Perry Young Season in Review

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There weren’t a ton of freshmen who made a major imprint on the football field for the Cincinnati Bearcats in 2016. One player who broke that mold was Perry Young, a defensive back who managed to play his way into an important role by the time the year was over.

Young was a three-star recruit out of Birmingham, Alabama, ranked the No. 152 safety in the 2016 class by Scout.com. That wasn’t enough to earn him a starting job out of camp, but his efforts during the summer, plus UC’s roster breakdown allowed him to earn playing time right away. He appeared in all 12 games for the Bearcats, but really didn’t hit his stride and become an important member of…