ULM Warhawks

2011 (Junior)
Transferred to ULM after graduating from Arizona in three years... Started all 12 games during first season in a Warhawk uniform… Finished season with 45 tackles (21 solo), 6.5 TFL and two sacks… Credited with two assisted tackles in his ULM debut at Florida State (Sept. 3)... Had one solo tackle in home win against Grambling State (Sept. 10)... Tallied one sack and one forced fumble at TCU (Sept. 17)... Had two assisted tackles at Iowa (Sept. 24)... Recorded two tackles and a forced fumble against Arkansas State (Oct. 8)... Totaled four tackles, including two for a loss, in victory at Troy (Oct. 15)... Made even stops (five solo), including one for loss, at North Texas (Oct. 22)... Had three tackles (two solo) against Western Kentucky (Oct. 29)... Tallied two tackles (one solo) at UL-Lafayette (Nov. 5)... Set a new career-high with eight tackles (four solo), including one for a loss, in win over Middle Tennessee (Nov. 12)... Finished with seven tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss, at home against FIU (Nov. 19)… Had four tackles (one solo) in win at Florida Atlantic.

University of Arizona
2010 (Sophomore)
Recorded 19 tackles and a fumble recovery after appearing in all 13 games.

2009 (RS-Freshman)
Lettered as a backup and special teams player in 2009... Played in 12 games and recorded six tackles with high of two against Washington State... Four tackles on kickoff coverage unit... Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic honors...Arizona athletics academic services Student-Athlete of the Month for summer session ‘09.

2008 (Freshman)
Redshirted... Was coaches’ scout team player of the week on defense for the USC week.

Prep
Played four seasons of football at DeSoto High School... First-team All-District 8-5A defense as outside linebacker in 2007 for district coach of the year Dave Meadows... PrepStar All-Midlands... Dallas Morning News Area Top 100...Dave Campbell’s Texas 300 Top 40 linebacker... Helped DeSoto finish with No. 14 state ranking by 5atexasfootball.com, with second-round playoff appearance for 5A Division II... Had 69 tackles and three sacks his senior year

Personal
Full name is Rodney Brent Young... Born Aug. 3, 1990, in Dallas, Texas... Son of Rodney and Covell Young... Has two brothers, Taylor and Kendi and one sister, Marlie... Father played football at the University of Tulsa... Uncle was a wrestler at the University of Oklahoma... Majoring in Exercise Science.