Donovonn Young

RB • 6'0" • Houston, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Donovonn Young leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.5 efficiency.

Usage / Role

61%

Regular offensive contributor

lowfeatured

Impact Production

Solid production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

lowhigh

Star Power

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Illinois

111112131414

Snapshot

Career Teams: 1
Unique Seasons: 4
Program Path: Illinois
Peak Game: Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Donovonn Young built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a running back from Houston, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Donovonn Young's career was his backfield work: 1,777...

Read the story

3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.8333

Katy · Katy, TX

Committed To: Illinois
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2011

Quick Answers

Donovonn Young quick answers

Latest team and position: Illinois · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards: 2,099
Tracked sample: 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 48 games
Best season: 2012 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game: Indiana
Recruit profile: 3-star · Katy · Illinois
High school pipeline: Katy · 61 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster: No. 5 · Class 2014
2014 Scrimmage yards rank: 471 scrimmage yards · RB 188th (top 35%) · Big Ten 53rd (top 21%) · National 506th (top 22%)

Donovonn Young played RB for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Donovonn Young recorded 1,777 rushing yards, 322 receiving yards, and 19 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Illinois.

Player Profile

Focused views for Donovonn Young

Related Context

Next best actions

Keep exploring Donovonn Young

Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.