Ryan Young Is Transferring To Duke For His Senior Season After Playing His Freshman, Sophomore, Junior Seasons At Northwestern, Graduating From Northwestern

As a freshman in 2019-2020 at Northwestern after redshirting during the 2018-2019 season,

Ryan Young started all 31 games at center as a redshirt first-year … Led the team in rebounds with 189 (6.1 per game) … Recorded three double-doubles, most notably putting up 25 points and 12 rebounds against SIUE (12/15) … His 53.5% (107-of-200) field-goal percentage was Northwestern’s best … Third on the team in total minutes with 799 … Contributed 15 steals and 15 blocks … Scored double digits in 13 different games … Led the team in scoring in four different games, and led the team in rebounding in two of those games (11/22 against Norfolk State and 12/15 against SIUE).

As a sophomore at Northwestern in 2020-2021,

Ryan Young led the team with 41 offensive rebounds finishing in the Top 15 in the Big Ten in the category … Finished second on the team with 10 blocks, 114 rebounds, and 45 made free throws … Contributed 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting and seven rebounds in the season-opening win over Arkansas Pine-Bluff (12/2) ... Scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds in a win over Chicago State (12/5) ... Scored 13 points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds against Pitt (12/9) ... Scored 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting and pulled down nine rebounds, tied for his most-ever in a Big Ten game, in a 74-67 win at Indiana (12/23) ... Scored eight points on 4-of-6 shooting and led the team in rebounds for a second-straight game with seven in a win over #23 Ohio State (12/26/20) … Chipped in 10 points and four rebounds against #10 Iowa (12/29) … Scored nine points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds against #16 Michigan (1/3) ... Scored 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting and pulled down five rebounds at Penn State (1/23) ... Totaled 14 points in 29 minutes, both season highs, and went 6-of-8 from the free throw line vs. Rutgers (1/31) ... Finished with 10 points at Purdue, marking the first time in his career he has scored 10+ points in three-straight conference games (2/6) ... Finished with 11 points, his fourth-straight game in double figures, while dishing out a career-high five assists vs. Indiana (2/10) … Had a career-high three steals and a season-high two blocks while adding eight points at #25 Rutgers (2/13) … Grabbed a game-high 8 rebounds and three offensive rebounds against Minnesota (2/25) … Finished with a team-high seven rebounds and seven points, scoring of the last six Wildcat points vs. Maryland (3/3) … Scored the go-ahead basket off his own offensive rebound against Nebraska (3/7).

As a junior at Northwestern in 2021-2022,

Ryan Young led the team with seven rebounds while adding seven points, a block and a steal against Eastern Illinois (11/9) ... Scored 20 points on a perfect 8-of-8 from the field against High Point (11/12) ... Scored 20 points on 6-of-8 shooting and 8-of-8 from the line against Fairleigh Dickinson (11/18) ... Scored nine points on 4-of-8 shooting against Providence (11/22) ... Tallied 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting in 28 minutes to help defeat Georgia (11/23) ... Registered 13 points and nine rebounds against NJIT (12/12) ... Scored 11 points and brought down eight boards against Michigan State (1/2) ... Grabbed five offensive rebounds in the first half against Ohio State (1/9) ... Turned in 18 points, eight rebounds, two assists, and two steals to help upset No. 10 Michigan St. (1/15) ... Scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds against Wisconsin (1/18) ... Scored 13 points and attempted a career-high nine free throws against Michigan (1/26).

“according to Ryan Young’s biography on nusports.com”

During his Freshman, Sophomore, Junior seasons at Northwestern Ryan Young played for Duke player, Duke coach Chris Collins!

As a player at Duke,

Chris Collins was a team captain as a senior and four-year letterman from 1993-96. He ranks 11th among Duke’s all-time leaders in three-point field goals (209) and 10th in three-point field goal attempts (539). Collins averaged 9.1 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists as a collegian. He earned second-team All-ACC honors as a senior.

Chris Collins was a member of a Duke senior class that had 83 total victories, three NCAA Tournament bids, one Final Four appearance, two ACC regular season championships, an ACC tournament title, and two in-season tournament championships (the 1992 Maui Classic and the 1995 Carrs Great Alaska Shootout).

As a senior in 1996, Chris Collins had his most productive season, leading the Blue Devils in three-point field goals (79), three-point percentage (.441), free throws made (83) and attempted (115), assists (132) and steals (37). Collins also ranked second on the team by averaging 16.3 points per game. He was among the ACC leaders in scoring (10th), assists (fourth), field goal percentage (.467, seventh) and free throw percentage (.722, 10th).

