*  2012 All-Mid-American Conference First Team *

* 2012 Academic All-MAC *

* 2011 Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention *

2012 (Jr.):  Started 10 games and played in all 13, including the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg . . . 28 career starts . . . five touchdown catches in 2012 and seven in career . . . career high 11 catches for a career best 98 receiving yards vs. Northern Illinois . . . career long 29 yard reception at Kent State . . . seven catches for 58 yards ant two TDs vs. Ohio . . . eight catches for 66 yards at Toledo . . . 48 receiving yards on four catches vs. Eastern Michigan . . . managed five catches for 29 yards and one TD at Central Michigan . . . tallied three catches for 19 yards with two touchdowns at Indiana . . . two TD catches in one game -- at Indiana and vs. Ohio -- are career highs . . . two catches for 11 yards vs. South Florida . . . three receptions for 35 yards at Kent State . . . six catches for 31 yards vs. Western Michigan . . . six catches for 57 yards vs. Central Florida.

2011 (So.):  Started his 18th career game at Eastern Michigan . . . managed a career high six catches for a season best 46 receiving yards at Western Michigan . . . recorded his second career touchdown catch vs. Toledo . . . tallied one catch for three yards against Indiana . . . managed three catches for 15 yards at South Florida . . . posted a season high 25-yard reception in the third quarter vs. Buffalo . . . three catches for 37 receiving yards vs. Buffalo . . . one catch for 11 yards vs. Central Michigan.

2010:  Played in first four games . . . earned a medical redshirt from the NCAA . . . suffered a right knee injury at Iowa and missed the remainder of the season . . . earned second letter . . . season high three catches at Purdue . . . season high 24 receiving yards vs. Liberty, including a season long 24-yard reception.

2009 (Fr.):  Played in 11 games to earn first letter . . . started nine games, including the final five . . . tallied his first career touchdown reception on a one yard pass from Kelly Page with 12:39 to play at Auburn . . . season high two catches in three different games -- at Auburn, at Northern Illinois and vs. Central Michigan . . . season high 28 receiving yards vs. Central Michigan . . . season long 22-yard reception at Army.

High School:  Earned three letters in football for Coach Brian Woodard . . . also earned three letters in basketball and four in track and field . . . Football: Helped Plainfield to a 9-3 overall record as a senior . . . helped the Quakers to two sectional runnerup finishes and a ranking as high as No. 13 in the state in his career . . . rushed for 2,233 yards with 29 touchdowns plus tallied 87 tackles as a senior . . . rushed for 3,700 yards and 50 touchdowns plus had 188 tackles in his career . . . set school records for TDs in a season (29) and career (50) . . . set school records for rushing yards in a season (2,233) and career (3,700) . . . set school standards for rushes in a season (341), rushes in a game (42) and longest TD run (94 yards) . . . Metro West and Hendricks County Flyer Player of the Year as a senior . . . Associated Press and Indiana Football Coaches Association All-State as a senior . . . named Plainfield’s Most Valuable Offensive Player as a senior . . . Track: Qualified for the state as a member of the school’s 400-meter relay team as a junior.

Personal: Son of Todd and Rosie Fakes . . . born Oct. 19, 1990, in Plainfield, Ind. . . . one brother, Tyran, who played football at Indianapolis . . . mother played volleyball and ran track at the University of Indianapolis . . . father played football for Indianapolis. . . owns a 3.687 cumulative on Ball State's 4.0 scale  . . . managed a 3.866 GPA last spring. . . full name is Zane Marshall Fakes.

FAKES, Zane