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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Missouri
Zion Young
DE • 6'5" • 262 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA
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Zion Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Missouri
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Michigan State • Missouri
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Player Story
Zion Young built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 9, spending time with Michigan State and Missouri. The clearest part of Zion Young's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Michigan State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 13
- Overall
- No. 45
- NFL Team
- Baltimore Ravens
Zion Young, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Missouri. Zion Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.7 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Zion Young quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Missouri · DE
- Career Tackles
- 130
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Missouri
- Top game
- South Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Westlake · Michigan State
- High school pipeline
- Page · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 2 · Pick 13 · Baltimore Ravens
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · DE 32nd (top 12%) · SEC 111th (top 15%) · National 873rd (top 15%)
Zion Young played DE for Michigan State and Missouri. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zion Young recorded 130 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Missouri.
Recognition
Honors
- 20252025 Coaches All-SEC · conference_coachesfirst
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