Buddy Young

Claude Henry K. Young

Position: HB-FB-DB
Height: 5-4 Weight: 175 lbs.

Born: January 5, 1926 in Chicago, IL
College: Illinois (school history)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 30 (3204th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Rushing & Receiving

							Rushing							Receiving
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1947	21	NYY	PR/FB		14	8	116	712	3	0	6.1	50.9	8.3	27	303	11.2	2	50	1.9	21.6	1015	5	0	0
1948	22	NYY	KR/FB		12	11	70	245	1	0	3.5	20.4	5.8	21	259	12.3	4	0	1.8	21.6	504	5	0	0
1949	23	NYY	LH/KR		12	11	76	495	5	71	6.5	41.3	6.3	12	171	14.3	2	0	1.0	14.3	666	7	0	0
1950	24	NYY	RH	76	12	0	76	334	1	20	4.4	27.8	6.3	20	302	15.1	1	69	1.7	25.2	636	2	6	7
1951	25	NYY	PR/LH	76	12	0	46	165	1	17	3.6	13.8	3.8	31	508	16.4	3	48	2.6	42.3	673	4	3	5
1952	26	DTX	RH/KR	22	12	11	71	243	3	30	3.4	20.3	5.9	22	269	12.2	2	45	1.8	22.4	512	5	5	4
1953	27	BAL	RH	22	10	0	40	135	0	24	3.4	13.5	4.0	12	201	16.8	3	49	1.2	20.1	336	3	6	5
1954*	28	BAL	RH/PR/KR	22	10	0	70	311	2	57	4.4	31.1	7.0	15	272	18.1	3	78	1.5	27.2	583	5	1	6
1955	29	BAL	RH	22	11	0	32	87	1	25	2.7	7.9	2.9	19	426	22.4	1	82	1.7	38.7	513	2	1	7
Career					105	41	597	2727	17	71	4.6	26.0	5.7	179	2711	15.1	21	82	1.7	25.8	5438	38	22	34
3 yrs		BAL			31	0	142	533	3	57	3.8	17.2	4.6	46	899	19.5	7	82	1.5	29.0	1432	10	8	18
3 yrs		NYY			38	30	262	1452	9	71	5.5	38.2	6.9	60	733	12.2	8	50	1.6	19.3	2185	17	0	0
2 yrs		NYY			24	0	122	499	2	20	4.1	20.8	5.1	51	810	15.9	4	69	2.1	33.8	1309	6	9	12
1 yr		DTX			12	11	71	243	3	30	3.4	20.3	5.9	22	269	12.2	2	45	1.8	22.4	512	5	5	4

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1947	21	NYY	PR/FB		14	8	8	127	1	0	15.9	12	332	1	95	27.7	1474
1948	22	NYY	KR/FB		12	11	2	11	0	0	5.5	12	303	0	0	25.3	818
1949	23	NYY	LH/KR		12	11	9	171	0	0	19.0	11	316	1	91	28.7	1153
1950	24	NYY	RH	76	12	0	9	54	0	12	6.0	20	536	0	50	26.8	1226
1951	25	NYY	PR/LH	76	12	0	12	231	1	79	19.3	14	427	1	90	30.5	1331
1952	26	DTX	RH/KR	22	12	11	6	35	0	18	5.8	23	643	0	63	28.0	1190
1953	27	BAL	RH	22	10	0	6	9	0	9	1.5	11	378	1	104	34.4	723
1954*	28	BAL	RH/PR/KR	22	10	0	14	60	0	16	4.3	13	308	0	30	23.7	951
1955	29	BAL	RH	22	11	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	9	222	0	43	24.7	735
Career					105	41	67	698	2	79	10.4	125	3465	4	104	27.7	9601
3 yrs		BAL			31	0	21	69	0	16	3.3	33	908	1	104	27.5	2409
3 yrs		NYY			38	30	19	309	1	0	16.3	35	951	2	95	27.2	3445
2 yrs		NYY			24	0	21	285	1	79	13.6	34	963	1	90	28.3	2557
1 yr		DTX			12	11	6	35	0	18	5.8	23	643	0	63	28.0	1190

