#54

Zion Wilson

Senior defensive lineman for Virginia. 2025: 6 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

DL · Virginia · Sr. · #54

6′3″ · 318 lb · Belhaven, NC

CFB Index 79 · #51 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamTransferred East Carolina → Virginia for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Sacks: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

10 TFL · 42 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 5 tackles, vs Memphis

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Virginia. 2025: 6 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 42 tackles.

Transferred from East Carolina to Virginia in 2026.

His career, year by year

Zion Wilson

DL · East Carolina · Sr · #54

Wins his gap play after play. He got to Virginia by way of East Carolina. 2025 brought the first one: All-AAC. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against Tulsa, Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025East Carolina9-4HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

79All-Conference level #51 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (96th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#74 / 2975 · 97th pct

6.0

Tackles for loss#103 / 2975 · 96th pct

10.0

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles#834 / 2975 · 71st pct

Solo tackles#1029 / 2975 · 64th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.7	0.9	0.5	0.1
Road6g	2.7	0.6	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	0.3	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	1.3	0.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #51 of 420 edge rushers

Unranked recruit. Now #51 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	East Carolina	42	20	10.0	6.0	1	--	--
Career		42	20	10.0	6.0	1	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-24@ NC State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 56-3vs Campbell	4	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-0@ Coastal Carolina	1	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 4	L 13-34vs BYU	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 28-6vs Army	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 19-26@ Tulane	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 41-27vs Tulsa	6	1	1.0	0.5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 10	W 45-14@ Temple	3	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 48-22vs Charlotte	4	3	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-27vs Memphis	5	3	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 13	L 24-58@ UTSA	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 42-3@ Florida Atlantic	4	3	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Bowl	W 23-17vs Pittsburgh	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		42	20	10.0	6.0	—	1

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

Zion Wilson

202513 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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