Missouri Southern State University Athletics

In2008: Sat out theseason as a redshirt.

In high school: Zerkel waspart of a state championship team at Webb City High School withcurrent Lion Collin Howard …  played for coach JohnRoderique at Webb  … A first team All-Conference,All-Area, All-District, All-Region and All-State selection thispast year at wide receiver for the Cardinals  … TheJoplin Globe Offensive Player of the Year, Zerkel finished with 40receptions for 766 yards and 10 touchdowns  … Zerkelwas also a standout basketball player and was a first-teamAll-Conference and All-Area selection last year as a junior, whilebeing named conference MVP …  Zerkel is a member of theNational Honor Society and is on the honor roll at Webb City. 

Personal: Born on November19, 1989 … Zerkel is the son of Kenny Zerkel and CarrieCavitt … He is undecided on his future major at Southern.… I can’t live without: Halo and Moe’s SouthwestGrill … Favorite song: “Something youforgot”