2022 Football Roster
Zayin West
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 266
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Midlothian, Va.
- High School:
- Manchester
2022 Season
- Started season opener at Washington, made 2 solo tackles
- Started at #7 Oklahoma, assisted 1 tackle
- Started home opener against LIU, recorded 3 solo tackles including 2 tackles for loss and a sack
- Started at #1 Georgia, caught a 14-yard pass from punter Josh Smith for a first down on a fake punt
- Started MAC opener against Ohio, made 2 solo tackles including a sack and a forced fumble
- Started at Miami, recording 5 total tackles including a shared tackle for loss
- Started at Toledo, made 5 total tackles including 1.5 tackles for loss
- Started in Wagon Wheel victory over Akron, had 5 solo tackles including 3 tackles for loss and 2 sacks
- Started against Ball State
- Started at Bowling Green, made 3 tackles including a tackle for loss and a shared sack
- Started against Eastern Michigan, made 3 tackles including 2.5 tackles for loss
- Started at Buffalo, recorded 4 tackles
2021 Season
• Started at #5 Iowa making 5 tackles
• Started at Maryland recording 3 tackles including one sack
• Started against Bowling Green recorded 3 tackles including one sack and forced a fumble
• Started against Buffalo recording 12 tackles including one for a loss
• Started at Western Michigan recording 5 tackles
• Started at Ohio recording 3 tackles
• Started against NIU recording 1 tackle
• Started at Central Michigan recording 5 tackles
• Started at Akron recording 5 tackles and converted a 2-point conversion
• Started against Miami recording 4 tackles
2020 Season
- Played in all 4 games
- Recorded 23 total tackles (16 solo)
- Career high game in tackles vs Buffalo (12)
- Recorded 2 Sacks
2019 Sophomore Season
• Played in all 13 games including the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl
• Registered 50 tackles including 20 solo tackles with four tackles for loss
• Recorded 2.5 sacks and one forced fumble
2018 Redshirt Freshman Season
• Played in all 12 games
• Registered six tackles and one quarterback hurry
• Made first career appearance against Illinois (9/1)
• Made two solo stops against Howard (9/8)
• Broke up the first pass of his career at Bowling Green (10/30)
2017 Freshman Season
• Red-shirted
Prior to Kent State
• Two-time all-state selection
• Named to all-region and all-conference first teams on both offense and defense
• Two-time All-Metro Team selection
• Team captain
• Helped Manchester to a 2016 conference title
• Also played basketball at Manchester
• Made 63 tackles with 15 tackles for loss and 10 sacks
Personal
• Born June 18, 1999
• Son of Rodney and Erica West
• Has two siblings, Jerrica and Val
• Father Rod West was an offensive lineman at Kent State (lettered 1991-93) and teammates with former head coach Paul Haynes
• Majoring in Physical Therapy
