Tom Zbikowski

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Tom Zbikowski

PositionSafety

Experience2 years

Height5-11

Weight215

CollegeNotre Dame

High SchoolBuffalo Grove (IL)

HometownArlington Heights, Illinois

Birthdate5/22/1985

Joined RavensDraft 3B (86th), 2008

Joined NFL2008

Tom Zbikowski Statistics

    • Games Played/Started: (2008, 16/0); (2009, 8/0) Total: (22/0)
    • Playoffs: (2008, 3/0) Total: 3/0 
    • Physical, fast safety who has a big presence on special teams, both in coverage and in the return game
    • Saw action in all 16 games as a rookie in 2008, finishing 2nd on the team with 23 special teams tackles and also recorded a FR on special teams
    • Posted 1 solo tackle from scrimmage and returned 2 KOs for 48 yards (24.0 avg.).
    Tom Zbikowski was selected by the Ravens in the 3rd round (86th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft. 
    • 2009: Game 9 at Cle. (11/16): Collected 2 special teams tackles in the 16-0 win.
    • Game 8 at Cin. (11/8): Tied for the team lead (Jameel McClain) with 2 special teams tackles against the Bengals.
    • Game 7 vs. Den. (11/1): Tied for the team lead (Prescott Burgess) with a career-high-tying 5 special teams tackles in the 30-7 victory.
    • Game 6 at Min. (10/18): Posted a career-high 5 special teams tackles (4 solo) and saw action from scrimmage against the Vikings.
    • Game 5 vs. Cin. (10/11): Tied for the team lead (Dannell Ellerbe) with 2 solo special teams tackles against the Bengals.
    • Game 4 at NE (10/4): Saw action from scrimmage (1 solo stop) and on special teams, posting 2 tackles against the Patriots.
    • Game 3 vs. Cle. (9/27): Netted 2 solo special teams tackles in the 34-3 victory.
    • Game 2 at SD (9/20): Was a game-day inactive (concussion) in the 31-26 win.
    • Game 1 vs. KC (9/13): Saw action on special teams, posting a tackle before leaving the game with a concussion in the 38-24 win.
    • Saw action in all 16 games as a rookie
    • Finished 2nd on the team with 23 special teams tackles and also recorded a FR on special teams
    • Posted 1 solo tackle from scrimmage and returned 2 KOs for 48 yards (24.0 avg.)
    • Led the team with a career-high 4 special teams tackles (all solo) in the 33-24 victory in game 15 at Dal. (12/20)
    • Saw action off the bench from scrimmage and posted a special teams tackle in his 1st-career NFL game, in the 17-10 victory in game 1 vs. Cin. (9/7)
    • Played in all 3 postseason contests, posting 2 tackles from scrimamge and a special teams stop
    • Also returned 3 kicks for 68 yards (22.7 avg.) in the playoffs.
    • A 2-time team captain for the Fighting Irish who helped guide a secondary that ranked 3rd in the nation, allowing only 161.6 passing yards per game in 2007
    • Started 48 consecutive games and holds the school DB career-tackles record with 300 (165 solo)
    • Also posted 2 sacks (-18 yards) and 6 TFL (-25 yards)
    • Scored 7 career TDs: 3 punt returns (tied a school career record), 2 INT returns (tied a school season record) and 2 FRs
    • Zbikowski had 7 FFs and 4 FRs, returning 2 for 100 yards and 2 TDs
    • Tied for most career PRs (3) for a TD in school history with 4 others
    • Also tied for 1st in career FRs for a TD (with Tony Driver)
    • Posted 8 PD and 8 INTs for 199 yards in returns (24.9 avg) and 2 TDs
    • Gained 757 yards on 66 career PRs (11.5 avg.), including 3 TDs
    • Semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, given to the nation’s top defensive back, posting a career-high 80 tackles and 1 sack as the team captain as a senior in 2007
    • All-American 2nd-team choice by the Walter Camp Foundation, adding 3rd-team honors from the Associated Press as a junior in 2006
    • All-American 3rd-team choice by the Associated Press as a sophomore in 2005
    • Graduated in May 2007 from Notre Dame, with degrees in sociology and computer applications.
    • Attended Buffalo Grove (IL) HS
    • Earned USA Today 1st-team All-American honors and was named Chicago Area Player of the Year as a senior by the Chicago Sun-Times
    • Gatorade Player of the Year for Illinois
    • Named to the Illinois All-State team by the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and Champaign News-Gazette
    • Selected Great Northwest Defensive Player of the Year by the Pioneer Press, when he set Buffalo Grove career records for points scored (274), TDs (45), rushing attempts (406), rushing yards (2,013) and passing attempts (484)
    • Three-year starter at QB and safety, who also returned punts and kickoffs
    • As a senior in 2002, he threw for 1,382 yards and 11 TDs, rushed for 1,287 yards and 23 scores (Buffalo Grove single-season record), adding 41 tackles and 3 INTs at safety
    • Was a sprinter on the school track team
    • Set 11 school records in track and field, including the 100 meters at 10.4 seconds
    • Zbikowski was a nationally-ranked boxer who has competed in the Golden Gloves since age 9, achieving a 60-13 amateur record
    • A Silver Gloves national finalist from 1998-2000
    • Was named Regional Boxer of the Year
    • Made his professional boxing debut on 6/10/06, in Madison Square Garden in New York City, knocking out Robert Bell in 49 seconds
    • Attended “An Evening Ringside” in Oct. 2008, a boxing event raising funds for the Jonathan Ogden Foundation
    • Sister, Kristen, played softball at Ohio University
    • Pronounced: Zih-Bih-KOWskee
    • Full name: Thomas Michael Zbikowski.

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