Jacob Cardwell Young III (March 22, 1968 – October 12, 2002) was an American

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player who was a

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for the

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. At the

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, he was a first-team

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and a consensus All-American in

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Early life

Jacob Cardwell Young III was born on March 22, 1968, in

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. He played

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at Midland Lee High School in

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and earned all-state honors as an

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. As a senior in 1985, he helped Midland accrue a 10–3 record and advance to the Class 5A state quarterfinals.

College career

Young was a four-year

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for the

of the

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from 1986 to 1989. He started his college career as an offensive guard in 1986, spending time on both the freshman and varsity teams that season. He was the first

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Cornhusker offensive lineman to earn a letter since freshman eligibility was reinstated in 1972. Young moved to center in 1987 and became the first true sophomore to start on Nebraska's offensive line since Rik Bonness in 1973. He was named second-team All- Big 8. Young missed the first game of the 1988 season due to a knee strain. He then played in, but did not start, the next game before starting every game the rest of the season. For the 1988 season, he earned first-team All-Big 8, GTE/CoSIDA

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, and

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(AP) and Coaches first-team

recognition. As a senior in 1989, Young garnered consensus All-American, first-team All-Big 8, and GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American recognition. He was also one of six recipients of the

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's Today’s Top Six Award, given to the best six student-athletes in the country. He majored in finance at Nebraska and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1990. Young also later earned a

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from Nebraska in 1994. He was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

Professional career

Young went undrafted in the 1990 NFL draft. He had a tryout with the

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in July 1990 but was not signed. NFL scouts reportedly considered Young too slow to play in the NFL. He had a

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of 5.4 seconds.

Personal life

Young worked at the law firms of

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. He was also a member of

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and the

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. While working for Clifford Chance in

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, Young played rugby for the

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(HKFC). He was in Indonesia in 2002 to compete in a tournament for HKFC when he was killed in a nightclub bombing. Nebraska's Jake Young Memorial Scholarship was named in his honor.

References

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