Willie Young
Willie Young, a LB, appears on NFL rosters across 2010–2017. Everything below is drawn from open roster data; the figures are facts, not our opinion of the player.
The basics
| Position | LB |
|---|---|
| College | North Carolina State |
| Born | 1985-09-19 |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in |
| Weight | 258 lb |
| Drafted | pick 213 by DET in 2010 |
Seasons on an NFL roster
8 seasons of roster appearances, 2010–2017. A row here means the player was on that team's roster that year.
| 2010 | Detroit Lions |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Detroit Lions |
| 2012 | Detroit Lions |
| 2013 | Detroit Lions |
| 2014 | Chicago Bears |
| 2015 | Chicago Bears |
| 2016 | Chicago Bears |
| 2017 | Chicago Bears |
Defensive statistics
Regular-season totals, 1999–2026. Solo and assisted tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, quarterback hits, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles and opponent fumbles recovered. Sacks are shared between players, so a total can end in a half. Play-offs are not included. A dash means the source carries no figure for that season, for any player — which is not the same as the player recording none, so this page does not print a nought. Career totals add only the seasons that are recorded.
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sacks | QB Hits | Int | Int Yds | PD | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 9 | 5 | — | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 16 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 6.5 | 15 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 86 | 113 | 64 | 40 | 32 | 57 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
What is not recorded
Everything this page could not tell you, and why. An empty field in the source is not a fact about the player.
- Seasons without statistics. 2010 is inside the 1999–2026 window but carry no numbers.
Where this came from
Roster appearances, position, college, draft and physicals from nflverse open roster data. Seasons before about 1999 are roster-only, so there are no game statistics for them. Teams are linked where the franchise is certain; earlier seasons show the code used at the time.
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