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Why Chase Young is the NFL draft's most dominant defender

As Chase Young prepares for the NFL draft, there's one thing opposing Big Ten players and coaches can agree on: They will not miss him.

Last season at Ohio State, Young missed two games and still finished with 16.5 sacks, six forced fumbles, 58 quarterback pressures and even a bit of Heisman buzz.

When searching for comparisons, the names Myles Garrett and Shawne Merriman come up, but one coach had to go beyond the football field -- beyond the human species, in fact -- to find an apt analogy.

"Gosh, everything we try to do, he seems to defeat us," Indiana coach Tom Allen said.