Snap share
14%
likely 8–33%
Rush yards
49
631st of 1456 in FBS
Yards / carry
3.1
Rush TD
0
Receptions
0
EPA / play
-0.22
16 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

16 plays · -3.6 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays-0.22
Rushing-0.22
1st down-0.20
2nd down-0.42
3rd down+0.21
Standard downs-0.26
Passing downs-0.15
YoungRB average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays5%
Pass plays0%
Run plays11%
1st down5%
2nd down7%
3rd down5%
Standard downs5%
Passing downs5%
YoungRB average

Advanced

Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume

RushingValueFBS rank
Carries15—
Success rate33.3%—
Explosive run rate6.7%—
Stuffed at the line13.3%—
First downs2—
Red-zone carries6—
Goal-line carries1—

Charting

Where Young's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play

Run direction16 carries

Left
13%
2.0 YPC · 0% succ.
Middle
81%
3.2 YPC · 31% succ.
Right
6%
3.0 YPC · 100% succ.
Share of carries by direction, as the play-by-play calls it. Success: 5+ yards on 1st/2nd down, 3+ on 3rd/4th, or a touchdown. QB scrambles excluded.

Career

4 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnapsCarRush ydsY/CRush TDRush SR
2026 so farColorado#56 · 2-4414%16493.1033.3%
2025Alabama#15 · 11-447%23642.8241.2%
2024Alabama#7 · 9-4710%271465.42100.0%
2023Alabama#8 · 12-234%9242.71—

Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Richard Young's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.

Game Log

Richard Young's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game

4.0 avg. game scoreBest: 4.7 at Baylor (Week 4)0 of 2 games at 8.0+
Rushing
WkOpponentResultGame scoreCarYdsY/CTDLong
1@Georgia TechW 14–13—3103.306
2Weber StateW 52–21—133.003
3@NorthwesternL 7–41—no stats recorded
4@BaylorL 13–234.78313.9011
5Texas TechL 7–293.2451.302
7UtahL 24–27—no stats recorded
2026 · 4 games4.016493.1011

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Rushing2026FBS rank
Carries16—
Yards49631st / 1456
Yards / carry3.1—
Touchdowns0—
Long11—

Snaps by Game

Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works

GameTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedSnap share
Wk 1 · Georgia Tech75~13 (3–25)317%
Wk 2 · Weber State72~9 (2–17)113%
Wk 4 · Baylor81~20 (14–26)825%
Wk 5 · Texas Tech80~17 (12–22)421%
Season42459 (33–140)1614%

Position Room

10 RBs on the Colorado roster, ordered by car

#PlayerPosClassCarYdsYPCTDRecEPA/play
23JaQuail SmithRBSO512595.103-0.10
29Micah WelchRBJR452204.924-0.01
26Damian Henderson IIRBSR271304.801+0.07
20DeKalon TaylorRBSR1785519+0.18
Richard YoungRB16493.10—-0.22
27Bryce HicksRBJR273.501-0.56
34Titus BautistaRBJR1770—+0.53
28Cam NetwonRBFR——————
37Leonardo ValleRBSO——————
47Cody JordanRBFR——————

Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 6+ plays per team game. Colorado depth chart →