Linebacker, Kansas (from Ohio State), 2019–⁠23

Craig Young

Number
No. 15
Height
6′3″
Weight
225 lb
Class (2023)
Senior
Hometown
Fort Wayne, IN
Born
Mar 13, 2001

Craig Young played linebacker at Ohio State (2019–⁠21) and Kansas (2022–⁠23).

Career highs

8tackles, career highat Kansas State, 2022

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2019 and 2020

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2019Ohio State5300000
2020Ohio State4400000
2021Ohio State1560.50111
2022Kansas58425.54.5134
2023Kansas352340.5130
Career11778105375

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Ohio State15LBYr 1
2020Ohio State15LBYr 2
2021Ohio State15LBYr 3
2022Kansas15LBYr 4
2023Kansas15LBSr. (Yr 5)6′3″225

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2023 Kansas 11 games, 35 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 8vs.IllinoisW 34–⁠23320000
Sep 23vs.BYUW 38–⁠27220001
Sep 30atTexasL 14–⁠40720000
Oct 7vs.UCFW 51–⁠22320001
Oct 14atOklahoma StateL 32–⁠39440000
Oct 28vs.OklahomaW 38–⁠33220000
Nov 4atIowa StateW 28–⁠214120.501
Nov 11vs.Texas TechL 13–⁠16210000
Nov 18vs.Kansas StateL 27–⁠31331000
Nov 25atCincinnatiW 49–⁠16220000
Dec 26 ✦vs.UNLVW 49–⁠36321010
2022 Kansas 12 games, 58 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.Tennessee TechW 56–⁠10210000
Sep 10atWest VirginiaW 55–⁠42720002
Sep 17atHoustonW 48–⁠30771100
Sep 24vs.DukeW 35–⁠27540000
Oct 1vs.Iowa StateW 14–⁠11551100
Oct 8vs.TCUL 31–⁠38541000
Oct 15atOklahomaL 42–⁠52321100
Oct 22atBaylorL 23–⁠35420010
Nov 5vs.Oklahoma StateW 37–⁠16540.50.500
Nov 12atTexas TechL 28–⁠43430000
Nov 19vs.TexasL 14–⁠55310000
Nov 26atKansas StateL 27–⁠47871101
2021 Ohio State 8 games, 15 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 18vs.TulsaW 41–⁠20100001
Sep 25vs.AkronW 59–⁠7210000
Oct 2atRutgersW 52–⁠13520000
Oct 9vs.MarylandW 66–⁠17220010
Nov 6atNebraskaW 26–⁠17000000
Nov 13vs.PurdueW 59–⁠31100000
Nov 20vs.Michigan StateW 56–⁠7310.5000
Nov 27atMichiganL 27–⁠42100000
2020 Ohio State 1 game, 4 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Nov 7vs.RutgersW 49–⁠27440000
2019 Ohio State 3 games, 5 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 21vs.Miami (OH)W 76–⁠5100000
Oct 18atNorthwesternW 52–⁠3110000
Nov 9vs.MarylandW 73–⁠14320000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2024
Height6′3″
Weight226 lb
Arm length33″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan77⅞″
40-yard dash4.57 s
10-yard split1.66 s
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′8″
Bench press13 reps
3-cone drill7.27 s
20-yard shuttle4.47 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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