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- Title:
- Student-Athlete
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- Previous College Sports Played:
- Football
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- Graduating Class:
- 1969
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- Induction Class:
- 2017
Bio
Zeleznak, a 1969 graduate, was the starting quarterback for the Morningside football team from 1966 to 1968. He completed 328 of 689 pass attempts for 3644 yards over his three-year career. Zeleznak's 3644 career yards passing was a school record that stood for over 15 years before Jim Gibson passed for 6315 yards from 1982-85.
He became Morningside's starting quarterback in his 1966 sophomore season and passed for 1160 yards, followed by a junior campaign where he threw for 798 yards.
Zeleznak's greatest season came as a senior when he passed for 1686 yards to set a school record for passing yards in a season. He completed a school-record 159 of 316 pass attempts for 50.3 percent and a career-high 16 touchdowns. Zeleznak was the nation's eighth leading passer with his 1686 yards. Zeleznak, a first-team All-NCC selection, passed for 1233 yards and 12 touchdowns in conference play to lead the league in passing and also led the NCC with 1252 yards total offense.
The most prolific passing performance of Zeleznak's career came in his senior season when he completed 30 of 59 pass attempts for 329 yards against the University of South Dakota to set Morningside single-game records in all three categories.