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Byron Young

Tennessee · Edge Rusher · 2021-22

SACKS
13
TFL
24
TKL
82

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

Young was a first-team all-conference pick in 2022.

From 2021 to 2022, Young recorded 82 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss and 12.5 sacks.

Young was the No. 77 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 72 overall, the 9th-highest edge rusher rating at Tennessee since 1990 and No. 73 among all edge rushers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2022
    • First-team all-conference
  2. 2023
    • No. 77 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Byron Young season-by-season statistics at Tennessee
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
20214611.55.51
2022361270
Total8223.512.51

Seasons with tracked stats at Tennessee. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Tennessee Teammates

  1. 90Jalin Hyatt2020-22WR
  2. 86Hendon Hooker2021-22QB
  3. 83Dylan Sampson2022-24RB
  4. 77James Pearce Jr.2022-24EDGE
  5. 75Cedric Tillman2018-22WR
  6. 75Jeremy Banks2018-22LB
  7. 74Theo Jackson2017-21S
  8. 74Jermod McCoy2024-25CB
  9. 72Will Brooks2022-24CB
  10. 71Jaylen Wright2021-23RB

Full Tennessee all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 93Aidan HutchinsonMichigan · 2018-21EDGE
  2. 93Will Anderson Jr.Alabama · 2020-22EDGE
  3. 90T'Vondre SweatTexas · 2019-23EDGE
  4. 90Jordan DavisGeorgia · 2018-21EDGE
  5. 90Abdul CarterPenn State · 2022-24EDGE
  6. 90Calijah KanceyPittsburgh · 2020-22EDGE
  7. 90Jalen CarterGeorgia · 2020-22EDGE
  8. 90Kayvon ThibodeauxOregon · 2019-21EDGE

Best college edge rushers since 1990Best SEC players

Sources: Wikipedia (Byron Young (linebacker)) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.