Byron Young
OLB
#0
Experience: 4 years
Height: 6-2
Age: 28
Weight: 260 lbs
College: Tennessee
2025 SEASON
- Solo44
- SCK12
- FF1
- INT--
Recent Games
| WK | OPP | RESULT | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texans | W 14 - 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | @Titans | W 33 - 19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | @Eagles | L 26 - 33 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | Colts | W 27 - 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | 49ers | L 23 - 26 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | @Ravens | W 17 - 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | @Jaguars | W 35 - 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Saints | W 34 - 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | @49ers | W 42 - 26 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | Seahawks | W 21 - 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Buccaneers | W 34 - 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | @Panthers | L 28 - 31 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | @Cardinals | W 45 - 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Lions | W 41 - 34 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | @Seahawks | L 37 - 38 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | @Falcons | L 24 - 27 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Cardinals | W 37 - 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career Stats
Defense Career
| SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 16 | 42 | 19 | 61 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 2024 | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 16 | 34 | 28 | 62 | 33 | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2025 | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 17 | 45 | 37 | 82 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 51 | 49 | 121 | 84 | 205 | 108 | 27.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Biography
NFL CAREER
- Has appeared in 36 regular season games (34 starts) and recorded 137 tackles (85 solo), 18.5 sacks, 103 pressures, four forced fumbles, 23 tackles for loss, 40 quarterback hits, one fumble recovery, 62 hurries, and one pass defended.
- Has started all three postseason games played and notched nine tackles (seven solo), 1.5 sacks, 11 pressures, three tackles for loss, nine hurries and two quarterback hits.
- Ranks 25th in franchise history with 23 career tackles for loss.
- Has had at least one sack in each of the Rams' first two games in the 2025 season, the first Rams player to accomplish the feat since Clay Matthews in 2019 (first five games).
- Became the first rookie in franchise history to be in the sack column in his first three NFL games.
- Won the Pepsi Zero Rookie of the Week award following his Week 6 performance against the Arizona Cardinals.
- Recorded a single-game career-best 2.0 sacks and 10 tackles (eight solo) in Week 9 of the 2023 season.
- With 8.0 sacks his rookie season, he finished second for most sacks by a rookie in franchise history behind Kobie Turner and Aaron Donald.
- Finished the 2023 season with the second-most pressures (62) among all rookie defenders.
- According to Next Gen Stats, Young's 917 snaps played in 2023 were the most by any rookie edge defender in the NGS era (since 2016).
- Finished the 2023 season ranked in the top-10 in tackles, sacks, pressures, hurries and quarterback hits among the 2023 draft class.
