Chase Young: DE · Ohio State · #2.
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Chase Young
Turns pressure into sacks — pressures become finishes. The three seasons at Ohio State span two head coaches: Urban Meyer and Ryan Day. Ted Hendricks Defensive End Award in 2019 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Wisconsin — Week 15, 2019.
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 21 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.
Los Angeles Times Nov 1
Eleven Warriors Oct 29Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ohio State | 46 | 32 | 21.0 | 16.5 | 3 |
| 2018 | Ohio State | 33 | 24 | 14.5 | 9.5 | 5 |
| 2017 | Ohio State | 18 | 11 | 5.0 | 3.5 | -- |
| Career | 97 | 67 | 40.5 | 29.5 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-21vs Florida Atlantic | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-0vs Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 51-10@ Indiana | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 76-5vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 5 | W 48-7@ Nebraska | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-10vs No. 25 Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-3@ Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-7vs No. 13 Wisconsin | 6 | 6 | 5.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 | 4 sacks |
| Wk 13 | W 28-17vs No. 9 Penn State | 9 | 5 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 56-27@ No. 10 Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 34-21vs No. 10 Wisconsin | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
 Bowl | L 23-29vs No. 3 Clemson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 32 | 21.0 | 16.5 | — | 3 |
Week 9 · 2019
W 38-7
vs Wisconsin
4 sacks · 5 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 31-point win at home against Wisconsin.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
36%16 sacksTFL rate
46%21 TFLHurry rate
15%7 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
70%16 of 24 pressures46 tackles · 21 for loss · 16.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Pass share
38.4%
404 pass / 647 run
Plays / game
75.1
14 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
452 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
A finalist for the position's national player-of-the-year award.
Career, closed
Gone at #2 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio State, 30 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — drafted at #2 overall by the Washington Football Team.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
National awards
Ted Hendricks Defensive End
2019 season
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Urban Meyer → Ryan Day. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Washington Football TeamEntering 7th NFL season
Washington Football TeamEntering 7th NFL season
