Defensive Player To Watch: Isheem Young

Brian Powers-USA TODAY Sports Isheem Young was widely characterized as a playmaker coming out of high school, which allowed him to initially commit to Penn State before eventually ending up in Ames. Then during a preseason press conference, Matt Campbell singled him out as a player that had shown significant improvement in the offseason. At that point, you knew Iowa State officially had something, and was just a matter of when he would arrive. Saturday night, he did.

Young finished the game with seven total tackles and the game ending interception. Young was an impact player all game long and also contributed with key pass coverage all night long. This is the type of play that I was…