Player Dossier

2019-2022

Alabama

Byron Young

DL • 6'3" • 292 lbs • Laurel, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Byron Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ole Miss

Player Story

Byron Young built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Laurel, MS wearing No. 47, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Byron Young's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8942

Cass Technical · Detroit, MI

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2023
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 7
Overall
No. 70
NFL Team
Las Vegas Raiders

Byron Young, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Alabama. Byron Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
123
TFL
20
Sacks
7
QB hurries
9
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Byron Young quick answers

Latest team and position
Alabama · DL
Career Tackles
123
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 43 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Alabama
Top game
Ole Miss
Recruit profile
4-star · Cass Technical · USC
High school pipeline
Cass Technical · 77 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
NFL Draft
2023 · Round 3 · Pick 7 · Las Vegas Raiders
Latest roster
No. 47 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
45 tackles · DL 41st (top 5%) · SEC 78th (top 13%) · National 688th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonAlabama91-011020.1
2019 Regular SeasonAlabama9221.51--020.1
2020 PostseasonAlabama81-0--030.8
2020 Regular SeasonAlabama81440.5--030.8
2021 PostseasonAlabama152-0--043.8
2021 Regular SeasonAlabama15389.522-043.8
2022 Regular SeasonAlabama114553.562056.8

Related Context

Byron Young played DL for Alabama. Across 4 tracked seasons, Byron Young recorded 123 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Alabama paired 16.5 primary output with 30.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: LSU

Win with 1.5 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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2020 Postseason · Alabama

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

13.5

Usage

4.3

Consistency

46.3

Best Game by takeover score

LSU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Texas A&M: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Georgia: 1. Mississippi State: 0. Kentucky: 1. LSU: 1.5. Arkansas: 0

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. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Texas A&M: 3 by 22.5. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 1 by 14.2. Mississippi State: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 4 by 26.7. LSU: 3 by 27.5

Split Comparison

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

First Half0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

LSU

Best efficiency game

27.5 vs LSU

Result
Fri 1/1vs Notre DameW 31-1411000
Sat 12/12@ ArkansasW 52-3
Sun 12/6@ LSUW 55-173010.500
Sat 11/21vs KentuckyW 63-342100
Sat 10/31vs Mississippi StateW 41-020000
Sun 10/18vs GeorgiaW 41-2411100
Sat 10/10@ Ole MissW 63-4810000
Sat 10/3vs Texas A&MW 52-2431100

Player Story

Byron Young story

Byron Young built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Laurel, MS wearing No. 47, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Byron Young's career was his defensive production: 123 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Byron 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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    Alabama

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019201920202020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonAlabama4.515.73.2
2019 Regular SeasonAlabama4.515.73.20
2020 PostseasonAlabama4.513.54.30
2020 Regular SeasonAlabama4.513.54.30
2021 PostseasonAlabama13.520.14.99
2021 Regular SeasonAlabama13.520.14.90
2022 Regular SeasonAlabama16.530.27.93

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ole Miss

Week 11 · W 30-24 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7

Havoc Plays

98.6 takeover

7 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Mercer

Week 2 · W 48-14

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Western Carolina

Week 13 · W 66-3

2

Havoc Plays

76.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Ole Miss

Week 5 · W 42-21 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Mississippi State

Week 7 · W 49-9 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Alabama

16.5 primary output · 30.2 efficiency · 7.9 usage

56.8

#2

2021 Postseason · Alabama

43.8

13.5 primary · 20.1 efficiency · 4.9 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Alabama

43.8

13.5 primary · 20.1 efficiency · 4.9 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

9

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games