Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-7vs Lafayette | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-38vs Maryland | 12 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Total | 15 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#24
Zion Paret
Freshman defensive back on UConn's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 180 lb · Miami, FL · Miami Central HS
Transferred Florida Atlantic → UConn for 2026
How he projects
Erases the deep middle of the field.
Grades highest in speed and tackling.
The full scouting readRecruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 1868 nationally · Signed with Florida Atlantic
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 defensive back on UConn's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida Atlantic in 2025.
- Transferred from Florida Atlantic to UConn in 2026.
Zion Paret
Erases the deep middle of the field. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Zach Kittley and Jason Candle. The receipt: 12 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Maryland — Week 2, 2026.
15 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20258 games
- Signed with Florida Atlantic3-star out of Miami Central
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coaches2025
Gordon Sammis
UConn
Coaching transition mid-career: Gordon Sammis → Jason Candle. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to UConn
2025Florida Atlantic
2026UConn
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Zach Kittley · Pass-heavy, fast tempo
2026UConn1-1HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (80th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 7.5 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UConn | 15 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic | 13 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 28 | 16 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 56–7
vs Lafayette
3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 PD
Dominant 49-point win at home against Lafayette.
With K. Osborne — 265 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 90 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · T. Warner — 43 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 44 LONG
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
S
His 2026 production profile sits closest to John Gibson’s 2016 season.
Matches John on
TFL rate
Tackle volume
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Kevyn Humes's sophomore season at Maryland (2025).
Matches Kevyn on
TFL rate
Tackle volume
PD rate
Differs from Kevyn on
Class year (lower)
The secondary · UConn
- #10Jayden Davis34 tackles · 2025
- #24Zion Paret13 tackles · 2025
- #18Kylish Hicks9 tackles · 2025
- #17Jalil Martin6 tackles · 2025
- #4Braedyn Moore5 tackles · 2025
16 more on the roster · UConn team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology