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Wilbur Young

Wilbur Eugene Young Jr.

Position: DE-DT
Height: 6-6    Weight: 285 lbs.

Born: April 20, 1949 in New York, NY
College: William Penn
Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2nd round (39th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 51 (1476th overall since 1950)

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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 AV
1971 22 KAN de 99 13 1 1 3 0 3 0 2
1972 23 KAN RDE 99 14 13 9
1973 24 KAN RDE 99 13 11 0 0 1 0 0 9
1974 25 KAN RDE 99 14 14 1 52 1 52 0 8
1975 26 KAN RDE 99 13 11 0 0 1 6 0 5
1976 27 KAN RDE 99 14 12 0 0 3 0 0 5
1977 28 KAN RDE 99 13 11 0 0 2 9 0 5
1978 29 SDG de 99 10 2 2
1979 30 SDG LDT 99 16 16 0 0 3 3 1 1 10
1980 31 SDG de 99 12 4 0 0 1 0 0 3
1981 32 2TM 12 5 3
SDG de 99 5 2 1
WAS de 99 7 3 2
1982 33 SDG de 99 9 2 1.0 2
Career 153 102 1.0 2 55 1 52 0 0 0 11 18 1 1 63
7 yrs KAN 94 73 2 55 1 52 0 0 0 7 15 0 43
5 yrs SDG 52 26 1.0 0 0 4 3 1 1 18

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1974 25 KAN RDE 99 14 14 1 1 6
1979 30 SDG LDT 99 16 16 1 1 1 8
Career 153 102 1 1 2 1 14
7 yrs KAN 94 73 1 1 6
5 yrs SDG 52 26 1 1 1 8

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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

Non-Offensive TDs
1974 NFL 1 (9)
1979 NFL 1 (6)

Fumble Return TD
1979 NFL 1 (1)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1974 NFL 1 (4)

Safeties
1979 NFL 1 (1)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19791st TeamAll-Conf.UPI