Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Kansas
Craig Young
LB • 6'3" • 225 lbs • Fort Wayne, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Craig Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Kansas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Ohio State • Kansas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State
Player Story
Craig Young built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Fort Wayne, IN wearing No. 15, spending time with Kansas and Ohio State. The clearest part of Craig Young's career was his defensive...
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- Jan 1, 2025
Craig Young, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Kansas. Craig Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 117
- TFL
- 10
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 7
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Craig Young quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 117
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Kansas
- Top game
- Kansas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · West Bloomfield
- High school pipeline
- West Bloomfield · 40 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 35 tackles · LB 381st (top 32%) · Big 12 107th (top 17%) · National 1,085th (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Ohio State | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 45.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio State | 8 | 15 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 12 | 58 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 71.8 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 11 | 32 | 3 | 0.5 | - | 3 | 0 | 31.9 |
Related Context
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Craig Young played LB for Ohio State and Kansas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Craig Young recorded 117 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Kansas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Kansas paired 18 primary output with 35.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 21 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio State, Kansas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2023 Postseason · Kansas
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
21
Usage
5.3
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 2. Illinois: 0. BYU: 1. Texas: 0. UCF: 1. Oklahoma State: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Iowa State: 3.5. Texas Tech: 0. Kansas State: 1. Cincinnati: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UNLV: 3 by 32.5. Illinois: 3 by 12.5. BYU: 2 by 18.3. Texas: 7 by 29.2. UCF: 3 by 22.5. Oklahoma State: 4 by 16.7. Oklahoma: 2 by 8.3. Iowa State: 4 by 51.7. Texas Tech: 2 by 8.3. Kansas State: 3 by 22.5. Cincinnati: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.1 · Games = 7 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.8 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
Iowa State
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs Iowa State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/27 | @ UNLVSplash game | W 49-36 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/26 | @ Cincinnati | W 49-16 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | vs Kansas State | L 27-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Texas Tech | L 13-16 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Iowa StateSplash game | W 28-21 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Oklahoma | W 38-33 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Oklahoma State | L 32-39 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs UCF | W 51-22 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Texas | L 14-40 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs BYU | W 38-27 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/8 | vs Illinois | W 34-23 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Craig Young story
Craig Young built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Fort Wayne, IN wearing No. 15, spending time with Kansas and Ohio State. The clearest part of Craig Young's career was his defensive production: 117 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Craig 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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Ohio State
2019-2021
Opening stop
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Kansas
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 7 | 1.5 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 16.7 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio State | 3.5 | 12.2 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas | 18 | 35.1 | 11.4 | 14.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kansas | 8.5 | 21 | 5.3 | -9.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kansas | 8.5 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kansas State
Week 13 · L 27-47 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
91.1 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Iowa State
Week 10 · W 28-21 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
83.9 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Iowa State
Week 5 · W 14-11 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Houston
Week 3 · W 48-30
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Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
#5
vs TCU
Week 6 · L 31-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Kansas
18 primary output · 35.1 efficiency · 11.4 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · Ohio State
45.8
0 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 2.5 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Ohio State
39.7
0 primary · 7 efficiency · 1.5 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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