2016 Football Roster

5 Ty Young

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 205
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Aurora, Colo.
  • Highschool Mullen
  • Major Civil Engineering

Biography

2016: First-Team All-RMAC ... Selected to National Bowl senior all-star game ... Preseason All-RMAC … Started 13 games at wide receiver … Compiled 64 catches for 843 yards and 13 touchdowns … Top yardage game was in the opener against CSU-Pueblo, catching four passes for 110 yards and a score … Caught multiple touchdowns in three games, including three at Black Hills State and two each against Colorado Mesa and South Dakota Mines … Had at least three catches in every game with a career-high 13 for 96 yards against Colorado Mesa.

2015: Second-Team All-RMAC … Caught a team-best 59 receptions in 2015 … Leading receiver in nation’s #1 passing offense … Compiled 843 yards and eight touchdowns, averaging 76.6 yards per game … Set career highs with 192 yards and three touchdowns on 12 catches at Western New Mexico.

2014: Named a USA College Football Preseason Honorable Mention All-American… Named a Beyond Sports Network Preseason All-RMAC selection ... Started the season’s first five games at wide receiver … Caught 25 passes for 321 yards … Had a pair of 100+ yard games, against South Dakota Mines (100) and William Jewell (111) … Caught three touchdowns, including two against Black Hills State.

2013: Named Third Team All-RMAC… Appeared in nine games with one start at wide receiver before missing final three games due to injury… Caught 43 passes for 689 yards and five touchdowns… Led team with 689 receiving yards… Led team with 16.0 yards per reception… Finished second on team with five receiving touchdowns… Finished third in RMAC with 74.9 receiving yards per game… Finished eighth in RMAC with 4.8 receptions per game… Caught nine passes for 139 yards and a touchdown in win over Black Hills State… Caught seven passes for 79 yards and two touchdowns in win over South Dakota Mines… Caught six passes for 119 yards and a touchdown in loss to No. 2 CSU-Pueblo… Caught seven passes for a season-high 162 yards in win over Colorado Mesa… Recorded five or more catches in five contests.

2012: Was a Mines football redshirt... Named the Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year.

High School: Young lettered in football, basketball  and track & field at Mullen High School in Aurora… He was named to the All-Big 6 squad as a wide receiver as a senior… Named Honorable Mention All-State as a senior… Named All-Centennial League as a wide receiver during his sophomore year… Helped squad to three State 5A titles in football…  Earned All-League honors in the triple jump as a junior… Earned NHS Honor Roll Academic All-State honors.

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Historical Player Information

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    2012Freshman

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    6'5" 190 lbs
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    2013Redshirt Freshman

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    6'5" 205 lbs
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    2014Sophomore

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    6'5" 205 lbs
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    2015Junior

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    6'5" 205 lbs
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    2016Redshirt Senior

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    6'5" 205 lbs
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