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| Title | Pass rush specialist | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (1977-07-08)July 8, 1977 (age 48) Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 298 lb (135 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | El Paso (TX) Andress | ||||||||||||
| College | UTEP (1996–1999) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2000: 5th round, 139th overall pick | ||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive tackle, No. 66 | ||||||||||||
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Brian Young (born July 8, 1977) is an Americanfootball coach and former player who is a defensive coach for theNew Orleans Saints of theNational Football League (NFL). Young played college football for theUniversity of Texas at El Paso, and professionally for theSt. Louis Rams and New Orleans Saints of the NFL.
Young earned varsity letters in high school football and track and field track atAndress High School inEl Paso, Texas. As a senior, he received all-district and all-city honors, and an honorable mention all-state selection in football.
In 1996, while playing as a true freshman, Young finished his freshman year season with 13 tackles (3 for a loss) and 1.5 sacks. As a sophomore in 1997, Young finished his sophomore year season with 45 tackles, 7 for a loss, and 3 sacks. As a junior in 1998 Young was named All-WAC and had totaled 72 tackles (8 for a loss) and 3.5 sacks. As a senior in 1999 at UTEP, Young was named the Western Athletic Conference WAC Defensive Player of the Year for an 84-Tackle (football move)|tackle (16 for loss) and 8- Quarterback sack|sack season for the UTEP Miners football Miners. He ended his college career at UTEP with a total of 214 tackles (34 for losses) and 16 sacks.
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | Wonderlic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft2+3⁄8 in (1.89 m) | 278 lb (126 kg) | 4.93 s | 1.67 s | 2.80 s | 4.47 s | 7.20 s | 29+1⁄2 in (0.75 m) | 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) | 27 reps | x | ||
| All values fromNFL Combine[1] | ||||||||||||
Young was the strongest player in the UTEP football program, with a 435-pound bench press and a 675-pound squat.[2]
Young was selected in the fifth round of the2000 NFL draft by the St. Louis Rams.[3] On July 6, 2000, he signed a 3-year contract worth $950,000. As a rookie, he played in 11 games and made six tackles. The following year, he became astarter for the Rams, he recorded 40 tackles and 6.5 sacks andintercepted a pass for theNFC Champions. In 2002, he played in all 16 games with 2 starts at defensive tackle and 1 start at leftdefensive end. For the season he had 36 tackles and 2 sacks.
As arestricted free agent after the 2002 season, Young signed a one-year tender from the Rams for $610,000. In 2003, he nearly duplicated his 2002 statistics by recording 38 tackles and 2 sacks but in 2003 he had five fumble recoveries. On November 9, 2003, Young tied an NFL record with three fumble recoveries against theBaltimore Ravens and was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week. Young became 15th player in NFL history to recover three fumbles in a game. He also had a career-high 11 tackles, a sack, one quarterback pressure and a forced fumble in the Rams' 33–22 win.[4]
On March 11, 2004, Young signed a four-year, $10 million free-agent contract with theNew Orleans Saints. As a starter for the Saints in 2004 Young had 59 tackles and 2.5 sacks.[5] In 2005, he had 51 tackles but failed to record a sack.
In 2006 the Saints were the NFL'sCinderella story and Young contributed 46 tackles and 5.5 sacks. In 2007 Young had apneumonia-shortened year, playing in only 9 games but still he recorded 3 sacks and 18 tackles.
On February 29, 2008, the Saints re-signed DT Brian Young to a three-year, $12 million contract. Following a second straight season in which he was placed oninjured reserve, he was released on April 28, 2009.
| Legend | |
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2000 | STL | 11 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | STL | 16 | 16 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 6.5 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | STL | 16 | 3 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | STL | 16 | 12 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 0 |
| 2004 | NOR | 15 | 15 | 59 | 40 | 19 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | NOR | 16 | 16 | 51 | 38 | 13 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | NOR | 16 | 16 | 46 | 35 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | NOR | 9 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | NOR | 8 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 123 | 89 | 309 | 230 | 79 | 22.5 | 36 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2001 | STL | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | STL | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | NOR | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
On July 10, 2009, KTSM-TV, also known as NewsChannel 9, the NBC affiliate based in El Paso, Texas reported that he had retired from the NFL due to his injuries and was considering going into coaching.
Though knee injuries ended Brian Young's playing career after nine seasons. He spent the 2009 and 2010 season with the Saints as an unpaid assistant coach intern.[6]
As of 2011, Young had become a paid defensive coach for the Saints.
