#42

Kenny Young

Former linebacker at UCLA. 2017: 109 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · UCLA · #42

6′1″ · 235 lb · New Orleans, LA

Baltimore — drafted 2018, Rd 4, Pick 22, #122 overall

Recruiting

4★

ILB recruit

No. 175 nationally · Signed with UCLA

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at UCLA. 2017: 109 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to UCLA in 2014.
Drafted round 4 by the Baltimore in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UCLA, 199 tackles — drafted at #122 overall by Baltimore.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with UCLA4-star out of John Curtis

2018

Drafted by Baltimoreround 4, pick 122

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#175 national

CFB

College

UCLA

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #122

Baltimore · 2018

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Jim Mora

UCLA

Played his entire career under Jim Mora.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 9th NFL season

#122Rd 4 · Pick 22

BaltimoreEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Jim Mora — 18-20 over that span.

2015UCLA8-5HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2016UCLA4-8HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

2017UCLA6-7HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: tackles (99th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#8 / 2682 · 100th pct

Tackles#32 / 2682 · 99th pct

109

Tackles for loss#238 / 2682 · 90th pct

8.5

Passes defended#483 / 2682 · 77th pct

Sacks#799 / 2682 · 62nd pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#69 / 715 · 45th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	8.4	0.6	0.0	0.3
Road5g	10.0	0.8	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.5	0.5	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	10.7	0.9	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	UCLA	109	77	8.5	1.0	3	--	--
2016	UCLA	90	57	8.5	5.0	2	1	--
2015	UCLA	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		199	134	17.0	6.0	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 45–44

vs Texas A&M

1 PD · 2 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Texas A&M at home in a shootout.

With J. Rosen — 491 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.8 · -14 rush yds (5 car) · S. Flintoft — 46 AVG · 63 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week