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2023: Made eight appearances and made four starts at right guard.

2022: Played in nine games, making five starts at right guard.
 
2021: Saw action in all 10 games on the offensive line and on special teams … Listed as the backup right guard on the depth chart … Helped the offense hold opponents to a school-record low 12 sacks and 65 sacks yards on the year … Key contributor on the offensive line that held opponents to zero sacks in five games (Marist, Georgetown, Penn, Brown, at Cornell).
 
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Williston Northampton Preparatory School, in Easthampton, Mass., and played a postgraduate season during the 2019-20 academic year for Head Coach Tommy Beaton … First Team All-Erikson League selection in 2019 … Earned Honorable Mention All-New England Prep School Athletic Association honors … Won the Dr. Frank Boyden Award, given to the top prep football scholar-athlete in Western Massachusetts … Led Williston to a 2-6 record in 2019 … A 2019 graduate of Mandarin High School in Jacksonville, Fla., where he earned three varsity letters in football for Head Coach Bobby Ramsay … Class 8A First Team All-State selection as a senior in 2018 … First Team All-Florida selection in 2018 … First Team All-First Coast, First Team All-Gateway Conference, and First Team All-District honoree as a senior … Named a Florida Athletics Coaches Association All-Star following senior year … Named team captain in 2018 … Saw action all four years as an offensive tackle … Led the Mustangs to the 2018 Class 8A state championship during senior year … Also participated in Olympic Weightlifting.
 
PERSONAL: Born Zach Mills on November 29, 2000 in Jacksonville, Fla. … Son of Nicole Mills … Has an older sister Brittany … Great grandfather Victor Bernard-Johnson received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1954 … Mother attended Florida State … Became interested in Columbia after his family and him had a great talk with Head Coach Al Bagnoli … Committed to Columbia on January 27, 2019 … Chose Columbia because of the amazing opportunity that is hard to pass up … Chose Columbia over offers from UAB and Stetson … Enrolled at Columbia College.