Chris Young Hometown: Senoia, Ga High School: East Coweta Height / Weight: 6-0 / 207 Position: Strong Safety

AT TECH: Physical, hard hitter in the secondary . . . Natural strong safety who played cornerback for the last season-and-a-half . . . Started every game the last three years (37) and is second among active Tech players with 219 career tackles . . . Ranks 10th in Tech history in career tackles by a defensive back . . . Has four career interceptions . . . Elected one of Tech’s permanent team captains for 2001 . . . Selected to play in the East-West Shrine Game following his senior season.

2001: Starting cornerback who had 46 tackles, two tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries, one interception and nine pass breakups . . . Returned a fumble 25 yards for a touchdown to help Tech to a win over NC State . . . Had three pass breakups, a sack and a fumble recovery against Duke . . . Season-high eight tackles against Syracuse . . . Made seven tackles, a sack and a pass breakup against Georgia . . . Had an interception against Navy.

2000: Started the first seven games at strong safety before moving to cornerback for the final five contests . . . Tech’s fourth-leading tackler with 62 hits . . . Made two interceptions and 10 pass breakups, second to Jeremy Muyres in both categories . . . Also had two sacks and four tackles for loss . . . Played cornerback for the first time in Tech’s win at fourth-ranked Clemson and had five tackles, a forced fumble and an interception on the game’s final play . . . Moved to cornerback to battle Clemson standout Rod Gardner, who had just three catches for 27 yards . . . Forced a Gardner fumble that Tech recovered at the Clemson 41-yard line to set up a field goal . . . Named ACC Defensive Back of the Week for his play against North Carolina . . . Made two key plays with a blocked punt that Tech recovered for a touchdown and an interception in the end zone to thwart a Carolina scoring threat . . . Also contributed three tackles, one sack for minus-nine yards and one pass breakup . . . Season-high eight tackles against Wake Forest and Georgia.

1999: Tech’s second-leading tackler with 89 hits . . . Starting strong safety and the only player in the secondary to start every game . . . Had three tackles for loss, one interception and five pass breakups on the season . . . Made one of the most memorable plays of the season with his fumble recovery at the one-yard line at the end of regulation in Tech’s 51-48 overtime win over arch-rival Georgia . . . Also made a game-saving play in the Jackets’ 45-42 win over Clemson with his pass breakup in the end zone on the Tigers’ final play on fourth-and-seven from the Tech 43-yard line . . . Career-high 15 tackles against North Carolina . . . Added 12 tackles against Wake Forest and 10 versus NC State . . . Had eight tackles, one tackle for loss, one inerception and pass deflection against Maryland . . . Missed most of the Virginia game with a concussion . . . Named Tech’s Most Improved Defensive Player for 1999.

1998: Lettered as a true freshman as the backup at strong safety . . . Also played on special teams . . . Started the New Mexico State game in place of injured Jerry Caldwell and made a season-high five tackles . . . Added three hits against Duke and two versus Wake Forest . . . Totalled 10 tackles on the season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Rated one of the Top 20 wide receivers in the Southeast by Prep Star . . . Named a “Best of the Rest” by Deep South Football . . . As a senior had 102 tackles, 45 assists, one interception and four caused fumbles, one of which he returned for a touchdown . . . Also rushed for 252 yards on 36 carries for three touchdowns and caught 10 passes for 180 yards and three more scores . . . Earned team MVP honors for coach Danny Cronic at East Coweta High, the same program as former Tech standout Keith Brooking . . . Lettered three times in football and once in basketball . . . First team all-area and all-region as a senior.

PERSONAL: Full name is Christopher Lamont Young . . . Parents are Jackie Young and Leon Woods . . . Born January 23, 1980 . . . Majoring in Management.

CAREER STATISTICS

Year	G-GS	P-A	Tkl	TFL	Sck	FC	FR	Int	PB	PR
1998	10-1	9-1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	11-11	61-28	89	2-3	1-6	0	1	1-14	5	0
2000	11-11	44-18	62	4-32	2-26	2	0	2-5	10	3
2001	12-12	40-18	58	3-12	2-11	0	2	1-14	11	0
Total	44-35	154-65	219	9-47	5-43	2	3	4-33	26	3

CAREER HIGHS

Tackles: 15 vs. North Carolina, 1999
PB: 3 vs. Duke, 2001