Usama Young with the New Orleans Saints
With the New Orleans Saints. Photo: Tulane Public Relations, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive back, Kent State, 2003–⁠06

Usama Young

Born
May 8, 1985, in Washington, D.C.

Wikipedia readers: about 305 a month over the past year

Usama Young played defensive back at Kent State (2003–⁠06). The New Orleans Saints took Young in round 3, No. 66 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2004Kent State3
2005Kent State2
2006Kent State2
On file (2004–⁠06)7

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
200592920494230
2006123921603263
On file68411097493

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

Game by game

2006 Kent State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 23atBowling GreenW 38–⁠31
Nov 17vs.Eastern MichiganW 14–⁠61
2005 Kent State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 3atMichigan StateL 14–⁠491
Oct 1atEastern MichiganL 20–⁠271
2004 Kent State 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 18atRutgersL 21–⁠291
Oct 30vs.OhioW 42–⁠161
Nov 13vs.Eastern MichiganW 69–⁠171

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2007
Height5′11⅛″
Weight186 lb
Arm length30¼″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.39 s
10-yard split1.46 s
Vertical jump43″
Broad jump10′11″
Bench press14 reps
3-cone drill6.65 s
20-yard shuttle4.31 s

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

In the NFL

8 seasons, 83 games with a stat; latest team: Oakland Raiders.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2007New Orleans Saints122200
2008New Orleans Saints134702
2009New Orleans Saints5801
2010New Orleans Saints102010
2011Cleveland Browns166501
2012Cleveland Browns13501.53
2013Oakland Raiders9232.51
2014Oakland Raiders52210
NFL career8325768

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.