Byron Young: DL · Alabama · #47.
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Byron Young
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Four seasons in the Alabama defensive front to date. On tape: 11 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Ole Miss, Week 11, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-0vs Utah State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-19@ Texas | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-7vs UL Monroe | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-26@ No. 20 Arkansas | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-20vs Texas A&M | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 49-52@ No. 6 Tennessee | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-6vs No. 24 Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-32@ No. 15 LSU | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 30-24@ No. 11 Ole Miss | 11 | 6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 34-0vs Austin Peay | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-27vs Auburn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 18 | 5.0 | 3.5 | — | 2 |
Week 11 · 2022
W 30-24
at Ole Miss
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 11 tackles
A close one, won by 6 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%5 TFLSack rate
8%4 sacksHurry rate
13%6 hurries45 tackles · 5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Nick Saban — 48-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
49.4%
438 pass / 448 run
Plays / game
68.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
476 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
45 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Alabama, 7 sacks — drafted at #70 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders.
A stat line in 40 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Nick Saban.
Next stop · NFL
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 4th NFL season
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 4th NFL season
