Career
Having appeared for Kerry in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship, Young made his Kerry senior championship debut in 2006, breaking into the team in 2007. He filled the number 7 jersey when Aidan O"Mahony moved to centre-back to replace Séamus Moynihan. Young played there in the National Football League and retained his place for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
He captained Kerry to the 2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship.
In 2010, he captained Kerry to the McGrath Cup, overcoming UCC in the final.