Player Dossier

2019-2022

Mississippi State

Cameron Young

DT • 6'3" • 315 lbs • Crosby, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cameron Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

80

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Mississippi State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: LSU

Player Story

Cameron Young built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Crosby, MS wearing No. 93, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Cameron Young's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8355

Franklin · Meadville, MS

Committed To
Mississippi State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2023
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 21
Overall
No. 123
NFL Team
Seattle Seahawks

Cameron Young, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Mississippi State. Cameron Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
109
TFL
9
Sacks
2
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Cameron Young quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · DT
Career Tackles
109
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 33 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Mississippi State
Top game
LSU
Recruit profile
3-star · Franklin · Mississippi State
High school pipeline
Franklin · 4 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2023 · Round 4 · Pick 21 · Seattle Seahawks
Latest roster
No. 93 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
36 tackles · DT 18th (top 9%) · SEC 120th (top 20%) · National 1,027th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMississippi State4510--013
2020 PostseasonMississippi State62-0--038.2
2020 Regular SeasonMississippi State6132.51-1038.2
2021 PostseasonMississippi State117-0--055.6
2021 Regular SeasonMississippi State11462.5022055.6
2022 PostseasonMississippi State12111--040.3
2022 Regular SeasonMississippi State12352021040.3

Related Context

Cameron Young played DT for Mississippi State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cameron Young recorded 109 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Mississippi State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Mississippi State paired 7.5 primary output with 26.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Postseason · Mississippi State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

18.3

Usage

4.3

Consistency

13.9

Best Game by takeover score

Ole Miss

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 2. Memphis: 0. Arizona: 0. LSU: 0. Bowling Green: 1. Texas A&M: 0. Arkansas: 0.5. Kentucky: 0.5. Alabama: 0. Auburn: 0. Georgia: 0. Ole Miss: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 1 by 24.2. Memphis: 2 by 8.3. Arizona: 2 by 8.3. LSU: 3 by 12.5. Bowling Green: 1 by 14.2. Texas A&M: 4 by 16.7. Arkansas: 5 by 25.8. Kentucky: 5 by 25.8. Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Georgia: 7 by 29.2. Ole Miss: 2 by 38.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 8 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 4 · -0.7 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

Ole Miss

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs Ole Miss

Result
Mon 1/2@ IllinoisSplash gameW 19-1011110
Fri 11/25@ Ole MissSplash gameW 24-2222100
Sun 11/13vs GeorgiaL 19-4570000
Sat 11/5vs AuburnW 39-3320000
Sat 10/22@ AlabamaL 6-3021000
Sat 10/15@ KentuckyL 17-27500.5000
Sat 10/8vs ArkansasW 40-17500.5000
Sat 10/1vs Texas A&MW 42-2441000
Sat 9/24vs Bowling GreenW 45-1410001
Sat 9/17@ LSUL 16-3131000
Sun 9/11@ ArizonaW 39-1721000
Sat 9/3vs MemphisW 49-2321000

Player Story

Cameron Young story

Cameron Young built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Crosby, MS wearing No. 93, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Cameron Young's career was his defensive production: 109 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 33 career games in the available record. That gives Cameron 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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    Mississippi State

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020202021202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMississippi State17.72.7
2020 PostseasonMississippi State4.517.94.33.5
2020 Regular SeasonMississippi State4.517.94.30
2021 PostseasonMississippi State7.526.96.73
2021 Regular SeasonMississippi State7.526.96.70
2022 PostseasonMississippi State718.34.3-0.5
2022 Regular SeasonMississippi State718.34.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs LSU

Week 4 · L 25-28 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Ole Miss

Week 13 · L 24-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Ole Miss

Week 13 · W 24-22 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Illinois

Week 1 · W 19-10 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

63.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Arkansas

Week 10 · L 28-31 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Mississippi State

7.5 primary output · 26.9 efficiency · 6.7 usage

55.6

#2

2021 Regular Season · Mississippi State

55.6

7.5 primary · 26.9 efficiency · 6.7 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · Mississippi State

40.3

7 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 4.3 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games