Player Dossier

2017-2021

Texas

Daniel Young

RB • 6'0" • 212 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Daniel Young leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

1

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

13

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Player Story

Daniel Young built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 32, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Daniel Young's career was his backfield work: 586 rushing...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8614

Westfield · Houston, TX

Committed To
Texas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Daniel Young, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Texas. Daniel Young leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
746
Rushing yards
586
Receiving yards
160
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Daniel Young quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
746
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 23 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Texas
Top game
West Virginia
Recruit profile
3-star · Westfield · Texas
High school pipeline
Westfield · 47 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 32 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 PostseasonTexas91124864166.8
2017 Regular SeasonTexas941432589366.8
2018 Regular SeasonTexas101501500026.4
2019 PostseasonTexas4220028.9
2019 Regular SeasonTexas468617228.9
2020 Regular SeasonTexas00000-
2021 Regular SeasonTexas00000-

Related Context

Daniel Young played RB for Texas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Daniel Young recorded 586 rushing yards, 160 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Texas paired 526 primary output with 50.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 35.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Win with 41 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2019 Postseason · Texas

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

17.5

Efficiency

35.8

Usage

7.3

Consistency

45.5

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah: 2. Rice: 23. Baylor: 4. Texas Tech: 41

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. Utah: 3 by 6.9. Rice: 6 by 41. Baylor: 1 by 41.7. Texas Tech: 8 by 53.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins22 · Games = 3 · +18 vs Losses
Losses4 · Games = 1 · -18 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Texas Tech

Best efficiency game

53.4 vs Texas Tech

Result
Wed 1/1vs UtahW 38-10320.7000.7
Fri 11/29vs Texas TechW 49-248415.1015.1
Sat 11/23@ BaylorL 10-2414414
Sun 9/15@ RiceW 48-1341640273.8

Player Story

Daniel Young story

Daniel Young built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 32, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Daniel Young's career was his backfield work: 586 rushing yards, 138 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 160 receiving yards across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 160 receiving yards and 9 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Daniel 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.

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    Texas

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201720182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonTexas52650.517.7
2017 Regular SeasonTexas52650.517.70
2018 Regular SeasonTexas15033.76.6-376
2019 PostseasonTexas7035.87.3-80
2019 Regular SeasonTexas7035.87.30
2020 Regular SeasonTexas0-70
2021 Regular SeasonTexas00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ West Virginia

Week 12 · W 28-14 · Conference game

Win with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

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Scrimmage Yards

77.6 takeover

99 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.

#2

@ Missouri

Week 1 · W 33-16 · Postseason

112

Scrimmage Yards

76.2 takeover

Win with 112 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

112 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.

#3

@ Baylor

Week 9 · W 38-7 · Conference game

83

Scrimmage Yards

68 takeover

Win with 83 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

83 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.

#4

vs USC

Week 3 · W 37-14

54

Scrimmage Yards

67 takeover

Win with 54 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

54 scrimmage yards and 17.5 usage.

#5

vs Kansas

Week 11 · W 42-27 · Conference game

71

Scrimmage Yards

65 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

71 scrimmage yards and 34.4 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Texas

526 primary output · 50.5 efficiency · 17.7 usage

66.8

#2

2017 Regular Season · Texas

66.8

526 primary · 50.5 efficiency · 17.7 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Texas

28.9

70 primary · 35.8 efficiency · 7.3 usage

Milestones

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100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games