Football
Oct 4 (Sat)
5:30 p.m.
- Title:
- Technical Intern
Albert Young is in his first season as a technical intern, joining the CU football staff on August 1, 2012. He will assist the offense and special teams and will help offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy with the running backs.
Young, 27, comes to Colorado after four seasons as a running back in the NFL. He signed with Minnesota Vikings' practice squad in 2008 before being signed to the active roster for the 2009 and 2010 seasons; as a member of the Vikings, his position coach was Bieniemy. He also signed practice squad contracts with Jacksonville (2011) and Pittsburgh (2012).
Young earned a bachelor's degree in Health and Sport Studies from the University of Iowa in 2008, following a football career as a Hawkeye from 2003-07. He became the third player in Iowa history to rush for over 3,000 yards, as he had 660 rushes for 3,173 yards and 23 touchdowns; he still stands third on the school's all-time rushing list. He had 12 games of 100 or more yards rushing, including in seven straight contests in 2005, which was an Iowa record. He rushed for 1,134 yards during his sophomore season in 2005, becoming just the fourth Iowa sophomore and the 11th Iowa player ever to run for over 1,000 yards in a season. He also had 79 receptions for 705 yards and two touchdowns.
In 2007, he earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors by league coaches and the Associated Press, and was named Iowa's Most Valuable Player on offense. In 2005, he was one of 10 semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award, was named second-team All-Big Ten by the AP and was an All-Big Ten honorable mention pick by league coaches.
He was born on February 25, 1985 and was raised in Moorestown Township, N.J., where he graduated from Moorestown High School. A four-year letterman in football, he was named New Jersey's Offensive Player of the Year as a senior, when he was a first-team All-State performer. A three-time All-Conference first-team selection, he was the South Jersey Offensive Player of the Year as a sophomore and as a senior, and was named second-team All-State his sophomore season. He finished his high school career as South Jersey's all-time leading rusher with 5,411 yards and was the first running back in the region to rush for over 2,000 yards in two seasons. He was named the South Jersey Offensive Player of the Decade by The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2009.
