Scott_Young_(American_football)
Scott Young (American football)
American football player (born 1981)
Scott Lewis Young (born July 15, 1981) is a former American football guard. He was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL Draft.[1] He played college football at BYU.
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| Position: | Guard | ||||
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| Born: | (1981-07-15) July 15, 1981 (age 42) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 312 lb (142 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Midvale (UT) Hillcrest | ||||
| College: | BYU | ||||
| NFL draft: | 2005 / Round: 5 / Pick: 172 | ||||
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Young also played for the Cleveland Browns and Denver Broncos.
Young attended Hillcrest High School in Midvale, Utah, and was a three-year letterman in football. He is the son of a police officer and an elementary school teacher. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer Young is an Eagle Scout with 64 merit badges.
Young was a two-year starter at Dixie State College (when it was still a junior college), and led Dixie with 15.5 sacks as a sophomore. He transferred to Brigham Young in 2002.
2005 NFL Draft
Projected to be a third-round selection, Young was listed as the No. 8 offensive guard prospect in the 2005 NFL Draft by Sports Illustrated.[2] As of 2018[update], Young is one of only 17 prospects to repeat more than 40 lifts at the 225-pound (102 kg) bench press at the NFL Scouting Combine since 1999. While noted for his upper body strength, his lack of a "dominant base" was criticized by NFL scouts.[3]
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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| 6 ft 3+5⁄8 in (1.92 m) |
312 lb (142 kg) |
5.06 s | 1.81 s | 2.98 s | 4.37 s | 7.48 s | 35 in (0.89 m) | 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) | 43 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine[4] | ||||||||||||
Retirement
Young announced his retirement from the NFL on Thursday, April 16, 2009, a month after signing with the Broncos.[5]
- "2005 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- "SI.com - 2005 NFL Draft - Breakdown by Position - OG". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2006-03-06.
- "SI.com - 2005 NFL Draft - Scott Young". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2005-04-26.
- "Scott Young|BYU,OG:2005 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2011-03-05.
- Williamson, Bill (April 17, 2009). "Broncos add backup lineman". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2011.