Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Old Dominion
Aaron Young
RB • 5'10" • 200 lbs • Coatesville, PA, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Aaron Young leans workhorse runner traits and 58.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Rutgers • Old Dominion
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Aaron Young built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Coatesville, PA wearing No. 5, spending time with Old Dominion and Rutgers. The clearest part of Aaron Young's career was his...
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- Jan 1, 2025
Aaron Young, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion. Aaron Young leans workhorse runner traits and 58.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,075
- Rushing yards
- 706
- Receiving yards
- 369
- Touchdowns
- 13
Quick Answers
Aaron Young quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Old Dominion · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,075
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Madison Central
- High school pipeline
- Madison Central · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 158 scrimmage yards · RB 377th (top 53%) · Sun Belt 130th (top 49%) · National 1,147th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Rutgers | 12 | 266 | 153 | 113 | 0 | 51.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rutgers | 9 | 197 | 97 | 100 | 1 | 50.2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Rutgers | 13 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 58.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rutgers | 13 | 247 | 172 | 75 | 5 | 58.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Rutgers | 3 | 56 | 38 | 18 | 1 | 24.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Rutgers | 8 | 118 | 94 | 24 | 3 | 37.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 1 | 158 | 119 | 39 | 2 | 78.8 |
Related Context
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Aaron Young played RB for Rutgers and Old Dominion. Across 6 tracked seasons, Aaron Young recorded 706 rushing yards, 369 receiving yards, and 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Rutgers.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Old Dominion paired 158 primary output with 58.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 29.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 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 Rutgers, Old Dominion.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Loss with 32 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2020 Regular Season · Rutgers
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
21.9
Efficiency
29.9
Usage
10.8
Consistency
70
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan State: 25. Indiana: 32. Ohio State: 13. Illinois: 8. Michigan: 36. Purdue: 27. Penn State: 31. Maryland: 9. Nebraska: 16
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. Michigan State: 11 by 25.4. Indiana: 7 by 47.2. Ohio State: 6 by 23.6. Illinois: 2 by 16.7. Michigan: 8 by 37.5. Purdue: 9 by 34.8. Penn State: 6 by 27.8. Maryland: 5 by 18.4. Nebraska: 4 by 37.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins20.3 · Games = 3 · -2.3 vs Losses
Losses22.7 · Games = 6 · +2.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
47.2 vs Indiana
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/19 | vs Nebraska | L 21-28 | 3 | 10 | 3.30 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Sat 12/12 | @ Maryland | W 27-24 | 4 | 7 | 1.80 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
| Sat 12/5 | vs Penn State | L 7-23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 5.2 |
| Sat 11/28 | @ Purdue | W 37-30 | 7 | 25 | 3.60 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Sun 11/22 | vs Michigan | L 42-48 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 4.5 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Illinois | L 20-23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Sun 11/8 | @ Ohio State | L 27-49 | 3 | 7 | 2.30 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2.2 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Indiana | L 21-37 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Michigan State | W 38-27 | 9 | 23 | 2.60 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.3 |
Player Story
Aaron Young story
Aaron Young built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Coatesville, PA wearing No. 5, spending time with Old Dominion and Rutgers. The clearest part of Aaron Young's career was his backfield work: 706 rushing yards, 184 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 369 receiving yards across 46 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Rutgers. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 369 receiving yards, 22 tackles, and 577 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 46 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Old Dominion and Rutgers.
The arc is straightforward: Aaron Young moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Rutgers
2019-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Old Dominion
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Rutgers | 266 | 44.9 | 9.3 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rutgers | 197 | 29.9 | 10.8 | -69 |
| 2021 Postseason | Rutgers | 280 | 37.2 | 9.8 | 83 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rutgers | 280 | 37.2 | 9.8 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Rutgers | 56 | 29.8 | 9 | -224 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Rutgers | 118 | 53 | 4.6 | 62 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 158 | 58.7 | 42.4 | 40 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arkansas State
Week 14 · W 40-32 · Conference game
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
158
Scrimmage Yards
86.2 takeover
158 scrimmage yards and 42.4 usage.
#2
@ Illinois
Week 10 · L 10-38 · Conference game
67
Scrimmage Yards
73.3 takeover
Loss with 67 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
67 scrimmage yards and 23.2 usage.
#3
vs Wagner
Week 5 · W 52-3
61
Scrimmage Yards
69.8 takeover
Win with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
61 scrimmage yards and 13.6 usage.
#4
@ Michigan State
Week 11 · L 21-27 · Conference game
48
Scrimmage Yards
63.6 takeover
Loss with 48 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
48 scrimmage yards and 10.9 usage.
#5
vs Delaware
Week 3 · W 45-13
40
Scrimmage Yards
62.1 takeover
Win with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
40 scrimmage yards and 8.2 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
158 primary output · 58.7 efficiency · 42.4 usage
78.8
#2
2021 Postseason · Rutgers
58.1
280 primary · 37.2 efficiency · 9.8 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Rutgers
58.1
280 primary · 37.2 efficiency · 9.8 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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