 Diles in 2010 with the Houston Texans | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Born: | (1985-06-11)June 11, 1985 (age 39) Abilene, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school: | Tulare Union (Tulare, California) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Kansas State | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2007: 7th round, 218th pick | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||
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Zachary Lee Diles (born June 11, 1985) is an American former professionalfootballlinebacker. He was selected by theHouston Texans in the seventh round of the2007 NFL draft. He playedcollege football atKansas State.
He was also a member of theSt. Louis Rams,Tampa Bay Buccaneers,Indianapolis Colts,Tennessee Titans,Kansas City Chiefs, andCleveland Browns.
Diles attendedTulare Union High School, but did not gain any post-season recognition in football.
Diles was a two-year starter at Fresno City College in 2003 and 2004. He totaled 70 tackles in 2004 and 60 in 2003. In his two seasons the team had a 16-5 record and in 2004 Diles was named All.CVC
He finished his college career at Kansas State. He did not start in 2005 at Kansas State but still finished fourth on the team with 50 tackles (27 solos), adding two sacks, a pair of quarterback pressures, 5.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage and three forced fumbles. Diles earned honorable mention All-Big 12 in 2006. He ranked second on the team and eighth in the conference with 99 tackles (38 solos) while starting all 13 games at middle linebacker. He added 3.5 sacks with two pressures and was credited with 7.5 stops for losses. He recovered one fumble, deflected two passes and intercepted another.
In 24 games at Kansas State, Diles started 13 contests. He produced 149 tackles (65 solos) with 5.5 sacks, 13 stops for losses and four pressures. He caused three fumbles, recovered another, knocked down two passes and had one interception.
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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| 6 ft0+1⁄8 in (1.83 m) | 240 lb (109 kg) | 4.78 s | 1.65 s | 2.73 s | 4.22 s | 7.16 s | 33+1⁄2 in (0.85 m) | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) | 22 reps | |||
| All values from KSUPro Day[1] | ||||||||||||
Diles was selected in the 7th round of the2007 NFL draft. As a rookie in 2007 Diles played mostly on special teams. In 2008, he started 8 games as the Texans strong-side linebacker and made 66 tackles. In 2009, he moved to weakside linebacker and made 64 tackles and forced two fumbles. In 2010, he was again the starting weakside linebacker and totaled 81 tackles.
He was signed to a free agent contract on July 29, 2011. He was released in the final cutdown after the fourth preseason game.
Diles signed with theTampa Bay Buccaneers on September 4, 2011. He was cut on December 3, 2011.
TheIndianapolis Colts claimed Diles off waivers on December 6. After playing in four games for the Colts in 2011, and recording two tackles, Diles was waived on February 7, 2012.
Diles signed with theTennessee Titans on May 1, 2012.[2]
On April 12, 2013, Diles signed with theKansas City Chiefs.[3] He was released before the season.
Diles signed with the Titans on October 17, 2013.[4] Diles was released by the Titans on December 3, 2013.[5]
Diles signed a contract with theCleveland Browns after he worked out for them during their voluntary minicamp.[6]
Diles signed with the Texans on October 28, 2014.
Diles was signed by the Browns on November 19, 2014.[7] He played in four games for the team before being released on December 16, 2014.[7]
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2007 | HOU | 11 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | HOU | 8 | 8 | 66 | 47 | 19 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | HOU | 16 | 12 | 62 | 45 | 17 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | HOU | 15 | 10 | 82 | 59 | 23 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | IND | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TAM | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | TEN | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | TEN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | CLE | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HOU | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 74 | 31 | 244 | 179 | 65 | 1.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||