Usage / Role
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Rotational 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
63
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
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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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 123
- TFL
- 10
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 6 | 34 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 28.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kent State | 11 | 89 | 8 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 70 |
Related Context
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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.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Kent State paired 16.5 primary output with 47 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Kent State
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
27.2
Usage
7
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Buffalo
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. Penn State: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Akron: 1. Buffalo: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. Penn State: 3 by 12.5. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Miami (OH): 1 by 4.2. Akron: 11 by 55.8. Buffalo: 14 by 70
Split Comparison
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First Half0 · Games = 3 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 3 · +1 vs First Half
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Buffalo
Best efficiency game
70 vs Buffalo
Player Story
CJ Young 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: 123 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 17 career games in the available record. That gives CJ Young's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kent State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kent State | 3 | 27.2 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kent State | 16.5 | 47 | 11.8 | 13.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 136 Massachusetts
Week 7 · W 42-6 · Conference game
Win with 6.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
6.5
Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Buffalo
Week 14 · L 7-43 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 117 Akron
Week 12 · W 42-35 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
71.2 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Akron
Week 13 · L 17-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 132 Ball State
Week 11 · L 13-17 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Kent State
16.5 primary output · 47 efficiency · 11.8 usage
70
#2
2024 Regular Season · Kent State
28.6
3 primary · 27.2 efficiency · 7 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Kent State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
5
10+ tackle games
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