Roynell Young (born December 1, 1957) is a former professional
American football
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safety
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and
cornerback
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who played for the
Philadelphia Eagles
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his entire
National Football League
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(NFL) career, from 1980 to 1988. Young was selected by the Eagles from
Alcorn State University
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in the first round (23rd overall) of the
1980 NFL Draft
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. In his rookie year, he played in
Super Bowl XV
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and was selected to the
Pro Bowl
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in his second season. He was one of two players who played in both
Super Bowl XV
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and
The Fog Bowl for the Eagles. The other was offensive lineman Ron Baker. Young was inducted to the Alcorn State University Sports Hall of Fame in November 2017.
In 1990, Young founded "
Pro-Vision", a youth and community development organization. Originally a youth mentoring program, Young grew Pro-Vision to include an all-male charter middle school, now a co-educational primary and secondary school.
References
1957 births
Living people
American football safeties
American football cornerbacks
Alcorn State Braves football players
Philadelphia Eagles players
National Conference Pro Bowl players
Players of American football from New Orleans
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