He played two years of Division I college basketball for the Charlotte 49ers, where he earned first-team All-Conference USA honors in 1999.
After attending Hillcrest High School in Memphis, Tennessee, Young spent two years at Northwest Mississippi Community College between 1994 and 1996.
[3] After spending preseason with the Bucks,[3] he played his first professional season in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) with the Grand Rapids Hoops and averaged 11.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.
[5] After a preseason stint with the Indiana Pacers,[3] Young spent the 2001–02 season in the NBA Development League with the North Charleston Lowgators.
[5][7] After another preseason stint with the SuperSonics,[3] Young played the 2004–05 season in Italy with Viola Reggio Calabria.
[5] In December 2009, Young returned to Australia, signing with the Perth Wildcats for the rest of the 2009–10 NBL season as an injury replacement for Paul Rogers.
In his final professional playing season, Young averaged 11.5 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 17 games.
[1][7][22] The portion of the house that the car hit collapsed on impact and Young was buried under a mountain of rubble.
[22] At the time of his death, Young had been preparing for a high school basketball coaching job in Jackson, Mississippi, and was supposed to start the next day.
[24] As part of a plea deal in 2023, Rutherford pleaded guilty to reckless vehicular homicide and was placed in a judicial diversion program instead of imprisonment.