Player Dossier

2015-2018

Nebraska

Dedrick Young II

ILB • 6'1" • 245 lbs • Peoria, AZ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dedrick Young II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.2

Efficiency

38.8

Consistency

61.7

Season Value

51.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Dedrick Young II, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Nebraska. Dedrick Young II shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.8 disruption score.

Dedrick Young II played ILB for Nebraska. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dedrick Young II recorded 223 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Nebraska paired 12 primary output with 38.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 38.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2018 Regular Season · Nebraska

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

38.8

Usage

7.2

Consistency

61.7

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Colorado: 2. Troy: 1. Michigan: 0. Purdue: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Northwestern: 2. Minnesota: 1. Bethune-Cookman: 2. Ohio State: 1. Illinois: 2. Michigan State: 0. Iowa: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado: 9 by 57.5. Troy: 3 by 22.5. Michigan: 6 by 25. Purdue: 7 by 29.2. Wisconsin: 7 by 29.2. Northwestern: 4 by 36.7. Minnesota: 7 by 39.2. Bethune-Cookman: 4 by 36.7. Ohio State: 10 by 51.7. Illinois: 8 by 53.3. Michigan State: 8 by 33.3. Iowa: 10 by 51.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 8 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Colorado

Best efficiency game

57.5 vs Colorado

Result
Fri 11/23@ Iowa10+ tacklesL 28-31107000
Sat 11/17vs Michigan StateW 9-682000
Sat 11/10vs IllinoisSplash gameW 54-3585000
Sat 11/3@ Ohio State10+ tacklesL 31-36101001
Sat 10/27vs Bethune-CookmanSplash gameW 45-942002
Sat 10/20vs MinnesotaW 53-28740010
Sat 10/13@ NorthwesternSplash gameL 31-3443002
Sat 10/6@ WisconsinL 24-4173000
Sat 9/29vs PurdueL 28-4273000
Sat 9/22@ MichiganL 10-5665000
Sat 9/15vs TroyL 19-2432100
Sat 9/8vs ColoradoSplash gameL 28-3394200

Career Arc

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    Nebraska

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonNebraska0
2016 PostseasonNebraska9.528.86.19.5
2016 Regular SeasonNebraska9.528.86.10
2017 Regular SeasonNebraska6.532.57.9-3
2018 Regular SeasonNebraska1238.87.25.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Arkansas State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.5 takeover score.

#2

Colorado

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.5 takeover score.

#3

Rutgers

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.

#4

Illinois

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

#5

Indiana

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 53.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Nebraska

12 primary output · 38.8 efficiency · 7.2 usage

51.9

#2

2016 Postseason · Nebraska

37.9

9.5 primary · 28.8 efficiency · 6.1 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Nebraska

37.9

9.5 primary · 28.8 efficiency · 6.1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

8

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8163

Pomona · Arvada, CO

Committed To
Colorado State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

223

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 36 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.