[2] Young hit .398 with 5 home runs and 35 RBI for the Beavers, earning all-conference second-team honors.

[3] Young transferred to Connors State College for his sophomore season, hitting .480 with 11 home runs and 54 RBI.

[4][5] After graduating from Connors State,[4] Young next attended Old Dominion University, where he played college baseball for the Monarchs.

[8] He split the 2018 season between the South Bend Cubs and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, hitting a combined .300/.357/.485 with 16 home runs and 76 RBI.

[13] He split the 2021 season between Tennessee and the Triple-A Iowa Cubs, slashing .290/.361/.471 with 9 home runs and 40 RBI.

In 2022, Young spent the year with Iowa, appearing in 109 games and hitting .230/.311/.420 with 17 home runs and 59 RBI.

Young made his MLB debut two days later against the Colorado Rockies, and collected his first career hit in the game, a double off Justin Lawrence.