Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Kentucky
Zion Childress
DB • 6'0" • 195 lbs • New Caney, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zion Childress shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
75
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
58
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas State • Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Player Story
Zion Childress built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from New Caney, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with Kentucky and Texas State. The clearest part of Zion Childress' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Texas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Zion Childress, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kentucky. Zion Childress shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 279
- TFL
- 12
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 16
Quick Answers
Zion Childress quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DB
- Career Tackles
- 279
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 58 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Kentucky
- Top game
- South Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · New Caney · Texas State
- High school pipeline
- IMG Academy · 130 FBS recruits · 13 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 55 tackles · DB 105th (top 11%) · SEC 68th (top 10%) · National 512th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Texas State | 12 | 61 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 23.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas State | 12 | 74 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 47.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 9 | 31 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 26.6 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 13 | 8 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 27.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 13 | 50 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 27.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 12 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 62.3 |
Related Context
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Zion Childress played DB for Texas State and Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Zion Childress recorded 279 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Texas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 15 primary output with 31.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 31.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas State, Kentucky.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
31.6
Usage
8.9
Consistency
43.3
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 2. South Carolina: 4. Georgia: 2. Ohio: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Vanderbilt: 0.5. Florida: 0. Auburn: 1.5. Tennessee: 2. Murray State: 0. Texas: 3. Louisville: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 4 by 36.7. South Carolina: 5 by 60.8. Georgia: 6 by 45. Ohio: 2 by 8.3. Ole Miss: 3 by 12.5. Vanderbilt: 7 by 34.2. Florida: 7 by 29.2. Auburn: 4 by 31.7. Tennessee: 8 by 53.3. Murray State: 2 by 8.3. Texas: 4 by 46.7. Louisville: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · -1.1 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 8 · +1.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
60.8 vs South Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Louisville | L 14-41 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ TexasSplash game | L 14-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Murray State | W 48-6 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ TennesseeSplash game | L 18-28 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Auburn | L 10-24 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Florida | L 20-48 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Vanderbilt | L 13-20 | 7 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Ole Miss | W 20-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Ohio | W 41-6 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs GeorgiaSplash game | L 12-13 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs South CarolinaSplash game | L 6-31 | 5 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Southern MissSplash game | W 31-0 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Zion Childress story
Zion Childress built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from New Caney, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with Kentucky and Texas State. The clearest part of Zion Childress' career was his defensive production: 279 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 58 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Texas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Zion Childress' production has multiple signals. With 58 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky and Texas State.
The arc is straightforward: Zion Childress moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Texas State
2020-2021
Opening stop
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Kentucky
2022-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Texas State | 4.5 | 24.9 | 3.3 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Texas State | 8.5 | 32.8 | 6 | 4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 5 | 19.9 | 5 | -3.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 6 | 23.2 | 4.2 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 6 | 23.2 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 15 | 31.6 | 8.9 | 9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs South Carolina
Week 2 · L 6-31 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
86.9 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Baylor
Week 1 · L 20-29
2
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Louisville
Week 13 · W 26-13
3
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Texas
Week 13 · L 14-31 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Mississippi State
Week 10 · W 24-3 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Kentucky
15 primary output · 31.6 efficiency · 8.9 usage
62.3
#2
2021 Regular Season · Texas State
47.4
8.5 primary · 32.8 efficiency · 6 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Kentucky
27.8
6 primary · 23.2 efficiency · 4.2 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
9
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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