Young attended Yates High School under Greg Wise, where he averaged 27.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.4 steals and 3.8 assists per game as a senior to help lead the Lions to a perfect 34–0 record and the No.

[1][2] Young originally committed to Providence, but was forced to sit out a season after fired head coach Keno Davis refused to release him from his letter of intent.

[6] After leading the 2015 NBA Summer League in scoring with 22.5 points per game and earning All-Tournament honors, Young signed a four-year, $4 million deal with the Pacers on July 14.

[14] On August 1, 2018, Young signed a one-year deal with Nanjing Monkey King of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

Young is coming off a career season where he averaged a league high of 38.3 points, 6.4 assists and 2.3 steals per game for Nanjing Tongxi Monkey Kings.

[22] On July 22, 2022, Young, according to his agent Pete Mickeal, signed with Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup, his first European club.

[25] The son of Tina and Michael Young, his father ranks as the third-leading scorer in Houston Cougars history and is one of five players to have his jersey number retired by the school.

[27] Young has remained involved in the Houston, Texas community and in 2019 donated 1,000 Thanksgiving Day turkey dinners to less fortunate residents of the city’s Midtown district.