PRIOR TO VIRGINIA (OHIO STATE / KENTUCKY / COASTAL CAROLINA)
2025 (at Coastal Carolina): Played in all 13 games … recorded eight total tackles (4 solo) and 1.5 tackles for loss... credited one QB hurry, came in the Independence Bowl against Louisiana Tech (12/30) ... his 80.3 tackling grade was tied for the 10th-best among DEs in the Sun Belt according to Pro Football Focus. 2024 – (at Kentucky) - Did not see action with injury. 2023 – (at Kentucky) - Saw action in eight games and had 10 tackles, including 2.0 for loss, 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a quarterback hurry before suffering a season-ending injury in the first half vs. Mississippi State (11/4) ... totaled a career-high three tackles and a forced fumble in the win over No. 22/23 Florida (9/30). 2022 – (at Kentucky) ... Played in five games (Youngstown State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisville and Iowa) ... made his UK debut vs. Youngstown State (9/17) and recorded a tackle and a sack. 2021 – (at Ohio State) - Played in two games ... saw action vs. Nebraska in the season opener and against Rutgers. 2020 – (at Ohio State) - Played in two games for the Buckeyes who played for the 2020 CFP National Championship ... totaled two tackles, a sack and tackle for loss.
HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Ranked as the No. 2 player in the state of Ohio and the No. 16 defensive tackle prospect in the nation by 247Sports as a high school senior in class of 2020 ... four-star prospect ranked in the Top 150 nationally ... Rivals100 recruiT ... earned first-team All-Ohio and was a member of the Southwest Ohio Football Coaches Association Division I first team in 2019 ... led the Greater Miami Conference with 8.5 sacks as a junior in 2018 ... Played at Princeton High School for coach Mike Daniels ... born in Cincinnati, Ohio ... son of Denetia Henry and Olen Young ... siblings are Olivia, O’rianne and Olen ... graduated from Kentucky in December of ’24 with a degree in community and leadership development ... was teammates with former UVA defensive end Mitchell Melton at Ohio State in 2020 and 2021.