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Scottie Young Jr.

Senior safety on West Virginia's 2021 roster.

S · West Virginia · Sr. · #19

5′11″ · 204 lb · San Diego, CA

CFB Index 26 · #442 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceWest Virginia 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 796 nationally · Signed with Arizona

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on West Virginia's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at West Virginia, 191 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201710 games

Signed with Arizona3-star out of Helix

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#796 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2018

Dana Holgorsen

West Virginia

2019–2021

Neal Brown

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dana Holgorsen → Neal Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2018Arizona5-7HC: Kevin Sumlin · Run-leaning

2019Arizona4-8HC: Kevin Sumlin · Balanced

2020West Virginia6-4HC: Neal Brown · Balanced, fast tempo

2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

26Below cohort / limited sample #442 of 509?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#481 / 2743 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#722 / 2743 · 73rd pct

Tackles#1229 / 2743 · 54th pct

Tackles for loss#1411 / 2743 · 44th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

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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

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.4	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

26 · #442 of 509 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #442 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	West Virginia	33	27	2.0	3	--	--
2020	West Virginia	4	3	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Arizona	66	50	2.5	3	1	--
2018	Arizona	35	25	2.0	3	3	--
2017	Arizona	53	38	3.5	1	--	--
Career		191	143	10.0	10	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2021

W 38–31

vs Iowa State

2 SOLO · 2 TOT

Edged out Iowa State at home in a shootout.

With J. Doege — 370 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 83.8 · T. Sumpter — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 47 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-30@ Maryland	4	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 66-0vs Long Island University	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 27-21vs Virginia Tech	7	6	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	L 13-16@ Oklahoma	3	2	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	L 20-23vs Texas Tech	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 38-31vs Iowa State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 3-24vs Oklahoma State	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 17-34@ Kansas State	4	4	2.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-23vs Texas	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 34-28@ Kansas	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		33	27	2.0	—	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Scottie Young Jr.

201710 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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