As a coach at Duke Chris Collins,

e was promoted to Associate Head Coach in the summer of 2008. During Collins’ 13 seasons on the Blue Devils’ staff, Duke posted an overall record of 385-77 while recording eight ACC tournament championships, four ACC regular season titles, eight in-season tournament titles and national championships in 2001 and 2010.

Collins worked primarily with backcourt players during his time at Duke and tutored All-Americans Jason Williams, Mike Dunleavy, Chris Duhon, J.J. Redick, Gerald Henderson, DeMarcus Nelson, Jon Scheyer, Nolan Smith and Austin Rivers, in addition to NBA draft picks Daniel Ewing, Kyrie Irving and Kyle Singler.

Collins also served as a court coach and scout for Mike Krzyzewski, assisting the USA Basketball Senior National Team staff with on-court duties as well as game preparation from 2006-12, including during the program’s gold-medal performances at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2010 FIBA World Championships and 2012 London Olympics.

In his first season as a coach at Duke, the Blue Devils won the 2001 national championship with an 82-72 victory over Arizona. Along the way, Williams earned unanimous first-team All-America and National Player of the Year honors by the NABC. Duhon, a freshman under Collins’ tutelage in 2001, was named the ACC Rookie of the Year.

The following year, the Blue Devils posted a 31-4 record, won the ACC tournament for the fourth-consecutive season and were ranked No. 1 in the nation in the final Associated Press poll. Williams earned National Player of the Year honors for the second-consecutive year.

During the 2002-03 season, Duke posted a 26-7 record, a fifth-consecutive ACC tournament championship. One year later, Duke went 31-6 and returned to the Final Four for the second time in Collins’ coaching career. Two of his backcourt players, Duhon and Redick, earned All-America and All-ACC recognition.

Collins helped the Blue Devils to a 26-7 overall slate that included the ACC tournament crown in 2004-05. Redick was named the National Player of the Year.

In the 2005-06 season, Collins watched his star pupil, Redick, rank second in the NCAA with a scoring average of 26.8 points per game, while setting the Duke and ACC career scoring records and the NCAA career three-point field goals record. He was a consensus National Player of the Year and a unanimous first-team All-American for the 32-4 Blue Devils.

In 2007-08, Collins helped Nelson elevate his game and garner several honors along the way. Nelson was tabbed the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and also earned NABC third-team All-America, first-team All-ACC and ACC All-Defensive team honors. In 2008-09, Collins guided Henderson to All-America and first-team All-ACC honors. Collins also coached Scheyer in his transition to point guard late in the year, which led to an ACC tournament title.

Chris Collins helped lead Duke to its second national championship during his tenure in 2009-10 as the Blue Devils defeated Butler, 61-59, in the NCAA championship game. Collins coached the top-scoring trio in the NCAA as guards Jon Scheyer, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith combined to score 53.3 points per game. Scheyer was named a second-team All-America, Singler was the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player and Smith was the NCAA Tournament South Region MOP. All three players were also selected All-ACC and to ACC all-tournament teams while leading the Blue Devils to ACC tournament and ACC regular season championships.

The 2010-11 season marked the third-straight 30-win campaign for the Blue Devils. Collins coached a pair of senior all-stars for the Blue Devils, Singler and Smith. Singler earned first-team All-ACC honors, while Smith led the ACC in scoring at 20.6 points per game to claim ACC Player of the Year and first-team All-America honors.

In 2011-12, Chris Collins was integral in the development of a backcourt that featured NABC third-team All-American Austin Rivers. Rivers averaged a team-high 15.5 points per game to become just the third Duke freshman to lead the team in scoring. He also was tabbed as the ACC Rookie of the Year and was just the seventh freshman in league history to earn first-team all-conference honors.
”according to Chris Collins biography on nusports.com”

As Ryan Young is transferring to Duke for his senior season after graduating from Northwestern in June Ryan Young is going to play for another former Duke player who was a Special Assistant, Assistant Coach, Associate Head Coach to Mike Krzyzewski until he took over as Head Coach following the 2021-2022 season because Mike Krzyewski retired after the season after being the Head Coach for 42 seasons.

His name?

Jon Scheyer!

As a player,

Jon Scheyer helped spark the Blue Devils to two ACC championships and the 2010 NCAA title as a player from 2007-10,

Jon Scheyer was one of the most versatile players in Duke history, concluding his playing career as the only player in school history to record at least 2,000 points, 500 rebounds, 400 assists, 250 three-point field goals and 200 steals. He averaged 14.4 points per game while scoring in double figures 114 times (sixth-most in Duke history) and leading the Blue Devils to a 115-29 (.799) record.

