2021 Football Roster
Jersey Number 19
Scottie Young
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 207
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
- High School:
- Helix Charter
- Prev School:
- Arizona
2021 (r-Sr.)
- Played in 10 games and started six at Spear
- Finished with 33 tackles, including 27 solo stops, two tackles for loss and three pass breakups
- Did not play in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl
- Totaled four tackles at Kansas State, including the first two tackles for loss of his WVU career
- Had five tackles against Oklahoma State
- Recorded two pass breakups to go along with three tackles at Oklahoma
- Registered seven tackles, including six solos, against Virginia Tech
- Had three tackles against Long Island
- Opened the season with four tackles at Maryland
- 2021 Iron Mountaineer Award
2020 (Sr.)
- Redshirted
- Transferred from Arizona during the summer
- Sat out to fulfill transfer eligibility requirements but was ruled eligible by the NCAA to play in the Liberty Bowl
- Started his first game for WVU, finishing with four tackles, including three solo stops against Army
- WVU Defensive Scout Team Player of the Week (Baylor)
- Enrolled at WVU in August after transferring from Arizona
2019 (Jr.) - Arizona
- Played safety for coach Kevin Sumlin
- Three-year starter who played in 32 games for the Wildcats, starting 29 games, and having more than 150 tackles, seven pass breakups and five interceptions
- Saw action in 12 games and started 10 as a junior in 2019
- Third-leading tackler on the team with 66 tackles, including 50 solo stops, 2.5 tackles for loss, three pass breakups and an interception
- Finished with six or more tackles in six games, including a season-high nine tackles against Arizona State
- Had eight tackles, including a season-high seven solo tackles and a 42-yard interception return against Oregon
2018 (So.) - Arizona
- Saw action at free and spur safety in 10 games
- Finished with 38 tackles, including 28 unassisted tackles, three tackles for loss, three interceptions and six pass breakups
- Posted a season-high seven tackles and intercepted two passes in win over California
- His 24-yard pick-six in the fourth quarter provided the winning margin
- Intercepted a pass in first of three consecutive starts at free safety in upset win over No. 19 Oregon
- Added a pass breakup and two solo tackles
- Recorded six tackles with a TFL in win at Oregon State
2017 (Fr.) - Arizona
- Played in 10 games with nine starts at free safety
- Finished sixth on team for the season with 53 tackles, despite missing three games
- Totaled 3.5 tackles for loss, intercepted one pass and broke up one pass
- Set a season high with 11 total tackles, including 1.5 for loss, in road win at Colorado
- Recorded five tackles and intercepted first pass of career against Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl
High School
- Played for coach Robbie Owens at Helix High
- Team captain as a senior
- Three-time first-team all-district
- Four-time All-Academic CIF
Personal
- Son of Scott Young and Lashonda Jackson
- One of four children (3 sisters)
- Graduated in December 2021 with his bachelor's degree in multidisciplinary studies
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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