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Sacramento State

2024 Football Roster

9 Zelmar Vedder

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 193
  • Year Junior
  • Position CB
  • Hometown Manteca, Calif.
  • High School East Union HS
  • Previous School Modesto JC
  • Experience 1V

Biography

2024 Season

  • Played in 11 of the team’s 12 games, starting 10 at cornerback.
  • Totaled 44 tackles, including 33 solos.
  • Had at least one tackle in each of his games and had three or more in nine contests.
  • Was named the Big Sky Defensive Player of Week after setting his career high with seven tackles. That included two for loss, a sack, a forced fumble and an interception.
  • Led the team with eight pass breakups.

2023 Season

  • Appeared in all 13 games, starting the two NCAA FCS Playoff contests.
  • Finished the season with 14 total tackles, including nine solo, and a pass breakup.
  • Credited with four stops against Northern Arizona for his season high.
  • Posted two tackles in both NCAA FCS Playoff games.

2022 Season

  • Redshirted during the season while recovering from a knee injury.
  • Did not appear in a game.

Prior to Sacramento State

  • Will enroll with the Hornets as a sophomore.
  • Played the 2021 season at Modesto JC where he helped the Pirates go 8-3 overall and record a win in the Grizzly Bowl.
  • Led the team with four interceptions and had 200 return yards during the year.
  • Picked off two passes against Butte JC, including a 97-yard return for a score.
  • Was credited with a season high three tackles at College of San Mateo.

High School

  • A 2021 graduate of East Union HS in Manteca, Calif.
  • Had 16 tackles and an interception as a junior and followed with seven stops and a pick as a senior.
  • Also played wide receiver where he had 18 career receptions for 328 yards and three touchdowns.
  • Earned all-Valley Oak League honors and was the team MVP.

Personal

  • Plans to major in communications.
  • Parents are Yolanda Dixon and David Vedder.

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2022Sophomore

    Cornerback
    6'3" 177 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2023Sophomore

    Cornerback
    6'3" 181 lbs
    19
  • 9

    2024Junior

    Cornerback
    6'3" 193 lbs
    9

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