A two-time team captain, Jon Scheyer scored 2,077-career points and still ranks 10th on Duke’s all-time scoring list. He ranks third in Duke history in free throws made (608), fourth in free throw percentage (.861) and three-point field goals made (297) and sixth in free throw attempts (706). He played in 144 consecutive games, tied for the second-longest streak in Duke history.

As a senior in 2010,

Jon Scheyer averaged 18.2 points, 4.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game from the point guard position to spark Duke to a 35-5 record and its fourth national championship. He was a consensus second-team All-American and a first-team All-ACC pick in his final season after starting all 40 contests and scoring in double figures in all but two games on the year.

Jon Scheyer was named MVP of the ACC Tournament as a junior in 2009, averaging 21.7 points and 4.0 rebounds as Duke took home the title.

As a Special Assistant, Assistant Coach , Associate Head Coach for Mike Krzyzewski

Jon Scheyer helped mentor Tyus Jones in Duke’s 2015 national title season, as the Blue Devils finished the year ranked third nationally in adjusted offensive efficiency. Jones was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player in Indianapolis and was a first-round pick in the 2015 NBA Draft after just one college season.

In 2017, Scheyer helped mold Luke Kennard into a consensus All-American after a breakout sophomore season that saw him rank second in the ACC in scoring and three-point field goal percentage. He also helped develop Frank Jackson into one of the most dynamic young guards in the country during the 2016-17 campaign.

Kennard and Jackson were selected 12th and 31st overall, respectively, in the 2017 NBA Draft.

After Grayson Allen finished his career in 2018 as the 12th-leading scorer in Duke history with 1,996 points, he was drafted in the first round by the Utah Jazz. Allen joined Scheyer as two of just five Blue Devils in history with 1,900 or more points, 400 or more rebounds and 400 or more assists (Grant Hill, Danny Ferry, Johnny Dawkins).

The 2019 campaign saw Tyus’ brother Tre enjoy a breakout year as a freshman by setting the program’s single-season record for assist-to-turnover ratio (3.62), while establishing himself as one of the nation’s premier defensive players. Jones’ classmate, RJ Barrett, finished his remarkable freshman season at Duke as a consensus first-team All-American, the USA Today National Player of the Year, and the overall No. 3 selection in the NBA Draft.

RJ Barrett broke a myriad of program and ACC records, including both the Duke and conference freshman scoring record with 860 points. His 860 points were surpassed on the program’s single-season scoring list by only J.J. Redick’s 964 points as a senior in 2006. Barrett averaged 22.6 points and was the only major conference player in 2018-19 to score 13+ points in every game of the season.

Under Jon Scheyer’s guidance, Tre Jones parlayed his phenomenal freshman season into a decorated sophomore campaign that ended with him as the 2020 ACC Player of the Year, the ACC Defensive Player of the Year, and an All-American. After two seasons as the starting point guard, Jones declared for the NBA Draft, leaving Duke as the program’s career record-holder in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.88) and ranking third in assists per game (5.8).

Throughout the 2021-22 season, Jon Scheyer worked closely with ACC Freshman of the Year and consensus second-team All-American Paolo Banchero. He also helped guide second-team All-ACC pick Wendell Moore Jr., into performing as one of the nation's most complete players. Moore capped his season winning the Julius Erving Award as the nation's best small forward.

“according to Jon Scheyer’s biography on goduke.com”

Ryan Young had this to say about his time at Northwestern!

My four years at Northwestern have been the most fun and impactful years of my life I have cherished every second of being apart of the Northwestern community and basketball team at one of the top schools in the nation . I am grateful to Coach Collins , Brian James and the rest of the staff at Northwestern for giving me the opportunity to compete at the highest level and allow me to learn and grow as a player and a person. I truly would not be the individual I am today without the positive impact that my teammates, coaches and overall Northwestern community have had on me. Thank you Northwestern for more then I could have ever expected. Thank you to all the coaches that invested their time and effort into recruiting me through this process . After graduation this June, I have committed to Duke University to play out the remainder of eligibility and pursue a masters degree. I am ecstatic about this opportunity and I can’t wait to get to work.

“according Ryan Young’s social media account on Twitter”

Ryan Young who is 6-10 240 pounds is going to be apart of a Duke 2022-2023 team that is going to include Kyle Filiposwki, Dereck Lively II who are centers who will be a freshman during the 2022-2023 season and who will be without Mark Williams who like Ryan Young, Kyle Filipowski , Derek Lively II is a center because he declared, entered his name in the 2022 NBA Draft.

Duke Men’s Basketball had this to say about Ryan Young!

Ryan is skilled , tough, experienced forward with a great low post scoring ability . Front court just got better.

“according to Duke Men’s Basketball’s social media account on Twitter”