2020 Football Roster
Roster
Zion Johnson
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 310
- Hometown:
- Bowie, Md.
- High School:
- Riverdale Baptist
- Prev School:
- Davidson
Named to Phil Steele’s Preseason All-America team at offensive guard.
2020 (SENIOR): All-ACC Academic honors for the second time in addition to earning All-ACC third-team accolades … elected a team captain by his teammates ... graded out as BC’s top offensive linemen in 2020 … one of just three Boston College student-athletes to earn the prestigious 2021 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Award from the ACC … played in all 11 games at left tackle, playing 783 of 785 snaps … took the field for all 67 snaps in a season-opening win at Duke (9/19) … played all 70 snaps against Texas State (9/26) … logged 81 snaps vs. North Carolina (10/3) … played all 77 snaps against Pittsburgh (10/10) … fifth straight game of playing every snap with 79 at Virginia Tech (10/17) as BC ran for 90 yards … played 66 of 68 snaps vs. Georgia Tech (10/24) as BC did not allow a sack and racked up a season-high 264 rushing yards … played all 64 snaps at Clemson (10/31) … played all 77 snaps with BC not allowing a sack and totaling 191 rushing yards at Syracuse (11/7) … went 69 snaps against Notre Dame (11/14) … no sacks allowed and 188 rushing yards, while playing all 65 snaps vs. Louisville (11/28) … played all 68 snaps at Virginia (12/5).
2019 (JUNIOR): All-ACC Second Team... played all 13 games and made seven starts at left guard... played 42 offensive snaps off the bench in his BC debut vs. Virginia Tech (8/31)... came off the bench for 36 snaps at left guard vs. Richmond (9/7)... played the majority of the game, 62 snaps, at left guard vs. Kansas (9/13)... played 71 snaps in first career start at left guard, while BC tallied 429 yards on the ground vs. NC State (10/19) and was named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week... started at left guard at Clemson (10/26)... started at left guard at Syracuse (11/2) as BC piled up a program-record 691 yards of offense... started at left guard vs. Florida State (11/9)... started at left guard at Notre Dame (11/23)... started at left guard for all 79 snaps at Pittsburgh (11/30) and was named ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week... started at left guard against Cincinnati (1/2) in the Birmingham Bowl.
BEFORE BC: Played two seasons at Davidson and appeared in 22 games, including 19 starts on the offensive line … selected to the PFL All-Conference First Team and named a HERO Sports All-Sophomore Honorable Mention in 2018.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played under Caesar Nettles at Riverdale Baptist School … earned his team’s Coaches Award (2016) … named his squad’s Most Improved (2015) … also a member of the golf team.
PERSONAL: Son of Tammie Edwards ... earned an undergraduate degree from the Morrissey College of the Arts & Sciences in computer science … enrolled in the Woods College of Advancing Studies with a focus on cybersecurity policy and governance … recipient of The Cote Family Football Scholarship Fund II.
