Tylar Young

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Tylar Young
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Young with Richmond's VFL team in March 2025
Personal information
Born (1998-09-05) 5 September 1998 (age 27)
Original team Richmond VFL
Draft No. 26, 2023 rookie draft: Richmond
Debut Round 2, 2023, Richmond  vs. Adelaide, at Adelaide Oval
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Position Key Defender
Club information
Current club West Coast
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2023–2025 Richmond 35 (0)
2026– West Coast 0 (0)
Total35 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2025 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tylar Young (born 5 September 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Young previously played for Richmond and was drafted with the 26th pick in the 2023 rookie draft and made his AFL debut in round 2 of the 2023 season.

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Early life, junior and state-league football

Young played junior football until the age of 12, at which point he gave away the sport in favour of pursuing high level soccer aspirations through his teenage years. [1] He returned to competition football at age 20, joining North Albury in 2019. [2] [1] After just six games, he was recruited by Frankston to make his debut in the VFL that same season, before joining the club on a full time basis from 2020. [1] [3] The season was ultimately cancelled due to community restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, so Young's first matches with Frankston would wait until 2021. [2] After one season, he moved to join the VFL program of AFL club Richmond, where he played 14 matches in the 2022 season. [4]

AFL career

Richmond

Young was drafted by Richmond with the club's second pick and the 26th selection overall in the 2023 rookie draft. [2]

He made his AFL debut in round 2 of the 2023 season. [3] Young drew acclaim for his pure defensive abilities that season, recording a remarkably low contested one-on-one loss rate, ranking him second among all key defenders in the league (with 14.3 per cent) after 17 rounds. [1]

Young played 35 games for Richmond over three seasons.

West Coast

Young requested a trade to West Coast for the 2026 season, and his request was granted on 13 October 2025. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Black, Sarah (7 July 2023). "From North Albury to taking on Buddy: Rookie Tiger's wild journey". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "VFL Tiger Tylar Young recruited in rookie draft". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Tylar Young to debut against Adelaide". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Greenberg, Tony (4 December 2022). "Young promotion delights Morris". Richmond FC. Telstra Media. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Tigers defender gets trade wish to the Eagles". AFL Media. 13 October 2025.
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