He played a lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins.

As a sophomore in 1934, he helped the Crimson Tide finish the season with a perfect record (10–0 overall, 7–0 in the SEC), as Southeastern Conference champions for the second consecutive season and as national champions after they defeated Stanford in the Rose Bowl.

[1][2] Alabama was selected national champion in 1934 by Dunkel, Houlgate, Poling System and Williamson.

[3] The result, 73–0 in favor of the Bears, is still the worst one-sided loss in NFL history.

[3] Young left the team on January 8, 1943, and enlisted in the United States Navy as a chief specialist during World War II.