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2013 Football Roster

16 Scotty Young

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 221
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Denton, Texas
  • Highschool Texas Tech

Biography

CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
• C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2014)

Record as a starter: 2-4, 1-3 C-USA

2013: Played in seven games, starting in six, as he went 2-4 as a starter (1-3 in Conference USA play) as passed for 733 yards going 87-for-165 with four touchdowns and two interceptions ... Made his collegiate debut with a 15-for-27 passing day for 178 yards at NC State (8/31) ... Threw two touchdown passes in a 22-for-32 day for 166 yards against Lamar (9/7) ... Was 9-for-28 for 108 yards against Tulane (9/12) before leaving the game with a left rib injury ... Came in for the injured Ryan Higgins at UTEP (10/5) and was 0-for-2 ... Threw for 158 yards and two touchdowns in a 22-for-37 performance in a 36-13 win over Southern Miss (11/9) in A Rivalry in Dixie ... Started the game at Rice (11/16), throwing for 43 yards in a 6-for-15 game with his first career interception ... Passed for 80 yards at UTSA (11/30) as he went 13-for-24 with one interception and a long pass of 34 yards.

2012: Sat out the 2012 season due to the NCAA transfer rule ... Member of the scout squad.

2011 (Texas Tech): Did not play.

2010 (Texas Tech): Redshirted 2010 season.

High School: Graduated from Ryan High School in 2010 ... EA Sports All-America second team ... Maxpreps All-America second team ... Texas Gatorade Player of the Year ... Associated Press Texas Player of the Year ... Top-rated quarterback in the state by Texas Football ... Named to the Texas Football Reebok Super Team ... One of Texas Football[apos]s Top 300 players ... Led all Dallas-area quarterbacks with 4,467 yards passing during senior season ... Completed 64 touchdown passes - 15 more than the next quarterback - and finished the season 286-of-452 ... four-star quarterback (Rivals) ... Listed among Rivals250 and Texas Postseason Top 100 (Rivals) ... No. 10 nationally among pro-style quarterbacks (Rivals) ... Class 4A All-State, Class 4A DFW All-Area ... Threw for 4,495 yards and 65 TDs as a junior ... 129 career TD passes ranks fourth in state history ... Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Fab 44 ... Superprep All-American and No. 19 overall player in Texas ... Dallas Morning News Offensive Player of the Year ... Parade All-American ... Completed eight touchdown passes in win over McKinney and seven in a win against El Paso Chapin.

Personal: Jeffrey Scott Young ... Born February 27, 1992 in Denton, Texas ... Son of Jeff and Barbara Young ... Has an older brother, Ryan ... Also enjoys baseball.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2012Redshirt Sophomore

    QB
    6'2" 210 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2013Redshirt Junior

    QB
    6'2" 221 lbs
    16