Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Kent State
CJ Young
DB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Strongsville, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
CJ Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
87
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kent State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Kent State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
Player Story
CJ Young built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Strongsville, OH wearing No. 3, spending time with Kent State. The clearest part of CJ Young's career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyCJ Young, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kent State. CJ Young shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47 disruption score.
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CJ Young quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kent State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 123
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Kent State
- Top game
- Massachusetts
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 89 tackles · DB 13th (top 2%) · Mid-American 11th (top 2%) · National 92nd (top 2%)
CJ Young played DB for Kent State. Across 3 tracked seasons, CJ Young recorded 123 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kent State.
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