Byron Young: DL · Tennessee · #6.
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Byron Young
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Two seasons in the Tennessee defensive front to date. First career honor, 2022: All-SEC. On tape: 5 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against South Carolina, Week 12, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 12 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-10vs Ball State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 34-27@ No. 17 Pittsburgh | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-6vs Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-33vs No. 20 Florida | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-13@ No. 25 LSU | 5 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 52-49vs No. 3 Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 65-24vs UT Martin | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-6vs No. 19 Kentucky | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-27@ No. 1 Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 66-24vs Missouri | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-63@ South Carolina | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 13 | W 56-0@ Vanderbilt | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-14vs No. 10 Clemson | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 21 | 12.0 | 7.0 | — | 0 |
Week 6 · 2022
W 40-13
at LSU
2.5 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 27-point win on the road against LSU.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
33%12 TFLSack rate
19%7 sacksHurry rate
39%14 hurries36 tackles · 12 for loss · 7 sacks.
2 seasons under Josh Heupel — 18-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
44.8%
421 pass / 518 run
Plays / game
72.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
476 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Tennessee, 12 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #70 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2022)
Next stop · NFL
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 4th NFL season
Las Vegas RaidersEntering 4th NFL season
