Player Dossier

2018-2021

Wake Forest

Zion Keith

S • 6'1" • 190 lbs • Florence, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Zion Keith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.

Usage / Role

26%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

24

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Player Story

Zion Keith built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a safety from Florence, SC, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Zion Keith's career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 3 tackles...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8289

Wilson · Florence, SC

Committed To
Wake Forest
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Zion Keith, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Wake Forest. Zion Keith shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
76
TFL
3
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
2
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Zion Keith quick answers

Latest team and position
Wake Forest · S
Career Tackles
76
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Wake Forest
Top game
Virginia
Recruit profile
3-star · Wilson · Wake Forest
High school pipeline
Wilson · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
Senior
2021 Tackles rank
37 tackles · S 168th (top 33%) · ACC 114th (top 18%) · National 1,086th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonWake Forest13-0--043.9
2019 Regular SeasonWake Forest35-0--038.6
2020 PostseasonWake Forest53-0--049.8
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest52810-1249.8
2021 PostseasonWake Forest121-0--041.1
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest12362011041.1

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2022Wake Forest to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted16.4Mar 25, 2022

Zion Keith played S for Wake Forest. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zion Keith recorded 76 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Wake Forest paired 3 primary output with 31.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Wake Forest

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

17

Usage

4

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

South Carolina

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCF: 0. South Carolina: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Carolina

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs South Carolina

Result
Thu 9/29@ South Carolina220010
Thu 9/1@ UCF44000

Player Story

Zion Keith story

Zion Keith built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a safety from Florence, SC, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Zion Keith's career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 2 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Zion Keith's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Wake Forest

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonWake Forest012.52.3
2019 Regular SeasonWake Forest071.10
2020 PostseasonWake Forest331.85.83
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest331.85.80
2021 PostseasonWake Forest51742
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest51740

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Virginia

Week 7 · W 40-23 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Clemson

Week 2 · L 13-37 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

73.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.

#3

vs NC State

Week 11 · W 45-42 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Clemson

Week 12 · L 27-48 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Pittsburgh

Week 14 · L 21-45 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Wake Forest

3 primary output · 31.8 efficiency · 5.8 usage

49.8

#2

2020 Regular Season · Wake Forest

49.8

3 primary · 31.8 efficiency · 5.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Wake Forest

43.9

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games