Signed as a free agent by Toronto on June 5, 2012.

2012: Signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent following the NFL Draft…Released by team on May 7 following teams mini-camp... Signed by Toronto on June 5... Dressed in four (4) regular season games for Toronto…Dressed in pre-season opener, Completed two (2) of four (4) passes for a total of eight (8) yards and one (1) touchdown…Added 32 yards rushing on two (2) attempts in a win against Hamilton… Week 14-16, Dressed as team’s third string quarterback…Week 17-18, Placed on Injured List… Week 19 Dressed as third string quarterback and completed seven (7) of eleven (11) passes for a total of 101 yards and one (1) touchdown including a drive to set up a game-winning 50-yard field goal at the end of regulation…2012 Playoffs… Did not dress in any playoff games, added to Injured List… 2012 Grey Cup Added to Injured List.

Played 41 games as a Cincinnati Bearcat  (2007-11)...2011 Started 10 games for the Bearcats as a senior…Was seventh in the Big East with 1,934 yards and 15 touchdowns (1st in Big East) on 116 completions of 272 attempts…Added 84 rushes for 234 yards and eight touchdowns…2010 Named starting quarterback exiting spring camp…Threw for 219 yards in win, going 24 of 41 and a touchdown in opener at Fresno State…Started 11 games for the Bearcats…Completed 225 of 383 passes to led the Big East with 2,902 yards and 26 touchdowns…Hard a passing efficiency rating of 137.5 and a completion percentage of .587…Named to First-Team All-Big East…2009 Appeared in all 13 games, as the holder, backup quarterback, and started in four games at QB…Winner of teams inaugural NEW MAN IN award…Set Cincinnati single-season marks for completions percentage (.750) and passing efficiency (193.53)…Was 93 of 124 passing for 1,434 yards and 10 touchdowns…Added 344 yards rushing on 57 attempts with four touchdowns…Led UC to 4-0 record while starting quarterback Tony Pike was out with an arm injury…Threw his first two career touchdown passes against Southeast Missouri State…Rushed 10 times for a career-best 132 yards and two touchdowns at USF…His 75-yard touchdown run vs. USF marked UC’s longest run form scrimmage since Richard Hall (2004), was also the long rush of the season for a UC player and his first career rushing TD…Threw for career-best four touchdowns passes in win at Syracuse…Named Big East Offensive Player of the Week after setting a Big East record with 555 yards of total offense (480 passing, 75 rushing) against Connecticut…His 480 yard passing was the fourth 400-yard passing game in school history and ranks second all-time in UC history behind Greg Cook who threw for 554 against Ohio in 1968…2008 One of five quarterbacks to play for the Bearcats during the season…Played in seven (7) games for the Bearcats, predominately on special teams…Took first snap at quarterback at Akron after Tony Pike was injured…Rushed for five yards on first play, helping to set up the game winning field goal…2007 Redshirt freshman.

Zach is the son of Dean and Michelle Collaros. He attended Steubenville High School in Steubenville, Ohio where he played football. Throughout high school Zach compiled a 41-1 record in three years as the starting quarterback. As a senior he was named Ohio’s Division III Player of the Year in 2006, EA Sports All-American Third Team after completing 68 percent (136 of 201) of his pass attempts for 2,550 yard and 30 TDs and only four interceptions. He also rushed for 720 yards and 15 touchdowns. Zach broke every Big Red passing record on his way to a 30-0 mark and back-to-back state titles over his final two years. At Cincinnati, Zach majored in Pre-Accounting.

@ZCollaros7