Mike Young (American football)
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Hanford, California, U.S.
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born: | February 21, 1962 Hanford, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 187 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Mt. Whitney (Visalia, California) | ||||||||
| College: | UCLA (1981–1984) | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1985: 6th round, 161st pick | ||||||||
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Michael David Young (born February 21, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins before playing in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams, Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles, and Kansas City Chiefs. Young’s career in professional sports has spanned over 33 years as he is one of the very few NFL players to occupy senior level executive positions for multiple professional sports franchises.
The Visalia, California native was a multi-sport athlete at Mt. Whitney High School, where he excelled in football and baseball.[1] Michael’s career statistics of 162 catches for 3,005 yards and 44 touchdowns still stand as one of the top performances in CIF history. Young was recruited by every major college football program in the country, accepting recruiting visits to Notre Dame, USC, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Washington and UCLA.
At UCLA, he played both football and baseball. Young helped the Bruins to two Pac-10 titles, two Rose Bowl (1983, 1984) victories and a Fiesta Bowl (1985) win. Michael was an Academic All-Pac 10 selection in 1984 and, in the 1984 Rose Bowl game, Young had five receptions for a total of 127 yards, including a 52-yard touchdown pass from Rick Neuheisel. As a two-sport athlete, Young was selected by the New York Mets in 1983 after hitting .311 his sophomore year. Following the 1985 Fiesta Bowl win, in which he was the leading receiver, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams. He earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from UCLA.
Professional career
Young was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the sixth round (161st overall) of the 1985 NFL draft.[2][3] In 10 years in the NFL, he played in 114 games, amassing 144 receptions, 2,034 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Young played in Super Bowl XXIV in 1989, where his Denver Broncos lost to the San Francisco 49ers. In that playoff run, he had 4 receptions for 145 yards and a touchdown, which remains the Broncos' franchise record of yards per reception for a single postseason, at 36.3.[4]
NFL career statistics
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Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1985 | RAM | 15 | 1 | 14 | 157 | 11.2 | 23 | 0 |
| 1986 | RAM | 16 | 1 | 15 | 181 | 12.1 | 21 | 3 |
| 1987 | RAM | 12 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 26 | 1 |
| 1988 | RAM | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 |
| 1989 | DEN | 16 | 0 | 22 | 402 | 18.3 | 47 | 2 |
| 1990 | DEN | 16 | 1 | 28 | 385 | 13.8 | 42 | 4 |
| 1991 | DEN | 16 | 13 | 44 | 629 | 14.3 | 52 | 2 |
| 1992 | DEN | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | PHI | 10 | 0 | 14 | 186 | 13.3 | 49 | 2 |
| 1994 | KAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | 16 | 144 | 2,034 | 14.1 | 52 | 14 | ||
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1985 | RAM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | RAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | DEN | 3 | 0 | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 70 | 1 |
| 1991 | DEN | 2 | 2 | 7 | 110 | 15.7 | 32 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | 11 | 255 | 23.2 | 70 | 1 | ||
