Personal information | |
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Born: | St. Rose, Louisiana | February 11, 1999
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Destrehan High School |
College: | Notre Dame (2017–2019) Cincinnati (2020–2021) |
Position: | Wide receiver |
Undrafted: | 2022 |
Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Michael Young Jr. (born February 11, 1999) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. [1] He played college football at Notre Dame and Cincinnati.
Michael Young Jr was a 3-star recruit from St. Rose, Louisiana. [2] He played high school football at Destrehan High School. [2] [3]
Young committed to Notre Dame on July 20, 2016 [4] and played three seasons for the Fighting Irish from 2017 to 2020. [2] [5] On April 12, 2020, Young announced his transfer to the University of Cincinnati [6] and played two seasons for the Bearcats from 2020 to 2021. [7] During his college career, Young had 862 yards receiving and 7 touchdowns at both schools. After the 2021 college football season, Young announced he was going to enter the 2022 NFL draft.
Season | Team | GP | Receiving | ||||
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Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |||
2017 | Notre Dame | 3 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 6 | 1 |
2018 | Notre Dame | 6 | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 66 | 1 |
2019 | Notre Dame | 3 | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
2020 | Cincinnati | 10 | 29 | 332 | 11.4 | 33 | 3 |
2021 | Cincinnati | 11 | 28 | 353 | 12.6 | 38 | 2 |
Career [8] | 33 | 74 | 862 | 11.6 | 66 | 7 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||
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5 ft 10+1⁄4 in (1.78 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 31+1⁄4 in (0.79 m) | 8+3⁄4 in (0.22 m) | 4.54 s | 1.56 s | 2.66 s | 4.39 s | 36.0 in (0.91 m) | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) | 16 reps | ||
All values from Pro Day [9] |
Young went undrafted in the 2022 NFL draft. [10]
Young was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent following the NFL draft. [11] [12] He was waived by the Colts on August 16, 2022. [13]
On October 27, 2022, Young was signed to the Houston Texans practice squad. [14] He was released from the practice squad on November 15, 2022. [15]