CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2022 Honorable Mention All-Conference USA (FAU)
• 2021 All-Conference USA First Team (PFF - FAU)
• 2021 Honorable Mention All-Conference USA (FAU)
• 2020 Honorable Mention All-Conference USA (FAU)

2023 (SENIOR): Transfer who joined the team prior to the start of fall camp.

FAU: Saw action in 49 career games for the Owls with 31 career starts at safety … Recorded 160 total tackles, including 83 solo, in five seasons … Picked off seven career passes for 222 total yards and 15 pass breakups … Program's all-time pick-six leader with four in his career … Helped Owls win the C-USA Championship game over UAB (12/7/19) in first start of collegiate career … Registered first interception at No. 22 Marshall (10/24/20), finishing with two in shortened 2020 campaign … Broke out during redshirt junior year, compiling a career high 59 tackles, five pass breakups and three interceptions in 12 starts … Continued growth in 2022, grabbing two more interceptions, both returned for touchdowns, and six pass breakups … Named team's co-captain during the preseason camp in 2022 … Earned honorable mention All-C-USA in 2022 … Named to PFF's all-conference first team and all-state first team in 2021 … Earned C-USA honorable mention in 2021 … Received C-USA honorable mention honors in 2020.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Coach Al Shipmen at Palm Beach Lakes High School … All-Area Honorable Mention and Second Team All-County as a senior after throwing for five touchdowns and rushing for 10 … Also had a total of six pass breakups and 15 solo tackles … Previously played at Royal Palm Beach High … Held offers from Power 5 schools such as Colorado State, Illinois, and Pittsburgh.

PERSONAL: Son of Eddie and Keisha Young … Full name is Teja Keshawn Young … Born Sept. 8, 1999 … Multi-disciplinary studies major.

Teja Young