The first-year safety is the No. 7 freshman in all of college football, according to Pro Football Focus.
Heading into Week 4 - here's a look at our highest graded freshman through three weeks of football. pic.twitter.com/1wqyIxL4qq
— PFF College Football (@PFF_College) September 21, 2017
Young, a former three-star recruit, has a grade of 83.5 this season. PFF grades by watching every play a player is involved in and then evaluating them on a -2 to +2 scale, with context and performance being taken into account.
Young has started in every game this year, recording 14 tackles, including 1.