Usage / Role
13%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2011Buffalo
Ed Young
WR • 6'0" • Fort Worth, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Ed Young reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a receiver
lowelite
Reliability
19
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Player Story
Ed Young built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Ed Young's career was his receiving role: 49 catches,...
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- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2007
Ed Young, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Buffalo. Ed Young reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 590
- Receptions
- 49
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Ed Young quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 590
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- Ohio
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Eastern Hills · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- Eastern Hills · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Class 2011
- 2011 Receiving yards rank
- 357 receiving yards · WR 262nd (top 32%) · Mid-American 31st (top 17%) · National 304th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Buffalo | 7 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 31.3 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Buffalo | 11 | 20 | 194 | 5 | 47.5 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Buffalo | 12 | 27 | 357 | 2 | 67.9 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Ed Young
Ed Young played WR for Buffalo. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ed Young recorded 28 rushing yards, 590 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season
Buffalo paired 357 primary output with 70.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 70.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2011 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2011 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
29.8
Efficiency
70.7
Usage
16
Consistency
47.5
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 0. Stony Brook: 0. Ball State: 4. UConn: 0. Tennessee: 40. Ohio: 135. Temple: 26. Northern Illinois: 51. Miami (OH): 24. Eastern Michigan: 40. Akron: 11. Bowling Green: 26
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 1 by 100. Ohio: 5 by 100. Temple: 3 by 57.8. Northern Illinois: 7 by 48.6. Miami (OH): 3 by 53.3. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 88.9. Akron: 1 by 73.3. Bowling Green: 4 by 43.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins48.7 · Games = 3 · +25.2 vs Losses
Losses23.4 · Games = 9 · -25.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ohio
Best efficiency game
100 vs Ohio
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/25 | vs Bowling Green | L 28-42 | — | 4 | 26 | 6.4 | 6.50 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Akron | W 51-10 | — | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Eastern Michigan | L 17-30 | — | 3 | 40 | 10.4 | 13.30 | 0 | 33 |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Miami (OH) | L 13-41 | — | 3 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Northern Illinois | L 30-31 | — | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 1 | 18 |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Temple | L 0-34 | — | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Ohio100 receiving yards | W 38-37 | — | 5 | 135 | 16.5 | 27 | 1 | 90 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Tennessee | L 10-41 | — | 1 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs UConn | L 3-17 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Ball State | L 25-28 | — | 0 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Stony Brook | W 35-7 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Pittsburgh | L 16-35 | — | — | — | -3 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Ed Young story
Ed Young built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Ed Young's career was his receiving role: 49 catches, 590 receiving yards, 7 touchdowns, and 28 rushing yards across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 28 rushing yards and 422 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ed Young's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Buffalo
2009-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Buffalo | 39 | 86.7 | 5.4 | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Buffalo | 194 | 55 | 12.8 | 155 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Buffalo | 357 | 70.7 | 16 | 163 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Ohio
Week 6 · W 38-37 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
135
Receiving Yards
90.8 takeover
135 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ UConn
Week 4 · L 21-45
68
Receiving Yards
85.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
68 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Pittsburgh
Week 2 · L 27-54
28
Receiving Yards
70.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
28 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Temple
Week 7 · L 0-34 · Conference game
26
Receiving Yards
59 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
26 receiving yards with a 57.8 efficiency score.
#5
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 11 · L 17-30 · Conference game
40
Receiving Yards
58.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
40 receiving yards with a 88.9 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2011 Regular Season · Buffalo
357 primary output · 70.7 efficiency · 16 usage
67.9
#2
2010 Regular Season · Buffalo
47.5
194 primary · 55 efficiency · 12.8 usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Buffalo
31.3
39 primary · 86.7 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
1
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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