Zak Stair: Hard Working, Fun-Loving

  • Offensive Lineman
  • 6-6, 285
  • Osbourn Park High School (Manassas, VA)
  • Senior Line: Earned first-team All-Metro honors by the Washington Post
  • Three-star prospect by Insiders.com and a two-star by Rivals.com
  • Committed to UVa on September 2, 2003

After two years of recruiting big uglies to play in the trenches, the Virginia Cavaliers spent most of their
2003-2004 recruiting efforts looking for skill players. One of their earliest commitments, however, came from Osbourn
Park offensive lineman Zak Stair . The 6-6 285 mammoth proved to be Virginia’s only offensive lineman, until unknown
Branden Albert was rolled out on signing day.

That said, imagine the worry when rumors surfaced in mid-January that Stair had injured his ankle. Fortunately for
Virginia fans, the injury did not prove to be too serious.

"The ankle’s fine," Stair said in an interview prior to signing day. "I just rolled it in basketball
practice the beginning of the week, but I played in a game last Friday and it held up pretty well."

Stair’s injury actually sounds pretty rare when one hears how it happened. Unlike a lot of basketball-related ankle
injuries, he didn’t just turn it landing on anyone’s foot. Rather, he injured it on the way up for a dunk, a thought
that has to give Virginia fans somewhat of a smile.

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