[3] Young led the Wildcats to back-to-back Florida state football championships in 1975 and 1976.
[3] He subsequently changed positions to wide receiver and was paired with another converted quarterback, Cris Collinsworth, as the Gators' star flankers.
[7] Memorably, Young caught ten passes for 183 yards against the Georgia Bulldogs in 1980, which remains the eighth best single-game performance by a Gators wide receiver[4][8] He also caught a fifty-one-yard touchdown reception against the Florida State Seminoles in 1981.
[10] In his two NFL seasons, Young played in thirty-two games and had thirty-six receptions for 682 yards and six touchdowns.
[1] Young died on October 15, 2015, in San Diego, California from multiple myeloma, which was first diagnosed in 2004.