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Zion Young

Missouri · Edge Rusher · 2024-25

SACKS
9
TFL
21
TKL
83

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

Young was a first-team all-conference pick in 2025.

From 2024 to 2025, Young recorded 83 tackles, 21 tackles for loss and 9 sacks.

Young was the No. 45 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 72 overall, the 8th-highest edge rusher rating at Missouri since 1990 and No. 19 among all edge rushers of the 2025-Present era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2025
    • First-team all-conference
  2. 2026
    • No. 45 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Zion Young season-by-season statistics at Missouri
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
2024415.52.53
20254215.56.52
Total832195

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

Missouri Teammates

  1. 86Ahmad Hardy2025RB
  2. 72Josiah Trotter2025LB
  3. 70Damon Wilson II2022-25EDGE
  4. 70Chris McClellan2024-25EDGE
  5. 68Jamal Roberts2023-25RB
  6. 68Kevin Coleman Jr.2025WR
  7. 67Toriano Pride Jr.2024-25CB
  8. 67Beau Pribula2025QB
  9. 66Darris Smith2024-25EDGE
  10. 65Marquis Johnson2023-25WR

Full Missouri all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 90Kayden McDonaldOhio State · 2023-25EDGE
  2. 90Cashius HowellTexas A&M · 2024-25EDGE
  3. 88Rueben Bain Jr.Miami · 2023-25EDGE
  4. 86Akheem MesidorMiami · 2022-25EDGE
  5. 86David BaileyTexas Tech · 2025EDGE
  6. 83Anthony SmithMinnesota · 2022-25EDGE
  7. 80Caden CurryOhio State · 2022-25EDGE
  8. 80A'Mauri WashingtonOregon · 2023-25EDGE

Best college edge rushers since 1990Best SEC players

Sources: Wikipedia (Zion Young) 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.