Zach Grasis

Zach Grasis

  • Award
    Offensive Performer
  • Week Of
    11/11/2013
  • Sport
    Football
  • School
    Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    East Brookfield, Mass.
  • High School
    David Prouty
Junior Zach Grasis rushed 22 times for 155 yards and a pair of touchdowns to propel WPI to a 31-21 victory against Rochester on Saturday. Grasis accounted for 77 yards on a 98-yard, five play drive that culminated with him rumbling 70 yards for his first score. Grasis also reached the end zone from five yards out following a third quarter turnover. The junior RB reached the 100-yard mark for the sixth time this season and eighth of his career. Grasis became just the sixth player in the 124-year history of WPI football to reach 1,000 yards in a season and enters next week with 1,080 yards in 2013, fifth all-time in school history.