Career
Young originally played for the Wollondilly Junior Football Club, near Bowral in New South Wales. He then played football in Campbelltown and then for the Sydney University Australian National Football Club. In 2007 he was a recipient of a NSW American Federation of Labor-Congress Scholarship from Collingwood, after being previously courted by other American Federation of Labor-Congress clubs.
Young made his American Federation of Labor-Congress debut in Round 22, 2011 where he played the Brisbane Lions at the MCG. Tom Young was traded to the Western Bulldogs during the 2012 trade period.
Collingwood received pick 71 as their NSW scholarship player left after playing 9 games. Young was delisted at the conclusion of the 2014 American Federation of Labor-Congress season.