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2019 Football Roster

44 Matthew Young

  • Position LB
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 235
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Las Cruces, N.M.
  • High School Oñate

Biography

2020 (Redshirt Junior)
Season postponed to the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Played in 10 games with seven starts ... 62 total tackles (15 solo, 47 assisted) on the year, ranking third on the team in tackles for loss with 6.5 ... 1.5 sacks during the season ... Had nine multi-tackle performances, including two double-digit stop efforts ... Carded a tackle for loss in each of the final five contests of the year ... Recovered a team-leading three fumbles ... Logged five tackles at New Mexico (9/21) before posting five tackles, including .5 for loss, and a fumble recovery one week later against San Diego State (9/28) ... Came up with nine tackles against Liberty (10/5) and six stops at Central Michigan (10/12) ... Four tackles, including 1.0 for loss, and a fumble recovery in a rain-soaked affair at Georgia Southern (10/26) ... Career-high 16 total tackles with a career-best 2.0 for loss at Ole Miss (11/9) ... Three tackles, including 1.5 sacks, in the win against UIW (11/16) ... Posted his second double-digit tackle effort in the rivalry win over UTEP (11/23), tallying 10 total stops with .5 for loss ... Nabbed his third fumble recovery of the season against the Miners, returning the loose football 19 yards for his first career touchdown ... Closed out the year with four tackles, including 1.0 for loss, in the season finale at Liberty (11/30). 

2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
Appeared in two games, making his collegiate debut in the season opener against Wyoming (8/25) and seeing action against Alcorn State (11/3).

2017 (Freshman)
Redshirt season.

High School
Played three years of varsity football at Oñate HS … Recorded 85 solo tackles and 111 assisted tackles for a total of 196 tackles over 34 games in his career … Recorded 9.0 sacks, resulting in 36 yards for a loss … Had one interception for seven yards as a junior … Recovered one fumble during his senior season … Named to the 2016 USA Today All-USA New Mexico First-Team Defense.

Personal
Born in Las Cruces, N.M. ... Son of Fredd Young and Michelle Farris ... Father played football at NM State, spent seven years in the NFL and was inducted into the US Bank/NM State Athletics Hall of Fame ... Third oldest of seven children ... Majoring in marketing.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2017Freshman

    Defensive Lineman
    6'2" 240 lbs
    35
  • 44

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Lineman
    6'2" 245 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 235 lbs
    44