*** 2018 Honors Candidate ***

Career: With 22 passes broken up in his career, Webster enters his senior season ranked eighth in school history. In his 38-game career (25 as a starter), he has 133 total tackles and a pair of interceptions. His 25 career starts are the second most on the defense and ties for third overall entering the 2018 season. Since 2014 when he played in EWU’s first three games and received an injury redshirt, Webster has played in 35 of a possible 36 games. His twin brother, Nsimba, has played in 29 games and started 12.

2018: Listed as a starter at cornerback on the preseason depth chart and could see action as a kick returner.

2017: Started three games at cornerback and played in a total of 10. He had 31 tackles and seven passes broken up, missing the Fordham (9/16/17) game with an injury. Webster had a season-high seven tackles against UC Davis (10/7/17), then one game later versus Montana State (10/14/17) he had equaled a career best with two passes broken up. He also had six tackles in EWU’s season opener versus Texas Tech (9/2/17). He was selected as a second team choice on the College Sports Madness preseason All-Big Sky squad. He had eight tackles, an interception and two passes broken up in three spring scrimmages.
2016: Earned third team All-Big Sky honors (as selected by the league’s head coaches). He finished with 57 tackles, an interception and seven passes broken up as a junior. He had a season-high nine tackles in EWU’s final game of the season against Youngstown State (12/17/16) in the FCS Playoffs and had eight versus Montana (10/29/16). He also had two passes broken up versus the Penguins and the Grizzlies, and had a pair versus Portland State (11/18/16) to help EWU clinch the Big Sky title. His interception came versus Northern Arizona (10/24/16). He was the team’s defensive player of the week after four tackles at North Dakota State (9/10/16).

2015: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He started 10 of Eastern’s 11 games, and finished with 43 tackles, seven passes broken up and an interception. He made his first career start in EWU’s opener against Oregon (10/5/15) and had a tackle versus the FBS runner-up from the year before. He had a season-high 10 tackles against Northern Arizona (11/7/15) and had six in games against Montana State (9/19/15) and Cal Poly (10/10/15). His lone interception came versus the Bobcats when he was co-defensive player of the week for the team. Two of his passes broken up came against Sacramento State (9/26/15). He also returned a pair of kickoffs for 28 yards with a long of 16.

2014: After earning a place in the rotation at cornerback as a true freshman, Webster injured his knee against Washington (9/6/14) and was a medical redshirt. He was one of eight Eagle true freshmen to see action in 2014, making his debut in EWU’s opener against Sam Houston State (8/23/14).

HS: Graduated from Deer Valley HS in 2014. The multi-talented Webster finished his prep career with 181 tackles, 12 interceptions and 24 passes broken up, plus other impressive statistics on offense and on special teams. He was a member of the Bay Area News Group All-East Bay second team as a defensive back. As a senior he was one of only two players to be named a two-way All-Bay Valley Athletic League selection, as he was a first team wide receiver and first team defensive back. He and twin brother Nsimba were selected to compete for in the Literary Classic All-Star game, featuring the best high school seniors in the Bay Area (San Francisco to San Jose) on Jan. 18, 2014, in San Jose. He had 26 receptions for 506 yards (19.5 average) and six touchdowns, plus he added 240 yards rushing on 44 carries and two TD as a senior in 2013. Webster was a two-way starter and had 72 total tackles, three tackles for loss, a sack, two interceptions, 12 passes broken up, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. On special teams, he blocked two kicks and averaged 32.1 yards on 13 kickoff returns and had a 41 yard average on two punt returns. He and his brother Nsimba helped lead the Wolverines to an 11-2 record and semifinal appearance in the CIF Division I North Coast Section Playoffs, where they lost to eventual champion and national powerhouse De La Salle, 57-27. As a junior in 2012, Webster was a unanimous first team All-Bay Valley Athletic League selection as a defensive back. He had 71 total tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack, seven interceptions, seven passes broken up and one fumble recovery. He had 20 catches for 405 yards and six touchdowns on offense, and also returned two kickoffs for a 46.5 yard average. As a sophomore, he earned second team all-league honors as a defensive back. Webster was credited with 38 total tackles, three interceptions, five passes broken up, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. He had 10 receptions for 167 yards and one touchdown and 10 carries for 31 yards on offense. Also competed in track and field, and had a career-best long jump of 21-11 1/4 as a senior and 45-8 3/4 in the triple jump as a junior when he also had a career-best 100 meter time of 11.27. Former Eagle and current Oakland Raider Taiwan Jones (’07) also attended Deer Valley High School.

Personal: Communication studies major. Born 1/27/96 in Fremont, Calif. His parents are Marcus and Batala Webster. First name is pronounced “zoo-zee.”

 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2014	3	2	1	0	0-0	0-0	1	0-0
2015	11	43	10	0	2-6	0-0	7	1-0
2016	14	57	9	0	2-2	0-0	7	1-0
2017	10	31	7	0	3.5-6	1-0	7	0-0
Totals	38	133	10	0	7.5-14	1-0	22	2-0

Kickoff Returns: 2017/1-21-21.0 (long of 21), 2015/2-28-14.0 (long of 16), Total/3-49-16.3 (long of 21)

 
NZUZI WEBSTER Top Tackling Performances (1 with 10+)
10 tackles – Northern Arizona – 11/7/15