Curley Young Jr.: EDGE · Jacksonville State · #41.
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Curley Young Jr.
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Two seasons in the Jacksonville State defensive front to date. On tape: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Sam Houston, Week 13, 2024.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 50 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | 33 | 21 | 5.5 | 4.5 | -- |
| Career | 83 | 37 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-55vs Coastal Carolina | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 2 | L 14-49@ No. 22 Louisville | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-37@ Eastern Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-7vs Southern Miss | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-20vs Middle Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-21@ Liberty | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-37@ Louisiana Tech | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-31vs Florida International | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 21-11vs Sam Houston | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-19@ Western Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 15 | W 52-12vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 27-30vs Ohio | 12 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
5%2 sacksTFL rate
8%4 TFLHurry rate
4%2 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
56%2 of 4 pressures50 tackles · 4 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Rich Rodriguez — 18-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
33.1%
313 pass / 634 run
Plays / game
67.6
14 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
328 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2024
50 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Jacksonville State, 7 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Justin Wilcox and Rich Rodriguez.