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
1947	21	NYY	PR/FB		14	8	1	2	50.0	13	0	0.0	13	6.5	6.5	13.0	0.9	70.8
1952	26	DTX	RH/KR	22	12	11	0	3	0.0	0	1	33.3	0	0.0	-15.0		0.0	0.0
Career					105	41	1	5	20.0	13	1	20.0	13	2.6	-6.4	13.0	0.1	0.0
3 yrs		NYY			38	30	1	2	50.0	13	0	0.0	13	6.5	6.5	13.0	0.3	70.8
1 yr		DTX			12	11	0	3	0.0	0	1	33.3	0	0.0	-15.0		0.0	0.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1950	24	NYY	RH	76	12	0							0	6	5	-8	0
1951	25	NYY	PR/LH	76	12	0							0	3	0	0	0
1952	26	DTX	RH/KR	22	12	11							0	5	2	0	0
1953	27	BAL	RH	22	10	0							0	6	1	0	0
1954*	28	BAL	RH/PR/KR	22	10	0							0	1	0	0	0
1955	29	BAL	RH	22	11	0							0	1	1	0	0
Career					105	41							0	22	9	-8	0
3 yrs		BAL			31	0							0	8	2	0	0
2 yrs		NYY			24	0							0	9	5	-8	0
1 yr		DTX			12	11							0	5	2	0	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	AllTD	Pts
1947	21	NYY	PR/FB		14	8	3	2	1	1	7	42
1948	22	NYY	KR/FB		12	11	1	4			5	30
1949	23	NYY	LH/KR		12	11	5	2		1	8	48
1950	24	NYY	RH	76	12	0	1	1			2	12
1951	25	NYY	PR/LH	76	12	0	1	3	1	1	6	36
1952	26	DTX	RH/KR	22	12	11	3	2			5	30
1953	27	BAL	RH	22	10	0		3		1	4	24
1954*	28	BAL	RH/PR/KR	22	10	0	2	3			5	30
1955	29	BAL	RH	22	11	0	1	1			2	12
Career					105	41	17	21	2	4	44	264
3 yrs		BAL			31	0	3	7		1	11	66
3 yrs		NYY			38	30	9	8	1	2	20	120
2 yrs		NYY			24	0	2	4	1	1	8	48
1 yr		DTX			12	11	3	2			5	30

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1954	Rushing Att 1947 AAFC 116 (10)	Rushing Yds 1947 AAFC 712 (5) 1949 AAFC 495 (5)	Rushing TD 1949 AAFC 5 (3) 1952 NFL 3 (10)
Long Rush 1949 AAFC 71 (2) 1954 NFL 57 (9)	Yds/Rushing Att 1947 AAFC 6.1 (4/29) 1949 AAFC 6.5 (2) Career 4.6 (62)	Rushing Yds/Game 1947 AAFC 50.9 (6) 1949 AAFC 41.3 (6)	Receptions 1947 AAFC 27 (7)
Long Reception 1954 NFL 78 (7) 1955 NFL 82 (3)	Yds/Reception 1947 AAFC 11.2 (6) 1951 NFL 16.4 (9)	Touchdowns 1949 AAFC 8 (3)	Points Scored 1949 AAFC 48 (4)
Rushing/Receiving TD 1949 AAFC 7 (5)	Non-Offensive TDs 1947 AAFC 2 (1) 1949 AAFC 1 (4) 1951 NFL 2 (4) 1953 NFL 1 (3) Career 6 (68)	Yds From Scrimmage 1947 AAFC 1015 (6) 1949 AAFC 666 (8)	All-Purpose Yds 1947 AAFC 1474 (5) 1949 AAFC 1153 (4) 1950 NFL 1226 (4) 1951 NFL 1331 (2) 1952 NFL 1190 (6) Career 9601 (141)
Touches 1947 AAFC 163 (6)	Yds/Touch 1947 AAFC 9.0 (5) 1948 AAFC 7.8 (7) 1949 AAFC 10.7 (1) 1950 NFL 9.8 (4) 1951 NFL 12.9 (2) 1952 NFL 9.8 (5)	Kick Returns 1947 AAFC 12 (9) 1948 AAFC 12 (9) 1949 AAFC 11 (8) 1950 NFL 20 (5) 1952 NFL 23 (1) Career 125 (114)	Kick Return Yds 1947 AAFC 332 (7) 1948 AAFC 303 (9) 1949 AAFC 316 (6) 1950 NFL 536 (4) 1951 NFL 427 (7) 1952 NFL 643 (1) 1953 NFL 378 (7) Career 3465 (82)
Kick Return TD 1947 AAFC 1 (1) 1949 AAFC 1 (1) 1951 NFL 1 (1) 1953 NFL 1 (1) Career 4 (16)	Long Kick Return 1947 AAFC 95 (2) 1949 AAFC 91 (1) 1951 NFL 90 (2) 1952 NFL 63 (7) 1953 NFL 104 (1/17)	Yds/Kick Return 1950 NFL 26.8 (7) 1951 NFL 30.5 (2/35) 1952 NFL 28.0 (3) 1954 NFL 23.7 (9) Career 27.7 (5)	Punt Returns 1949 AAFC 9 (7)
Punt Return Yds 1947 AAFC 127 (10) 1949 AAFC 171 (7) 1951 NFL 231 (4)	Punt Return TD 1947 AAFC 1 (1) 1951 NFL 1 (3) Career 2 (79)	Long Punt Return 1951 NFL 79 (4)	Yds/Punt Return 1951 NFL 19.3 (1) 1954 NFL 4.3 (7) Career 10.4 (55)
Kick & Punt Returns 1947 AAFC 20 (10) 1949 AAFC 20 (8) 1950 NFL 29 (7) Career 192 (142)	Kick & Punt Return Yds 1947 AAFC 459 (7) 1949 AAFC 487 (3) 1950 NFL 590 (6) 1951 NFL 658 (5) 1952 NFL 678 (9) Career 4163 (80)	Fumbles Recovered 1950 NFL 5 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1947	2nd Team	All-AAFC	AAFC
1949	2nd Team	All-AAFC	AAFC
1949	1st Team	All-AAFC	NY Daily News
1949	1st Team	All-AAFC	UPI
1950	2nd Team	All-NFL	UPI

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