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Zion Childress

Kentucky · Safety · 2022-24

TKL
144
INT
0
PD
7

Career totals · 3 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2022 to 2024, Childress recorded 144 tackles and 10 tackles for loss.

In 17-0 that career earns a 64 overall, the 15th-highest safety rating at Kentucky since 1990 and No. 216 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Season by Season

Zion Childress season-by-season statistics at Kentucky
SeasonTklTFLPD
20223122
20235823
20245562
Total144107

Seasons with tracked stats at Kentucky. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Kentucky Teammates

  1. 80Barion Brown2022-24WR
  2. 77Maxwell Hairston2022-24CB
  3. 74Chris Rodriguez Jr.2018-22RB
  4. 74Re'Mahn Davis2023RB
  5. 74Wan'Dale Robinson2021WR
  6. 72Josh Paschal2017-21EDGE
  7. 72Jamin Davis2017-20LB
  8. 72Ray Davis2023RB
  9. 71Deone Walker2022-24EDGE
  10. 71Will Levis2021-22QB

Full Kentucky all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  3. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  4. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  5. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  6. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  7. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  8. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S

Best college safeties since 1990Best SEC players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.