Rickey Young
Rickey Darnell Young
Born: December 7, 1953
Mobile, AL USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 196
College: Jackson St.
High School: C.F. Vigor (Prichard, AL)
Career: 1975-1983
Drafted: 1975 in Round 7, #164 overall by the San Diego Chargers
Rickey Young played from 1975 to 1983 during his career with the Minnesota Vikings and San Diego Chargers. Young ran for 3,666 yards in his career on 1,011 attempts, scoring 23 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 408 passes for 3,285 yards and 16 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 138 | 577 | 4.2 | 48 | 5 |
| 1976 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 162 | 802 | 5.0 | 46 | 4 |
| 1977 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 157 | 543 | 3.5 | 15 | 4 |
| 1978 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 134 | 417 | 3.1 | 16 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 188 | 708 | 3.8 | 26 | 3 |
| 1980 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 130 | 351 | 2.7 | 14 | 3 |
| 1981 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 47 | 129 | 2.7 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 49 | 3.1 | 11 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 39 | 90 | 2.3 | 9 | 2 |
| Totals | 1011 | 3666 | 3.6 | 48 | 23 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 21 | 166 | 7.9 | 16 | 1 |
| 1976 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 47 | 441 | 9.4 | 33 | 1 |
| 1977 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 48 | 423 | 8.8 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 88 | 704 | 8.0 | 48 | 5 |
| 1979 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 72 | 519 | 7.2 | 18 | 4 |
| 1980 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 64 | 499 | 7.8 | 22 | 2 |
| 1981 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 43 | 296 | 6.9 | 22 | 2 |
| 1982 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 25 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 21 | 193 | 9.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Totals | 408 | 3285 | 8.1 | 48 | 16 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 15 | 323 | 21.5 | 34 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 373 | 18.6 | 34 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1975 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| 1976 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1977 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1978 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| 1979 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1980 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1982 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1983 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Totals | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 8 |
| 1976 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 14 |
| 1977 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 14 |
| 1978 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 16 |
| 1979 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 16 |
| 1980 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 13 |
| 1982 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 9 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 4 |
