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Zach Zenner considering future in healthcare: ‘I’m really passionate about science’

We’ve heard it from the media. We’ve heard it from his teammates. And his educational history is a solid testament.

First he passed the MCAT with a 30. Then he earned a degree in biology at South Dakota State University. Then he was accepted to the Sanford School of Medicine at South Dakota.

Although football was his path, Zenner still stayed active in medical work. While on injured reserve in 2016, he studied how fructose impacts hypertension levels in rats at Henry Ford Hospital on Detroit’s west side. His 2018 offseason project involved searching for drug treatments and a cure for Batten Disease.