Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Duke
Datrone Young
DB • 5'9" • 179 lbs • Delray Beach, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Datrone Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
55
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
44
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Iowa State • Duke
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas
Player Story
Datrone Young built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive back from Delray Beach, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Duke and Iowa State. The clearest part of Datrone Young's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Iowa State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Datrone Young, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Duke. Datrone Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 127
- TFL
- 5
- Passes defended
- 14
Quick Answers
Datrone Young quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Duke · DB
- Career Tackles
- 127
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Duke
- Top game
- Texas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Atlantic · Iowa State
- High school pipeline
- Atlantic · 42 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 40 tackles · DB 211th (top 23%) · ACC 95th (top 16%) · National 851st (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa State | 7 | 12 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 13.1 |
| 2019 Postseason | Iowa State | 10 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa State | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 13.4 |
| 2020 Postseason | Iowa State | 8 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 22.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa State | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 22.4 |
| 2021 Postseason | Iowa State | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 27.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa State | 11 | 30 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 27.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Duke | 11 | 40 | 1 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 42.6 |
Related Context
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Datrone Young played DB for Iowa State and Duke. Across 5 tracked seasons, Datrone Young recorded 127 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Duke paired 9 primary output with 23.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa State, Duke.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Duke
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
23.3
Usage
3.8
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Temple: 0. Northwestern: 3. North Carolina A&T: 0. Kansas: 0. Virginia: 0. Georgia Tech: 2. North Carolina: 0. Boston College: 0. Virginia Tech: 1. Pittsburgh: 2. Wake Forest: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Temple: 3 by 12.5. Northwestern: 2 by 38.3. North Carolina A&T: 4 by 16.7. Kansas: 5 by 20.8. Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Tech: 3 by 32.5. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Virginia Tech: 3 by 22.5. Pittsburgh: 5 by 40.8. Wake Forest: 10 by 51.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Pittsburgh
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs Wake Forest
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Wake Forest10+ tackles | W 34-31 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ PittsburghSplash game | L 26-28 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Virginia Tech | W 24-7 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 11/4 | @ Boston College | W 38-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/16 | vs North Carolina | L 35-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Georgia TechSplash game | L 20-23 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Virginia | W 38-17 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Kansas | L 27-35 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs North Carolina A&T | W 49-20 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ NorthwesternSplash game | W 31-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | vs Temple | W 30-0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Datrone Young story
Datrone Young built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive back from Delray Beach, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Duke and Iowa State. The clearest part of Datrone Young's career was his defensive production: 127 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 14 passes defended across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Datrone Young's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Iowa State
2018-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Duke
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa State | 2 | 10 | 1.3 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Iowa State | 2 | 9.9 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa State | 2 | 9.9 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Iowa State | 3 | 16.8 | 3.2 | 1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa State | 3 | 16.8 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Iowa State | 5 | 16.3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa State | 5 | 16.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Duke | 9 | 23.3 | 3.8 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Texas
Week 10 · W 30-7 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Oregon
Week 1 · W 34-17 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
67 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.
#3
vs Baylor
Week 10 · W 38-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Pittsburgh
Week 12 · L 26-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#5
@ West Virginia
Week 7 · W 38-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
55.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Duke
9 primary output · 23.3 efficiency · 3.8 usage
42.6
#2
2021 Postseason · Iowa State
27.3
5 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 3 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Iowa State
27.3
5 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 3 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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