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AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2019): Ran for 250 yards and one touchdown on 55 carries (4.0 yards/carry) … Also caught one pass for four yards. Carson-Newman: Saw first three collegiate carries on final drive of contest … registered a 9-yard carry on game’s final play. Mars Hill: Totaled five rushing yards on three attempts … registered a 5-yard rush to begin second quarter. #13 Wingate: Ran for nine yards and one touchdown on four carries … also hauled in a 4-yard reception … dove into the end zone from one yard out for his first collegiate score late in the third quarter. Tusculum: Tallied 18 rushing yards on five carries … also targeted one time on passing plays (incomplete pass) … tallied a 9-yard run in final minute of second half. Newberry: Registered 63 rushing yards on a season-high 16 carries … accounted for 39 rushing yards on eight carries amid a first quarter drive that led to the first points for the Braves. #4 Lenoir-Rhyne: Ran for 49 yards on 11 carries … turned in runs of 14 and 15 yards in the first quarter. UVa.-Wise: Registered a season-best 73 yards on 13 carries … accounted for 46 rushing yards on three carries amid a drive that bridged the third and fourth quarters.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2018): Redshirted. Did not see game action.HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at South Mecklenburg High School for coach Rocky White … Accounted for more than 2,000 career all-purpose yards and 22 touchdowns, as well as 150 career tackles … Earned Big 22 recognition and all-conference honors as a senior … Ran for 350 yards and eight touchdowns on 70 carries as a senior, while also recording 45 tackles and one interception … Also lettered in track & field for the Sabres.
 
PERSONAL: The son of Cindy and Darryl Young … Has an older brother, Darryl, Jr., and a younger sister, Aniyah … Enjoys volunteering his time in the community … Lists his father as his hero … Lists favorite movie as Get Out and his favorite food as chicken … Also plays the bass guitar during his spare time … Expecting to major in athletic training at UNCP.