Defensive end, NC State, to 2009
Willie Young
- Number
- No. 97
- Height
- 6′4″
- Hometown
- Riviera Beach, FL
- Born
- Sep 19, 1985, in Riviera Beach, Florida
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Willie Young played defensive end at NC State (to 2009). The Detroit Lions took Young in round 7, No. 213 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. 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
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 12 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 12 | 24 | 14 | 38 | 15 | 5.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 2008 | 13 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 12.5 | 6.5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 2009 | 12 | 32 | 22 | 54 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| On file | 109 | 85 | 194 | 46 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 29 | |
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.
On the roster
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
2009 NC State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7 | vs. Maryland | W 38–31 | 1 |
2008 NC State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22 | at North Carolina | W 41–10 | 1 |
2006 NC State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11 | at Clemson | L 14–20 | 1 |
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
Played in the 2010 East–West Shrine Game (East team, won 13–10).
| Drill | Combine 2010 | Combine or pro day 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′4¾″ | |
| Weight | 251 lb | |
| Arm length | 34½″ | |
| Hand size | 10¼″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.92 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.71 s | |
| Vertical jump | 38″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ | |
| Bench press | 25 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.24 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.56 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 86 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Detroit Lions | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | Detroit Lions | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 44 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | Chicago Bears | 15 | 38 | 10 | 0 |
| 2015 | Chicago Bears | 14 | 27 | 6.5 | 1 |
| 2016 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 37 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | Chicago Bears | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| NFL career | 86 | 177 | 32 | 1 | |
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.
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