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TREVON YOUNG
LOUISVILLE
EDGE
Prospect Info
COLLEGE
Louisville
HOMETOWN
CLASS
Des Moines, IA
Senior
HEIGHT
WEIGHT
ARMS
6' 4"
258 lbs
33 3/4”
HANDS
10”
Prospect Grade
5.24
NFL BACKUP OR SPECIAL TEAMS POTENTIAL
HOW WE GRADE
2018 Draft Results
DRAFTED BY
LOS ANGELES RAMS
RAMS
Round 6 ‧ Pick 31
GO TO PICK
40 Yard Dash
4.78
SECONDS
Bench Press
25
REPS
Vertical Jump
33.0
INCHES
Broad Jump
114.0
INCHES
3 Cone Drill
6.99
SECONDS
20 Yd Shuttle
4.4
SECONDS
60 Yd Shuttle
11.6
SECONDS
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PLAYLIST
Young has fought through multiple injuries during his college career. He suffered a dislocated and fractured hip in the team's 2015 bowl game, missing the 2016 season. Young returned for the 2017 season opener, however, starting 12 of 13 games played. He finished the year with 62 tackles, 12 for loss, 4.5 sacks, and five pass breakups. Young first held the starting role in 2015, earning honorable mention All-ACC honors (eight starts in 12 games played, 32 tackles, 10 for loss, 8.5 sacks, interception, two forced fumbles). He played 11 games as a reserve in 2014 after transferring from Iowa Western Community College, where he was a second-team All-American in his lone season there (22 tackles for loss, 13.5 sacks). The Des Moines native was a star middle linebacker and four-year starter for the basketball team in high school.
By Lance Zierlein
NFL Analyst
Draft Projection
Rounds 6-7
NFL Comparison
Damontre Moore
Overview
Long-limbed and angular with physical traits but a lack of power at the point of attack, Young is still in the process of recovery after a devastating hip injury suffered in his bowl game in 2015. Young's tape near the end of the year was substantially better than early on and there is a chance he could round back into his old form, but Combine medicals will be essential in giving him that chance. A move from 4-3 end to a role as stand-up outside linebacker could benefit him.
Strengths
- Resilient with outstanding work ethic and mental toughness
- Uses long legs on lateral steps to work himself across a block
- Athletic ability to physically recover and make plays after being knocked off-balance
- Long strides help him cover a lot of territory in first three steps as rusher
- Terrific arm length
- Has tools to become a capable edge-setter as 3-4 outside backer
- Able to stab and convert speed-to-power in driving tackles backward into pocket
- Showed flashes of his old self in Florida State game that carried on through the end of the season
- Began to string rush moves together towards end of the season
- Had nine tackles, three for loss and a sack in his bowl game against Mississippi State
- Major hip injury and the subsequent recovery will be heavily scrutinized at Combine medicals
- Appeared limited in his movements
- Didn't have quick hip flip he featured before
- Lacks functional mass and power in lower body to withstand drive blocking
- Frequently bounced around at point of attack
- A step slow in snap reaction time
- Hand strength poor
- Punch slides right up and off the target
- Doesn't get enough out of his length
- Spin counter is bulky right now
