Will Young (Australian footballer)

Will Young
Personal information
Full name	Will Young
Date of birth	(1990-08-03) 3 August 1990
Place of birth	Bungaree, Australia
Original team(s)	North Ballarat Rebels (TAC Cup)
Draft	72nd overall, 2008 AFL Draft Adelaide 58th, 2011 Rookie Draft, Adelaide
Height / weight	194cm / 88 kg
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2010	Adelaide	2 (1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2010.

Will Young (born 3 August 1990) is an Australian rules football player who is currently rookie-listed at the Adelaide Crows. Young was taken late in the 2008 AFL Draft, with Adelaide's fifth round pick at number 72.

Young represented Vic Country in the 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships. Vic Country coach Robert Hyde said after the carnival that "He missed a couple of games through injury but I remember our first game against Vic Metro – we only just got rolled – he was probably close to our best player. His attack on the ball was terrific."^[1]

Young was recruited from the North Ballarat Rebels and after moving to South Australia, he was selected in the Mini Draft by Norwood at pick 6, and quickly cemented a spot in the team's defence.^[2] Injury interrupted Young's first year in senior football, but worked his way back into the league side later in the season.

He made his debut for the Adelaide Crows in Round 2, 2010 in a home game against the Sydney Swans. Young came into the selected squad for Nathan van Berlo who pulled out due to back soreness.^[3] He had a forgettable game, conceding six goals to Sydney's Ben McGlynn, but made a successful return to the side in round 21 against Collingwood, kicking his first goal in AFL football in a 3-point loss.

After not playing a game in 2011, largely through injury, Young was delisted by Adelaide at the end of the season but was invited back to train at the club during the offseason and was re-drafted in the 2011 AFL Rookie Draft with Adelaide's fourth pick, number 58 overall.

References

↑ "Selection 72: Will Young". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
↑ "2008 SANFL Mini Draft". SANFL.com.au. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
↑ "Update: van Berlo out, Young to debut". afc.com.au. Retrieved 2010-03-04.

External links

Will Young's statistics from AFL Tables

2008 AFL national draft

First round	1. Jack Watts 2. Nic Naitanui 3. Stephen Hill 4. Hamish Hartlett 5. Michael Hurley 6. Chris Yarran 7. Daniel Rich 8. Ty Vickery 9. Jack Ziebell 10. Phil Davis 11. Steele Sidebottom 12. Lewis Johnston 13. Tom Lynch 14. Ayce Cordy (F/S) 15. Mitch Brown 16. Ryan Schoenmakers 17. Sam Blease (PP) 18. Luke Shuey (PP)

Second round	19. James Strauss 20. Tom Swift 21. Hayden Ballantyne 22. Jackson Trengove 23. David Zaharakis 24. Nick Suban 25. Jack Redden 26. Jayden Post 27. Sam Wright 28. Shaun McKernan 29. Dayne Beams 30. Dan Hannebery 31. Jordan Roughead 32. Liam Jones 33. Tom Gillies 34. Liam Shiels

Third round	35. Jamie Bennell 36. Ashley Smith 37. Zac Clarke 38. Matthew Broadbent 39. Steven Motlop 40. Mitch Robinson 41. Todd Banfield 42. Mitch Banner 43. Liam Anthony 44. Rory Sloane 45. Jarrad Blight 46. Luke Rounds 47. Rhys Stanley 48. Nick Heyne 49. Taylor Hunt 50. Jordan Lisle

Fourth round	51. Neville Jetta 52. Jordan Jones 53. Michael Walters 54. Jarrad Redden 55. Michael Still 56. Ben Bucovaz 57. Aaron Cornelius 58. Tom Hislop 59. Nathan O'Keefe 60. Tom Lee 61. Campbell Heath 62. Alistair Smith 63. Luke Lowden

Fifth round	64. Rohan Bail 65. Rhys O'Keeffe 66. Glenn Dawson 67. Tyson Slattery 68. Tim Ruffles 69. Bart McCulloch 71. Warren Benjamin 72. Will Young 73. Leigh Brown 74. Paul Cahill 75. Shane Savage

Sixth round	77. Chris Hall 78. Jason Davenport 80. Caleb Tiller 81. Kieran King 83. Colm Begley

2012 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Sam Frost 2. Kyal Horsley 3. Darren Pfeiffer 4. Justin Clarke 5. Rory Laird 6. Jai Sheehan 7. Addam Maric 8. Lee Spurr 9. Lin Jong 10. Max Warren 11. Lauchlan Dalgleish 12. Sam Dunell 13. Shane Biggs 14. Tom Bell 15. Michael Mascoulis 16. Broc McCauley 17. Lachlan Smith 18. Cam Eardley

Second round	20. Andrew McQualter 21. Danny Butcher 22. Stephen Wrigley 23. Dylan Orval 24. Tom Couch 25. Ben Darrou 26. Haiden Schloithe 27. Tom Campbell 28. Brad Mangan 29. Cory Dell'Olio 30. Cameron Shenton 31. Campbell Heath 32. Nick Heyne 33. Callum Papertalk 34. Amos Frank 35. Marley Williams 36. Jackson Sheringham

Third round	38. Michael Coad 40. Jack Crisp 41. Tim McIntyre 42. James Magner 43. Steven Verrier 44. Sam Menegola 45. Alex Greenwood 46. Malcolm Lynch 47. Mark Baguley 48. Jordan Staley 50. Frazer Dale 51. Simon Tunbridge 52. Andrew Boseley 53. Trent Stubbs 54. Mark Blicavs

Fourth round	57. Richard Newell (NSWSE) 58. Will Young 59. Leigh Williams 60. Gibson Turner 61. Jordan Wilson-King 62. Jack Redpath 63. Sam Gibson 64. Hal Hunter 65. Darren Minchington 67. Matthew Lodge (NSWSE) 68. Brad Dick 69. Adam Pattison 70. Daniel Farmer

Fifth round	73. James Craig 74. Piva Wright 75. Clancee Pearce 76. Mark Austin 77. Gavin Urquhart 78. Brendan Lee 81. Caolan Mooney

Sixth round	85. Anthony Long 87. Michael Hartley (NSWSE)

Seventh round	89. Ben Dowdell 90. John Heslin

Eighth round	93. Harry Cunningham 94. Josh Hall 95. Jack Lynch (NSWSE) 96. Sam Michael (QPS)

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