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Zaccheaus L. Pickens (born March 6, 2000) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Carolina.
 Pickens with the South Carolina Gamecocks in 2019 | |||||||||||
| No. 96 – Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Born: | March 6, 2000 Anderson, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 300 lb (136 kg) | ||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||
| High school: | T. L. Hanna (Anderson) | ||||||||||
| College: | South Carolina (2019–2022) | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2023 / round: 3 / pick: 64 | ||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 11, 2024 | |||||||||||
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Pickens was born on March 6, 2000, in Anderson, South Carolina. He attended T. L. Hanna High School, where he was named South Carolina's Gatorade Football Player of the Year as a senior in 2018 after recording 87 tackles, six sacks, and a interception which he returned for a touchdown.[1][2] A five-star recruit, Pickens was selected to play in the 2019 Under Armour All-American Game.[3] He committed to the University of South Carolina to play college football.[4][5]
As a true freshman at South Carolina in 2019, Pickens played in all 12 games and had 16 tackles. As a sophomore in 2020, he started seven of 10 games, recording 35 tackles and one sack. As a junior in 2021, he started all 13 games, finishing with 38 tackles and four sacks.[6] Pickens returned to South Carolina for his senior season in 2022.[7][8]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 3+7⁄8 in (1.93 m) |
291 lb (132 kg) |
34+3⁄8 in (0.87 m) |
10+3⁄8 in (0.26 m) | 4.89 s | 1.74 s | 2.83 s | 4.62 s | 7.45 s | 30.5 in (0.77 m) | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) | 22 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine[9][10] | ||||||||||||
Pickens was selected by the Chicago Bears in the third round (64th overall) in the 2023 NFL draft.[11]
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