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David Joseph Young born February 9, 1959 in Akron, Ohio, is a former American football tight-end in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round, 32nd pick of the 1981 NFL Draft. Young played college football at the university of Purdue.[1]Young also played professionally for the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Colts / Indianapolis Colts. Young's career was supposed to be promising, but it was cut short after only three seasons professionally. In 2009, Young was inducted into the Purdue athletic hall of fame. Young is known as the best tight-end to come out of Purdue.

Early Life
Dave Young was born on February 9th, 1959, in Akron, Ohio. Young grew up in a single-parent house, with his mother Gloria and his two little brothers. Young was from the inner-city of Akron, which is considered to be very unsafe, so growing up he helped mother out as much as he could. Young was a multi-sport star as a kid and through high school. Young attended Ellet high school, where he played at both football and basketball. Young was very good at both sports, but he was so skilled at football that he was getting looked at by many colleges to come play football, so Young chose to go with football only. Young brought in many offers from many different colleges, but he decided to go to Purdue to play football.

College Career and Accomplishments
In 1977, Dave Young attended college at the University of Purdue, in West Lafayette, Indiana. He was offered a scholarship to play football by head coach Jim Young. In Dave Young's freshman season with Purdue, he accounted for twenty-eight receptions, three hundred and seventy-three yards, and five touchdowns in eleven games. Purdue went on to only win five games that season. In Young's second season with Purdue, his statistics were twenty-seven receptions for four hundred yards and he accounted for three touchdowns in eleven games. Purdue won nine games that season, and finished ranked in the top fifteen in the country in the coaches poll. Young had a breakout season at Purdue as a junior. Young's stats his junior season were, fifty-five receptions, five hundred and eighty-four yards, and ten touchdowns, a school record for a tight-end. Purdue went on to win ten games that year and finished in the top ten in the country. After a very impressive junior season, Dave Young was one of the top college tight-ends in the entire country. He had very high expectations for his senior season, and he delivered with, seventy receptions, nine hundred and fifty-nine yards and nine touchdowns in twelve games. In this season, Young became the first tight-end in the history of football to lead the nation in pass receptions. Also in this year, Purdue went on to win nine games and finish in the top twenty. Young is ranked at the top in receptions and yards for all tight-ends that played at Purdue. In 2009, Dave Young was admitted into the Purdue intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.

Professional Career
Dave Young was highly scouted coming out of college and was going to get a spot in the National Football League(NFL). Young was drafted in the second round, 32nd pick by the New York Giants in the 1981 National Football League Draft. Young was widely regarded as one of the best tight-ends in the draft. Young's production from college, did not translate so easily to the NFL. Young's rookie stats were five catches for forty-nine yards, and a touchdown, which was really concerning for the Giants because Young's college play showed that he was a capable player. Going into Young's second season in 1982, Young was downgraded to the practice squad on the Giants, and then was eventually let go from the team. Young was out of the league for the whole 1982 season, before attempting to make a comeback with his new team, the Baltimore Colts, in 1983. In his first year with the Colts Young was strictly on the practice squad, he did not get in any games at all. At the end of that season the Baltimore Colts moved their team to Indianapolis, and therefore Dave Young was now a member of the Indianapolis Colts. Young's stats in his season with the Indianapolis Colts were, fourteen receptions for one hundred and sixty-four yards, and two touchdowns. Although Young's numbers did improve he was cut from the Colts and never played professionally again.

Life after Football
Dave Young is currently a fifty-nine year old man. He has two adult sons who played collegiate sports in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Miquel, a football player at the University of Akron, and David, a basketball player at IPFW. Dave Young lives in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, and works for an environmental company in nearby Barberton, Ohio.