#11

Zion Childress

Former defensive back at Kentucky. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DB · Kentucky · Sr. · #11

6′0″ · 195 lb · New Caney, TX

CFB Index 55 · #226 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceKentucky 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1341 nationally · Signed with Texas State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Kentucky. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas State in 2020.
Transferred from Texas State to Kentucky in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Kentucky, 279 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

202012 games

Signed with Texas State3-star out of New Caney

20229 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1341 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Mark Stoops

Kentucky

Played his entire career under Mark Stoops.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Texas State2-10HC: Jake Spavital · Balanced

2021Texas State4-8HC: Jake Spavital · Run-leaning

2022Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Kentucky7-6HC: Mark Stoops · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Kentucky4-8HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

55Rotational starter #226 of 537?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (86th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#103 / 2892 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#382 / 2892 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#419 / 2892 · 84th pct

6.0

Tackles#488 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.1	0.8	0.1	0.1
Road4g	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	0.9	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #226 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #226 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Kentucky	55	34	6.0	1.0	2	--	--
2023	Kentucky	58	40	2.0	1.0	3	--	--
2022	Kentucky	31	16	2.0	1.0	2	--	--
2021	Texas State	74	41	1.5	0.0	5	1	--
2020	Texas State	61	35	0.5	0.0	4	--	--
Career		279	166	12.0	3.0	16	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024

W 20–17

at Ole Miss

3 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With B. Vandagriff — 243 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.3 · 3 rush yds (17 car) · A. Laros — 42 AVG · 53 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 31-0vs Southern Miss	4	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 6-31vs South Carolina	5	4	3.0	1.0	—	0	3.0 TFL
Wk 3	L 12-13vs Georgia	6	5	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 41-6vs Ohio	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 20-17@ Ole Miss	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 13-20vs Vanderbilt	7	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 20-48@ Florida	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 10-24vs Auburn	4	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 18-28@ Tennessee	8	3	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 12	W 48-6vs Murray State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-31@ Texas	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 14-41vs Louisville	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		55	34	6.0	1.0	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology