Craig Young: LB · Kansas · #15.
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Craig Young
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Ryan Day and Lance Leipold. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Texas — Week 5, 2023.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 4 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kansas | 35 | 23 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | Kansas | 58 | 42 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | Ohio State | 15 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 117 | 78 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 7 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 34-23vs Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-27vs BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-40@ No. 3 Texas | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 51-22vs UCF | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 32-39@ Oklahoma State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-33vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-21@ Iowa State | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-16vs Texas Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-31vs No. 23 Kansas State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-16@ Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 49-36vs UNLV | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 23 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 |
Week 10 · 2023
W 28-21
at Iowa State
0.5 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 7 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
35tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%4 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
9%3 pass breakups35 tackles · 4 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
39.0%
311 pass / 487 run
Plays / game
61.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
329 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #304 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Ohio State and Kansas, 117 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Ryan Day and Lance Leipold.
