2016: Redshirted.

Central Catholic HS: Four-year starter under head coach Mike Moews … competed in the playoffs all four years … most valuable player junior and senior year … as a senior, named team captain … tallied 90 solo tackles, ran for 788 yards and eight touchdowns … named first team all-conference running back and linebacker, first team all-area linebacker and first team all-state for 3A … WJBC’s Bloomington-Normal Intercity Football Player of the Year … as a junior, recorded 45 tackles and 14 touchdowns along with 1300 all-purpose yards … named first team all-conference running back, second team all-conference linebacker and first team all-area running back … helped lead team to two quarterfinals and one conference championship … also competed in tennis.

Personal: Born Nov. 28, 1997, in Bloomington, Illinois … son of Douglas and Amy Zitkus … has three older sisters, Taylor, Carly and Claudia … his father and three sisters are ISU alumni … grandfather and hall of famer Larry Zitkus was a linebacker at St. Ambrose in Davenport, Iowa.