2025 Football Roster
Zion Young
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 262
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Westlake
- Prev School:
- Michigan State
2025: An impact transfer from Georgia who has relentlessly harassed opposing quarterbacks in 2025 … Started all 13 games at JACK this season … Totaled 23 tackles (9 solo), including 9.5 TFL and a team-high 9.0 sacks to go along with an interception … His .69 sacks per game rank 19th nationally and fourth in the SEC … The 34th-ranked pass rusher nationally according to Pro Football Focus (80.9) … Rankd 13th nationally among all edge players in PRP (10.5), which is PFF’s formula that combines sacks, hits and hurries relative to how many times they rush the passer … Credited with 37 quarterback hurries and nine QB hits by PFF … Named Second Team All-SEC by league coaches. Central Arkansas: Made an impact in his Tiger debut, notching a pair of quarterback sacks in the season opener. Kansas: Forced a pair of quarterback hurries in the win over the rival Jayhawks. Louisiana: Tallied a season-high four stops (one solo) with a TFL and his third sack of the campaign in the win over the Ragin’ Cajuns. South Carolina: Totaled seven pressures against the Gamecocks by PFF … Credited with half a sack in the game and helped the Tigers limit USC to minus-9 rushing yards. UMass: Helped Mizzou limit the Minutemen to just 124 yards on just 55 snaps, including just 19 net rushing yards or 1.2 yards per rush and 105 pass yards … Trotter recorded one assisted tackle. Alabama: Registered five tackles with one sack (-5 yards) … Forced a fumble and was credited with a quarterback hurry by the official game stats … PFF also attributed Wilson with two QB hits as Alabama recorded season lows in total yards (325) and passing yards (200). Auburn: Credited with one tackle and one QB hit … made the play that ended the game as Auburn’s Jackson Arnold threw up a desperate pass to an offensive lineman that resulted in an illegal touching penalty. Vanderbilt: Contributed with two half sacks (1.0 total) … intercepted the first pass of his career on a tipped throw by fellow defensive lineman Chris McClellan and returned it three yards. Texas A&M: Had one solo tackle and one quarterback hurry. Mississippi State: Credited with half a sack and two tackles … broke up a pass and added a quarterback hit and one QB hurry. Oklahoma: Made a pair of tackles … credited with 1.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage … made a sack for a 10-yard loss … logged four hurries as part of six total pressures. Arkansas: Got to the quarterback for a 12-yard loss … added three hurries and five total pressures. Virginia: Made two tackles and registered five QB hurries according to PFF.
2024: SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll selection … started all 13 games … compiled 42 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks, three PBUs, five QB pressures, one fumble recovery and one caused fumble … finished tied for third on the team in TFLs and sacks and seventh in tackles … registered 1+ tackle in 12 games and 3+ tackles on nine occasions, including a year-best seven stops against Vanderbilt … secured 1.0 TFL three times, including a season-high 2.0 versus Auburn … carded 1.0 sack in contests with Texas A&M and Auburn … notched one PBU against Boston College, Oklahoma, and Arkansas … logged one QB pressure on four occasions, including a year-high two against South Carolina … recorded one caused fumble against South Carolina, while lone fumble recovery occurred against Oklahoma … returned the fumble 17 yards for a TD … on the field for 532 snaps.
PRIOR TO MIZZOU: Two-year member of the football program at Michigan State (2022-23) ... 2023 Academic All-Big Ten selection … in 20 career games (11 starts), registered 47 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks, and seven QB pressures … earned starts against Wisconsin and Michigan in 2022 and Central Michigan, Richmond, Washington, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio State, Indiana, and Penn State in 2023 … posted 16 games with 1+ tackle and seven contests with 3+ tackles, including a career-best seven against Michigan in 2022 … posted 1.0 TFL on four occasions, including a career-high 2.0 against Richmond in 2023 … logged 1.0 sack twice, including a career-best 1.5 versus the Spiders in 2023 … tallied one QB pressure in five contests, including a career-high three against Maryland in 2023 … played 752 career snaps … lettered three years at Westlake under coach Bobby May … consensus three-star prospect by Rivals.com, ESPN.com and 247Sports.com … listed as the No. 103 and No. 169 prospect from the state of Georgia according to 247Sports.com and ESPN.com, respectively … carded as the No. 145 and No. 158 overall defensive tackle prospect according to 247Sports.com and ESPN.com, respectively … helped Westlake to a 30-9 three-year ledger with three state playoff appearances, including a semifinal showing in 2020 and a quarterfinal appearance in 2021 … earned first team all-region honors after tallying 108 tackles, 1.0 TFL and 7.5 sacks as a senior.
PERSONAL: Born March 18, 2004 ... son of Shirley Reese … majoring in general studies.
