - - - - - - -
gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2021-22 1 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 8 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 8 - - - - - - - 0
2024-25 8 17 22 77% 47 21 21 100% 72
2025-26 8 16 23 70% 49 19 20 95% 67
Total 33 33 45 73% 49 40 41 98% 139
gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2021-22 1 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 8 4 150 37.5 49 0 0 0 0
2023-24 8 5 187 37.4 47 1 0 0 0
2024-25 8 47 2045 43.5 71 7 0 1 4
2025-26 8 42 1756 41.8 66 2 0 2 0
Total 33 98 4138 42.2 71 10 0 3 4
kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 - - - - - - - - - -
2025-26 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -
gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2021-22 1 - - - - 0 .0
2022-23 8 - - - - 0 .0
2023-24 8 0 - - - 0 .0
2024-25 8 -3 - - - -3 -.4
2025-26 8 17 - - - 17 2.1
Total 33 14 - - - 14 .4
pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2021-22 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0
2024-25 78 9.8 0 - - - - - 21 17 - 6
2025-26 73 9.1 0 - - - - - 19 16 - 6
Total 151 4.6 0 - - - - - 40 33 0 12
gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2021-22 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 8 3 1 3.5 .4 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 8 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 8 3 0 3.0 .4 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2025-26 8 4 0 4.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 33 10 1 10.5 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event
Total 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location
Home 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result
Wins 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month
August 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
September 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event
Total 8 1 17 2.1 17.0 0 17 4 3
Conference 8 1 17 2.1 17.0 0 17 4 3
Exhibition 1 - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 4 1 17 4.3 17.0 0 17 2 1
Away 3 - - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 0 0 0.0 - 0 0 2 2
Result
Wins 4 1 17 4.3 17.0 0 17 1 0
Losses 4 0 0 0.0 - 0 0 3 3
Month
August 2 0 0 0.0 - 0 0 1 0
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 3 1 17 5.7 17.0 0 17 3 3
gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event
Total 8 - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - -
Exhibition 1 - - - - - - -
Location
Home 4 - - - - - - -
Away 3 - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 - - - - - - -
Losses 4 - - - - - - -
Month
August 2 - - - - - - -
September 3 - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - -
gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event
Total 8 16 23 70% 49 19 20 95% 67
Conference 8 16 23 70% 49 19 20 95% 67
Exhibition 1 1 2 50% 42 3 3 100% 6
Location
Home 4 9 13 69% 49 9 9 100% 36
Away 3 7 9 78% 48 9 9 100% 30
Neutral 1 0 1 0% 0 1 2 50% 1
Result
Wins 4 13 16 81% 49 9 9 100% 48
Losses 4 3 7 43% 29 10 11 91% 19
Month
August 2 8 8 100% 48 4 4 100% 28
September 3 6 9 67% 39 9 9 100% 27
October 3 2 6 33% 49 6 7 86% 12
gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event
Total 8 42 1756 41.8 66 2 0 2 0
Conference 8 42 1756 41.8 66 2 0 2 0
Exhibition 1 5 216 43.2 61 3 0 0 0
Location
Home 4 15 629 41.9 66 1 0 0 0
Away 3 19 782 41.2 58 1 0 2 0
Neutral 1 8 345 43.1 48 0 0 0 0
Result
Wins 4 20 796 39.8 66 1 0 1 0
Losses 4 22 960 43.6 56 1 0 1 0
Month
August 2 9 355 39.4 66 0 0 0 0
September 3 18 817 45.4 56 1 0 2 0
October 3 15 584 38.9 55 1 0 0 0
kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month
August - - - - - - - - - -
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event
Total 8 17 - - - 17 2.1
Conference 8 17 - - - 17 2.1
Exhibition 1 - - - - 0 .0
Location
Home 4 17 - - - 17 4.3
Away 3 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral 1 0 - - - 0 .0
Result
Wins 4 17 - - - 17 4.3
Losses 4 0 - - - 0 .0
Month
August 2 0 - - - 0 .0
September 3 - - - - 0 .0
October 3 17 - - - 17 5.7
pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event
Total 73 9.1 0 - - - - - 19 16 - 6
Conference 73 9.1 0 - - - - - 19 16 - 6
Exhibition 6 6.0 - - - - - - 3 1 0 0
Location
Home 39 9.8 0 - - - - - 9 9 - 3
Away 32 10.7 - - - - - - 9 7 - 2
Neutral 2 2.0 0 - - - - - 1 0 - 1
Result
Wins 50 12.5 0 - - - - - 9 13 - 2
Losses 23 5.8 0 - - - - - 10 3 - 4
Month
August 29 14.5 0 - - - - - 4 8 - 1
September 29 9.7 - - - - - - 9 6 - 2
October 15 5.0 0 - - - - - 6 2 - 3
gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event
Total 8 4 0 4.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 4 0 4.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 4 2 0 2.0 .5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 3 2 0 2.0 .7 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 3 0 3.0 .8 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month
August 2 3 0 3.0 1.5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
September 3 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -