2024 Football Roster

Wade Smith, ESU Athletics
Wade Smith, ESU Athletics
Josiah Driggers, ESU Athletics
Josiah Driggers, ESU Athletics

15 Zion Jones

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 184
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Wichita, KS
  • Highschool Wichita Northwest HS

Biography

Awards/Honors
2023
  • MIAA Academic Honor Roll
2022
  • MIAA Academic Honor Roll
2020
  • MIAA Academic Honor Roll
Notes on Jones
  • Has a career average of 35.2 yards per return with three returns of 60 or more yards.
  • Enters the 2024 season with 888 all-purpose yards in his career.
RS-Junior Season (2023)
Played in 10 games for the Hornets and tallied 32 receptions and 346 yards while also recording 293 kick return yards on an average of 36.6 yards per return … Opened the season with a career-high six catches and 70 yards while also racking up 62 return yards against Lincoln (8/31) … Matched his career-high with six catches for 32 yards and had a career-long 75-yard kickoff return on the opening kick against Northeastern State (9/16) … Had one catch for 35 yards and one return for 50 yards against Central Oklahoma (9/23) … Set a career-high with 148 all-purpose yards against Missouri Western (9/30) … Recorded four catches for 30 yards against Washburn (10/14) and then had five receptions for 66 yards against Central Missouri (10/21).
 
RS-Sophomore Season (2022)
Appeared in 11 games and tallied six catches, 42 receiving yards and 164 return yards … Had one catch for 11 yards and two returns for 67 yards in the season opener against Northeastern State (9/1) … Recorded one catch against Central Missouri (10/8) and had 78 return yards, including a season-long 64-yard return … Picked up four catches for 26 yards and a 19-yard return over the remainder of the season.
 
RS-Freshman Season (2021)
Totaled six catches for 43 yards in his first season … Caught two passes for 12 yards in his first career game as a Hornet against Northeastern State (9/4) … Had two catches against Missouri Western (9/18) … Caught one pass against both Fort Hays State (10/30) and Lincoln (11/6).
 
High School
Attended Wichita Northwest HS in Wichita, KS … Was twice named All-City League and All-State for the Grizzlies.

 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 170 lbs
  • 25

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 185 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 185 lbs
    25
  • 15

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 182 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Wide Receiver
    5'11" 184 lbs
    15