Tylar Young

Tylar Young (born 5 September 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Young was drafted by Richmond with the 26th pick in the 2023 rookie draft and made his AFL debut in round 2 of the 2023 season.

Early life, junior and state-league football
Young played junior football until the age of 12, at which point he gave away the sport in favour of pursuing high level soccer aspirations through his teenage years. He returned to competition football at age 20, joining North Albury in 2019. After just six games, he was recruited by to make his debut in the VFL that same season, before joining the club on a full time basis from 2020. The season was ultimately cancelled due to community restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, so Young's first matches with Frankston would wait until 2021. After one season, he moved to join the VFL program of AFL club, where he played 14 matches in the 2022 season.

AFL career
Young was drafted by with the club's second pick and the 26th selection overall in the 2023 rookie draft.

He made his AFL debut in round 2 of the 2023 season. Young drew acclaim for his pure defensive abilities that season, recording a remarkably low contested one-on-one loss rate, ranking him second among all key defenders in the league (with 14.3 per cent) after 17 rounds.