Byron Young

NFL CAREER

• Has appeared in 51 regular season games (49 starts) and recorded 205 tackles (121 solo), 27.5 sacks, 158 pressures, four forced fumbles, 32 tackles for loss, 66 quarterback hits, one fumble recovery, 90 hurries and one pass defended.
• Has started all six postseason games played and notched 17 tackles (10 solo), 1.5 sacks, 21 pressures, five tackles for loss, 17 hurries and four quarterback hits.
• Won NFC Defensive Player of the Month in September of the 2025 season.
• Tied Trey Flowers for the 16th-most quarterback hits through a player's first 50 career games (64).
• Is currently tied with Alec Ogletree for the 14th-most tackles for loss in franchise history (31).
• Finished the 2025 season ranked tied for eighth in sacks (12.0), tied for 14th in pressures (64), fifth in quarterback hits and tied for 15th in tackles causing unsuccessul plays for the offense (49).
• Finished the 2025 season ranked ninth in Defensive Grade (84.9), seventh in Run Defense Grade (79.2), third in Tackling Grade (73.5) and 12th in Pass Rush Grade (83.4) among all outside linebackers and EDGE rushers (min 50% snaps), according to Pro Football Focus.
• During the 2025 season, became the first Ram with at least 10.0 sacks through the Rams' first 12 games of a season since Aaron Donald had 11.0 in 2020.
• Became the first Rams player to reach the 12.0 sack mark since Aaron Donald in 2021.
• His 27.5 career sacks are the third-most by a Rams player in his first three seasons, trailing only Robert QUinn (34.5 from 2011-13) and Aaron Donald (28.0) from 2014-16).
• In Week 14 of the 2025 season, became the first Rams player to record 11.0 sacks in a season since Aaron Donald in 2021.
• Tied William Hayes and Mel Owens for 14th in Rams history since sacks were first recorded in 2981. In his 47th game, he tied Leonard LIttle as the third-fastest Ram to reach the mark.
• Ranks 14th in franchise history with 32 career tackles for loss.
• Registered a regular season sack streak of nine games from the end of the 2024 season into the 2025 season, tying the fourth-longest streak with at least a half sack in NFL history.
• Collected at least 1.0 sack in each of the Rams first four games this season and the first Rams player to accomplish the feat since Clay Matthews in 2019. Has also recorded at least a half sack in six consecutive games. Since player sacks were first recorded in 1982, the only Ram to record at least a half sack in more consecutive games is Leonard Little, who had seven consecutive 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 in 2023.
• 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.

NFL CAREER

• Has appeared in 51 regular season games (49 starts) and recorded 205 tackles (121 solo), 27.5 sacks, 158 pressures, four forced fumbles, 32 tackles for loss, 66 quarterback hits, one fumble recovery, 90 hurries and one pass defended.
• Has started all six postseason games played and notched 17 tackles (10 solo), 1.5 sacks, 21 pressures, five tackles for loss, 17 hurries and four quarterback hits.
• Won NFC Defensive Player of the Month in September of the 2025 season.
• Tied Trey Flowers for the 16th-most quarterback hits through a player's first 50 career games (64).
• Is currently tied with Alec Ogletree for the 14th-most tackles for loss in franchise history (31).
• Finished the 2025 season ranked tied for eighth in sacks (12.0), tied for 14th in pressures (64), fifth in quarterback hits and tied for 15th in tackles causing unsuccessul plays for the offense (49).
• Finished the 2025 season ranked ninth in Defensive Grade (84.9), seventh in Run Defense Grade (79.2), third in Tackling Grade (73.5) and 12th in Pass Rush Grade (83.4) among all outside linebackers and EDGE rushers (min 50% snaps), according to Pro Football Focus.
• During the 2025 season, became the first Ram with at least 10.0 sacks through the Rams' first 12 games of a season since Aaron Donald had 11.0 in 2020.
• Became the first Rams player to reach the 12.0 sack mark since Aaron Donald in 2021.
• His 27.5 career sacks are the third-most by a Rams player in his first three seasons, trailing only Robert QUinn (34.5 from 2011-13) and Aaron Donald (28.0) from 2014-16).
• In Week 14 of the 2025 season, became the first Rams player to record 11.0 sacks in a season since Aaron Donald in 2021.
• Tied William Hayes and Mel Owens for 14th in Rams history since sacks were first recorded in 2981. In his 47th game, he tied Leonard LIttle as the third-fastest Ram to reach the mark.
• Ranks 14th in franchise history with 32 career tackles for loss.
• Registered a regular season sack streak of nine games from the end of the 2024 season into the 2025 season, tying the fourth-longest streak with at least a half sack in NFL history.
• Collected at least 1.0 sack in each of the Rams first four games this season and the first Rams player to accomplish the feat since Clay Matthews in 2019. Has also recorded at least a half sack in six consecutive games. Since player sacks were first recorded in 1982, the only Ram to record at least a half sack in more consecutive games is Leonard Little, who had seven consecutive 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 in 2023.
• 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.

COLLEGE

• During his two seasons at Tennessee, appeared in 24 games (22 starts) and totaled 83 tackles (42 solo), 23.5 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks, 22 quarterback hurries, and one interception.
• During his final campaign in 2022, earned All-SEC Second-Team by the Associated Press, All-SEC First-Team by league coaches, and participated in the 2023 Reese's Senior Bowl, as well as the 2023 NFL Combine.
• Started all 13 games and led the Vols with 7.0 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, and 14 quarterback hurries.
• Ranked in the top five in the SEC with 42 pressures by Pro Football Focus, and tied for sixth in the SEC in sacks and eighth in tackles for loss.
• Against LSU, led the pass rush with five tackles and a career-high 2.5 sacks, tying the most by any player in the SEC for the season, earning SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week.
• Earned SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week against Pittsburgh, becoming the first Vol to earn the honor since 2018.
• As a junior in 2021, transferred from Georgia Military Junior College and became one of the top edge rushers in the SEC. Appeared in 11 games (eight starts) and tied as the team leader in sacks (5.5) and tackles for loss (11.5).
• Ranked second among UT defensive lineman with 46 total tackles (20 solo) and led the team in quarterback hurries (eight), and ranked 15th in the SEC in tackles for loss.
• Against Purdue, recorded his first interception and a career-high eight tackles.
• During the 2020 season at Georgia Military JUCO, the season was cancelled due to COVID.
• As a true freshman in 2019, appeared in 11 games and totaled 31 tackles, 11.0 tackles for loss and seven sacks for a loss of 46 yards.

PERSONAL

• During his time at Georgia Military Junior College, was the No. 1 weakside defensive end and No. 11 overall junior college player by 247Sports and was also a member of the ESPN.com JUCO Top 50.
• Served in the cadet corps while playing football and became the leader of the corp group.
• Before walking on at GMC he served as an assistant manager at Dollar General for over a year.
• During his time at Tennessee, served in the VOLeaders Academy to engage in the community and create positive social change.
• Was the recipient of the Dr. John Range Athletic Scholarship
• Majored in communication studies