Scottie Young Jr.: S · West Virginia · #19.
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Scottie Young Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Rich Rodriguez, Kevin Sumlin and Neal Brown. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Virginia Tech — Week 3, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | West Virginia | 33 | 27 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Arizona | 66 | 50 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | Arizona | 35 | 25 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | Arizona | 53 | 38 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 191 | 143 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-30@ Maryland | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 66-0vs Long Island University | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-21vs No. 15 Virginia Tech | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 13-16@ No. 4 Oklahoma | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-23vs Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-31vs No. 22 Iowa State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-24vs No. 11 Oklahoma State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-34@ Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-23vs Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-28@ Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 27 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
33tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%2 TFL33 tackles · 2 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
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
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Pass share
50.1%
445 pass / 443 run
Plays / game
74.0
12 games
Team sack rate
8.1%
491 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #442 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Arizona and West Virginia, 191 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 40 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Rich Rodriguez, Kevin Sumlin, and Jedd Fisch. Multi-era developmental context.
