2017 Football Roster
Anthony Young
- Position:
- RB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Memphis, Tenn.
- Prev School:
- White Station HS
Career
For his final collegiate season, moving to running back from defensive back … Has played in 10 games … Has logged eight total tackles, all solo stops.
Honors (Academic/Athletic)
Earned Tiger 3.0 Club honors for the 2013 fall and 2014 spring semesters ... Named to the 2013-14 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
2016 (Junior)
Played in two games … Credited with two solo stops … Game action came in contests against Southeast Missouri and Bowling Green … Both solo tackles came in the home win over Bowling Green … His two solo stops tied career highs for total tackles and solo hits … Member of the 2016 squad that went 8-5 and played in the Boca Raton Bowl.
2015 (Sophomore)
Saw action in only one game … Logged one solo hit … Lone game played was Memphis’ road win at USF … Had one unassisted tackle vs. the Bulls … His tackle came early in the second quarter vs. the Bulls … Member of the 2015 squad that went 9-4 and played in the Birmingham Bowl.
2014 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in seven games … Had five tackles, all solo stops … First collegiate game action was in the season-opening victory over Austin Peay … Registered career bests for total tackles (2) and solo tackles (2) vs. the Governors … First collegiate tackle came on a Governors kickoff return early in the second quarter … His stop limited the return to 11 yards from the goal line … His second tackle vs. Austin Peay was late in the third quarter on a third-down stop for no gain … Logged third stop of the season in a home win over Middle Tennessee … Tackle was for no gain on a punt return vs. the Blue Raiders … Tied a career high for total tackles (2) and solo hits (2) in a road win at Tulane … Both tackles were on a Tulane series midway through the fourth quarter.
2013 (Freshman)
Redshirted.
High School
Played at White Station High School for head coach Devin Rutherford … Two-way performer for the Spartans … One of top performances his senior season was an 11-carry, 72-yard game in a 20-0 shutout of Briarcrest Christian School … 2012 honors included: Commercial Appeal All-District 16-AAA first team (safety) and All- Region 3-8A … Also a track and field standout at White Station High School … Helped lead the Spartans to the 2013 Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Class AAA state championship his senior season … The 2013 crown was the school’s first boys track and field state title … Won gold with a first-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles at the 2013 state meet … Named to 2013 Commercial Appeal Best of the Preps All-Metro Class AAA Track and Field Team … One of five finalists for the 2013 Commercial Appeal Best of the Preps Track and Field Athlete of the Year … Earned Class AAA Section 4 track and field meet MVP honors ... Swept the 110-meter (14.61) and 300-meter hurdles (33.65) at the sectional … Selected to 2012 The Commercial Appeal All-Metro Team in track and field as a junior ... Held two Spartans track and field records in the hurdles: 15.22 in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2010 Memphis Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) City Championships and 8.57 in the 60-meter hurdles at the KTC Indoor Classic ... Also holds White Station High School’s Decathlon Variant record with 5,364 points scored at the TSSAA Class AAA Section 4 pentathlon/decathlon event ... As a junior, placed second in three events at the TSSAA state meet (300m hurdles, 4x100m and 4x200m relays).
Personal
Son of Tamera Young and Anthony Haley ... Born October 6 ... Has three younger siblings: Bryan and twins Addison and Allison ... Biological sciences major.
