Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009NC State
Willie Young
DE • 6'4" • Riviera Beach, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Willie Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for an edge defender
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2006 Regular Season · NC State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- NC State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Clemson
Player Story
Willie Young built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a defensive end from Riviera Beach, FL wearing No. 97, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Willie Young's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2010
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 6
- Overall
- No. 213
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Willie Young, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2006 Regular Season · NC State. Willie Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Willie Young quick answers
- Latest team and position
- NC State · DE
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2006 Regular Season · NC State
- Top game
- Clemson
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Whitmer · Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Whitmer · 19 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2010 · Round 7 · Pick 6 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Class 2009
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | NC State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 73.3 |
| 2007 Regular Season | NC State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2008 Regular Season | NC State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2009 Regular Season | NC State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Willie Young played DE for NC State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Willie Young recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2006 with NC State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2006 Regular Season
NC State paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Regular Season · NC State
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Maryland
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All Games1 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Maryland
Best efficiency game
20 vs Maryland
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/7 | vs Maryland | W 38-31 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Willie Young story
Willie Young built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a defensive end from Riviera Beach, FL wearing No. 97, spending time with NC State. The clearest part of Willie Young's career was his defensive production: 3 interceptions across 3 career games in the available record. That gives Willie Young's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
NC State
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2006200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | NC State | 1 | 20 | — | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | NC State | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2008 Regular Season | NC State | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2009 Regular Season | NC State | 1 | 20 | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Clemson
Week 11 · L 14-20 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ North Carolina
Week 13 · W 41-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Maryland
Week 10 · W 38-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2006 Regular Season · NC State
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2008 Regular Season · NC State
73.3
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · NC State
73.3
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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