Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2/24Inside-5 share
2 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (8.3%).
Daniel Young
Daniel Young: RB · Texas · #32.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Daniel Young
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Third year in the same backfield at Texas. On tape: 41 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD against Texas Tech, Week 14, 2019.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Texas in the news
- Colin Simmons out for Mississippi State
Yahoo Sports Oct 31 - Texas player out for season
- Texas snaps losing streak
Saturday Down South Oct 25 - Meyer warns Sarkisian publiclyYahoo Sports Oct 20
Where to follow
Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 4 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 48-13vs Rice | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-24@ No. 13 Baylor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-24vs Texas Tech | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 1 | 17 | Season-high 41 yds |
 Bowl | W 38-10vs No. 12 Utah | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 2 | 17 |
Signature game
Week 14 · 2019
W 49-24
vs Texas Tech
41 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 25-point win at home against Texas Tech.
With S. Ehlinger — 348 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 83 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · D. Duvernay — 6 rec · 199 yds · 1 TD · 10 rush yds (2 car)
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 13 · Baylor · 1st and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.69Daniel Young run for 4 yds for a TD (Cameron Dicker KICK)
- Week 3 · Rice · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −1.60Daniel Young run for a loss of 2 yards to the Texas 46
- Week 3 · Rice · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +1.54Casey Thompson pass complete to Daniel Young for 8 yds to the Texas 42 for a
- Week 14 · Texas Tech · 1st and 3 · Q2 · EPA +1.46Daniel Young run for 3 yds for a TD Timeout TEXAS TECH (Sam Ehlinger pass to Devin Duvernay for Two-Point Conversion)
- Week 3 · Rice · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.23Daniel Young run for 13 yds to the Texas 48 for a
- Week 1 · Utah · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −1.23Daniel Young run for a loss of 1 yard to the Utah 46
4 more plays
- Week 1 · Utah · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA −1.10Daniel Young run for no gain to the Texas 47
- Week 14 · Texas Tech · 2nd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +1.01Daniel Young run for 17 yds to the Texas 36 for a
- Week 3 · Rice · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA −0.65Sam Ehlinger pass complete to Daniel Young for a loss of 1 yard to the Texas 46
- Week 14 · Texas Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −0.62Daniel Young run for 2 yds to the TexTc 47
Teams and coaches
3 seasons under Tom Herman — 25-15 over that span.
2017Texas7-6HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo
2018Texas10-4HC: Tom Herman · Run-leaning
2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 41.0 | 5.1 | 1.0 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 9.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 22.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tom Herman
Pass share
49.7%
469 pass / 474 run
Plays / game
72.5
13 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Awards
Player standing · 2019
16 carries and 2 catches in 4 games
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons at Texas
- 2021 Texas SarkisianYear 5 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2020 Texas HermanYear 4 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2019 Texas HermanYear 3 · 4 games
- 2018 Texas HermanYear 2 · 10 games
- 2017 Texas HermanYear 1 · 9 games
- High school Spring WestfieldHouston, TX · Class of 2017Three-star, No. 645 in the 2017 class. Signed with Texas.Also from Spring Westfield: Anthony Holmes Jr. (Texas Tech), Demarcus Marks (Texas Tech), Joseph Albright (TCU) and 6 more.
How it ended
Three seasons at Texas, 586 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 23 games over three seasons.
2017 9 games
- Signed with TexasThree-star, out of Spring Westfield
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coaches2017–2020
Texas
Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Steve Sarkisian. Worth noting in scheme + development context.