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2022: Started all 12 games at safety during his 5th season with the Wildcats… Made career-high 76 tackles including a career-high 47 solo tackles (29 assists)… Recorded career-high 6.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks alongside two pass breakups and one fumble recovery… Posted season-high nine tackles on two separate occasions, first on 10/8 against Oregon and second on 11/19 against Washington State… Made 182 total tackles including 102 solo tackles and 80 assists, 9 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, 11 pass breakups, two forced fumbles, and three fumble recoveries over 48 games with Arizona.
2021: Started all 12 of the Wildcats game at the Viper position...Finished second on the team with a career-high 68 total tackles...Also tallied two tackles for loss, four pass breakups, and one quarterback hurry...Led the team with a career-best 15 tackles at USC; also had one TFL against the Trojans...Posted second career multiple-PBU performance at Oregon, tallying a pair of breakups...Recorded five or more tackles in seven games.
2020: Limited to one appearance due to injury…Saw time in Nov. 14 game versus USC.
2019: Appeared in all 12 games, starting the first six games at safety...Totaled 25 tackles, three pass breakups, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery on the season...Opened the season with a season-high six tackles at Hawai’i (Aug. 24)...Also forced a pair of fumbles and recovered one against Hawai’i...Posted one pass breakup in three straight games, Northern Arizona (Sept. 7), Texas Tech (Sept. 14) and UCLA (Sept. 28)...Also posted five tackles in win over the Bruins...Totaled four solo tackles in road win at Colorado (Oct. 5)...Finished with three tackles in road game at Oregon (Nov. 16).
2018: Played multiple positions in the secondary, appearing in 11 contests as a true freshman…Earned two starts at cornerback, including the boundary spot against Oregon (Oct. 27) and the field position at UCLA (Oct. 20)…Recorded 14 tackles, including 0.5 for loss, while breaking up two passes and recovering a fumble…Knocked down a pair of passes against ASU (Nov. 24)…Played but did not collect stats at Washington State (Nov. 17)…Chipped in one tackle in victory over Colorado (Nov. 2)…Recovered a fumble and had two solo stops as a starter in upset win over No. 19 Oregon (Oct. 27)…Made first career start and totaled five tackles at UCLA (Oct. 20)…Turned in one solo tackle in win over California (Oct. 6)…Posted a pair of solo stops against USC (Sept. 29)…Made collegiate debut with three total tackles and a 0.5 TFL on road at Houston (Sept. 8).
High School: Graduated in 2018 from Foster High School in Richmond, Texas…Earned letters in football, basketball and track and field…Voted team captain and MVP as a senior…Two-time all-conference and All-City selection…Two-time all-district and all-region selection...Totaled 152 tackles, eight interceptions, 18 pass breakups, four tackles-for-loss and three forced fumbles in his career...Was also recruited to run track by Texas State...Consensus three-star recruit.
Personal: Son of Sonna and Fred Young...Has two brothers...Father played basketball at Texas Pan-American and Houston Baptist...Majoring in Communication.
