#49

Roderick Young

Senior defensive lineman for North Texas. 2018: 3 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DL · North Texas · Sr. · #49

6′1″ · 297 lb · Spring, TX

North Texas 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for North Texas. 2018: 3 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to North Texas in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 3084 nationally · Signed with North Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at North Texas, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with North Texas2-star out of Dekaney

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3084 national

CFB

College

North Texas

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Seth Littrell

North Texas

Played his entire career under Seth Littrell.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Seth Littrell — 23-17 over that span.

2016North Texas5-8HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2017North Texas9-5HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2018North Texas9-4HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (86th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (28th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#308 / 2662 · 86th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#535 / 2662 · 79th pct

5.5

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Tackles#1401 / 2662 · 46th pct

Solo tackles#1868 / 2662 · 28th 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

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.7	0.6	0.3	0.2
Road6g	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.5	0.2	0.2	0.1
Weeks 8+4g	2.2	0.9	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	North Texas	29	11	5.5	3.0	1	--	--
2017	North Texas	48	20	6.5	2.0	--	--	--
2016	North Texas	38	15	3.5	0.5	--	--	--
Career		115	46	15.5	5.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 58–16

vs Incarnate Word

2 TOT

Dominant 42-point win at home against Incarnate Word.

With M. Fine — 418 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · 13 rush yds (3 car) · R. Bussey Jr. — 8 rec · 128 yds · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week