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Chase Young Chase Young ( born April 14 , 1999 ) is an American football defensive end for the Washington Football Team of the National Football League ( NFL ) . Born and raised in Maryland , he played college football for the Buckeyes at Ohio State University in the late 2010s . During his junior season in 2019 , Young broke the schools single-season sack record with 16.5 and was named a unanimous All-American and the Big Ten Male Athlete of the Year , in addition to winning several other defensive player of the year awards . He was also considered a finalist for the Heisman Trophy , a rare accomplishment for a defensive player . Considered one of the best prospects in the 2020 NFL Draft , Young was selected by Washington second overall . In his first season he was named Defensive Rookie of the Year and made the Pro Bowl after leading all rookies in several statistical categories , including sacks and forced fumbles . Early life and high school . Young was born in Upper Marlboro , Maryland on April 14 , 1999 . He began playing American football as a child , attending St . Columba School in Oxon Hill , Maryland before attending St . Vincent Pallotti High School in Laurel , Maryland in 2013 . As a freshman there , he played the quarterback , tight end , and outside linebacker positions before switching primarily to defensive end later that year . As a sophomore the following year , Young and the team won the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association C-conference championship . He was also a member of the schools choir , playing the piano , saxophone , and violin . Young transferred to DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville , Maryland in 2015 , where he had 19 quarterback sacks and 27 tackles for loss as a junior that helped the team win the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference ( WCAC ) championship . In July 2016 he was invited to The Opening , a college football recruiting camp sponsored by Nike , where he was named MVP at defensive end . As a senior in 2016 , he had 19 sacks , 118 tackles , five forced fumbles , and two defensive touchdowns that helped the team go undefeated and win another WCAC championship . By then , he was recognized as one of the best high school football players in the nation and was included on the 2016 USA Today All-USA team and named all-metropolitan defensive football player of the year by The Washington Post . Young was also invited to the International Bowl and All-American Bowl , playing on the East team for the latter . College career . Young received scholarship offers from over 40 universities before committing to Ohio State in July 2016 to play for the Buckeyes , choosing them over schools such as Alabama and Maryland due to their family-oriented approach and his wish to play under defensive line coach Larry Johnson . A reserve player as a freshman , Young recorded 3.5 sacks , 18 tackles , and a forced fumble in 2017 . He became a starter during his sophomore season , with him recording 10.5 sacks for the year despite spraining both ankles halfway through . Three of them came against Northwestern in the 2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game . He was named to that seasons second-team All-Big Ten team for his performance . Young was named one of the team captains as a junior in 2019 . That year , he tied Ohio State school records for single-game sacks ( 4 ) and tackles for loss ( 5 ) in a win against Wisconsin . In November 2019 , Young was suspended for two games by the NCAA for getting an unauthorized loan from a family friend to allegedly help his girlfriend attend the 2019 Rose Bowl , which he later repaid in full . In his first game after being reinstated , Young recorded three sacks against Penn State . He ended the season with 16.5 sacks , 46 tackles , 21 tackles for loss , 7 forced fumbles , 3 pass deflections , and a blocked field goal . His 16.5 sacks broke the single-season school record previously held by Vernon Gholston , who had 14 in 2007 . In addition to being unanimously named to the 2019 College Football All-America Team , he won several other awards and honors that season including the Bronko Nagurski Trophy , Chuck Bednarik Award , Ted Hendricks Award , Chicago Tribune Silver Football , Nagurski–Woodson Defensive Player of the Year , and Smith–Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year . He was also named a finalist for the Walter Camp Award , Maxwell Award , and Heisman Trophy , becoming only the ninth defensive player since 1982 to be nominated for the latter , where he finished fourth in voting behind quarterbacks Joe Burrow , Jalen Hurts , and Justin Fields . Young was also voted the Big Ten Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year , which honors the Big Ten Conferences top male athlete annually of any sport . He was the seventh football player to win it since its inception in 1982 and the first since Ron Dayne in 2000 . Young finished his career at Ohio State with 30.5 sacks in three seasons , which ranks second all-time there behind Mike Vrabel , who had 36 in four . He was later named to the Big Ten Networks 2010s All-Decade Team as the only unanimous selection . Professional career . Young decided to forgo his senior year at Ohio State by declaring for the 2020 NFL Draft , where he was considered by many to be the best overall prospect . He attended the NFL Combine but did not participate in any workouts or drills , stating that he did not want to waste time being a combine athlete . Young was one of 58 players invited to the draft , which was held virtually due to social distancing regulations arising from the COVID-19 pandemic . He was selected second overall by the Washington Football Team , known as the Redskins at the time prior to a name change later that offseason . He signed his four-year rookie contract with them , worth 34.56 million , on July 23 , 2020 . Prior to the season , he was considered the favorite to win the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award . In his debut , Young had 1.5 sacks , four tackles , and a forced fumble in a win against the Philadelphia Eagles . He suffered a mild groin strain against the Cleveland Browns in Week 3 and missed the following game against the Baltimore Ravens . In a Week 14 game against the San Francisco 49ers , he recorded a sack , two passes defended , a forced fumble , and a fumble recovery which he returned 47 yards for a touchdown , becoming the first rookie in NFL history and only the third player since 1999 to achieve all of that in a single game . Young finished the season with 7.5 sacks , which led all rookies , as well as four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries . By the end of his rookie season , Young had been named a team captain and was voted the NFC defensive player of the month for December , becoming the first rookie in Washingtons history to receive this distinction . He was named Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press and Pro Football Writers of America ( PFWA ) , and was also the only rookie included on PFWAs all-conference team . In addition , Young was one of only two rookies named to the 2021 Pro Bowl , alongside Justin Jefferson of the Minnesota Vikings . Personal life . Youngs father Greg played college basketball at Bowie State University before working as a deputy sheriff with the Arlington County Sheriffs Office , while his mother Carla works for the Office of Investigations for the United States Department of Transportation . He has a sister , Weslie , who played college basketball at North Carolina Wesleyan . Young also played other sports while growing up , such as basketball and sprinting . He played alongside Markelle Fultz in basketball at DeMatha , who was later selected first overall in the 2017 NBA draft . At the time , both he and Fultz had set goals to become the first overall draft pick in their respective sports . At Ohio State , Young pursued a major in criminology after being inspired by his father and several of his uncles and cousins , who have all worked in law enforcement . He was also nicknamed The Predator at Ohio State for his on-field performance and how his dreadlocks resembled Predators from the Predator franchise . External links . - Washington Football Team bio - Ohio State Buckeyes bio